English KS2 2017

Year 5 Reading Assessment

Marking Scheme
Year 5 Fiction Mark Scheme 2

question answer marks notes

1. The story is written from the perspective of...

Content domain: 2b–retrieve and record

information/identify key details from fiction and
Poppy 1 non-fiction
Award 1 mark for the correct option indicated.

2. At the start of the extract it is the girls...

Content domain: 2b–retrieve and record

information/identify key details from fiction and
first day back at school 1 non-fiction
Award 1 mark for the correct option indicated.

3. How did the girl telling the story sometimes feel about her best friend?

Content domain: 2b–retrieve and record

information/identify key details from fiction and
jealous 1 non-fiction
Award 1 mark for the correct option indicated.

4. The story is set mainly.

Content domain: 2b–retrieve and record

information/identify key details from fiction and
in a school 1 non-fiction
Award 1 mark for the correct option indicated.

5. Order these events as they happen in the story. Number them 1, 2, 3, 4.

1. Poppy gets a new phone. Content domain: 2b–retrieve and record

2. Poppy takes the phone to information/identify key details from fiction and
school. up to 2 non-fiction
3. Poppy loses her phone. marks
4. The phone is found in Lucy’s Award 2 marks for four correct, 1 mark for two
bag. correct.

6. Explain two things that the words ‘shiny treasure’ suggest about the phone.

Content domain: 2g–identify/explain how meaning

References which link ‘shiny’ to is enhanced through choice of words and phrases
new, clean.
up to 2 Award 1 mark for references which link ‘shiny’ to
References which link ‘treasure’ marks new, clean.
to expensive, precious, highly
desirable. Award 1 mark for references which link ‘treasure’
to expensive, precious, highly desirable.
Year 5 Fiction Mark Scheme 3

7. Why was Poppy ‘Almost late for registration?’

Content domain: 2b–retrieve and record

Answers referring to the fact information/identify key details from fiction and
that she was late because she non-fiction
had spent time deciding whether
1 Award 1 mark for answers referring to the fact that
to take the phone to school
or not/she went back for her she was late because she had spent time deciding
phone. whether to take the phone to school or not/she
went back for her phone.

8. In the text it says, ‘I felt sick.’ Why did Poppy feel sick?

Content Domain: 2d- make inferences from the text

/explain and justify inferences with evidence from
Answers referring to the phone
the text
being missing.
Award 1 mark for answers referring to the phone
Answers referring to Poppy
being missing.
feeling sick with worry because 1
she knew she was going to Or
get into trouble as she was not
Award 1 mark for answers referring to Poppy
meant to have taken the phone
feeling sick with worry because she knew she was
to school.
going to get into trouble as she was not meant to
have taken the phone to school.

Which words does the author use to show how Poppy left the classroom in the afternoon after
9.
losing her phone?

Content domain: 2b–retrieve and record

information/identify key details from fiction and
sluggishly and plodded. 1 non-fiction
Award 1 mark for both words- sluggishly and
plodded.

10. What do these words tell you about the way she was feeling?

Content domain: 2d–make inferences from the

text/explain and justify inferences with evidence
from the text
Answers which explain that she
Award 1 mark for answers which explain that
was walking slowly because she
1 she was walking slowly because she was feeling
was feeling worried and scared
worried and scared about seeing her mum.
about seeing her mum.
Responses must link to the worry of seeing her
mum do not accept responses which only refer to
the loss of the phone.
Year 5 Fiction Mark Scheme 4

‘I sat on the floor and tipped it upside down, inside out, squeezed every corner. Nothing.’
11.
Find and copy the sentence that shows she has already searched her bag?

Content domain: 2b–retrieve and record

‘Knowing the outcome, I felt information/identify key details from fiction and
around inside my bag one last 1 non-fiction
time.’ Award 1 mark for ‘Knowing the outcome, I felt
around inside my bag one last time.’

Find and copy two sentences from the text that show she was feeling excited.
12.
Find and copy two sentences that show she was feeling worried.

Excited
1. When I was given the new
phone for my ninth birthday in
the holidays, I was so excited!
2. I remembered the phone and
my heart picked up a beat or
two.
Content domain: 2d–make inferences from the
Worried text/explain and justify inferences with evidence
up to 2 from the text
1. A lump caught in my throat and
marks
I froze. Award 2 marks for all four examples correctly
2. I felt sick. found and placed. Award 1 for at least 2 correct.

Or
3. My chest was feeling tight and
I was having to lift my shoulders
to breathe in properly.
4. Still not daring to make proper
eye contact.

At the end it says ‘Lucy’s bag looked just like mine – we’d chosen identical ones, to match our coats.’
13.
Find and copy a sentence from the beginning of the story which links to this.

Content domain: 2h–make comparisons within the

‘Although we often chose similar text
1
coats, shoes,’ Award 1 mark for ‘Although we often chose similar
coats, shoes,’.

