Friday 28 January 2011

Year 7 Exam Skills: Practice Exam Question


Last lesson you were asked to write an answer to the following question using P.E.E.:

How does Philip Pullman imply that Iorek Byrnison is scary?
You should comment on:
The language used to describe the bear’s appearance
The way the author describes him eating
Lyra’s reaction to him. (5 marks)

Please post as a comment on this post your answer to this question before our lesson on Tuesday 1st February. You will need to write 3 P.E.E. paragraphs, one on each of the bullet points above.

Remember:
Point: full sentence answer to the question
Evidence: exact quotation from the text
Explanation: explain how your quotation supports your point