A pound for kindness
Original non-fiction-style practice text.
Our school has begun awarding points for kindness, exchangeable for small prizes. Yesterday, a pupil asked whether carrying a chair for a teacher earned more than lending a pencil. I cannot blame him. The scheme has supplied a price list and then looked surprised when somebody asked about the prices.
Recognising thoughtfulness is a good intention. A quiet pupil who helps others deserves to be noticed as much as the child who wins a race. But turning each action into a transaction risks teaching a different lesson: that doing something for another person creates a claim on an adult's reward cupboard.
Thank pupils specifically. Tell them what their help made possible. Please stop asking a plastic token to explain why another person's difficulty should matter. Kindness can be acknowledged without being made to resemble a very small job.
Assess the writer’s attitude towards the school’s kindness points scheme. Use three details from the text to support your answer.
80 exam-style questions on CIE IGCSE English Language 4.3 Question 2 Summary task (20 marks), covering 4.3.1 Summary task on Text B, 4.3.2 Question 2(a) selective summary in own words, and 4.3.3 Question 2(b) attitudes and opinions. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.