2008 English Standard Grade. Foundation, General and Credit Reading. Finalised Marking Instructions

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1 2008 English Standard Grade Foundation, General and Credit Reading Finalised Marking Instrutions Sottish Qualifiations Authority 2008 The information in this puliation may e reprodued to support SQA qualifiations only on a non-ommerial asis. If it is to e used for any other purposes written permission must e otained from the Assessment Materials Team, Dalkeith. Where the puliation inludes materials from soures other than SQA (seondary opyright), this material should only e reprodued for the purposes of examination or assessment. If it needs to e reprodued for any other purpose it is the entre's responsiility to otain the neessary opyright learane. SQA's Assessment Materials Team at Dalkeith may e ale to diret you to the seondary soures. These Marking Instrutions have een prepared y Examination Teams for use y SQA Appointed Markers when marking External Course Assessments. This puliation must not e reprodued for ommerial or trade purposes.

2 English Standard Grade Foundation Reading QUESTIONS Marks Look at Paragraphs 1 and When and where does the story egin? Write your answers in the spaes provided. when: Christmas Eve (1) where: (motorway) servies/petrol station (1) not a good day to hith-hike. (Paragraph 1) Give two piees of evidene from Paragraph 1 whih show this is true. (i) (nearly) five hours (1) (ii) without (a sniff of) a lift (1) no one had (even) slowed down (1) weather was lousy (1) he d dozed off (1) any two lift or gloss aeptale 3. Billy s situation eomes worse as it grows late. Write down two things from paragraph 2 whih add to his diffiulties. (i) (getting) dark (1) (ii) fog (was oming in) (1) Write down an expression from Paragraph 2 whih shows that drivers paid no attention to Billy. drove y him / as if he wasn t there (2) 2 0 whole phrase aeptale 5. Billy is arrying a ruksak. Why would this not e a prolem for drivers? small/ould fit under his legs (2) 2 0 Page 2

3 6. Give two reasons why the ruksak might e important to Billy. it ontained all he had (1) used to elong to his mum (1) lift or gloss aeptale Look at Paragraphs 3 to Billy thinks aout rossing the road and returning to London. (a) Why does he onsider doing this? to get a ed (1) something to eat (1) () Why does he deide not to? (proaly get) run over (2) 2 0 referene to luk alone (0) 8. Billy is in ad physial shape. (a) Write down two ways the writer shows us this. ough (1) had a old for two months/a long time (1) () Why is Billy in suh ad shape? sleeping rough (1) for a year/a long time (1) Give two reasons why Billy plans to go into the afé later. (i) warm up (1) (ii) get up of offee (1) Write down an expression whih suggests he is a it unsure aout going into the afé. presuming they d serve him / he looked a mess (2) 2 0 Page 3

4 Look at Paragraphs 6 and The weather is making Billy more and more miserale. Write down three things whih show this. (i) shivering (due to old) (ii) wet through/ref. to jaket not keeping him dry (iii) puddles around his feet all three = (2) any two = (1) one = (0) 12. Why has the writer put inverted ommas around the word shower-proof? e not really shower-proof (2) 2 0 OR aept ref. to manufaturer s laim/advertising/written on jaket et (2) 13. When Billy first sees the lorry (Paragraph 6), whih two things make it dangerous? (i) lights not on (1) (ii) lose to ker (1) like a rait dazzled y a poaher s torh, waiting to e shot. (Paragraph 7) (a) What tehnique is the writer using in this expression? Tik ( ) the orret ox. e rhyme metaphor alliteration simile 2 0 () What two things does this expression suggest aout Billy? /e (i) he annot see (learly) (1) (ii) helpless/annot or does not move/afraid/stunned or similar (1) Page 4

5 Look at Paragraphs 8 to Before Billy gets into the lorry, how does the writer make the driver seem mysterious and threatening? /e Billy annot see him (1) Ref. to deep voie/harsh voie (1) Billy hesitated. (Paragraph 15) Give two reasons why he then deides to aept the lift after all. (i) driver is Sottish (like himself)/driver has Sottish aent (like his) (1) (ii) driver an take him (all the way) home (1) or, at least, to the plae he used to all home. (Paragraph 15) How do you think Billy feels aout his home in Sotland? Billy no longer feels that it is home/billy is no longer sure that it is home/billy 2 0 unertain aout his reeption or similar/billy misses his home (2) the grim, frozen north. (Paragraph 18) Explain why this is a good desription of Billy s destination. e ref. to old/winter (1) ref. to miserale/unweloming (1) Look at Paragraphs 19 and etiquette. (Paragraph 20) Tik ( ) the ox eside the est definition of etiquette. a onversation a gadget a way of ehaving orretly a solution to a prolem 2 0 Page 5

