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MARKING SCHEME PAT F.2 2017

QUESTION 1 (10 marks)

a. appear f. feeling
b. believe g. last
c. your h. To
d. this i. effects
e. no j. go
1 mark each correct answer

QUESTION 2 (10 marks)

a. flat and broad with gentle f thin layers of basalt lava

slopes g particles, blobs of congealed
b steps sides lava
c small h explosive
d large i frequent and relatively quite
e large j. violent
1 mark each correct answer

QUESTION 3 (10 MARKS)

a. False 1 mark
b. True 1 mark

c. False 1 mark

d. False 1 mark

e. Beauty of Nature Package 1 mark

f. Village tour/ Central for Small and Medium Industry/ accept 1 mark
any suitable answer

g. i. required 2 marks
ii. processing

h. Outdoor person/adventurous person/ accept 1 mark

any suitable answer

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i. accepts any suitable answer 1 mark

j. Follow the Band Descriptors (10 marks)

Marking Criteria for Question j

Band/Mark A B C D E
9-10 7-8 5-6 3-4 1-2
Task Fulfilled Fulfilled Fulfilled Fulfilled Fulfilled
Fulfillment
Language Accurate Largely Sufficiently Partially Hardly
accuracy accurate accurate accurate accurate
Sentence Varied & Largely Some Lack Distorted
structure effective varied variety variety sentence
structure
Lifting from Hardly any A little Some Almost Total lifting
the text lifting lifting lifting wholesale
lifting

Examiners should assess the script holistically and always refer to the
coordinated scripts for consistency.

QUESTION 4 (15 marks)

a. 70 % 1 mark

b. Renewable energy sources, transportation and tourism 1 mark

c. i. global overfishing 2 marks

ii. water pollution

d. Disrupts the reproductive process. 1 mark

e. i. substantial 4 marks
ii. various
iii. global
iv. endangered

f. Extinction of some species 1 mark

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g. Destroy the natural food chain and ocean’s natural 1 mark

habitat

h. i-shark/ whale 1 mark

ii- sea turtle 1 mark

i. accept any suitable answer 2 marks

QUESTION 5 –Poem (5 marks)

a. A sunset is bright and beautiful 1 mark

b. Red blood squiggles out 1 mark

c. Living in a world without the colour red/ accept any suitable 1 mark
answer

d. accepts any suitable answer 2 marks

SECTION D : Question 6 (30 marks)

MARKING CRITERIA FOR QUESTION 6

A B C D E
BAND
EXCELLENT GOOD SATISFACTORY WEAK VERY WEAK
(30-25) (24-19) (18-13) (12-7) (6-1)

Task is fulfilled Task is fulfilled Task is fulfilled Task is Task is hardly

partially fulfilled
fulfilled
DESCRIPTORS

Ideas are well- Ideas are Ideas are Ideas are Ideas are not
developed and developed and sufficiently partially developed and
well-organised organised with developed with developed not organised
with supporting main ideas and some and lack
details supporting organisation and organisation
details supporting
details

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Language is Language is Langauge is Language is Language is

accurate with largely accurate sufficiently partially inaccurate
few first draft with some accurate. Errors accurate.
slips. minor errors. are mostly SWEs Errors are
mostly
MWEs

Sentence Sentence Sentence Sentence Sentence

structures are structures are structures are structures structures are
varied and used mostly varied sufficiently varied lack variety distorted
effectively and are
DESCRIPTORS

repetitive

Vocabulary is Vocabulary is Vocabulary is Vocabulary Vocabulary is

wide and wide enough sufficient but is limited inappropriate
precise and mostly lacks precision
precise

Interest is Interest is Interest is Interest is Interest is

aroused and largely aroused sufficiently partially hardly aroused
sustained aroused aroused

Note:
 Award ‘0’ mark when there is
- No response or response written in language other than English
- Mindless lifting of irrelevant chunks from other sources including rubric

When awarding marks, apply the ‘best fit’ principle. No script will fit neatly into any one of the bands.
To determine the appropriate mark, identify the band that response belongs to and refer to the
criteria in the band. Examiners should assess the script holistically and always refer to the
coordinated scripts for consistency.

SECTION D : Question 7 (10 marks)

MARKING CRITERIA FOR QUESTION 7

A B C D E
BAND
EXCELLENT GOOD SATISFACTORY WEAK VERY WEAK
(30-25) (24-19) (18-13) (12-7) (6-1)

Task is fulfilled Task is fulfilled Task is fulfilled Task is Task is hardly

DES
CRI

partially fulfilled
fulfilled

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Ideas are well- Ideas are Ideas are Ideas are Hardly any
developed and largely sufficiently partially ideas.
well-organized developed and developed but developed
with evidence organized. lack organization. and lack
from the text. Largely Supported with organization.
supported with some evidence Minimal
PTORS

evidence from from the text. evidence

the text. from the text.
Language is Language is Langauge is Language is Language is
accurate with accurate with sufficiently partially inaccurate
few first draft some minor accurate. Errors accurate.
slips. errors. are mostly SWEs Errors are
mostly
MWEs

Sentence Sentence Sentence Sentence Sentence

structures are structures are structures are structures structures are
varied and used mostly varied sufficiently varied lack variety distorted
DESCRIPTORS

effectively and are

repetitive

Vocabulary is Vocabulary is Vocabulary is Vocabulary Vocabulary is

wide and wide enough sufficient but is limited inappropriate
precise and mostly lacks precision
precise

Interest is aroused Interest is largely Interest is sufficiently Interest is partially Interest is hardly
and sustained aroused aroused aroused aroused

Note:
 Award ‘0’ mark when there is
- No response or response written in language other than English
- Mindless lifting of irrelevant chunks from other sources including rubric

When awarding marks, apply the ‘best fit’ principle. No script will fit neatly into any one of the bands.
To determine the appropriate mark, identify the band that response belongs to and refer to the
criteria in the band. Examiners should assess the script holistically and always refer to the
coordinated scripts for consistency.