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Paper 2 = non-fiction/ transactional), so it is clear to students what to expect in each case.  \n• The higher weighting for Paper 2 reflects the additional work (comparison, two reading texts) expected of learners in this paper.  \nAll writing is supported by a stimulus, with the reading as a model.  \n• Each of our papers is linked by a theme, which means the reading provides students with a stimulus and a model for their own writing.  \n• There is a choice of writing tasks per paper.  \n• There is an optional set of images to provide an additional stimulus for learners in the creative writing section.  \nPaper 1  \n1hr 45 mins  \n(40%)  \nSection A:  \nUnseen 19th century fiction  \n• Extract will be approximately  \n650 words in length.  \n• Shorter response questions will focus on close reading of the text; longer response questions will ask students to show their understanding of the whole text.  \nSection B:  \nCreative writing  \n• Choice of two tasks linked to the theme of the 19th century fiction.  \n• One task will include images as an optional stimulus for learners.  \n• Assessing writing for audience and purpose, tone, style and register as well as grammatical and structural features, vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling and punctuation.  \nPaper 2  \nSection A:  \n2hrs 5 mins  \n(60%)  \nComparison of two unseen texts from the 20th and 21st century  \n• One will be non-fiction; the other literary non-fiction.  \n• Extracts will be up to 1000 words in total.  \n• Shorter response questions will focus on the close reading of the individual texts; a longer response question will ask students to compare the writers’use of language.  \nSection B:  \nTransactional writing  \n• Choice of two tasks linked to the theme of the comparison texts.  \n• Newspaper articles, letters etc.  \n• Assessing writing for audience and purpose, tone, style and register as well as grammatical and structural features, vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling and punctuation.  \nSpoken Language endorsement  \n• Presenting, listening to questions and responding, and the use of standard English.  \n• Teacher set and assessed.  \nSupport for the key challenges.  \n• Our digital English Language Unseen Preparation Anthology will provide exemplar texts for you to use in the classroom.  \n• We will provide exclusive sets of Gramar for Writing lesson plans to support progress in writing, and Let’s Think in English materials to build confidence with unseen texts.  \n• Separate endorsement reported as a separate line on the certificate.  \nLearn more about English Language with Pearson Edexcel  \nMapping documents from your current exam board  \nTo help make the transition from your current exam board as easy and straightforward as possible, we have created three mapping documents for you to download:  \nPast exam papers and mark schemes  \nWe know how important it is to see examples of exam papers,  \nquestions and mark schemes when looking at switching exam boards.  \nYou can download our most recent past papers and mark schemes be","cbCaibb5c9CR3XMQ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibb5c9CR3XMQ","pdf",901539,"English","# Assessment at a glance\n## Paper 1\n## Paper 2\n## Spoken Language endorsement\n## Support for the key challenges\n## Past exam papers and mark schemes","[{\"question\":\"What text type is required for Paper 1?\",\"answer\":\"Paper 1 includes an unseen 19th-century fiction extract, expected to be about 650 words, followed by creative writing linked to the same theme.\"},{\"question\":\"How is Paper 2 structured?\",\"answer\":\"Paper 2 has a reading-and-comparison section with two unseen texts from the 20th and 21st century, and a transactional writing section with two task choices linked to the comparison texts.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the Spoken Language endorsement include?\",\"answer\":\"It covers presenting, listening to questions and responding, and using standard English, with the teacher set and assessed.\"}]","GCSE (9-1) English Key features - Exam preparation overview | PDF",1792462582]