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Section B

Writing for audience, impact and purpose

Choose one of the writing tasks.

You should spend about 1 hour on this section.

In questions marked with an asterisk (*) you will be assessed on the quality of your
extended response. You should plan and check your work carefully.

EITHER

5* Write the words of a speech to advise young people how to achieve success.

You should:

• describe what makes it hard for young people to achieve success

• advise young people how they can achieve success
• explain how young people will realise they have succeeded. [40]

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Thursday 23 May 2024 – Morning

GCSE (9–1) English Language
J351/01 Communicating information and ideas
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English Language

J351/01: Communicating information and ideas

General Certificate of Secondary Education

Mark Scheme for June 2024

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J351/01 Mark Scheme June 2024

INSTRUCTIONS TO EXAMINERS:

A INDIVIDUAL ANSWERS

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1 The indicative content indicates the expected parameters for candidates’ answers, but be prepared to recognise and credit unexpected

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approaches where they show relevance.

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Using ‘best-fit’, decide first which set of Level of Response Band Descriptors best describes the overall quality of the answer. Once the band

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is located, adjust the mark concentrating on features of the answer which make it stronger or weaker following the guidelines for refinement.

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Highest mark: If clear evidence of all the qualities in the band descriptors is shown, the HIGHEST Mark should be awarded.
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Lowest mark: If the answer shows the candidate to be borderline (i.e. they have achieved all the qualities of the bands below and show
limited evidence of meeting the criteria of the band in question) the LOWEST mark should be awarded.

• Middle mark: This mark should be used for candidates who are secure in the band. They are not ‘borderline’ but they have only
achieved some of the qualities in the band descriptors.

3 Be prepared to use the full range of marks. Do not reserve (e.g.) high Level 6 marks ‘in case’ something turns up of a quality you have not
yet seen. If an answer gives clear evidence of the qualities described in the band descriptors, reward appropriately.

B TOTAL MARKS

1 Transfer the mark awarded to the front of the script.

2 The maximum mark for the paper is 80.

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SECTION A: Reading Information and ideas

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Question Answer Marks Guidance
1 a SKILLS: 1 Give one phrase that shows that Joseph Carey Merrick was

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AO1i: Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information like other children when he was younger.
and ideas.
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Award one mark for the following phrase:

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• I went to school … (until I was about 11 or 12 years of

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age)
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1 b SKILLS: 1 Give one phrase that explains what Joseph Carey Merrick’s
AO1i: Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information greatest misfortune was.
and ideas.
Accept direct quotation of the relevant phrase only.
Award one mark for the following phrase:

• (the greatest misfortune of my life …namely) the death of

my mother

1 c SKILLS: 2 Explain two reasons why Joseph Carey Merrick’s

AO1i: Identify and interpret explicit and implicit stepmother made his life a misery.
information and ideas.
The response must use evidence from lines 1-10 only.
Award one mark each for any two of the following:

• She had children of her own Accept either a quotation or an explanation in the candidate’s
• Merrick was not as ‘handsome’ as her own children. own words.
• Merrick had a ‘deformity’

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Level 3 • The form is sustained and shows clear awareness of Level 3 • A wide range of sentence structures is used for deliberate
(9–12 purpose and audience. (AO5) (9–12 purpose and effect.
marks) • Tone, style and register are appropriate for the task, with marks) • Punctuation is consistently accurate and is used to achieve
some inconsistencies. (AO5) clarity. (AO6)
• There is a clear overall structure, with paragraphs and • Vocabulary is sometimes ambitious and used convincingly
grammatical features used, mostly securely, to support
o . u k for purpose and effect.
• Spelling, including complex regular words, is accurate; there
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coherence and cohesion. (AO5)
may be occasional errors with irregular and ambitious words.

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Level 2
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• The form, which is mostly appropriate for purpose and Level 2 • A range of sentence structures is used, mostly securely, and
(5–8
marks)
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audience, is generally maintained. (AO5)
• There is an attempt to use a tone, style and register
(5–8
marks)
sometimes for purpose and effect.
• Punctuation is generally accurate with occasional errors.

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appropriate to the task. (AO5)
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(AO6)

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• There is some evidence of overall structure, with some use
of paragraphs and grammatical features to support
• Vocabulary is appropriate and shows some evidence of
being selected for deliberate effect.
coherence and cohesion. (AO5) • Spelling is generally accurate with occasional errors with
common and more complex words. (AO6)

Level 1 • There is some attempt to use a form appropriate for purpose Level 1 • Simple sentences are used with some attempt to use more
(1–4 and audience. (AO5) (1–4 complex structures.
marks) • There is a limited attempt to use a tone, style and register marks) • Some punctuation is used but there is a lack of control and
appropriate for the task. (AO5) consistency. (AO6)
• There is some attempt to structure the response, with limited • Vocabulary is straightforward and relevant.
evidence of paragraphs or grammatical features to support • Mostly accurate spelling of simple words. (AO6)
coherence and cohesion. (AO5)

0 marks • No response or no response worthy of credit. 0 marks • No response or no response worthy of credit.

