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Family life
Question 1: Anita and Me by Meera Syal and The Football Factory by John King. Candidates are told to read the two extracts and answer both parts. They are advised to spend about 45 minutes on part a and 30 minutes on part b. For part a, they should focus only on the extracts rather than referring to the rest of the studied text.
Compare how family life is presented in these two extracts. You should consider: the situations and experiences faced by the characters; how the characters react to these situations and experiences; how the writers' use of language and techniques creates effects.
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Marking points
- 1 Compares both extracts rather than writing separately about only one.
- 2 Explains relevant family situations and contextual factors in the extracts.
- 3 Uses precise textual references from both extracts.
- 4 Analyses language, form or structure, not just content.
- 5 Maintains a critical personal response to the task focus of family life.
Why this answer loses marks
Both extracts show older siblings helping younger children, so family life is caring.
This spots a shared idea but misses the different family pressures and does not analyse Syal or King's methods.