Read the source material which follows and answer both questions:
Text A is from an article entitled EVERYBODY WNS AND ALL MUST HAVE PRIZES by Melanie Phillips. It was first published in the Daily Mail in 2003.
Imagine you have been asked to script a speech urging parents to write to their MP to demand changes in educational policy.
Use the source material to produce the opening section of the speech.
Your audience will consist of concerned parents.
You should adapt the source material, using your own words as far as possible.
Your script 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)
