Checkpoint 2018 Paper 2-Part 1

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Checkpoint 2018 Paper 2 Part 1

Open your GP reader

You will need the Checkpoint 2018 Paper

AND

The Insert - Text for Section A, an extract from ‘Inkheart’ by Cornelia Funke. 

Both documents are also in Teams - GP in the file Checkpoint 2018 Paper 2 and paper 2 insert

You now have 5 minutes

Read the text - Would you believe it

Mark the text with a highlighter to help you find important parts again

There are 25 points for the questions in this part of the exam

25/50 = approximately 30 minutes to read the text and answer the questons!

1 What helps Meggie get to sleep after a bad dream?

Q1

Award 1 mark for one of the following points:

• Mo’s calm breathing / being with Mo / her father

• the sound of the pages turning / hearing Mo reading a book / her dad

turning the pages as he reads.

Accept quotations, paraphrases or explanations. 

But the figure outside the house was no dream.’ (line 6)
What effect does the writer create by using this single-sentence paragraph?

Q2

Award 1 mark for an answer which recognises that the single-sentence

paragraph creates a feeling of tension, e.g.:

• it makes the story exciting

• you know it’s a dramatic moment

• it creates a feeling of fear / suspense in the reader.

Do not accept generic answers such as ‘it emphasises the paragraph’ or ‘it

makes you want to read on’

Explain in your own words how Meggie’s father looks when his reading is interrupted.

Q3

Award 1 mark for an answer that explains he looks as if his mind is

elsewhere, e.g.:

• Meggie’s father’s face appears blank

• he looks as if he has been lost in the book

• he seems a long way away.

Do not accept a quotation from the text without an explanation.

Books on the TV set and in the wardrobe, small piles of books, tall piles of books, books thick
and thin, books old and new.’ (lines 22–24)
Give one way these lines emphasise how many books Mo and Meggie have.

Q4a

Award 1 mark for one of the following ways:

• repetition (of the word ‘books’)

• use of list / lists all the different kinds of books

• use of noun phrases to describe all the different books

• use of contrasts / adjectives, e.g. ‘old’ and ‘new’

• describes the books without a verb.

Look at the phrase ‘Stacks of books were piled high all over the house’ (lines 19–20).
(i) Write one quotation from the text that shows a problem caused by the books.

(ii) Write one quotation from the text that shows a benefit of the books.

Q4b

Award 1 mark for one of the following quotations:

• (‘sometimes you) fell over them’

• (‘he) stubbed his toe (on a pile of books’.)

 Award 1 mark for one of the following quotations:

• (‘they) kept boredom at bay (when the weather was bad’)

• (‘They) welcomed Meggie (down to breakfast with invitingly open pages’)

‘Has he got a hairy face? If so, he could be a werewolf.’ (line 27)
What does this quotation suggest about Mo’s character?

Q5

Award 1 mark for an answer that recognises that the quotation shows Mo has

a sense of humour, e.g.:

• he is funny

• he likes to tease people

• he is jokey

How does the mood change when Mo sees the figure standing in the rain (line 31)?

Q6

Award 1 mark for an answer that recognises the mood becomes serious, e.g.:

• it becomes grim

• it feels anxious / worrying

• it’s no longer light-hearted.

‘. . . except for the rain falling, murmuring as if the night had found its voice.’ (lines 45–46)
What is the underlined phrase an example of?

1. alliteration
2. hyperbole
3. metaphor
4. personification

Question * is a short writing question

Explain in your own words how the writer uses the night and the rain to create atmosphere (lines

40–50).

Support your answer with examples from the text.

