Practice Paper 2A

Section A: Directed WritingImagine you are a pupil in a school that has a school uniform.Write a letter to the Head Teacher, giving your views on whether or not the school should keep the uniform, or if it should be abolished to allow students to wear what they like.In your letter you should:

• evaluate the views given in both texts about student uniform
• give your own views, based on what you have read, about whether wearing a school uniform is a benefit to students.

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

Begin your letter: ‘Dear Mrs Butler, …’

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.