Cambridge AS Level English Language 9093 | Paper 1 Practice Set 11: Investigative Journalism and Scripted Speech (Model Answers Included)
What's inside:This practice set is built around an investigative article exposing the bottled water industry: the tap water behind the "pure" labels, the environmental cost of the plastic, and the marketing language the industry uses to sell the image of the mountain rather than the water. From that single source text, students work through all three Paper 1 questions in sequence.Q1(a) — Directed Writing: Scripted Speech (10 marks)Write a speech for your school assembly persuading students to stop buying bottled water and switch to refillable bottles. The model answer shows exactly how to transform documented evidence into a spoken address built on direct address, rhetorical questions, imperative commands and a repeated image the audience will remember.Q1(b) — Comparative Analysis: Investigative Article and Scripted Speech (15 marks)Compare the speech with the investigative article, analysing form, structure and language. The model answer demonstrates how to weave comparison into every paragraph, contrast a text written to be studied with a text written to be heard once, and close every paragraph by showing how each text achieves its purpose.Q2 — Extended Analysis: Investigative Article (25 marks)Analyse how the writer uses form, structure and language to achieve their purpose. The model answer applies the full analytical chain throughout: naming each device, defining it, quoting it in five words or fewer, tracing its effect on the reader and connecting every point back to the writer's purpose. The Q2 essay deliberately analyses a fresh set of features from those covered in Q1(b), so students study two different analytical routes through the same text.Every question includes:- An AO guidance box written specifically for that question, telling students in plain language exactly what AO1, AO2 and AO3 require for that particular task- A five key conventions box before each analysis, so students learn the defining features of the scripted speech and the investigative article before analysing them- A full response page with writing lines so students complete their own answer before consulting the model- A complete model answer meeting every marking and analysis standard required at AS Level- An examiner's comment box after each analytical model answer, explaining exactly how the response meets the assessment objectives for that questionWho is this for?Students sitting Cambridge AS Level English Language 9093 who want to see what a high-band Paper 1 answer looks like in practice, not just what the mark scheme says in the abstract. Work through the questions yourself, then use the model answers and examiner's comments to identify exactly where to push your analysis further.Teachers delivering Cambridge 9093 who want a classroom-ready resource that requires no preparation. The AO guidance boxes do the pre-teaching for you, the conventions boxes frame the text types, the response pages structure independent work, and the model answers give students a concrete benchmark to annotate and discuss. Use it as a homework task, a guided lesson, a revision session or a timed mock component.Why this resource is different:Most revision materials show students what to write. This one shows them how to think. The AO guidance boxes are written as though a teacher is sitting next to the student before they begin, giving specific, task-focused advice rather than generic exam tips. The model answers follow every analytical standard required by the mark scheme: fresh evidence in every paragraph, full analytical chains, no absolute language and a synthesis conclusion of no more than two sentences.Also available: All 20 text types covered on the Cambridge 9093 syllabus are available as individual sets, themed bundles or the complete 20-set book. Schools purchasing resources for a class or year group should consider the complete book for the best value per student.
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