6 Look at Paragraphs 21 to Billy eomes more and more nervous. Write down three things aout Hank s ehaviour whih make Billy feel like this. (i) (ii) silene rief responses (iii) interruption does not want musi way he speaks drives faster any three = (2); two = (1); one = (0) 21. Everyone s expeted to have a good time... (Paragraph 35) Why does this other Billy? he is not having a good time (1) so he feels (even) worse/jealous (1) OR if you are not having a good time (1) you feel (even) worse (1) lift or gloss aeptale Think aout the passage as a whole. 22. Do you feel sorry for Billy? Tik ( ) one ox Yes No a/ Give two reasons from the passage to support your answer. (i) (ii) For yes aept any two suitale referenes suh as: homeless/unwell/no one to are for him/possily in danger/afraid of Hank /hint of family prolems/hardly any possessions/old/wet any two (1) + (1) = (2) For no aept any two suitale referenes suh as: he does get a lift at the end/he is going home/might have run away from home/possily stole ruksak from mum any two (1) + (1) = (2) [END OF MARKING INSTRUCTIONS] Page 6

7 General Reading QUESTIONS Marks Look at Paragraphs 1 to 3. Write your answers in the spaes provided. 1. (a) What had een added to the road sign in Caithness? (surfing) stikers (2) 2 0 () Write down two things the surfers would know when they saw this road sign. Thurso 23 miles away (1) have taken the right turn-off (for Thurso) (1) nearly at their destination (1) any two lifts aeptale 2. Thurso is aout to enter surfing s ig league. (Paragraph 2) How does the writer make this statement stand out? e short paragraph/one sentene paragraph (2) OR 2 0 referene to word hoie ig league suggests dramati or similar (2) 3. Thurso is different from the popular image of a surfing loation. (a) In your own words, desrie the popular image of a surfing loation. gloss of tropial eg hot/exoti/eah with palm trees (2) 2 0 () Write down an expression showing how Thurso is different. raw / exposed / worst exesses of the Sottish limate (2) What do the words jewel in the rown (Paragraph 3) suggest aout Thurso East? the est (of all the Caithness surfing spots) (2) a fast-moving, arrelling monster... (Paragraph 3) Explain fully why this is an effetive desription of the wave. e referene to speed (1)/power (1)/feroity (1)/frightening (1)/danger (1)/(rolling) movement (1)/size (1)/shape (1) any two (1) + (1) = (2) NB lifts = 0 Page 2

8 Look at Paragraphs 4 and In whih two ways is the Highland Open different from other WQS surfing ompetitions? (i) (first time) held in Sotland (1) (ii) furthest north it has een held (1) lifts aeptale 7. In your own words, explain the differene etween the two professional surfing tours. WCT gloss of premier division eg est ompetitors/higher status (1) WQS gloss of platform... to move up into the ig time eg step towards the etter ompetition (1) aept referene to lower status (1) 8. Whih two enefits will the winner of the ompetition gain? (i) referene to prize money (1) (ii) (vital tour) points (1) lifts aeptale Look at Paragraphs 6 to Give three reasons why, aording to Bernhard Ritzer, surfers will want to visit Thurso. (i) (ii) (enjoy) travelling/new plae/adventure/new experiene/ one of the est waves in Europe/ig reef reak waves/ (iii) referene to photographs any three = (2); two = (1); one = (0) lifts aeptale 10. Aording to Ritzer, what will surprise the surfers? old/harsh onditions (2) OR ref to Thurso is one of the est waves in Europe, if 2 0 not the world. (2) Page 3

9 11. Thurso an offer something whih many other surfing loations annot. What is this? ig/dramati/exiting waves (2) OR 2 0 referene to hallenging weather onditions (2) OR ref to ontrast with tropial events (2) lifts aeptale Look at Paragraphs 9 and Surfers generally guard their loal reaks... (Paragraph 9) In your own words, explain why surfers do this. e they don t want/to protet from/to stop (or similar) (1) overrowding (or similar) (1) lifts (0) 13. What style of language is used in the expression keep your mouth shut (Paragraph 9)? informal/hatty/slang or similar (2) Whih two key things have WQS representatives done to gain support? (i) met surfers/addressed their onerns (1) (ii) paid for ar park improvements (1) lifts aeptale 15. The WQS representatives feel that they ve pretty muh got everyone on oard. (Paragraph 9) Write down an expression from Paragraph 10 whih ontinues this idea. most of them are positive (2) must have whole expression Write down a single word from this setion meaning refuse to support or take part. oyott 2 0 Page 4

