Mark Scheme (Results)

Summer 2016

Pearson Edexcel International Primary

Curriculum in English Year 6
(JEH01)
Paper 01
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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 One mark for: 1

C = It shows it is a diary

Question Answer Mark

Number
2 One mark for: 1

‘sinking'
or
‘lowering’
or
‘setting’

Question Answer Mark

Number
3 One mark for: 1

D = elephants

Question Answer Mark

Number
4a Award one mark for responses which explain the text 1
is written in the past tense.
1
4b Award one mark for all three words correctly
identified:
As he left the mound and walked into the setting
sun, a full moon hung in the bright sky behind
him.

Question Answer Mark

Number
5 One mark for:
1
• shining flashlights
• (wary in) the dark

Question Answer Mark

Number
6 One mark for: 1
D = The floods increased rapidly
Question Answer Mark
Number
7 One mark for: 1
A = They suggest hopelessness

Question Answer Mark

Number
8 Award 1 mark for an explanation which is based
either on the elephants or the environment
• the elephants are described as giants
because they are so big in comparison to
the other animals
• the elephants are described as giants
because the writer is fascinated/overawed
by them/finding them was so important to
the writer
• the plain is described as a garden because
this is where the elephants are playing
Award 2 marks for responses which attempt to 2
link the two elements e.g.
• The elephants are the biggest animals so
the large area they are playing in is like a
garden.

Question Answer Mark

Number
9
Award one mark for all words correctly 1
matched:

protected shook

flapped shone

splashed showered

glistened shielded
Question Answer Mark
Number
10 Award 1 mark for : 1

• To show that the closeness was a cause for

concern
or
• To stress just how close they had come.

Question Answer Mark

Number
11
 the people prepare to be
disappointed 1 2
 the people keep ready for a quick
escape 5
 the people find what they were
looking for 4
 the people are forced to turn back
3
 the people are in danger of night time
attack 2

Award 2 marks for all five correctly numbered

Award 1 mark for three or four correctly

numbered

Question Answer Mark

Number
12 Award one mark for any one of the following: 1

• giants of this garden

• squealed and splashed
• sensitive skins
• tips of their trunks
• mammoth mud
Question Answer Mark
Number
13 Award one mark for either of the following: 1

• noisy
• chaotic
• disorder
• turmoil

Accept any other appropriate answers based on

these mark scheme points

Question Answer Mark

Number
14 Award 1 mark for: 1

C- record what happened on the safari

Question Answer Mark

Number
15 Reward answers which focus on any of the following 3
features, with credit given for evidence and
development of points:
• links feelings/empathises e.g. looking as
joyful as we feel
• stresses the size of the elephants e.g.
giants, tiny calves, mammoth, huge
• stresses the noises made e.g. shrill
trumpets, trumpeting scream
• stresses the playfulness e.g. squeal and
splash and flap their ears/lock tusks and
push and shove/seem to be having a good
time
• elaborates on appearance e.g. sensitive
skins/glisten like bronze/soft little trunks
• emphasises the size and danger of the
leader
• balance the size with vulnerability e.g.
sensitive skin

Accept other appropriate points focused on

features of language.

1 mark for feature spotting without development.

2 marks for answers that attempt some
development.
3 marks for answers that are fully developed.
Question Answer Mark
Number
16 Award 1 mark for either of the following : 1

• for food
• for shade

Question Answer Mark

Number
17 One mark for the following: 1

‘The day was still very hot and he must have

fallen asleep because the next thing he knew he
was waking, head throbbing, tongue thick.’

Question Answer Mark

Number
18 2
 searched anxiously 4
 sheltered from the sun 2
 realised there was danger 5
 became alert suddenly 3
 walked further from home 1
Award 2 marks for all five correctly
numbered
Award 1 mark for three or four correctly
numbered

Question Answer Mark

Number
19 Award 1 mark for : 1

A. to build tension

Question Answer Mark

Number
20 Award 1 mark for : 1

'A shadow slid secretively under a bush. He

froze, still as an antelope surprised on a forest
path. Every nerve in his body was alert. And
then, just as suddenly, he relaxed again. It was
a skulking hyena, hunting a chicken or perhaps a
rabbit...'

