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UK MAY GCSE 2010 : Foundation Tier, English Paper 2

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General Certificate of Secondary Education 2010 Paper 2 Foundation Tier G2902 English [G2902] THURSDAY 10 JUNE, AFTERNOON TIME 2 hours. INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your Centre Number and Candidate Number on the Answer Booklet provided. Answer all four questions. Spend one hour on Section A and one hour on Section B. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES The total mark for this paper is 60. Figures in brackets printed down the right-hand side of pages indicate the marks awarded to each question or part question. This paper is accompanied by a leaflet and diary entries for use with questions 2, 3 and 4. 5972 Section A This section tests writing skills: to inform, explain and describe. Write in a way that suits this type of task. The answer should be developed fully. You will be expected to write at least two sides. Leave enough time to re-read your work so that you can make any changes you feel are necessary. 1 You have been asked to write an article for your school magazine about one of your favourite possessions. In your article you should: inform your readers about your favourite possession explain why it is important to you and describe the role it plays in your life. 5972 2 [30] [Turn over Section B This section tests reading skills: media and non-fiction. Spend about 15 minutes reading the material enclosed: the leaflet and the diary entries. Answer 2 all three questions. Answer using the leaflet. Spend 15 minutes on your answer. This leaflet sets out to persuade and advise the reader about being more responsible in the disposal of waste. How do presentational details help to achieve this purpose? In your answer write about: the use of photographs, images and colour the use of headings and other features of layout. 3 [10] Answer using the diary entries. Spend 15 minutes on your answer. The writer has expressed her thoughts and feelings in an entertaining way . Consider how this has been achieved by commenting on: the lively, personal nature of the writing the variety in sentence structure and the use of paragraphing. 4 [10] Answer using the diary entries and only the written material from the leaflet. Spend 15 minutes on your answer. These texts express different views about the disposal of waste. Compare and contrast how the writers have put forward their points of view . In your answer write about: the words and phrases used the use of fact and opinion. 5972 3 [10] 1847-083-1 5972.02 Your guide to Reducing, Reusing and Recycling Disposal should be the final option for waste. The truth is that the majority of rubbish disposed of is buried in the ground in landfill sites. It is important that we all minimise our reliance on this method of dealing with our rubbish. Buried rubbish produces a liquid as it rots. This has to be controlled to prevent it polluting groundwater. Methane is also given off from rotting waste in landfill sites. This contributes significantly to global warming. Landfill sites take up large amounts of space and are an increasingly expensive method of disposal. Before you buy or dispose of something ask yourself, can I: reduce Study the picture below for just a few seconds to see how many things on the surface of the landfill could have been reduced, reused or recycled. Now think of how much is below the surface. reuse recycle The waste mountain is growing at an alarming rate, so, if you are serious about reducing your impact on the environment, then you should reduce, reuse or recycle. 5972.02 Start reducing now! Keep it loose When shopping, buy loose vegetable/fruit items. Bag it for life Reuse those old carrier bags that you ve got stored under the kitchen sink or use a bag for life. Don t be so clingy Avoid using cling film and foil, instead store food in re-sealable containers. Did you know? If every home reduced the contents of their rubbish bags by half, we would be saving 15 million tonnes of landfill a year, which is the same volume as 60 tower blocks! Say no to junk Prevent unwanted direct mail by contacting the Mailing Preference Service, telephone number 020 7291 3310 or send an email to mps@dma.org.uk Start reusing now! Be potty trained Turn your used margarine or yoghurt tubs into plant pots by planting seedlings. Start heeling Repair bikes, clothes and re-heel your favourite worn out shoes! Did you know? In its early years a child will get through an astounding 5,000 disposable nappies. Be charitable Sell or take good quality unwanted clothes and furniture to charity shops for reuse. Visit www.charityshops.org.uk for more information Keep it real Invest in reusable real nappies and save 600 from birth to potty training. Start recycling now! Buy recycled Buy recycled products, for example toilet paper, kitchen work tops, garden furniture or even fleece jackets made from plastic bottles! Be green fingered Recycle your garden waste and vegetable scraps by composting. Contact your local council for information on bargain compost bins or on your local green waste collection service. Tone it down Recycle your old mobile phones, toner cartridges and computers. Visit www.wasteaware.org.uk for more information Take a tip Use your local Household Waste Recycling Centre to recycle oil, tyres, appliances and many more items. Contact the WasteAware hotline on 08457 425000 for more information. 