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Question 215

When the bell does not ring

For four Fridays, your school has replaced the bell between lessons with clocks and on-screen reminders. The school community is divided about whether the trial should continue.

EvidenceResult
Pupils arriving after the next lesson had begun11% on trial Fridays; 7% on usual Fridays
Pupils who said that corridors felt calmer64%
Staff who said that lesson endings were less abrupt71%
Staff who said that they had to give more attention to checking the time48%
Noise complaints from nearby classrooms8 during the trial; 14 over four usual Fridays

Write the text of a speech for a meeting of governors, staff, parents and pupils, persuading them to support your recommendation for what the school should do next.

You could include:

  • what the results suggest about the trial
  • which concerns deserve the most attention
  • whether the trial should continue, change or end, and how a future decision should be made.

You may also use your own ideas. You may invent further details, but your argument should take account of the results provided.

Your response will be assessed for communication and organisation, and for vocabulary, sentence structures, spelling and punctuation. The total includes 16 marks for vocabulary, sentence structures, spelling and punctuation.

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2.3 Content: non-fiction study and transactional text types Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /English Language
  3. /2.3 Content: non-fiction study and transactional text types

834 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE English Language 2.3 Content: non-fiction study and transactional text types, covering 2.3.9 Write an article, 2.3.10 Write a letter, 2.3.11 Write a review, 2.3.12 Write a text for a speech, and 2.3.13 Write a section for a guide, textbook, leaflet or booklet. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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