February 26, 2018

gcse english

catherine gray

Task / Done
1. Complete the table below giving as much information as you can about each question in the exams. If you can’t find the information from your notes, research AQA GCSE English Language / ☐ /
2. Read texts 1 and 2 below: Write one paragraph in your exercise books about the differences between the breakthroughs in communication, using PEI [point, evidence, infer] / ☐ /
3. In text 2, there are many language features used to persuade you to buy the new i-phone x. Choose three to write PEE paragraphs to answer:
How does the writer use language to persuade you to buy the new i-phone x? / ☐ /
4. Now consider the writers of the texts:
  • GAP each text [what is the genre, what is the audience, what is the purpose]
  • What are their views on the technology? [PEE]
  • What methods have they used to convey these? [PEE]
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5. Q5 will ask you to use persuasive language. Remember to bear in mind the following:
  • GAP – if it asks for an article, start with a heading, if it asks for a letter, start with address
  • Use discourse markers to build up your argument eg firstly, furthermore, in addition
  • Include language features such as rhetorical question, rule of three, direct address, imperatives
  • Proofread for accuracy in SPaG
‘Technology has advanced to such a degree that we no longer need to know anything. We only need to know how to find out.’ This statement was written by a student who watched his parents reading a map and getting lost; eventually, they agreed to him using his sat nav on google maps to get to their destination.
‘I no longer talk to my friend face to face. I stay in my room and communicate using social media. It’s safer.’ This statement was written by a 15 year old who has social anxiety and never leaves her room.
Can we depend on computers in their various forms to hold the knowledge for us? Are there so many new forms of communication that speaking in person is now old-fashioned and out-dated?
Write a speech to your class expressing your opinions on communication and technology. / ☐ /

Paper 1

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Paper 2

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Text 1:All Aboute Telephone and Phonograph by A

Text 1:All About the Telephone and Phonograph by Alexander Graham Bell (1878)

lexander Graham Bell (1878)

This text is an extract from a book published in 1878, the year in which Thomas Edison patented his ‘phonograph’. Alexander Graham Bell had invented the telephone in 1876.

HE telephone, an instrument by which sound can be conveyed to, it would appear, an unlimited distance—by which conversation can be carried on betweenpersons separatedby many miles of sea and land—is unquestionably one of the most marvellous of modern adaptations of scientific knowledge to practical use. The discovery and successful working of the electric telegraph has familiarised us with achievements of science which fifty years ago would have been considered miraculous, and a bare intimation of the possibility of which might, two or three centuries previously, have led the unfortunately ingenious speculator to the stake as a wizard. We can, and daily do, transmit messages to and fro between almost every part of the habitable globe —messages which are not only read off by skilled operators as easily as the pages of a printed book, but are printed by the telegraph itself; and to that really amazing command of the forces of nature we now add the power of transmitting, by the Telephone, the tones of the human voice, distinct articulations, perfectly pronounced words, and musical sounds, to any distance to which the necessary wires may be extended; and, by the most recent adaptation of the instrument, the Phonograph, amessage of any length can be spoken on to a plate of metal, that plate sent by post to any part of the world, and the message absolutely re-spoken in the very voice of the sender.

So marvel follows marvel! Voice by Telegraph is followed by voice by Post-card, and the New Year heralds the Future with a new wonder.

Text

1:All About the Telephone and Phonograph by A

Text 2:
[2018]

Our vision has always been to create an iPhone that is entirely screen. One so immersive the device itself disappears into the experience. And so intelligent it can respond to a tap, your voice, and even a glance. With iPhoneX, that vision is now a reality. Say hello to the future.

  • With iPhoneX, the device is the display. An all-new 5.8-inch SuperRetina screen fills the hand and dazzles theeyes.
  • The first OLED screen that rises to the standards of iPhone, with accurate, stunning colours, true blacks, high brightness, and a 1,000,000 to 1 contrast ratio.
  • A tiny space houses some of the most sophisticated technology we’ve ever developed, including the cameras and sensors that enable FaceID.
  • The most durable glass ever in an iPhone, front and back. Surgicalgrade stainless steel. Wireless charging. Water and dust resistance.
  • Familiar gestures make navigation natural and intuitive. Instead of pressing a button, a single swipe takes you home from anywhere.
  • Your face is now your password. FaceID is a secure and private new way to unlock, authenticate and pay.
  • Introducing A11Bionic. The most powerful and smartest chip ever in a smartphone, with a neural engine that’s capable of up to 600 billion operations per second.
  • Send Animoji in Messages. Make Siri your personal DJ. And discover new music with friends in Apple Music.
  • Experience mind-blowing AR games and apps on the world’s largest platform for augmented reality.

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