Text B is from a report by Ann Leslie written for the Daily Mail at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Imagine you are the East German border guard who was on duty on the night described by Ann Leslie. Write a letter to your brother in which you describe the events and your thoughts and feelings about what happened.
You should use and adapt the source material using your own words as far as possible. Your letter 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 letter
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)
Click here for a link to a news report on the fall of the Berlin Wall
