Leaving homeWhen the time comes for me to move out of home for good, I know it's not
going to be easy. For starters, it's going to be pretty hard trying to get into the car with Mum hanging off my leg, Dad repeating every bit of fatherly advice he's ever given me since I turned six, and my sisters and brother fighting over any leftover CDs and probably trying to establish land rights (5) over my bedroom. At least, that's the way I think it will be. Maybe they'll all be pretty cool and simply wave me on my merry way. In some ways, life might really be simpler if we came with 'living at home' use-by dates attached.Or maybe if we were fitted with one of those meat (10) thermometer things that would pop out when we were 'cooked' and ready to move on. Before we look at when we're ready to leave home, maybe we should look at why we want to do it.After all, chances are once you move out:
excited about her big move and thought life was going to be wonderful... until the rats in the back yard started up. She remembers calling up her dad in the middle of the night: I swear they were as big as dogs, and by the time Dad got there I was trying to push (25) the fridge up against the back door so they couldn't break my laundry door down! Rats on steroids! They were huge! Obviously the really big ones had taken off when Dad arrived because he only saw regular-sized ones. But I still wore my highest platform shoes every time I went into that laundry! But don't let stories like this put you off leaving home. It just shows that you (30) have to be realistic when you move out. DOn't get caught up in the excitement of escaping your parents and having lots of parties, or you'll be let down badly when the reality sets in. The way to do it is just be sensible. [Source: adapted from Leaving Home: The Ultimate Guide, p xi-4, Samantha Koch and David Koch, Allen and Unwin, 2003] 1. In your own words, identify TWO disadvantages of moving out of home that are stated in the text i. _________________________________________________________________________________ ii. ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Identify ONE language feature used in lines 1 - 12. Give an example of this feature: Feature:____________________________________________________________________________ Example:____________________________________________________________________________ Explain how this feature helps support the ideas about leaving home that the author developes later in the article ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Explain why the authors address the reader personally in the final paragraph. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ANSWERS (NCEA Level 1 English revision guide. 2009 edition, Really Useful Resources, pg. 38) (NCEA Level 1 English revision guide. 2011 edition, Really Useful Resources, pg. 20) |