O-LevelEnglish LanguageReading for Meaning1123/21 · May/June 2016 · Q62 Marks
From paragraph 3 'I had never deliberately learned to read' (lines 20–21). Explain fully how Jean Louise did in fact learn to read.
- (a)Explain fully how Jean Louise did in fact learn to read.[2]
Mark scheme
Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2016). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.
- [1 mark] (i) her father read to her/ read aloud / she listened to her father reading every evening / night / all the evenings she could remember
- Allow Any other idea of frequency, e.g. often, every day / the daily news
- Don't Allow Block lift of lines 23–25 'I could not... every night'
- [1 mark] (ii) with his finger moving on / over/ underneath / pointing to the words (he was reading)
- Allow Lift of line 23 '(when) the lines...words'
- Excess denies
- Don't Allow By following her father's finger (alone)
- Additional information Look for idea of sound for first mark.
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