DSS 2021 PRELIM P2 MARK SCHEME

This marking scheme consists of 10 printed pages. DUNMAN SECONDARY SCHOOL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2021 SECONDARY 4 EXPRESS/ 5 NORMAL (ACADEMIC) ENGLISH LANGUAGE MARK SCHEME SECTION A [5 marks] Refer to Text 1 on page 2 of the Insert for Questions 1-4. 1 Look at the photographs below the section heading Boot Camps . With reference to the information given at the bottom of the webpage, which two features of the boot camp do the photographs illustrate? (i) (Programme is conducted at) a fully equipped kitchen (ii) Practical / Experiential approach to learning Not accepted: Unforgettable memories Lifelong skills Note: These answers are not accepted as they cannot be concretely shown or proven through the images. Candidates need to read question and the text carefully. This has been reminded during MYE. The answered should be obtained from this part of the visual text, ‘ With reference to the information given at the bottom of the webpage’. There were a number of candidates who found their answers from other parts of the visual text. The other evidence of candidates practising skimming is when they spelled ‘experiential’ as ‘experimental’. [2] 2 The webpage begins with the questions ‘Tired of wasting away the holidays at home? Feeling unproductive and bored?’. What effect is this intended to have on the readers? It is intended for readers to reflect on / consider / think about how they spend their time. Note: Response should consider the effect on reader’s FEELINGS and what kind of ACTION they will take. Many candidates were unable to get this question right. The first point candidates need to take note of is to refer to only the two questions (this) and explain the effects the two questions (this) have on readers. These tw o questions would not lead to the ultimate purpose / final intended outcome. Candidates should also not give a general answer such as “It is for readers to relate to the question. [1]

2 1128 / 02 / Prelims/ 4EXP5NA 2021 3 Refer to the section heading Learning Objectives. Which two learning objectives suggest that participants will learn more than just culinary skills? (i) Learn how to manage time and work under pressure. (ii) Learn to work in teams and develop empathy. Not accepted: Understand food hygiene and food preparation basics Learn to prepare and cook authentic recipes from scratch Learn how to incorporate healthier ingredients in recipes Note: Both answers need to be accurate for students to attend the mark. [1] 4 In what way does the webpage suggest the credibility of the organisation? It shows how Food Playground is accredited as the Number 1 Cooking s chool in Singapore by TripAdvisor. Note: Answers should not blindly quote ‘#1 Cooking School in Singapore on Trip Advisor’ Candidates need to be mindful of the way this question is asked. ‘In what way’ suggests a process with action verbs to be used. Some candidates simply copied ‘#1 Cooking School in Singapore on Trip Advisor’ as their answer. This is reminder to candidates to answer questions in complete sentences. [1]

3 1128 / 02 / Prelims/ 4EXP5NA 2021 SECTION B [20 marks] Refer to Text 2 on page 3 of the Insert for Questions 5-15. 5 Give two words in paragraph 1, which suggest that it is physically draining for Aoife to climb the stairs? Toil and haul Not accepted: -daily toil (This is a phrase) -gripping (Although the word tells us that she is holding the handrail firmly, it does not address her act of climbing up the stairs) [1] 6 In paragraph 1, Aoife says,’ ‘I guess this is how my life will always be…’ What is the tone of Aoife’s comment above? Resigned tone/ Tone of resignation/ Tone of acceptance Accept: She had learned to live with it/ Accepted it Not accepted: -helplessness, exasperated, hopeless, defeated, sad, depressed (Inaccurate. Response fails to consider the total context) [1] 7 In paragraph 2, Aoife describes her experience with reading. Explain how the language used emphasises her fear of the written word. Support your answer with three details from the paragraph. 1) She could not read the words as the letters were moving/jumbled up as shown in the phrase ‘possessed a life of their own, dancing before her’. (Infer ‘possessed a life’ and ‘dancing’) Accept: If quote was either ‘possessed a life of their own’ or ‘dancing before her’. Not accepted: -They words came to life/ were alive/ became animate objects (Vague. Which aspect of coming to life? Sound? Movement?) 2) She felt that the letters were mocking her/ making fun of her/ ridiculed her inability as supported by ‘they were taunting her’. (Paraphrase ‘taunting’) Not accepted: - She was afraid to be mocked about her inability (Inaccurate phrasing. Mocked by who? To be?) - The letters were intimidating her/ provoking her/ haunting/ humouring/ traumatizing (Inaccurate) - The letters were like bullies/ bullying her (Vague. In what way? Physically?) [3]

4 1128 / 02 / Prelims/ 4EXP5NA 2021 3) ‘Like a deer caught in the headlights she stood’ suggests that Aoife was so afraid she stood frozen in fear. (Infer from simile ‘deer caught in the headlights’) Accept: stunned/ stunned in fear Not accepted: -She had to focus very hard to not be stunned by them (Wrong focus on the effort she has to put in to overcome the fear instead of the fear itself) - Motionless (Inaccurate. Only conveys lack of movement but no element of shock and/or fear) 8 (a) ‘Because of it, she had to lead a double life. But nobody knew. Not a soul. Not her friends, not her colleagues and certainly not her family. She had kept it from all of them, feeling herself brimming with the secret of it her whole life’ (lines 10-13) Explain what is the ‘double life’ Aoife led. Aoife had to pretend that she could read when she actually could not / She was guarding the secret that she could not read. Note: Answer must show the idea of ‘double’ ie. reality and lie/ pretence/ secrecy Answer must mention her inability to read or her dyslexia Not accepted: - Her life as a person with dyslexia. (no idea of a double life) - She had to hide her true self and be somebody else. (Vague. Merely explaining phrase ‘double life’) - She had to pretend that she is doing fine/ that she was okay. (Vague. No mention of her condition) -That she could see perfectly when actually she could not read. (Inaccurate. Her condition is not due to her eyesight) [1] (b) With reference to the lines above, how does the writer show Aoife’s determination to lead her double life? The writer uses repetition of the word ‘not’. Note: -Not enough to mention the technique of repetition alone. -Repetition inherently emphasizes and shows determination. If listing is cited as a technique, it must be accompanied with an accurate explanation that brings across determination. Not accepted: - She emphasized on the word ‘not’ (How? Technique not mentioned) - Use of long sentence followed by short sentence with repetition of the word ‘not’ (ED) - Listing of groups of people (Insufficient. Must be accompanied with accurate explanation of these people coming from every aspect of her life. - She did not even tell her own family about it. (This was a common wrong answer. It explains content and does not give the technique) [1]

5 1128 / 02 / Prelims/ 4EXP5NA 2021 9 (i) (ii) In paragraph 3, we are told that Aoife developed ‘a cunning…out of necessity’. Wha