10 Look at Paragraphs 11 to (a) How does loal surfer Andy Bain feel aout the ompetition? Tik ( ) the est answer. very negative and angry quite pleased ut worried exited and not really anxious 2 0 () Write down an expression to support your hosen answer. eagerly antiipating / makes me feel proud / don t think it s going to 2 0 e that ad / doesn t antiipate a negative impat / it ll generate usiness for us if (a) = (0), () = (0) 18. He may as well e going to surf on the moon... (Paragraph 14) What does this omparison suggest aout Thurso? (Thurso is) far away/unknown/like another world (2) In Paragraph 15, Australian Adam Roertson desries his life as a professional surfer. In your own words, sum up the negative and positive aspets of his life. (a) negative: gloss of live out of your ag a lot eg few omforts/few elongings with you/never in one plae for long (1) gloss of long stints away from home eg not at home for long periods of time (1) (1) + (1) = (2) () positive: referene to seeing many/varied/new plaes (1) OR gloss of perform well eg (ompetition) suess (1) OR gloss of get some really good waves eg good onditions/exiting surf/waves just right (1) any two (1) + (1) = (2) 20. What three elements of the surfers performane are judged? (i) length of ride (ii) diffiulty of moves (iii) how they onnet it all together all three = (2); two = (1); one = (0) lifts aeptale Page 5

11 Think aout the passage as a whole. 21. (i) What do you think is the main purpose of this passage? Tik ( ) one ox. a/e to tell the reader some amusing stories aout surfing to inform the reader aout a surfing ompetition in Sotland to argue against holding a surfing ompetition in Sotland 1 (ii) Give a reason to support your answer. /d/e aept appropriate referene to information in the passage eg lots of fats surfing/the life of a surfer/the ompetition soring system Thurso as a surfing loation/the WQS and WCT (1). if (i) = (0), (ii) = (0) lifts aeptale [END OF MARKING INSTRUCTIONS] Page 6

12 Credit Reading QUESTIONS Marks Write your answers in the spaes provided. Look at Paragraph What task has Briony een involved in? writing a play/organising or preparing for performane (of play) In Paragraph 1, the writer shows how ommitted Briony has een to this task. Explain how sentene struture and word hoie indiate Briony s high level of ommitment. /e (a) () sentene struture: list (of things she has done)/repetition (of ver struture)/parenthesis (to inlude extra tasks)/long sentene (1) emphasises multiple nature of tasks (1) identifiation of tehnique and explanation required for 2 marks NB Explanation alone = 0 word hoie: (two-day) tempest (of omposition) (1) suggests energeti/feverish/dediated approah (1) NB No quotation of tempest = 0 Look at Paragraph Briony s play is a story with a message. In your own words, explain what the message is. relationship ased on unontrolled emotion/thoughtlessness or similar idea (1) ound to end in disaster/misery/failure or similar idea (1) Page 2

13 4. Read the writer s desription of Briony s play in Paragraph 2, eginning: The rekless passion of the heroine... (a) What seems to e the writer s attitude to Briony s play? d (gently) moking/ironi/thinks it s over the top /thinks it s unoriginal/ thinks it s melodramati (2)less sophistiated answer eg it s not very good (1) () Quote one detail from the desription and explain how it onveys this attitude. /d/e details: rekless passion / Araella / wiked foreign ount / punished y ill fortune / ontrats holera / impetuous dash / deserted y him and nearly everyody else / ed-ound in an atti / fortune presents her with a seond hane / impoverished dotor / a prine in disguise / work among the needy / healed y him / (rewarded y) reoniliation with her family / wedding with the medial prine / windy sunlit day in spring Any one = (1) If (a) = 0, () = 0 Look at Paragraph 3. explanation: lihéd nature of plot/haraters/unlikely events/over-dramati/ like a fairy tale (1) and Emily Tallis oliged... (Paragraph 3) What does the word oliged suggest aout Emily s reation to the play? she reats as she thinks Briony wants her to/she is making an effort to respond in 2 0 appropriate way (2) NB aept suggestion of insinerity (2) 6. Give two ways in whih the writer emphasises the loseness etween Briony and her mother. /e (i) Briony s arm round mother s shoulder/mother takes Briony in her arms/ onto her lap/mother whispering in Briony s ear/briony wathing (ii) mother s fae arefully for reation/briony values mother s opinion/mother wants to please Briony y her reation/briony plans to put mother s opinion on poster. any two (1) + (1) = (2) lifts aeptale Look at Paragraphs 4 and We are told that Briony s imagination took over after her light was out. (Paragraph 4) By referring losely to the passage, explain how the writer s word hoie indiates the intensity of Briony s fantasies. /e (made her) heart thud (1) suggests exitement (1) OR luminous (1) suggests rilliant, vivid quality (1) OR yearning (1) suggests deep longing (1) NB quote and explanation required for (2) Page 3

