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Stage 8 Progression test 1 – Paper 1: non-fiction mark scheme
The Cambridge Secondary Progression reporting strand and sub-strand are shown
for each question.
The reading reporting strand has four sub-strands:
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Rx Explicit meaning
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Ri Implicit meaning
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Rw Language and structure of a text
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Rv Purpose and viewpoint
The writing reporting strand has four sub-strands:
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Wa Content, purpose and audience
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Wt Text structure
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Wp Sentence structure and punctuation
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Ws Spelling
Section A: Reading
Text A
Question
Answer
Marks
1
‘about the height of the average six-year-old child’
[line 2]
1
Why is this explanation helpful for the reader?
Award 1 mark for the following point:
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it helps the reader to understand how tall emperor
penguins are
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it shows you what 1.15 metres tall means
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it helps me to imagine the height of a penguin.
Rv [8Rv2]
Question
Answer
Marks
2
‘they have the regal bearing their name suggests’
[line 6/7]
2
Explain in your own words what this means.
Award 2 marks for answers which recognise that
emperor penguins look as though they are in charge,
as the name ‘emperor’ suggests, e.g.
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they look as though they rule other penguins like
‘emperors’ / kings
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they stand like kings, who are similar to ‘emperors’
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they appear powerful and ‘emperors’ are powerful.
Award 1 mark for answers that recognise the impact
of ‘regal’ or ‘emperor’ but do not link the two, e.g.
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‘regal’ means standing like a king / up tall / looking
in charge / being important
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‘emperors’ are people who rule / are leaders.
Ri [8Ri1]
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Question
Answer
Marks
3
Explain two ways penguins’ bodies are adapted to
cope with the extreme cold in Antarctica.
1
Award 1 mark for both of the following points:
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‘large stores of fat’ / they have fat which insulates
their bodies
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they have ‘four layers of feathers’ / their feathers
overlap.
Accept: quotations, paraphrases or explanations.
Do not accept: ‘they also huddle together for warmth’.
Rx [8Rx1]
Question
4
Answer
What does the word ‘huddle’ [line 13] mean, as it is
used in the text?
Marks
1
Tick (√ ) one.
sleep
dive
crowd
feed
Award 1 mark for ‘crowd’ correctly ticked.
Accept: other ways of identifying the correct answer.
Do not accept: answers where more than one box has
been ticked.
Rx [8Rx1]
Question
5
Answer
Marks
Explain in your own words how the male and female 1
penguins look after their eggs and chicks.
Award 1 mark for recognition that they take it in turns
to look after them, e.g.
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they each spend some time looking after the eggs
and chicks / babies (while the other is off hunting)
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one looks after the young and the other goes to
get fish
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the male looks after the egg while the female hunts
(and then they swap).
Do not accept: quotations on their own.
Rx [8Rx1]
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Question
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Answer
Give two quotations which show that the writer
admires penguins.
1
Marks
2
Award 1 mark for each of the following quotations, up
to a maximum of 2 marks:
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‘(They are) beautiful birds, (with a white stomach,
back, tail and wings and yellowy-gold markings on
the side of the head and neck.)’
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‘(At sea, these) extraordinary creatures (glide
through the water with great speed and agility.)’
Accept: quotations without quotation marks.
Do not accept: longer quotations.
Rv [8Rv1]
Question
7
Answer
(a) What tense is this text written in?
Marks
1
Award 1 mark for:
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present tense.
(b) Why is this tense suitable for the purpose of
the text?
Award 1 mark for the following point:
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because it is giving you information / facts / telling
you about things that are always true – not a story /
something that happened / a sequence of events.
Accept: other valid explanations.
Rw [8Rw2]
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Question
8
Answer
Complete the fact file below about emperor
penguins, using the information in the text.
Marks
3
Height
Colour of stomach
Colour of wings
Food
Number of eggs laid
Length of time it takes
eggs to hatch
Predators
Award 3 marks for 6–7 correct facts.
Award 2 marks for 4–5 correct facts.
Award 1 mark for 2–3 correct facts.
Award 0 marks for 1 correct fact.
All facts should be correct and complete to get the
mark.
Height
Colour of stomach
Colour of wings
Food
Number of eggs laid
Length of time it takes
eggs to hatch
Predators
1.15 metres
white
black
fish / squid / krill
one
two months
petrels / leopard seals /
killer whales
Rx [8Rx2]
Text B
Question
9
Answer
Give the names of three animals the writer sees on
her trip to Antarctica.
Marks
1
Award 1 mark for three of the following:
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penguins
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albatross
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(elephant) seals
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(humpback) whales.
Do not accept: ‘porpoises’, ‘salmon’ or ‘birds’.
