Roadmap
Shared Language Skills
Critical Reading and Comprehension
3.1.1 - Reading for purpose and navigating unseen texts
3.1.1 - Retrieving information and drawing supported inferences
3.1.1 - Selecting precise evidence and supporting a point of view
3.1.1 - Explaining how language choices create meaning and effect
3.1.1 - Analysing form and structure across a whole text
3.1.1 - Evaluating claims, evidence, bias and alternative readings
3.1.1 - Summarising and synthesising ideas
3.1.1 - Comparing ideas, perspectives and methods
Effective Writing and Technical Control
3.1.2 - Adapting audience, purpose, form, tone and register
3.1.2 - Selecting and developing ideas with a consistent viewpoint
3.1.2 - Organising writing for coherence, cohesion and emphasis
3.1.2 - Choosing vocabulary and imagery for precision and impact
3.1.2 - Controlling grammar and sentence structures for effect
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3.1.2 - Using punctuation accurately and deliberately
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3.1.2 - Spelling, proofreading and editing for clarity
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3.1.2 - Timed planning, drafting and checking
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Paper 1 - Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing
Reading Literature Fiction
Paper 1 Section A (AO1, AO2, AO4) - Reading fiction as a developing whole
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Paper 1 Question 1 (AO1) - Four multiple-choice retrieval decisions
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Paper 1 Question 2 (AO2) - Selecting details and developing language analysis
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Paper 1 Question 3 (AO2) - Tracking one structural effect across the source
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Paper 1 Question 3 (AO2) - Explaining whole-text structural choices
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Paper 1 Question 4 (AO4) - Testing a statement and shaping a judgement
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Paper 1 Question 4 (AO4) - Evaluating methods and evidence in a sustained response
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Paper 1 Section A (AO1, AO2, AO4) - Timed cumulative reading practice
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Descriptive and Narrative Writing
Paper 1 Question 5 (AO5, AO6) - Choosing a task and planning under time
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Paper 1 Question 5 (AO5, AO6) - Creating description through selective detail
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Paper 1 Question 5 (AO5, AO6) - Shaping descriptive viewpoint, mood and movement
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Paper 1 Question 5 (AO5, AO6) - Establishing character, setting and narrative viewpoint
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Paper 1 Question 5 (AO5, AO6) - Controlling a story opening through sequence and pace
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Paper 1 Question 5 (AO5, AO6) - Crafting and editing a timed creative response
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Paper 2 - Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives
Reading Non-fiction and Literary Non-fiction
Paper 2 Section A (AO1, AO2, AO3) - Navigating linked non-fiction sources
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Paper 2 Question 1 (AO1) - Selecting four true statements
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Paper 2 Question 2 (AO1) - Comparative inference and concise synthesis
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Paper 2 Question 3 (AO2) - Linking language choices to viewpoint
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Paper 2 Question 3 (AO2) - Developing an extended language analysis
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Paper 2 Question 4 (AO3) - Comparing feelings, ideas and perspectives
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Paper 2 Question 4 (AO3) - Commenting on methods in a sustained comparison
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Paper 2 Section A (AO1, AO2, AO3) - Timed cumulative reading practice
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Writing to Present a Viewpoint
Paper 2 Question 5 (AO5, AO6) - Reading the situation and establishing a viewpoint
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Paper 2 Question 5 (AO5, AO6) - Developing arguments with examples and explanation
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Paper 2 Question 5 (AO5, AO6) - Crafting rhetoric for audience and purpose
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Paper 2 Question 5 (AO5, AO6) - Organising argument, counterargument and emphasis
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Paper 2 Question 5 (AO5, AO6) - Adapting speeches, articles, letters and other forms
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Paper 2 Question 5 (AO5, AO6) - Planning, writing and editing a timed viewpoint response
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Spoken Language
Preparing and Delivering the Endorsement Presentation
AO7 - Choosing a Spoken Language topic, purpose and audience
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AO7 - Planning and organising a persuasive formal presentation
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AO7, AO9 - Rehearsing delivery and spoken Standard English
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AO8 - Listening, responding to questions and using feedback
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