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Mark Scheme Assessment Objectives (AO) Grid

Question AO1 AO2 AO3 AO4 AO5 AO6 Total

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4 0 0 6 12 0 0 18

5/6 0 0 0 0 24 16 40

Totals 10 12 6 12 24 16 80

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WEIGHTING OF ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES

The relationship between the components and the assessment objectives of the scheme of assessment is shown in the following grid:

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J351/01 Communicating Information and Ideas 6.25 7.5 3.75 7.5 15 10 50%

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J351/02 Exploring Effects and Impact 2.5 11.25 3.75 7.5 15 10 50%

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USING THE MARK SCHEME

Please study this Mark Scheme carefully. The Mark Scheme is an integral part of the process that begins with the setting of the
question paper and ends with the awarding of grades. Question papers and Mark Schemes are developed in association with each
other so that issues of differentiation and positive achievement can be addressed from the very start.

This Mark Scheme is a working document; it is not exhaustive; it does not provide ‘correct’ answers. The Mark Scheme can only provide ‘best
guesses’ about how the question will work out, and it is subject to revision after we have looked at a wide range of scripts.

The Examiners’ Standardisation Meeting will ensure that the Mark Scheme covers the range of candidates’ responses to the questions,
and that all Examiners understand and apply the Mark Scheme in the same way. The Mark Scheme will be discussed and amended at the
meeting, and administrative procedures will be confirmed. Co-ordination scripts will be issued at the meeting to exemplify aspects of
candidates’ responses and achievements; the co-ordination scripts then become part of this Mark Scheme.

Before the Standardisation Meeting, you should read and mark in pencil a number of scripts, in order to gain an impression of the range
of responses and achievement that may be expected.

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INSTRUCTIONS TO EXAMINERS:

A INDIVIDUAL ANSWERS

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1 The indicative content indicates the expected parameters for candidates’ answers, but be prepared to recognise and credit unexpected

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approaches where they show relevance.

2
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Using ‘best-fit’, decide first which set of Level of Response Band Descriptors best describes the overall quality of the answer. Once the

refinement.
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band is located, adjust the mark concentrating on features of the answer which make it stronger or weaker following the guidelines for

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•
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Highest mark: If clear evidence of all the qualities in the band descriptors is shown, the HIGHEST Mark should be awarded.

• Lowest mark: If the answer shows the candidate to be borderline (i.e. they have achieved all the qualities of the bands below
and show limited evidence of meeting the criteria of the band in question) the LOWEST mark should be awarded.

• Middle mark: This mark should be used for candidates who are secure in the band. They are not ‘borderline’ but they have
only achieved some of the qualities in the band descriptors.

3 Be prepared to use the full range of marks. Do not reserve (e.g.) high Level 6 marks ‘in case’ something turns up of a quality you
have not yet seen. If an answer gives clear evidence of the qualities described in the band descriptors, reward appropriately.

B TOTAL MARKS

1 Transfer the mark awarded to the front of the script.

2 The maximum mark for the paper is 80.

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Question 1 is about Text 1, Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah.

1 Look at lines 1-5.

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a) Give three words or phrases that show what the dogs do at night (3 marks)
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b) Explain how the dogs woke up Yusuf (1 mark)

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1 (a)
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Award one mark for any of the following up to a maximum of
three marks:
3 Accept:
• minor slips in copying

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• ‘(they were) plagued (by dogs)’ • The following two answers offered on the same line together for

Pr e Pa g • ‘(dogs which)‘roamed (the dark streets)’

• ‘(The dogs) roamed (in packs)’
two marks:
(1) “They were plagued by dogs which roamed the streets”
• ‘loping (and alert)’ (2) “The dogs roamed in packs, loping and alert.”
• (as they) scuffled (in shadows and thickets) or (3) “loping and alert as they scuffled in shadows and thickets”
• ‘(their) scuttling (paws on the road)’
Do not accept:
• ‘(they) ran (past)’
• Quotations that offer more than two answers on the same line
• (four dogs) standing immobile (across the road from
e.g. “The dogs roamed in packs, loping and alert as they scuffled i
them)
shadows and thickets.” Award zero marks for this.
• “roamed in the dark streets” or “roamed in packs” if “roamed” is
offered alone
1 (b) Award one mark for one of the following: 1

• “(Yusuf was woken by their) scuttling paws (on the

road).”
• Any sentence including the phrase “scuttling paws”
that answers the question
• any explanation in own words that could be
reasonably inferred from the passage e.g. ‘Their
movements/noises/ sounds wake him up’.

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