Read the source material and answer both questions:
Text A is from an article entitled [Report on the Fall of the Berlin Wall] by [Ann Lesley]. It was first published in the [Daily Mail in 1989].
Imagine that you are one of the students referred to by Ann Lesley in the text and produce a diary entry for this day, recording your thoughts and feelings on this historic occasion.
Adapt the source material, using your own words as far as possible. Your [diary] 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 [diary]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)