Answer model hints & tips-1

Learners’ explanations may include the following points:

1. the night is described as coming into the house like an unwanted visitor /

an intruder

2. alliteration / ‘dark and ‘damp’ emphasises how unpleasant the night is /

creates a gloomy mood

3. when Dustfinger appears from the ‘darkness of the yard’, it shows just

how black and mysterious the night is

4. the use of the word ‘threatening’ makes the rain sounds like an enemy /

someone coming to attack them

5. words used to describe the rain / the sound of the rain (‘rushing’, ‘falling’,

‘murmuring’, ‘loud’) makes it sound heavy / continuous / overwhelming

6. the description of Dustfing

Answer model hints & tips-2

Award 3 marks for three points or two points with some development, e.g.:

• It is really dark outside so they can’t see Dustfinger (point 3). There are

lots of words to describe the rain falling to show how wet and miserable

it is (point 5). His coat is so wet he’s drowned in the terrible weather

(point 6).

• The night and the rain are both described as though they are going

to come and get Meggie and Mo which creates a tense atmosphere

because they seem like victims (points 1 and 4 + development).

Answer model hints & tips-3

Award 2 marks for two points or one point with some development, e.g.:

• The night seems like a bad person coming to get them (point 1) and the

rain is really hard and horrible (point 5).

• ‘Dark and damp’ repeats the sound of the letter d, making the night

seem really sinister and creating a dangerous atmosphere (point 2 +

development).

Award 1 mark for one undeveloped point, e.g.:

• The writer makes the night sound dark and scary (point 1).

• When it says the rain is threatening, it is spooky (point 4).

Do not accept quotations on their own.

Which two features from this text suggest that it is from a mystery story?

1. a first person narrator
2. a night-time setting
3. the use of flashbacks
4. the withholding of information

Explain in your own words Meggie’s reactions to Dustfinger (lines 34–62).
Support your answer with examples from the text.

Q10- answer model tips-1

Award 1 mark for each appropriate explanation of a reaction up to a

maximum of 2 marks.

Award 1 mark for each example linked to a chosen reaction, up to a

maximum of 2 marks.

E.g. 4 marks

The movement in Dustfinger’s rucksack (1) made Meggie curious (1). Also

she felt embarrassed (1) at the way he looked at her and she ‘didn’t know

where to look’ (1).

E.g. 3 marks

Meggie was a bit worried (1) because her heart was thumping (1) and she

was also worried about what sort of visitor would turn up in the middle of the

night (1)

Q10- 2- quotes and evidence

surprised/anxious

why would he visit in the middle of the

night?

‘Meggie’s heart thudded faster than ever’

‘She followed him anxiously’

Q10- 2- quotes and evidence

curious

‘What kind of a name was that?’ 

she’s curious about his appearance / what

was in the rucksack / she just stared back

Q10- 2- quotes and evidence

confused/felt she knew him

 the name was strange but it gave her an

odd feeling that maybe she had heard it

before.

Q10- 2- quotes and evidence

uncomfortable/embarrassed

 by the way he looked at her.

‘didn’t know where to look’

What two things do we learn about the past relationship between Mo and Dustfinger?

Q11

Award 1 mark for each of the following, up to a maximum of two marks:

• they knew each other a long/very long time ago

• they were involved in something that meant they had special names /

something mysterious / something Meggie doesn’t know about.

Write one quotation from the text which could explain why Mo double locked the door.

Q12

Award 1 mark for the following quotation:

• ‘(looking past his visitor) as if he expected to see another figure (emerge

from the night.’)

Q13 - short writing question

Explain in your own words how you can tell that Meggie and Mo have a close relationship.

Support your answer with examples from the whole text.

Tips from the answer model-1

Award 1 mark for each relevant point about Meggie and Mo’s relationship up

to a maximum of 2 marks.

Award 1 mark for each example linked to a relevant point Meggie and Mo’s

relationship, up to a maximum of 2 marks.

Tips from the answer model-2

E.g. 4 marks

Mo makes time for Meggie (1) because even when Mo didn’t believe

someone was outside he went to look (1). Mo is able to make Meggie less

scared by telling jokes (1) and teases her about it being a werewolf outside

(1).

Tips from the answer model-3

E.g. 3 marks

Mo is very protective of Meggie (1), he tells her to go back to bed (1) and had

previously promised that burglers wouldn’t break into the house because

there was nothing to steal (1).