Mark Scheme (Pre-standardisation)

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International Primary/Lower Secondary

Curriculum

Year 6 JEH01
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General Marking Guidance

All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must

mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the
last.

Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be

rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than
penalised for omissions.

Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according

to their perception of where the grade boundaries may lie.

There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme

should be used appropriately.

All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded.

Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the
answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also be
prepared to award zero marks if the candidate‟s response is not
worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.

Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the

principles by which marks will be awarded and exemplification may
be limited.

When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark

scheme to a candidate‟s response, the team leader must be
consulted.

Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has

replaced it with an alternative response.
Section A

Question Answer Mark

Number
1 Award 1 mark for: 1
The climate was much warmer/Corfu was
hotter/England was too cold

Accept an appropriate quotation

Question Answer Mark

Number
2 Award 1 mark for correct identification of: 1
D Theodore Stephanides

Question Answer Mark

Number
3 Award 1 mark for: 1
(in 1939, with) World War II coming

Question Answer Mark

Number
4 Award 1 mark for more each one identified up to a 2
maximum of two marks

 He worked in a (local) pet shop

 He worked in a riding stables / as a stable hand/ riding
horses
 He was a (student) zoo keeper

Accept an appropriate quotation

Question Answer Mark

Number
5 Award 1 mark for correct identification of: 1
C he learnt about lots of animals

Question Answer Mark

Number
6 Award 1 mark for: 1
He inherited £3,000/ he inherited some money

Question Answer Mark

Number
7 Award 1 mark for the statements numbered as follows: 1

4. published his first book

2. worked as a student zoo keeper
3. started collecting animals
1. made friends with Theodore Stephanides
Question Answer Mark
Number
8 Award 1 mark for: 1
(a) valuable legacy (for future generations)

Question Answer Mark

Number
9 Award 1 mark for correct identification of: 1
B to show that it is a surprising choice

Question Answer Mark

Number
10 Award 1 mark for an appropriate explanation based on 1
media:
television programmes
books
radio
Also accept responses which refer to the wildlife park as a
rout for raising awareness.

Question Answer Mark

Number
11 Award 2 marks for 4 correct answers 2
Award 1 mark for 2 or 3 correct answers
Award 0 marks for 1 correct answer

Statement True False

His work continues today 
He wrote about his mother 
He promoted conservation 
He never appeared on 
television

Question Answer Mark

Number
12 Award 1 mark for: 1
Durrell Wildlife Park
Question Answer Mark
Number
13 Award 2 marks for 3 correct answers 2
Award 1 mark for 2 correct answers
Award 0 marks for 1 correct answer

Date Event
1925 Jersey Wildlife Park
founded
1939 First book published
1953 Gerald Durrell born
1963 Family moved to
Bournemouth

Question Answer Mark

Number
14 Award 1 mark for correct identification of: 1
D tell you about Gerald Durrell‟s life

Question Answer Mark

Number
15 Reward answers which focus on any of the following, with 3
credit given for evidence and development of points:

- Uses numbers (7 television series/ thirty three books/

millions of copies/ 31 languages/ numerous)
- Explains geographical extent (worldwide/ translated
into 31 languages)
- Uses words like eventually/ numerous/ indelible mark
- Explains how his work has continued (mission and
vision continue)

For credit the response must be linked to the writer‟s use

of language.
Text B

Question Answer Mark

Number
16 Award 1 mark for correct identification of: 1
smuggle

Question Answer Mark

Number
17 Award 2 marks for all 5 correctly ordered 2
Award 1 mark for 3 or 4 correctly ordered
Award 0 marks for 1 or 2 correctly ordered
3 family arguing
2 dawdling over my food
5 opened the matchbox
4 impending doom
1 lunch was ready

Question Answer Mark

Number
18 Award 1 mark for: 1
scuttled

Question Answer Mark

Number
19 Award 1 mark for: 1
barking ( wildly)

Question Answer Mark

Number
20 Award 1 mark for any response that recognises the 1
change from peace to chaos

Question Answer Mark

Number
21 Award 1 mark for correct identification of: 1
D. increasingly

Question Answer Mark

Number
22 Award 1 mark for: 1
immediately
Question Answer Mark
Number
23 Award 3 marks for 4 correctly joined 3
Award 2 marks for 3 correctly joined
Award 1 mark for 2 correctly joined

Character Reaction

mother threw water

Lugaretzia put her

glasses on

Larry dropped a
plate

Margo flicked a
napkin

Leslie roared in
fright

Question Answer Mark

Number
24 Award 1 mark for correct response 1

flicked her hand

became confused

dropped a plate

looked down the table 

threw water

gasped for breath

Question Answer Mark

Number
25 Award 1 mark for correct identification of: 1
C. panic

Question Answer Mark

Number
26 Award 1 mark for: 1
„Simmering with rage‟
Question Answer Mark
Number
27 Award 1 mark each for any of the following reasons, up to 2
a maximum of 2 marks.