“I’m so sorry Mum,” I pleaded

14.
Give another word with the same meaning that could have been used instead.

Content domain: 2a–give/explain the meaning of

begged, implored, beseeched, words in context.
1
supplicated Award 1 mark for begged, implored, beseeched,
supplicated.
Year 5 Fiction Mark Scheme 5

Based on what you have read in the last paragraph of the story, predict what Poppy will say to her
15.
Mum when they get home. Use evidence from this paragraph to support your prediction

Responses which identify or

give reference to the words
‘regretfully’ and ‘pleaded’.
Content domain: 2e–predict what might happen
Responses which show that from details stated and implied
up to 3
Poppy is sorry for being deceitful.
marks Accept 1 mark for identifying any of the listed
Responses which explain that responses, up to a maximum of 3 marks.
Poppy lied because she was
jealous and wanted something
better than Lucy for once.

Total 20
Year 5 Non-Fiction Mark Scheme 6

question answer marks notes

16. Why is it dangerous to be near trees, mountains and tall buildings during a thunder storm?

Content domain: 2b–retrieve and record

The ground’s positive charge information/identify key details from fiction and
concentrates around anything non-fiction
that sticks up or Cloud-to-ground
lightning bolts strike the tall 1 Award 1 mark for: The ground’s positive charge
objects, like trees and buildings concentrates around anything that sticks up or
or If you’re the tallest object, Cloud-to-ground lightning bolts strike the tall
then lighting can strike you. objects, like trees and buildings or If you’re the
tallest object, then lighting can strike you.

17. Fill in the correct labels on the cloud.

Top box:
Accept-Positive charge or pro- Content domain: 2b–retrieve and record
tons (not just positive) information/identify key details from fiction and
up to 2
marks non-fiction
Bottom box:
Accept-Negative charge or elec- Award 1 mark for each correct answer.
trons (not just negative)

18. How hot are lightning bolts?

Content domain: 2b–retrieve and record

information/identify key details from fiction and
A lightning bolt is about 29,000 non-fiction
degrees Celsius and/or roughly
1 Award 1 mark for the correct reference to: A
six times hotter than the surface
of the Sun. lightning bolt is about 29,000 degrees Celsius and/
or roughly six times hotter than the surface of the
Sun.

If you counted 30 seconds between when you saw the lightning and heard the thunder, how far
19.
away would the storm be?

Content domain: 2b–retrieve and record

information/identify key details from fiction and
6 miles 1 non-fiction
Award 1 mark for answers which say that the
storm would be 6 miles away.

20. What is the name given to the type of cloud which causes lightning?

Content domain: 2b–retrieve and record

information/identify key details from fiction and
cumulonimbus cloud or non-fiction
1
thunderhead.
Award 1 mark for reference to cumulonimbus cloud
or thunderhead.
Year 5 Non-Fiction Mark Scheme 7

21. Write and order, in the table below, the types of lightning according to how often they happen.

1 - Most Often
Intra-cloud Content domain: 2d–make inferences from the
text/explain and justify inferences with evidence
2 up to 2 from the text
Cloud-to-ground marks
Award 2 marks for 3 ordered correctly Award 1
3 - Least Often mark for 1 ordered correctly.
Ball

‘Hissing noises originate from such balls and they sometimes make a loud noise when they
22. explode.’
In this sentence, the word originate is closest in meaning to...

Content domain: 2a–give/explain the meaning of

develop 1 words in context.
Award 1 mark forthe correct option ticked.

23. What colours can ball lightning be?

Content domain: 2b–retrieve and record

information/identify key details from fiction and
Reddish, luminous ball, but can non-fiction.
1
come in any colour.
Award 1 mark for answers which refer to all three -
reddish, luminous ball, but can come in any colour.

‘Seek shelter in a substantial building.’

24.
In this sentence, the word substantial is closest in meaning to...

Content domain: 2a–give/explain the meaning of

strong 1 words in context.
Award 1 mark for the correct option ticked

Why is the poster an effective way of explaining to children how to keep safe when lightning is
25.
near?

Reference to summary Content domain: 2g–identify/explain how meaning

e.g. is enhanced through choice of words and phrases.
It summarises a lot of
information/uses a short slogan Award 1 mark for reference to summary
to get across a key message. e.g.
It clearly and concisely shows It summarises a lot of information/uses a short
you everything you need to know slogan to get across a key message
in one poster. up to 2 It clearly and concisely shows you everything you
marks need to know in one poster.
Reference to likeability
e.g. Award 1 mark for reference to likeability
The lion appeals to children e.g.
and stops them from being The lion appeals to children and stops them from
frightened. being frightened.
The lion will attract children into The lion will attract children into reading the
reading the information. information.
Year 5 Non-Fiction Mark Scheme 8

26. What are the two key things you need to do to stay safe if you hear thunder?

1. Go indoors/seek shelter in
Content domain: 2b–retrieve and record
a substantial building or hard
information/identify key details from fiction and
topped metal vehicle. (Do not 1 non-fiction.
accept seek shelter).
Award 1 mark for both correct answers.
2. Stop activities.

