2013 SASS EL TYS P2 Ans

SASS 1128 O Level Paper2 (2013) Marking Scheme Text 1 – Visual Text Before you attempt the question, identify the following: Purpose: To encourage the reader to turn off your lights for 1 hour on a certain day and also to do 2 practical things to protect the environment Audience: youth who live in Singapore Context: webpage to encourage everyone to do their part to protect the environment 1. In which two ways does the illustration below the heading Earth Hour highlight the writer’s message in the first paragraph of the webpage? (I) Steps to answer the question 1. Highlight keywords in question 2. Identify what is the writer’s message (Purpose of the webpage?) 3. Examine and describe the illustration : Globe with a number 60 printed in the centre 4. Link the illustration to the writer’s message Answers 1. The number 60 printed on the globe highlights the writer’s purpose of encouraging the reader to turn off the lights for 60 minutes which is equivalent to one hour. 2. The globe represents the whole world highlighting the writer encouraging people from all walks of life in the world to participate in Earth Hour. Wrong answers Reasons why it is wrong It is to tell readers the purpose of commemorating Earth Hour Answer is not linked to the illustration The 60 implies that every minute is precious to save the environment Answer is not linked to the writer’s message 2. In the section Bring you own bag the writer says ‘sacrifices must be made’. What sort of ‘sacrifice’ is being referred to here? (I) Ans: The sacrifice refers to the sacrifice of being fashionable Wrong answers Reasons why it is wrong The ‘sacrifice’ refers to the use of canvas bag although it is not fashionable It does not refer to the use of canvas bag but the sacrifice of fashion

SASS 1128 O Level Paper2 (2013) Marking Scheme 3. In the section Turn down the volume… just a little the writer involves the reader by using you and your. In what other way does the writer involve the reader in this section? (L) Ans: The other way is the use of rhetorical questioning the involve the reader (Do not use the content about noise pollution or a quotation, instead identify the feature /method used) 4. Which sentence gives the main purpose of the webpage. (F) Ans: The sentence is ,“So this week Youth. SG will highlight two ways you can protect the environment in your everyday lives.” Text 2 5. Find the words in para 1 which suggest (V) (i) a sudden turn of the plane – “banked the plane steeply” (need to have “steeply” to describe the “sudden turn” (banked - To tilt (an aircraft) laterally and inwardly in flight.) (ii) flying quickly over the land – swept/ swept low/ swept low over the flat-topped trees 6. The writer describes the van as ‘crawling like a beetle through the bush’ (line 8). What does this description suggest about how the van appears to Mark? Description How the van appears to Mark ‘crawling’ moving slowly – (need to show movement and speed) ‘like a beetle through the bush’ very small (no marks for small) – (need to show the scale) 7. ‘Delia…began driving the truck back and forth along a relatively smooth section of ground to make a landing strip’ (lines 12-13). Why do you think she needed to do this? (I) ( More was required than just to repeat the idea from the passage as in “so that Mark can land there”) Ans: She was preparing a piece of flat unobstructed ground large enough for the plane to land safely. (Clue: “Then she walked down it with a spade, filling in holes and knocking down humps of clay and the longer grass (to flatten or even out the ground)) 8 (i) What does the phrase ‘rooted to the ground’ (line 17) tell us about Delia’s reaction to her first sight of the lions? (L) Para 4, line 16 Then, glancing up, she saw the lions. They were strung out in a line between her and the truck, the nearest one not more than fifty metres away. She stood rooted to the ground as they began to walk slowly and deliberately towards her, watching her every move.

SASS 1128 O Level Paper2 (2013) Marking Scheme Ans: She was too stunned /shocked/ frightened that she could not move (bodily response) No marks for just “ too frightened” because the phrase intensifies the fear Note: Meaning of reaction: bodily response to or activity aroused by a stimulus. 8(ii) In paragraph 4, what does the phrase ‘turning lazy circles in the sky’ tell us about Mark’s state of mind? (L) Paragraph 4, line 19 She could hear the plane turning lazy circles in the sky less than a kilometre away, but she had no way to signal to Mark. She began to back away, but then she realised that, by retreating, she was inviting the lion’s pursuit, so she forced herself to stand still. Ans: He was calm/composed/relaxed/at ease Note: - meaning of state of mind - a person's mood and the effect that mood has on the person’s thinking and behavior. -no marks for bored and lazy or tired or idle. (There was nothing in the passage to suggest he was bored) - “lazy” is a description of the slow circling and does not imply that he was tired or idle 9. In paragraph 4 we are told that the sound Delia made to try to frighten the lions was ‘primitive’. Find two more words in this paragraph which suggest primitive feelings or behaviour. (V) Ans: The two words are “primal” and “Neanderthal”. Note: Meaning of primitive: very simple and basic : made or done in a way that is not modern and that does not show much skill Meaning of primal: very basic and powerful Meaning of Neanderthal: a type of early human being that existed very long ago in Europe Need to get both answers correct to get the 1 m

SASS 1128 O Level Paper2 (2013) Marking Scheme Neanderthal woman 10 (i) Which two phrases in paragraph 5 suggest that the lions are working as a team? (V) Paragraph 5: As if on command, the lions stopped and slowly sat down on their haunches (the upper part of an animal's leg) in a long line, their heads and necks craned forward, watching the young woman who stood before them brandishing her weapon. Delia was terrified that if she moved, they would come closer. Yet she had to get past them to the safety of the truck. Slowly she took one step, then two, then began moving sideways past the lions, holding her spade at waist level, her eyes fixed on the pride. They tracked her like radar, their heads slowly turning as she worked her way past them. Ans: “As if on command” and “in a long line” show that the lions are working as a team. Note: “As if on command” – showed that at the sound of the command, all the lions stopped together showing that they were working as a team “in a long line” – showed that they worked as a team to be in a formation. 10(ii) What does the phrase “their heads and necks craned forward” from paragraph 5 suggest about the lions? (L/I) (clue: watching the young woman who stood before them brandishing her weapon.) Ans: The lions were examining the lady intently to see what she would do. Note: Student 1’s ans: It suggests that the lions were closely monitoring her movement – accepted Student 2’s ans: They were keeping an eye on Delia’s every move – not accepted. Avoid idiomatic or figurative language in answering this question. Answers must be direct and literal.

SASS 1128 O Level Paper2 (2013) Marking Scheme 10(iii) Pick out another phrase in paragraph 5 which conveys the same idea about the lions as in Question 10(ii). (V) Ans: The other phrase is “tracked her like radar” (line 30) 11(i) The writer says that Delia and the lioness ‘played the game’ (line 38). In what two ways was their behaviour like a game? (L) Steps 1. Identify the attributes of a game 2. Compare these attributes to that of the lioness and Delia Ans: It was like a game because - Delia and the lions took turns - They responded or reacted to each other - Their movements showed a pattern as if they were obeying rule