To find out what happens when Gerald returns home

To see if Gerald finds any more interesting animals
To find out what happens on the hillside
To see if peace and harmony are restored
Reward any plausible response which is rooted in the text.

Question Answer Mark

Number
28 Award 1 mark for correct identification of: 1
A. they were argumentative
Question Answer Mark
Number
29 Reward answers, up to a maximum of 3 marks, which 3
focus on any of the following features, with credit given for
evidence and development of points

- The slow build up in paragraphs 1 and 2 with some

hint that something will go amiss (I completely
forgot/ oblivious of my impending doom)
- Hint in paragraph 3 that the scorpion will cause a
problem (meant no harm/ a trifle annoyed/ not quite
certain….)
- Sudden change from „peace‟ to „chaos‟ (roar of fright/
leapt to his feet/ flicked out desperately/ promptly let
out a scream/hurled a glass of water/ sat gasping/
swarmed wildly)
- Roger‟s reaction
 Section B

Question Answer Mark

Number
30 Award 1 mark for each of the correct answer, up to a 4
maximum of 4 marks

Sentence Part of
speech

Larry opened verb

the matchbox

He was startled adverb

by the scorpion

She hid under preposition

the plate

Roger barked adjective

furiously

The water was pronoun

cold

Question Answer Mark

Number
31 Award 1 mark for direct speech 2
Award 2 marks for correct demarcation of direct speech

“Take the scorpion back to the wall,” (said mother.)

(Mother said,) “You must take the scorpion back to
the wall.”
“Gerald, take the scorpion back to the wall!”

Award any other valid answers.

Question Answer Mark

Number
32 3
Award 1 mark for each sentence with commas
correctly placed
1. The family ate roast lamb, potatoes and
carrots for their meal.
2. Roger, the dog, bit the maid‟s ankle.
3. Although Roger bit her ankle, she carried on clearing
the plates.
Question Answer Mark
Number
33 Award 1 mark for correct identification of: 1
until it was time for bed.

Question Answer Mark

Number
34 Award 1 mark for changing both verbs as follows: 1

When the scorpion scuttled across the table the family

found it frightening.
 Section C

Question Answer
Number
35 Responses may include:
Description of the occupation/activity/aspiration chosen
Some reasons why it is a future aim
Some explanation of the path needed to achieve this

Form, communication and purpose

Level Marks Criteria
1-4 Form is a simple speech; content may be unbalanced.
3 Some detail or description of the chosen aim, with
some indication of following actions.
Some evidence of a positive viewpoint.
Word choice often general, but with some detail.
Level of formality may be inconsistent.
Simple overall text structure: some events organised
into a basic sequence, with brief opening and/ or
ending. Some division between actions indicated.
Connections built up by reference to actions.
5-8 Speech form maintained. Some balance between
4 description and explanation. Some content developed
to engage reader.
Viewpoint established and generally maintained.
Some stylistic features used to support purpose.
The speech is organised: paragraphs or sections are
logically sequenced although transitions may be
awkward.
Within paragraphs or sections content may be
developed around a main sentence. Paragraphs or
sections organised to expand a particular point.
Connections within paragraphs or sections
maintained.
9-12 Speech adapted so as to appeal to the reader, with
5 balance between description and explanation.
Viewpoint established and controlled.
Some stylistic features add emphasis and interest.
Overall organisation supported by paragraphs or
sections. Relationship between paragraphs or
sections gives structure to the whole text.
Within paragraphs or sections main ideas are
developed with relevant detail or examples.
Reference to people/ events sometimes varied to
avoid repetition.
Spelling, punctuation and grammar
Levels Marks Descriptors
3 1-2 Sequence of sentences extend ideas logically
Words chosen for variety and interest
Basic grammatical structures of sentences is usually correct
Punctuation to mark sentences such as full stops, capital
letters and question marks is used accurately
Spelling is usually accurate, including common, polysyllabic
words
4 3-4 Sentences begin to be grammatically correct, extending
meaning
Vocabulary choices are often adventurous and used for
effect
Full stops, capital letters and question marks are used
correctly and pupils begin to use punctuation within
sentences
5 5-6 Simple and complex sentences are organised into
paragraphs
Vocabulary choices are imaginative
Punctuation, including commas, apostrophes and inverted
commas are usually used accurately
Words with complex regular patterns are usually spelt
correctly.
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