‘Lightning is dangerous to humans and animals’

27.
Do you agree with this?

Yes:
• A lightning bolt is about
29,000 degrees Celsius —
roughly six times hotter than the
surface of the Sun!
• Lightning flashes more than 3
million times a day worldwide —
that’s about 40 times a second.
Not all those flashes hit the
ground — some happen between
or inside clouds.
• An average lightning bolt
can release enough energy to
operate a 100-watt light bulb for
more than three months straight.
• Lightning kills about 2000
people a year, so stay inside
during lightning storms. Content domain: 2f–identify/explain how
information / narrative content is related and
• If you’re the tallest object, up to 2 contributes to meaning as a whole
then lighting can strike you. marks
Award 1 mark for each appropriate explanation, to
• The determining factor on a maximum of 2 marks.
whether a particular flash could
be deadly depends on whether a
person or animal is in the path of
the lightning discharge.
No:
• Fortunately, only very
unlucky fish ever get killed by
lightning.
• The determining factor on
whether a particular flash could
be deadly depends on whether
a person or animal is in the
path of the lightning discharge.
(If they are not in the path of the
lightning discharge then it is not
dangerous).
Year 5 Non-Fiction Mark Scheme 9

In the paragraph ‘WHY DON’T ALL FISH DIE WHEN LIGHTNING HITS THE SEA?’ it compares lightning
28. striking water to putting blackcurrant juice into bath water.
How do these comparisons help the reader to understand the answer to the question in the title?

Content domain: 2d–make inferences from the

Reference to providing a text/explain and justify inferences with evidence
comparison to something the 1 from the text
reader will recognise. Award 1 mark for reference to providing a
comparison to something the reader will recognise.

Total 17
Year 5 Poetry Mark Scheme 10

question answer marks notes

29. What season is the poem about?

Content domain: 2d–make inferences from the

text/explain and justify inferences with evidence
Spring 1 from the text
Award 1 mark for the correct option ticked.

30. What time of day do you think the beginning of the poem is describing and why?

Content domain: 2d–make inferences from the

The cockerel crowing and the text/explain and justify inferences with evidence
dawn chorus are both symbolic 1 from the text
of daybreak. Award 1 mark for reference to morning/dawn/
daybreak/sunrise.

31. Match each word to its meaning.

defeated
Beaten in a battle or other
contest.
prevailing
Main, most frequent; Content domain: 2a–give/explain the meaning of
predominant. up to 2 words in context
retreated marks Award 2 marks for all correct 1 mark for at least
Withdraw from enemy forces two correct responses.
after a losing.
grazing
To feed on (herbage) in a field or
on pastureland.

32. Find and copy two sentences from the poem that show that the weather is fine.

Blue sky prevailing.

The rain is over and gone.
The green field sleeps in the sun. Content domain: 2a–give/explain the meaning of
up to 2 words in context
Small clouds are sailing.
marks
The lake doth glitter Award 2 marks for two of the acceptable points.
Do not accept:
The snow hath retreated.

The stream is flowing

33.
What does this line tell you about the way the river moves?

any indication of moving freely,

continuously, steadily, smoothly Content domain: 2a–give/explain the meaning of
or easily. words in context
1
Do not award marks for Award 1 mark for any indication of moving freely,
references to speed such as continuously, steadily, smoothly or easily.
quickly or rapidly.
Year 5 Poetry Mark Scheme 11

34. What does the word ‘whooping’ in verse two line five tell you about the way the words are said?

Content domain: 2a–give/explain the meaning of

References to a loud cry or shout words in context
or references to excitement, joy, 1 Award 1 mark for references to a loud cry or shout
happiness and playfulness or references to excitement, joy, happiness and
playfulness.

Throughout the poem the poet uses the senses to describe ‘March’.
35.
Can you find an example of each from the text?

See
e.g. The lake doth glitter, Content domain: 2b–retrieve and record
The green field sleeps in the sun; information/identify key details from fiction and
non-fiction
Hear 2
The cock is crowing Award 1 mark for any reference to things that can
The small birds twitter be seen.
The ploughboy is whooping— Award 1 mark for any reference to those listed.
anon—anon!

What do you think is the overall feel of the poem?

36.
Explain your answer in full using evidence from the poem.

Content Domain: 2c–Summarise main ideas from

more than one paragraph
References to an overall feeling
of calmness, happiness and joy. Award 1 mark for references to an overall feeling of
calmness, happiness and joy.
References which link to a love of up to 3
Award 1 mark for references which link to a love of
nature. marks
nature.
References which link to new life Award 1 mark for references which link to new life
and togetherness. and togetherness.
Up to a maximum of three marks.

Total 13