14 8. How does Briony want her rother, Leon, to feel aout her writing? Quote an expression from the passage to support your answer. referene to positive reation eg moved/involved/proud/admiring/thrilled (1) supported y any suitale quotation eg ukled in grief / oasting / my younger sister, Briony Tallis the writer / you must surely have heard of her / punhed the air / exultation / provoke his admiration (1) 9. Look losely at the final sentene of Paragraph 4. In you own words, give two reasons why Briony has written the play for her rother. gloss of elerate his return eg make his homeoming speial (1) gloss of provoke his admiration eg make him proud (1) gloss of guide him... girlfriends eg stop him having so many relationships (1) gloss of the right form of wife eg find suitale wife (1) any two (1) + (1) = (2) 10. In Paragraph 5, the writer develops a ontrast etween Briony and her ig sister. (a) In your own words, state what the ontrast is. Briony: organised/osessive or similar (1) sister: messy/lakadaisial or similar (1) () By referring to sentene struture and word hoie, explain how this ontrast is developed. You should refer to oth haraters in oth parts of your answer. /e (i) sentene struture: sister list/repetition + suitale omment (1) Briony list/parenthesis/olon + suitale omment (1) Also aept referene to Whereas introduing idea of ontrast (1) NB Identifiation of features(s) alone = (ii) word hoie: sister stew (of unlosed...) / unlosed ooks / unfolded lothes / unmade ed / unemptied ashtrays suggests relaxed/untidy/muddled approah (1) Briony shrine / ontrolling demon / all faing one way / toward their owner / neatly orralled / only tidy / straight-aked / under strit instrutions / even ranks and spaing / itizen army / (awaiting) orders suggests her (need for) tidiness/anormal organisation (1) Quotation alone = 0 Page 4

15 11. Explain the funtion of the dashes in the expression towards their owner. (Paragraph 5) e parenthesis/adding extra information (1) aout how ontrolling she is (1) Look at Paragraph Another was a passion for serets: (Paragraph 6) By referring to the passage, show how the writer ontinues this idea in the rest of the paragraph. /e referene to any two of seret drawer/loked diary/ode/safe/seret numers/ flooroard any two (1) + (1) = (2) generalised answers eg has lots of seret plaes (1) 13. Explain why a olon is used in the expression when she egan olleting: (Paragraph 6) e indiates/introdues list (1) of things she has een olleting (1) What do the items in Briony s olletion suggest aout her as a person? varied interests/imaginative/interested in the strange or magial or maare or 2 0 eautiful or world of nature (2) Look at Paragraph Briony wrote her first story when she was eleven. In your own words, give two reasons why she later disliked this story. (i) gloss of foolish eg silly (1) (ii) gloss of imitative eg like other stories (1) gloss of laking... world eg no wisdom aout/experiene of the world (1) gloss of lumsy eg unsophistiated (1) any two = (2) (1) + (1) 16. Explain in your own words why Briony was onerned aout desriing a harater s weakness. people would think (1) it was aout Briony herself (1) Page 5

16 17. Quote one word from Paragraph 7 showing that Briony was no longer vulnerale when the story was finished. immune (2) 2 0 Look at Paragraphs 8 and Explain why Briony s performane in the lirary surprised her family. Answer in your own words. (normally) shy/reserved or similar (1) (very) onfident or similar (1) suessful ondensed answer = (2) NB lifts = (0) 19. Why did Briony prefer writing aout ugly rather than eautiful haraters? Use your own words in your explanation. eautiful not muh to say/all the same (1) ugly endless possiilities/more interesting (eause different) (1) Think aout the passage as a whole. 20. In Briony, the writer has reated a harater who is oth imaginative and anxious. By referring losely to the passage, show how oth these aspets of her personality have een onveyed to the reader. a//e (i) imaginative: referene to appropriate evidene eg two-day tempest of omposition / little playlets in themselves / imagination itself was a soure of serets / makes up stories (1) + appropriate explanation (1) OR any two appropriate referenes (1) + (1) (ii) anxious: referene to appropriate evidene eg made her wine / too vulnerale / too emarrassing /exessive tidiness (1) appropriate explanation (1) OR any two appropriate referenes (1) + (1) [END OF MARKING INSTRUCTIONS] Page 6