AQA English Language Paper 2 Q5 Workbook

AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2 Question 5 workbook for Year 10 and Year 11 (KS4): writing to present a viewpoint, with craft skills and a timed task.

This workbook teaches Paper 2 Section B viewpoint writing, from taking a position and planning to counterargument, register, rhetoric and structure. Students study an original model, repair a weak paragraph and then write a full timed speech using background material on a later school start.

What’s included (20 pages)

• Teacher guide, a page on what Question 5 rewards (40 marks: AO5 24, AO6 16) and a five-minute planning page
• Four craft-skill pages: meeting the counterargument, register and audience, rhetoric, and structure and the last line
• Model article study page and an openings workshop
• Background material on a later school start and a paragraph surgery task
• Timed task: a speech to school governors (40 marks, 45 minutes) with a planning grid and two extended response sheets
• Checking page and one argument written at three levels of control
• Teaching notes and independent marking bands (not AQA’s mark scheme or level descriptors)

How to use it
Teach the planning and craft-skill pages over a short sequence of lessons, using the openings workshop and paragraph surgery as starters or homework. Finish with the timed speech under 45-minute conditions and mark it with the marking bands for feedback.

Key features

• Aligned to the AQA GCSE English Language specification (8700), Paper 2 Section B
• Untiered and suitable for the full KS4 ability range
• Scaffolded with planning grids, model writing and a three-level comparison
• Print-ready A4 with no preparation needed
• Original model writing and tasks; no past-paper questions or published mark schemes

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