Practice Paper 2D

Section A: Directed WritingImagine the government is considering scrapping GCSEs.Write a letter to your local MP, giving your views on whether or not GCSEs should be replaced with a new system.In your letter you should:

• evaluate the views given in the text about the relevance of GCSEs.
• give your own views, based on what you have read, about whether scrapping GCSEs would be beneficial to young people.

Base your letter on what you have read in the text, but be careful to use your own words. Address both of the bullet points.

Begin your letter: “Dear Ms Lucy Arkwright MP…”

Write about 250 to 350 words.

Up to 15 marks are available for the content of your answer, and up to 25 marks for the quality of your writing.