Mark-Scheme-The-Railway-Children
Mark-Scheme-The-Railway-Children
Mark-Scheme-The-Railway-Children
4. Draw a line to match what might be found in the places being described.
6. What ideas are we given about Phyllis’s personality in this part of the text?
• 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.
8. Find and copy one phrase which shows that Peter was starting to become very scared.
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.
11. Why do you think the author has chosen the word ‘cry’ to describe Bobbie at this moment?
12. Find and copy a phrase near the end of the story that shows that the children risked danger.
13. Order the events to show what happened in the story. The first one has been done for you.
14. Explain what kind of boy Peter is. Give evidence from the text.
• 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.
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.
Total 23