LITERATURE COMPONENTS

POEMS
NOVEL : CATCH US IF YOU
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POEMS
FORM 4

FORM 5

POEM
SECTION D (5 MARKS)
QUESTION TYPES : A) COMPREHENSION/ MEANING OF
THE POEM
B)MEANING OF THE
LINES/PHRASE/WORD
C)OPINION AND REASON

SAMPLE QUESTIONS
POEM 1 (IN THE MIDST OF
HARDSHIP)
TRIAL SPM 2011 N9
a) When did they return home ? 1m
b) What is unusual about the buffalo? 1
m
c) Which phrase in stanza 3 shows that
the family is cheerful amidst the
hardship? 1 m
d) What would you save first when you
are caught in a flood? Give a reason

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SETTING

CHARACT
ERS

PLOT/
IMPORTA
NT
EVENTS

MORAL
VALUES /
LESSON

MESSAGE
S

HIGH ORDER THINKING SKILL (H.O.T.S)

THEMES

4 SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
EVENT 1
BEFORE FLAT
ON FIRE

RORY AND
GRANDA
MRS FOLEY

NORMA
NICOLE

EVENT 4
GREAT ESCAPE
2

EVENT 2
THE GREAT
ESCAPE 1

RACHNADAR
CASTLE
STREET
VAL JESSUP
TESS
THINKERS
ROB

EVENT 3
BEING
FUGITIVES

ANALYSIS OF PAST YEARS QUESTIONS (2001-2014)

2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

2010
2011
2012

The character you like best and give 3 reasons.

Describe an event that teaches you an important moral lesson.
Describe the character you sympathize with.
Describe a memorable event.
How the importance of love in a family is shown in the novel.
Describe a character that shows determination.
Write about a character that you look up to
Describe the ending of the novel. Explain happy or sad
Write about a difficult decision made by one of the characters.
Do you think this was the right decision?
Write about an important incident that you remember. Give reasons
why you remember the incident.
Which part of the story do you like most? Give reasons for the choice..
(Event)
Write about an event that makes you angry. Give reasons why the
event makes you feel this way. (Event)

2013
2014
2015

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CRITERIA FOR MARKING (15

marks)
MARK
RANGE

10 - 9

CONTENT

8-7

6-5

4-3

2-1

MARK
RANGE

Response is consistently
relevant to the task
Always provide textual
evidence

Response is relevant to the

task
Provides textual evidence

Response is intermittently
relevant to the task
Provides some textual
evidence

Response shows very little

relevance to the task
Hardly any textual
evidence
Mere narration

Response has no
relevance to the task

LANGUAGE

Accurate
Very well-organized

Largely accurate
Well-organized

Meaning is never in doubt

Fairly organized

Some blurring in meaning

Poorly organized

Makes little or no sense at all

Lacks organization

TYPES OF QUESTION
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A GENERAL
QUESTION

A SPECIFIC QUESTION
Focus on 1
EVENT

FIRST
EVENT

2ND EVENT

3ND

EVENT

4TH

EVENT

Describe a close relationship between 2 characters ? Explain why you would consider
them to be very close.

5
P
A
R
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G
R
A
P
H
S

PARA 1 ( Choose a novel,

authors name, brief
introduction, answer the
question.
PARA 2 (explain
your answer,

support with evidence (choose

1 event), stress on the point
wch clearly shows the
answer,give your opinion
(POV)
PARA 3(explain
your answer,
support with evidence (choose
1 from 4 events), stress on
the point wch clearly shows
the answer,give your opinion
(POV)
PARA 4(explain your answer,
support with evidence (choose
1 from 4 events), stress on the
point wch clearly shows the
answer,give your opinion (POV)
PARA 5( conclusion : confirm
your answer)

Describe A DECISION made by any one character in the novel ? Do you think
the decision was a wise one?

5
P
A
R
A
G
R
A
P
H
S

PARA 1 ( Choose a novel,

authors name, brief
introduction, answer the
question.
PARA 2 (explain your answer,
support with evidence
(choose an event), stress on
the point wch clearly shows yr
opinion (POV)
PARA 3(explain your answer ,
support with the same event,
stress on the point wch
clearly shows hyour opinion
(POV)

PARA 4(explain your answer,

support with the same event,
stress on the point wch clearly
shows your opinion (POV)
PARA 5( conclusion : confirm
your answer by emphasizing
your opinion)