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English KS2 2016

Year 3 Reading Assessment


Marking Scheme for Fiction
Year 3 Reading Assessment Fiction 2

question answer marks notes

1. What were the names of the three children?

Content domain: 2b - retrieve and record information/


Roberta (or Bobbie), Phyllis and identify key details from fiction and non-fiction.
1
Peter
Award 1 mark for the correct answer indicated.

2. Where was the house that they had moved to?

Content domain: 2b - retrieve and record information/


near a railway line 1 identify key details from fiction and non-fiction.
Award 1 mark for the correct answer indicated.

3. Why did the children have their lunch with them?

Content domain: 2b - retrieve and record information/


identify key details from fiction and non-fiction.
because the tunnel was far away 1
Award 1 mark for answers that refer to the fact that
the tunnel was far away from the children’s home.

4. Draw a line to match what might be found in the places being described.

The sides of the cutting - Grey,


rough stone Content domain: 2c - summarise main ideas from
more than one paragraph.
The top part of the cutting - A
little neutral glen Up to 2 Award 2 marks for all four correctly matched.
Among the rocks - Grass and Award 1 mark for three correctly matched.
flowers
Award 0 marks for two or less correctly matched.
Near the tunnel - A flight of steps

5. Who hears the earth moving first?

Content domain: 2b - retrieve and record information/


Bobbie/Roberta 2 identify key details from fiction and non-fiction.
Award 2 marks for the correct answer indicated.

6. What ideas are we given about Phyllis’s personality in this part of the text?

Possible answers include


references to Phyllis’s personality
being: Content domain: 2d - make inferences from the text/
explain and justify inferences with evidence from the
• Nervous/cowardly/cautious/ text.
Up to 2
easily frightened
Award 2 marks for any two of the answers indicated.
• vulnerable/not liking being on
her own Award 1 mark for any one of the answers indicated.

• young/inexperienced
Year 3 Reading Assessment Fiction 3

7. The author describes the trees as if they were people. Find and copy two words that show this.

Possible answers include:

• walking Content domain: 2a - give/explain the meaning of


words in context.
• leaned/leaning Up to 2
• stood Award 2 marks for any two of the answers indicated.
• shivered Award 1 mark for any one of the answers indicated.
• hesitate

8. Find and copy one phrase which shows that Peter was starting to become very scared.

Content domain: 2g - identify/explain how meaning is


...face looked whiter than they had enhanced through choice of words and phrases.
1
even seen it.
Award 1 mark for the correct answer indicated.

9. Why do the children decide not to run to the station to warn the adults about the fallen trees?

they do not have enough time/ Content domain: 2b - retrieve and record information/
another train is coming soon/it is 1 identify key details from fiction and non-fiction.
too far away to get there in time Award 1 mark for the correct answer indicated.

10. Draw a line to show the phrase that is closest in meaning to how the children are feeling.

Content domain: 2d - make inferences from the text/


explain and justify inferences with evidence from the
scared 1 text.
Award 1 mark for the correct option indicated.

11. Why do you think the author has chosen the word ‘cry’ to describe Bobbie at this moment?

Possible answers include:

• she wants to be heard easily


• she has just realised/is Content domain: 2a - give/explain the meaning of
shocked/surprised that she words in context.
has something red Up to 2
Award 2 marks for any two of the answers indicated.
• she is relieved that she can
Award 1 mark for any one of the answers indicated.
help
• she was very worried before
she saw the red petticoats

12. Find and copy a phrase near the end of the story that shows that the children risked danger.

• dragged Phyllis back by the Content domain: 2a - give/explain the meaning of


arm 1 words in context.
• engine looked enormous Award 1 mark for either one of the answers indicated.
Year 3 Reading Assessment Fiction 4

13. Order the events to show what happened in the story. The first one has been done for you.

Peter tears the petticoats to make


red flags. - 4
Content domain: 2d - make inferences from the text/
Trees are seen moving down the
explain and justify inferences with evidence from the
hill. - 2
text.
The children head off for a picnic.
Up to 2 Award 2 marks for all four correctly sequenced.
-1
The girls realise that their Award 1 mark for three correctly sequenced.
petticoats are red. - 3
Award 0 marks for two or less correctly sequenced.
The children wave their flags to
make the train stop. - 5

14. Explain what kind of boy Peter is. Give evidence from the text.

Possible answers include:

• caring/protective/sensible/
responsible for/of his sisters
and the passengers that could Content domain: 2d - make inferences from the text/
be in danger explain and justify inferences with evidence from the
• bossy/decisive/takes control text.
Up to 2
of the situation Award 2 marks for any two of the answers indicated.
• brave (for deciding to stay and
Award 1 mark for any one of the answers indicated.
help to prevent an accident)
• inventive/clever/good at
coming up with solutions/
ideas/solved problems

15. Fill in the table below. The first one has been done for you.

The tunnel is far


Mother let them
from home – how
take their lunch
will the children
with them.
eat?

A mound of earth, The children


trees and stones decide to run to
fall onto the tell the station Content domain: 2b - retrieve and record information/
railway track. staff.
identify key details from fiction and non-fiction.

There is not Up to 2 Award 2 marks for any two or more of the answers
enough time to indicated.
The children
alert the train
decide to stay and Award 1 mark for any one of the answers indicated.
staff before the
warn the train
next train (the
driver somehow.
11.29) uses the
tracks.

The children need Bobbie and Phyllis


something red to realise that their
wave. petticoats are red.

Total 23

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