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Children pretending to be grown-ups
Section A. My Mother Said I Never Should by Charlotte Keatley and Blue Remembered Hills by Dennis Potter. For part a), focus only on the extracts here rather than the rest of the studied text.
Compare how children pretending to be grown-ups are presented in these two extracts.
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Marking points
- 1 Compares both extracts on children imitating adults.
- 2 Considers situations, reactions and dramatic context.
- 3 Uses evidence from both extracts.
- 4 Analyses language or dramatic features.
Why this answer loses marks
Only retells the children's game and misses the mixture of comedy and unease.
The mark scheme expects awareness of both misunderstanding and disturbing understanding of adult roles.