Exam practice using 'Touching the Void'

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Teachit Author
Exam practice using 'Touching the Void'
Main Subject
Key stage
Exam board
Category
Reading skills: Language analysis
Resource type
Student activity
Title
Touching the Void
Author
Joe Simpson
A useful revision resource that explores the language methods used in both climbers' accounts paying close attention to how they would answer an exam question. Great for revision. The questions relate to the extract from Touching the Void which is from the Edexcel IGCSE anthology.  Suggested answers are included. 

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30/04/2020

This is based on an exercise in the Pearson Student Book and have found the answers very useful! My C set year 11 pupils have really enjoyed the topic and watching parts of the documentary. Now that they have had a go at finding their own examples of the various language features in the extract and trying to explain the effects, I am going to cut up the answer sections so that they can match up the language methods with the impact created. Some pairs will do Joe's account and some will do Simon's, followed by feedback to each other. We will be following this up with some creative work - writing about an incident from two different points of view.

29/01/2017

Google 'edexcel anthology' then download it.

22/01/2016

Hi,

We'd love to publish the extract for you but unfortunately aren't able to due to copyright restrictions. The extract that is used in the resource can be found in the Edexcel IGCSE anthology on page 5 (the anthology is available on their website). The page references for the text will differ depending on the version used, but the extract can be found in Chapter 5 of the book.

I hope this helps.

Lindy

Lindy Leslie, Teachit English Editor

22/01/2016

5

30/04/2020

This is based on an exercise in the Pearson Student Book and have found the answers very useful! My C set year 11 pupils have really enjoyed the topic and watching parts of the documentary. Now that they have had a go at finding their own examples of the various language features in the extract and trying to explain the effects, I am going to cut up the answer sections so that they can match up the language methods with the impact created. Some pairs will do Joe's account and some will do Simon's, followed by feedback to each other. We will be following this up with some creative work - writing about an incident from two different points of view.

29/01/2017

Google 'edexcel anthology' then download it.

22/01/2016

Hi,

We'd love to publish the extract for you but unfortunately aren't able to due to copyright restrictions. The extract that is used in the resource can be found in the Edexcel IGCSE anthology on page 5 (the anthology is available on their website). The page references for the text will differ depending on the version used, but the extract can be found in Chapter 5 of the book.

I hope this helps.

Lindy

Lindy Leslie, Teachit English Editor

22/01/2016

Not much use if we don't at least have the relevant page numbers.

22/01/2016

It'd be good if the extract from the text was included. Is it available online anywhere?

21/01/2016

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