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Relationships:

Sample reading task answers

Family

Question 1
Identify the two complaints presented. 2 marks

criteria	marks
Provides a complete response	2
Provides some relevant information	1

Children don’t care and parents are accused of lack of time/attention during childhood years.
Question 2
How do the parents justify the fact they spend so much time at work? 3 marks

criteria	marks
Provides a full explanation of why parents spend so much time at work	3
Provides a partial explanation of why parents spend so much time at work	2
Provides some relevant information	1

The need for money in order to live and to give their children the best possible education.

They don’t want their kids to suffer like they did.

They want their kids to have everything they didn’t have.

Question 3
Justify the disappointment felt by parents today about their children. 5 marks

criteria	marks
Provides a full and perceptive justification of the parents’ disappointment	5
Provides a thorough justification of the parents’ disappointment	4
Provides a satisfactory justification of the parents’ disappointment	3
Provides a limited justification of the parents’ disappointment	2
Provides some relevant information	1

Requests are ignored
They rebel e.g. refuse to speak the language of origin
Spirit of contradiction, contradict everything parents say or ask
Don’t understand parents
Don’t understand/recognise sacrifices parents have made e.g. even to say thank you
Don’t ask for advice e.g. choice of partner’s job lifestyle
Some parents even expect to be asked for money
Some parents have children who can’t wait for them to pass away to access their inheritance

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