Bitesize Writing Exercises for GCSE English (Paper 1 Question 5)

These three resources can be used as whole classes.

However, they are also great as ‘fillers’ - to take up a short amount of time in a class (at the beginning or end, perhaps!).

They were created in response to student need. Looking at the whole of Paper 1 Question 5 can become repetitious - and does not always suit less able students.

The three resources are:

• Flashback writing exercised (students given a picture and a pre-written paragraph and must imagine what has happened previously).
• Write Four Things - a game, of sorts. Students become the examiner and have to provide their peers with a paragraph which could be used to answer Paper 1 Question 1.
• Openings - students are given a scaffold with which to build the first paragraph of a description or narrative.

These exercises fit in a lot of what A05 and A06 cover.
AO5: Communicate clearly, effectively and imaginatively, selecting and adapting tone, style and register for different forms, purposes and audiences. Organise information and ideas, using structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion of texts
AO6: Candidates must use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation. (This requirement must constitute 20% of the marks for each specification as a whole.)