Rx [8Rx1]
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Question
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Answer
‘escape the rat race’ [line 1]
1
Marks
1
Explain in your own words what this phrase means.
Award 1 mark for an explanation that escaping the rat
race means getting away from other people / the need
to compete with other people, e.g.
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getting away from being with lots of other people
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escaping from people being competitive / trying to
be better than each other / all trying to do the same
thing
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break away from everyday life / the routine of being
with other people.
Ri [8Ri1]
Question
11
Answer
Look at the first paragraph [lines 1–10].
Marks
2
Explain in your own words two ways these lines
emphasise how far from the rest of the world
Antarctica is.
Support each explanation with a word or phrase
from the first paragraph.
Award 1 mark each for any of the following points,
supported by an appropriate quotation, up to a
maximum of 2 marks:
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contrast with other places that might be thought of
as remote, e.g. ‘queues to reach the summit of Everest’
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the phrase ‘beyond our grasp’ suggests we are
never going to conquer it, it is so far away
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the way the second sentence builds up to the word
‘Antarctica’ / the placing of the word ‘Antarctica’ on
its own after a colon, emphasises its remoteness
from the rest of the world
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words like ‘never’ / ‘only’ help to show how few
people have visited / lived there
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repetition, e.g. ‘no towns, no villages’
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the list of things Antarctica doesn’t have, e.g. ‘no
towns, no villages, no buildings’
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use of adjectives / powerful words, e.g. ‘grand’, ‘icy’
and ‘unpredictable’ emphasise its difference from
the rest of the world
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abstract nouns / words like ‘solitude’ and ‘loneliness’
help to indicate how far away it is.
Accept:
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other valid explanations, rooted in the text
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quotations embedded in answers, e.g. repetition of ‘no’.
Do not accept: answers without reference to the text,
e.g. ‘it has strong words / adjectives’.
Rw [8Rw1, 8Rw4]
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Question Answer
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What does the word ‘furiously’ [line 15] mean, as it is
used in the text?
Marks
1
Tick (√ ) one.
angrily
frantically
violently
heatedly
Award 1 mark for ‘frantically’ correctly ticked.
Accept: other ways of indicating the correct answer.
Do not accept: answers where more than one box has
been ticked.
Rx [8Rx1]
Question Answer
13
Marks
(a) ‘snorting and bellowing at each other like elderly 1
gentlemen’ [line 22/23]
What is this phrase an example of?
Award 1 mark for one of the following points:
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simile
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personification
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anthropomorphism.
(b) What image of the seals does it create for the
reader?
1
Award 1 mark for one of the following points:
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it makes them look as though they are human /
behaving like people / enjoying themselves on the
beach / on holiday
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it’s as though they are chatting to each other
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it makes them seem friendly / humorous / like
characters.
Rw [8Rw1, 8Rw2]
Question Answer
Marks
14
The animals do not seem to be very frightened of the 1
visitors to Antarctica.
Give one quotation from the text which suggests
this.
Award 1 mark for one of the following quotations:
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‘happy for us to wander among them’
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‘one even swam under the ship’.
Accept: quotations without quotation marks.
Ri [8Ri1]
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Question Answer
Marks
1
15
Give one quotation from the text which suggests
that visiting Antarctica is like going to the theatre or
cinema.
Award 1 mark for one of the following:
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‘(But penguins are by no means) the only stars of
the show here’
‘(their magnificent tails emerging and dipping) as
if in slow motion’ (so close we could see their great
barnacled heads)’.
Accept: quotations without quotation marks.
Do not accept: longer quotations.
Rv [8Rv1]
Question Answer
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What is the main purpose of Text B?
Marks
1
Award 1 mark for the following point:
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to give an account of one person’s experience (of
visiting Antarctica)
to tell a personal account / a recount
to tell someone’s travel / holiday experience.
Do not accept: ‘to give information about Antarctica’
without further elaboration.
Rv [8Rv1]
Question Answer
17
Explain two differences between the way the first
paragraph [lines 1–10] and the rest of the text are
written.
Marks
2
Refer to the first paragraph and the rest of the text
in your answer.
Award 1 mark each for any of the following points, up
to a maximum of 2 marks:
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the first paragraph is about Antarctica generally /
how remote it is and the rest of the text is about the
writer’s trip there / the details about Antarctica /
what you can see there
the first paragraph gives information about the place
and the rest describes the animals you can see there
the first paragraph emphasises how empty / lonely
Antarctica is, and the rest makes it sound busy /
friendly / full of animals
the first paragraph is written in the present tense
while the rest is mostly written in the past tense
the first paragraph is impersonal / doesn’t use personal
pronouns while the rest of the text refers to ‘I’ and ‘we’.
Accept: other valid differences.
