Instructions

Carefully read the extract and then decide what comment you would make in each box before checking your ideas against the suggested annotations. Hint The first three points are positive comments and the second three are areas for improvement.

The writer suggests how life is difficult in the heading and sub-title “it isn’t easy” and “Growing Up against the Odds”. The writer emphasises the danger by personifying it “Danger awaits...every turn” here the word “every” tells us that danger can be anywhere. The fact that “only 20% live” to establish their own habitat also shows us how few of them survive. Another heading “What Hope for the Tiger?” might suggest that they are running out of hope. The writer emphasises the dramatic fall in population from “100,000” to just “6,000”. The writer also suggests that they might become extinct as they battle with humans for resources summed up by the sub-title “Colliding Worlds”.

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The writer suggests how life is difficult in the heading
The answer is focused here
“it isn’t easy” and “Growing Up against the Odds”.
Uses the text well here
every
Underlines a key word
here the word “every” tells us that danger can be anywhere.
Develops a focused comment on language
The writer emphasises the dramatic fall in population from “100,000” to just “6,000”.
Begins to make a RANGE of points based on the text
summed up by the sub-title “Colliding Worlds”.
Able to sum up the arguments in a text