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For Y9: Mr Curr's help with the Reading Paper of the SAT

The Reading Paper takes this format from 2003:

a booklet in the SAT will include 3 different types of text

questions will relate in particular to your ability to

-identify and comment on the structure and organisation of texts, including grammatical and presentational features at text level

-explain and comment on writers' use of language, including grammatical and literary features at word and sentence level

-identify and comment on writers' purposes and viewpoints and the overall effect of the text to the reader.

You will answer four main types of question:

-completion of table and tick box

-finding/explaining details in the text

-writing short answers in your own words

-writing long answers in your own words.

questions will cover word, sentence and whole text level.

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