Do not accept: the same answer more than once.
Rw [8Rw2]
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Section B: Writing
Question
18
Marks
Write a speech about a place you know well, explaining why it is
or isn’t worth visiting.
25
You could choose the place where you live or a place you have
visited.
In your speech, you could:
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describe the place in some detail
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explain what there is to do there
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explain why it is or isn’t worth visiting.
Notes on marking:
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Use the marking grids that follow.
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Marking should always begin from the lowest mark in each
column and work upward.
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A ‘best-fit’ judgement should be made in judging first in which
box to place the response and then, within that box, which mark
is appropriate.
The lower mark within a box should be given if some of the
criteria have been met but not all.
Content, purpose and audience
7
Text structure and organisation
8
Sentence structure and punctuation
7
Spelling3
[Total 25]
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Marking grid for Section B writing task
Content, purpose and
audience (Wa)
8 marks
The content is relevant
and thoughtfully
developed, with
interesting detail to
engage the reader’s
interest.
Purpose and viewpoint
are developed and well
sustained.
Style and vocabulary
are used deliberately
to maintain interest
throughout.
7–8 marks
The content is relevant,
with some development
of detail, showing
awareness of reader.
Purpose is mostly
maintained and there is
evidence of a viewpoint.
Style is consistent
and vocabulary is
appropriate, with some
ambitious use to engage
the reader.
5–6 marks
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Text structure and
organisation (Wt)
7 marks
The overall structure
of the speech is
coherent, with an
engaging opening and a
considered ending.
Clear paragraphs are
used effectively to
organise ideas.
Within paragraphs,
cohesion is achieved
using a range of devices,
e.g. repetition, synonyms
and connectives
6–7 marks
The overall structure
of the speech is mostly
clear, with an effective
opening and closing,
showing awareness of
the reader.
Paragraphs are used
effectively to organise
ideas.
Within paragraphs, ideas
are almost always linked
clearly, e.g. through the
use of connectives.
4–5 marks
Sentence structure and
punctuation (Wp)
7 marks
Spelling (Ws)
3 marks
A range of sentences
is used deliberately to
provide clarity and for
effect.
Grammar is almost
entirely correct.
Sentences are
punctuated correctly
and a range of
punctuation is used
mostly correctly.
6–7 marks
A range of sentence
structures is used to
convey ideas clearly,
with some attempt to
create particular effects.
Grammar is almost
always correct, with very
occasional errors.
Sentences are
punctuated correctly
and there is an attempt
to use a range of
punctuation, but not
always accurately.
4–5 marks
Spelling is generally
correct throughout, with
a reasonably wide range
of words accurately
spelled. There may be
occasional phonetically
plausible attempts at
complex / unfamiliar
words.
Spelling of most
polysyllabic and more
complex words is
correct.
3 marks
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Content, purpose and
audience (Wa)
8 marks
The content is
straightforward and
mostly relevant.
There is awareness of
purpose, though it may
be uneven.
There is some use
of appropriate
stylistic features and
the vocabulary is
appropriate.
Text structure and
organisation (Wt)
7 marks
Ideas in the speech
are mostly sequenced
logically, e.g. through
connectives, and there
is an opening which
attempts to engage the
reader.
There is some use of
paragraphs, though
they are not always used
consistently.
Within paragraphs,
ideas are mostly linked,
although there may
be some abrupt shifts
between ideas.
3–4 marks
The content is simple,
with aspects that are
relevant.
There is limited
awareness of purpose.
The style is simple and
vocabulary is generally
appropriate.
1–2 marks
No creditable response
0 marks
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2–3 marks
Some ideas in the
speech are sequenced
logically, but this may be
variable.
There may be some use
of paragraphs.
Some ideas are linked,
but cohesion is limited
in places.
1–2 marks
No creditable response
0 marks
Sentence structure and
punctuation (Wp)
Spelling (Ws)
7 marks
3 marks
Straightforward
sentences are usually
accurate, with occasional
errors where more
ambitious structures are
attempted.
Spelling of most words,
including polysyllabic
and compound words, is
generally accurate.
Grammar is usually
correct, though there
may be odd errors at
times.
Spelling of some
polysyllabic words and
some more difficult
words in frequent use is
correct.
Capital letters, full stops
and commas are used
correctly, and there
is evidence of other
punctuation.
2–3 marks
There are some correct
sentences, but they are
limited in variety.
Straightforward
grammatical structures
are usually correct,
though there may be
errors at times.
2 marks
Spelling of high
frequency words and
simple words is generally
correct.
Capital letters and full
stops are used with
some accuracy and there
is some evidence of
other punctuation.
1–2 marks
No creditable response
0 marks
1 mark
No creditable response
0 marks
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