5972.02 Did you know? Recycling two glass bottles saves enough energy to boil water for five cups of tea! Reduce your waste Reducing your waste is the cheapest and the most environmentally sustainable option. Simply by reducing what you buy, for example in packaging, you are throwing away less which saves the cost of collection, transportation and processing of both raw materials and waste disposal. Reuse your waste Reusing your waste is an even better option than recycling, because a lot of energy is being saved in not re-manufacturing the product. Reusing everyday items can save you money too! Recycle your waste Recycling is the next option. This is the reprocessing of used materials to make new and useful products. Recycling old materials such as plastic bottles, newspapers, cans and glass protects natural resources, reduces landfill and also saves the energy used to make new products. So, why not give it an extra chance? Know your 3 Rs Next time you have something to throw away or recycle, stop and think if the item can be reduced in the future or if it can be reused in an environmentally friendly way. It s only rubbish if you throw it away! To find out more contact WasteAware on 08457 425000 www.wasteaware.org.uk or your local council Printed on recycled paper 5972.02 Paper 2 Foundation Tier [G2902] THURSDAY 10 JUNE, AFTERNOON G2902 English *G2902* General Certificate of Secondary Education 2010 DIARY ENTRIES FOR USE WITH SECTION B QUESTIONS 3 AND 4 5972.03 [Turn over (A mother s diary entries) Thursday 17th After unpacking my weekly shopping today I feel I ll have to TRY to do something about my wasteful ways. Unloading the products from the many carrier bags I d been given at the checkout, I realised that my kitchen contained more plastic than Victoria Beckham s wallet. There was, in fact, more wrapping than food! Empty boxes lined the kitchen worktop. Cardboard sleeves from multi-packs of tins, yoghurt and toothpaste were everywhere along with (wait for it) a polystyrene tray, plastic cover and cling film from one, single pack of four pears! My son Kyle, the eco-warrior of the family, has been pestering me for some time about how we should Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. He takes great delight in telling me lots of startling statistics which I tell him are a load of rubbish!! His favourite fact which he announces EVERY time I unpack the shopping is that the rate we create rubbish in the UK would fill Wembley in less than two hours! I also learnt from him that UK households throw away 30 million tonnes of waste every year (a quarter of which is unwanted packaging ouch!) and that around three and a half tonnes of this is thrown out every second in the UK alone. Even I have to admit this does seem rather a lot!! OK, it s time for my own personal War on Waste. I am going to transform myself from ecosinner to environmental saint. Thursday 24th What a waste of time my eco-plans turned out to be!! This week s shopping was to be different! Let me tell you what happened! We throw away seven times our own body weight in rubbish each year (according to Kyle who else?) so surely it couldn t be that tough to buy what I needed without bringing home any unnecessary packaging. How wrong I was!! Reality hit as soon as I went to pick up household basics such as washing-up liquid, detergent, fabric conditioner, bleach all in plastic bottles none of which could be recycled. What was I supposed to do? Not being able to face the thought of dirty pots and unwashed clothes, I guiltily stacked up the trolley with these offending items. I went to the fruit counter. No problem here I thought fruit already comes with nature s own packaging the skin! Wrong!! It took AGES to arrange soft fruit like pears and plums on top of the bananas, broccoli, lemons and potatoes. Even with all this effort, when I got home two of the plums had been squished in with the potatoes and the pears were well bruised. And, guess what? Kyle wouldn t eat them!! So, will I be soldiering on with this War on Waste? I m afraid the answer is no. Let s leave the environmental do-gooders to get on with saving the planet! I want a life!! I just don t care enough. And do you know what? I don t care that I don t care. SO THERE!! Adapted from Could you shop for a fortnight without food packaging? by Ginny Buckley, Daily Mail, 24 October 2007 1847-083-3 [Turn over

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