AS LL - SOME QUESTIOJS

During the reading week you must complete two writing tasks. One task must be a production question and the other task should be an essay style question. You should write both questions on the novel Spies by Michael Frayn.

Choose one question from section A and one question from section B

Section A - Analytical Task - 40 minutes

Either

Question 1 - How does Frayn create vivid settings? Choose two or three extracts to explore in detail.

In your answer you you should consider:

• Frayn's language choices
• narrative viewpoint

Question 2 - How does Frayn present Stephen's family? Choose two or three extracts to explore in detail.

In your answer you you should consider:

• Frayn's language choices
• narrative viewpoint

Section B - Production task - 50 minutes

Either

Question 3 - Imagine that Barbara Berill keeps a secret journal in which she records her thoughts and feelings. Write an entry for this journal just after her meeting with Stephen in the lookout in chapter 8.

Or

Question 4 - Imagine that Stephen writes a letter to the police in which he records his thoughts and feelings about Mrs Hayward being a German spy. Stephen writes his letter in the lookout alone in Chapter 8 before Barbara Berill arrives. [See pages 152 - 153]

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In the final week of the term you will write two timed questions during our classes. On Tuesday afternoon you will write either a production task question or essay style question on Spies by Michael Frayn. In the Thursday morning lesson you will write either a production question or essay style question on Streetcar Named Desire.

If you write a production style question for Spies you must write an essay style question for Streetcar Named Desire