Underlining should not extend to adjoining

words and in particular ‘hyena’
Question Answer Mark
Number
21 Award 1 mark for:
1
B: so that the hyena would run away

Question Answer Mark

Number
22 Award one mark for any reference to the 1
ears still being folded or the back still
being sprinkled with hair– including the
quotes:
• ‘its ears were still folded about it (like
leaves of a cabbage)’
• ‘its back was still sprinkled with (russet-
coloured) hair’
• also accept ‘tiny elephant’

Question Answer Mark

Number
23 Award 1 mark for: 1

C – to show a deliberate pause

Question Answer Mark

Number
24 Award 1 mark for any of the following:
1
• does not understand its own weakness
• does not understand why it can’t stand up
• is confused by its situation

Question Answer Mark

Number
25 Award 1 mark for any of the following to a
maximum of 2: 2

• it nuzzled at Bat (with its long fumbling

nose)
• it tried to follow Bat
• its trunk fiddled weakly in the palm of his
hand

Accept paraphrasing e.g. it put its trunk out to

touch Bat.
Question Answer Mark
Number
26 Award 1 mark for each box correctly ticked 2

Yes
it is vulnerable

it is dangerous

it is frightened
Yes
it is determined

it is desperate

Question Answer
Number
27 Award 1 mark each for any of the following reasons,
up to a maximum of 2:

• to find out if the baby elephant survives

• to find out if Bat is able to help the
elephant
• to find out what happens to Bat and the
elephant
• to find out what Bat does with the herd of
cattle 2
• to find out if the poachers return

Accept any other reasonable response.

Question Answer Mark

Number
28 Award 1 mark for: 1

B = adventure
Question Answer Mark
Number
29 Reward answers which focus on any of the following 3
features, with credit given for evidence and
development of points:

• the change from the mundane to the

unexpected
• the sudden change in pace when danger is
suspected
• the release of tension when danger is
passed
• the interwoven humour (his too big shorts)
• the gentleness of Bat’s approach to the
baby elephant
• the description of the elephant’s attempt
to follow Bat
• the use of short sentences, ellipsis,
questions

1 mark for feature spotting without development.

2 marks for answers that attempt some
development.
3 marks for answers that are fully developed.
 Section B

Question Answer Mark

Number
30 Award 1 mark for each up to a mark of 4 4

The deep water adjective

soon became
muddy.

More and more dry verb

areas
disappeared under
the rising water.

Suddenly shrill pronoun

trumpets sound
from behind every
tree.

Finally they
gripped the slippery article
surface and we
lurched forward.

This preposition
morning we
drove onto
a flooded
grass plain.

Question Answer Mark

Number
31 Award 1 mark for the following all correct: 1

a. I
b. me
c. I

Question Answer Mark

Number
32 2
Award one mark for:
• “Where would you like to go
now?”
Award one mark for correct placement of
the final punctuation (full stop/ellipsis)

Question Answer Mark

Number
33 Award 1 mark for each correctly punctuated 2
contraction:

• they’ve
• won’t

Question Answer Mark

Number
34 Award 1 mark for the verb tenses changed as 1
follows:

As he leaves the mound and walks into the setting

sun, a full moon hangs in the bright sky behind him.
 Section C

Question Indicative content

Number
35 Responses may include:

• interesting events
• personal response/comment on events
• sub-headings/cohesive devices to sequence.

Form, communication and purpose

Level Marks Criteria
• The form is a simple diary entry; content may be
unbalanced. Some detail or description of the chosen
day/event with some explanation.
• Some evidence of a positive viewpoint.
• Word choice often general, but with some detail. Level of
1-4
3 formality may be inconsistent.
• Simple overall text structure: some events organised into
a basic sequence, with brief opening and/or ending. Some
division between points indicated.
• Connections built up by reference to events/actions.
• The form of a diary is maintained. Some balance between
description and explanation. Some content developed to
engage reader.
• Viewpoint established and generally maintained.
• Some stylistic features used to support purpose.
5-8 • The diary is organised: paragraphs or sections are logically
4
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.
• Content of diary is adapted so as to appeal to the reader,
with balance between description and explanation.
• Viewpoint established and controlled.
• Some stylistic features add emphasis and interest.
• Overall organisation supported by paragraphs or sections.
9-12
5 Relationship between paragraphs or sections give structure
to the whole text.
• Within paragraphs or sections main ideas are developed
with relevant detail or examples. References sometimes
varied to avoid repetition.
Spelling, punctuation and grammar
Level Marks Criteria
• Subject and verbs are very simple and often repeated.
• Simple connectives used to link clauses.
• Some sentence variation created (e.g. simple adverbials).
• Noun phrases mostly simple, with some limited
1-3 expansion.
3
• Full stops, capital letters, exclamation marks and
question marks mostly accurate. Commas used in lists.
• Spelling is usually accurate, including common,
polysyllabic words
• Sentences mostly grammatically sound.
• Some variety in subordinating connectives.
• Adverbials, expanded noun phrases and modals add
variety. Tense choice mainly appropriate.
4-6
4 • Some variation in subjects of sentences.
• Most sentences correctly demarcated. Some commas
mark phrases or clauses.
• Spelling of most common functional words is accurate
• Simple and complex sentences with some variety of
connectives.
• Expansion of phrases and clauses adds detail.
• Range of verb forms develops meaning and maintains
appropriate tense choice.
7-8
5 • Additional words and phrases contribute to shades of
meaning.
• Range of punctuation used almost always correctly.
• Words with complex regular patterns are usually spelt
correctly.
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