Read the source material which follows and answer both questions:
Text A is from an article entitled [Everybody Wins and All Must Have Prizes] by [Melanie Phillips]. It was first published in the [Daily Mail 2003].
You are a member of a Parent Teachers Association and have been asked to script a speech urging parents to write to their MP to demand changes in educational policy. Produce the opening section of the speech.]
Your audience will consist of [parents of children who attend your school.]
You should adapt the source material, using your own words as far as possible. Your [speech] should be approximately 300 – 400 words in length.
In your adaptation you should:
• use language appropriately to address purpose and audience
• write accurately and coherently, applying relevant ideas and concepts.
(25 marks)
AND
Question 3
Write a commentary which explains the choices you made when writing your speech
commenting on the following:
• how language and form have been used to suit audience and purpose
• how vocabulary and other stylistic features have been used to shape meaning and
achieve particular effects.
You should aim to write about 150 – 250 words in this commentary.
(15 marks)
