Past areas of interest

As you know, this is a new paper; there have, in fact, only been two sittings of this paper thus far.  The most recent was in January.  So June is really a good one to be sitting, after all they do say "the third time's a charm".
Whatever you do you must revise whenever you can.  Map out the available time you have and plan your subject study around this.  When I was sitting my GCSEs I mapped out the three weeks beforehand and divided the day into 5-8 hours depending on what I wanted to look at on those days.  If I had a lot of reading planned then I would work a longer day.  Whenever I did work I committed myself to 45 minutes, with 15 minutes off in between.  You must be strict in this regard.  Abiding by a set routine will make things easier rather than just doing it whenever you feel like.

In the past the exam board have covered the following areas:

1. Extreme sports and how they are a menace/dangerous
2. Unusual or interesting travel experiences
3. Leisure facilities in your area and their suitability for young people and families.
4. A discussion on whether kids these days have it all too easy.

The exam board will always find something to provoke your imagination: they are looking for imagination.  One candidate while writing about dangerous sports argued that it could be said all sports carry an element of danger and moved into a discussion on ballet.  They were awarded highly for the flexibility of their argument.  Some candidates took on the persona of a base jumper or extreme sports junkie, however as this is a non-fiction paper, examiners were not fooled and did not appreciate the blatant fictionalisation by candidates.  Neither did they appreciate the use of made up data/statistics.  This is a dangerous area so be very careful when quoting figures.  If you really must quote figures to strengthen your argument then make them reasonably believable and give them some thought: I would recommend you steer clear of this area however as it only invites the examiner to doubt the sincerity of your discussion/case/argument.

So, what might they ask you to look at this time?  Who knows!  I certainly don't, but I can suggest some areas of interest (this does not mean they will come up).
Animal Cruelty
Climate Change
Rising Fuel Costs
Abortion
The Act of Remembrance (in regard to remembering and respecting people who have died for this country)
The Entertainment Industry
Bullying
Protecting Areas of Special Scientific Interest, or Beauty Spots
The Quality of Food in Schools
Litter in the Local Area
The Olympics: Welcoming Tourists/Representing the Nation
The Importance of the Arts (Theatre, Cinema, Opera, Sculpture, Oil, Watercolour etc...)

If you're not sure about how to revise for this section then read up the topics above, research what others have to say about these areas and more importantly how do they express their opinions?

Oh, and one last thing: don't over use the good ol' rhetorical question!

The articles below will help if you use them to identify how they structure their discussion, how they persuade you to their point of view and how they employ language techniques.  Who know, you may enjoy reading them too.