Who knew GCSE revision involved the use of so many acronyms?
This week Pauline Hills, an English teacher and author of our
Romeo and Juliet titles, talks about the importance of PAF for
GCSE English revision. PAF stands for purpose, audience and
format. That’s why something is written, who it’s written for
and how it’s written. For months your teacher will have been
discussing the terms purpose, audience and format with you,
encouraging you to write for yourself in different formats such
as letters, speeches or newspaper reports and teaching you the
conventions of these formats. You will be familiar with the
different purposes for writing through the writing triplets:
argue, persuade advise; inform, explain, describe; analyse,
review, comment; and explore, imagine, entertain and you’ll have
had the chance to write for these purposes – you may even have
produced coursework for one of these purposes. You’ll have been
taught to think about your audience – the person or people you
are writing for – and whether it