Tuesday, 15 November 2016

Exam Revision


1)Work with the person you are sitting next to
2)Find an extract either from the book or an article online to base your reading exam on.
3)Look at the blank copy of your last reading exam and create questions about the extract you have chosen in the same style as the exam.
4)Create a mark scheme that includes all the possible answers for the exam.
 
Link to online version of Kensuke's Kingdom: KENSUKE'S KINGDOM
Example exam paper:
 
Now look at the extract from Kensuke’s Kingdom.
Circle the correct answer:
1)     When the narrator sat up, he was on a beach. (TRUE/FALSE)
2)    Behind him, there were lots of cars and buildings. (TRUE/FALSE)
3)    The narrator found it difficult to get up. (TRUE/FALSE)
4)    There was a big storm cloud in the sky. (TRUE/FALSE)  
5)    The narrator only called one time for his mother and father. (TRUE/FALSE)

6)    How does Michael think he must have survived?
·         He swam to shore
·         He kept hold oh his football
·         A dolphin carried him to the island
7)   What does Michael realise he has lost at the end of paragraph 2?
·         His sanity
·         Stella Artois
·         His football

8)     Why does Stella go bounding up the beach in paragraph 3?
·         She hears noises coming from the jungle
·         She sees a squirrel
·         She is chasing a ball
Fill in the missing word/phrase:
9)     Michael is not scared of the howling because he has heard it before at _______________________.
10)   Michael remembered the name of the ‘funky gibbons’ because he __________________________________________________.
11)    Michael wanted to reach the summit of the hill because then he would be able to ______________________________________.

Explain, in your own words, what is meant by the phrase:
12)  “The forest grew more sparsely”
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
13)  “It occurred to me then”
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
14)  “Perhaps there’d be some house or farm further inland.”
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________




Use PEE to answer the following questions: 
15)  How did Michael feel about being alone on the island?
POINT: I think that Michael feels ________________________ about being alone on the island.
EVIDENCE: This is suggested when he says “____________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________.”
EXPLANATION: This shows that he feels _____________________ because _______________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

16)  What sort of atmosphere is there on the island?
POINT:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
EVIDENCE:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
EXPLANATION:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 

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