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| Q | Topic | Marks | Question | Answer given | Note |
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| 1 | R1 | 4/4 | **Source A** — from a short story. Nell, sixteen, has walked out along a causeway to a lighthouse cottage. *(lines 1–8)* The lighthouse cottage stood at the end of the causeway, and by the time Nell reached it the sea had already begun to take the path behind her. The door was green once. Now it was the colour of an old coin, and it hung on one hinge so that the wind could play with it, banging it open and shut like a slow, angry hand. Inside, the single room smelled of salt and paraffin. A kettle sat on a cold stove. Three chairs faced a table that had been laid for one, the plate still holding a crust of bread gone hard as slate, and on the sill a row of shells had been arranged in order of size, smallest first, as if by a child. *(lines 9–16)* Outside, the storm gathered itself. It did not arrive all at once; it circled, testing the walls, pushing at the windows with a flat grey palm, withdrawing, returning. The rain came sideways. It hissed against the glass and ran in ropes down | The door was green once. A kettle sat on a cold stove. Three chairs faced a table that had been laid for one, and on the sill was a row of shells | AO1 points-marked. Four valid, distinct points from lines 1-8: door green once; kettle on a cold stove; three chairs / table laid for one; row of shells on the sill. 4/4. 9 min against a 5 min guide. |
| 2 | R2 | 2/8 | **Source A** — from a short story. Nell, sixteen, has walked out along a causeway to a lighthouse cottage. *(lines 1–8)* The lighthouse cottage stood at the end of the causeway, and by the time Nell reached it the sea had already begun to take the path behind her. The door was green once. Now it was the colour of an old coin, and it hung on one hinge so that the wind could play with it, banging it open and shut like a slow, angry hand. Inside, the single room smelled of salt and paraffin. A kettle sat on a cold stove. Three chairs faced a table that had been laid for one, the plate still holding a crust of bread gone hard as slate, and on the sill a row of shells had been arranged in order of size, smallest first, as if by a child. *(lines 9–16)* Outside, the storm gathered itself. It did not arrive all at once; it circled, testing the walls, pushing at the windows with a flat grey palm, withdrawing, returning. The rain came sideways. It hissed against the glass and ran in ropes down | with the use of the sentence "Outside, the storm gathered itself." it shows that the storm has started. It also show that to wrighter is giving the storm some human feters | AO2 L1 top, 2/8: simple comment, simple reference, simple mention of method. One quote inside lines 9-16 ('the storm gathered itself'), literal comment ('the storm has started'), personification named in her words ('human feters') with no effect. 2 sentences in 16 min (guide 10). Lift to L2: one word (gathered) through suggests + reader; second reference. Taught chain (R2.1) did not appear unprompted. |
| 3 | R3 | 2/8 | **Source A** — from a short story. Nell, sixteen, has walked out along a causeway to a lighthouse cottage. *(lines 1–8)* The lighthouse cottage stood at the end of the causeway, and by the time Nell reached it the sea had already begun to take the path behind her. The door was green once. Now it was the colour of an old coin, and it hung on one hinge so that the wind could play with it, banging it open and shut like a slow, angry hand. Inside, the single room smelled of salt and paraffin. A kettle sat on a cold stove. Three chairs faced a table that had been laid for one, the plate still holding a crust of bread gone hard as slate, and on the sill a row of shells had been arranged in order of size, smallest first, as if by a child. *(lines 9–16)* Outside, the storm gathered itself. It did not arrive all at once; it circled, testing the walls, pushing at the windows with a flat grey palm, withdrawing, returning. The rain came sideways. It hissed against the glass and ran in ropes down | the writer wants us to focuse on the cottege. they change the focuse of the reader to keep the reader wanting to read on. the sorm is the other mane focuse point | AO2 L1 top, 2/8: simple comment on structure. Names opening focus (cottage), a change of focus (storm), generic effect ('keep the reader wanting to read on'). Stays on structure, no language drift. No footprints pivot, no ending, no quotation. 3 sentences in 3 min (guide 10). Lift to L2: name the ending as a third focus; say what the reader thinks at each change. Set in pre-2026 wording; same AO2 ladder. |
| 4 | R4 | 1/20 | **Source A** — from a short story. Nell, sixteen, has walked out along a causeway to a lighthouse cottage. *(lines 1–8)* The lighthouse cottage stood at the end of the causeway, and by the time Nell reached it the sea had already begun to take the path behind her. The door was green once. Now it was the colour of an old coin, and it hung on one hinge so that the wind could play with it, banging it open and shut like a slow, angry hand. Inside, the single room smelled of salt and paraffin. A kettle sat on a cold stove. Three chairs faced a table that had been laid for one, the plate still holding a crust of bread gone hard as slate, and on the sill a row of shells had been arranged in order of size, smallest first, as if by a child. *(lines 9–16)* Outside, the storm gathered itself. It did not arrive all at once; it circled, testing the walls, pushing at the windows with a flat grey palm, withdrawing, returning. The rain came sideways. It hissed against the glass and ran in ropes down | i think the student is right when saying that the writer makes Nell's fear feel completely real. The reader shares it becouse i can feel her fear | AO4 L1 bottom, 1/20: simple response to the statement only. One sentence agreeing plus 'i can feel her fear'; no reference, no method, no 'this works because'. Attempted, not blank. 2 min against a 20 min guide on half the marks. R4 strand untaught (all R4.x notstarted) — baseline. Lift to L2: two quotations from line 17 on, each with how the fear is made and why it works. |
Ordered by marks lost. These are the candidates for reteaching.