English KS2 2016
Year 5 Reading Assessment
Marking Scheme for Non-Fiction
Year 5 Reading Assessment: Non-Fiction 2
question answer marks notes
17. What type of fishing is the information mainly about?
Content domain: 2b - retrieve and record information/
coarse fishing 1 identify key details from fiction and non-fiction.
Award 1 mark for coarse fishing.
18. Draw lines to match the correct information.
game - trout and salmon Content domain: 2b - retrieve and record information/
sea - pollock and bass 1 identify key details from fiction and non-fiction.
coarse - perch and bream Award 1 mark for all three correctly linked.
‘Game fishing relates to the pursuit of trout and salmon’
19.
Give another word with the same meaning as pursuit that could have been used instead.
Content domain: 2a - give/explain the meaning of words in
chase, hunt, search, quest context.
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or detection Award 1 mark for any of the following:
chase, hunt, search, quest, detection.
20. How/where can you buy your rod licence?
Content domain: 2b - retrieve and record information/
Post Offices, by telephone identify key details from fiction and non-fiction.
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and online. Award 1 mark for all three correct - Post Offices, by
telephone, online.
‘The welfare of the fish is vital to the future of fishing and all fish that are caught must be returned to the
21. water without injury’
Explain why you think this is.
Content domain: 2d - make inferences from the text /
explain and justify inferences with evidence from the text.
Award up to three marks for each different point which
shows how looking after the fish allows fishing to carry on.
3 different points which show how • Award 1 mark for reference to: taking care of fish
looking after the fish allows fishing to Up to 3 correctly means that the fish survive.
carry on.
• Award 1 mark for reference to: taking care of fish means
that other anglers can try to catch the same fish.
• Award 1 mark for reference to: taking care of fish means
that the fish can re-produce so there are enough fish for
other anglers.
Year 5 Reading Assessment: Non-Fiction 3
‘All fish are covered with a protective layer of slime and this acts as the first line defence against parasitic
22. infections, bacteria, and other diseases that a fish may contract.’’
In this sentence, what is the word defence closest in meaning to? Tick one box.
Content domain: 2a - give/explain the meaning of words in
guard 1 context.
Award 1 mark for the correct option indicated.
‘Get Hooked’
23.
Explain the meaning of the words in this context.
Content domain: 2a - give/explain the meaning of words in
context.
reference to: getting caught on
something. Award up to 2 marks for the two different meanings.
Up to 2 • Award 1 mark for reference to: getting caught on
reference to: getting addicted/ something.
dependent on something.
• Award 1 mark for reference to: getting addicted/
dependent on something.
24. According to the posters, what are the three key things you must not do when fishing?
Content domain: 2b - retrieve and record information/
identify key details from fiction and non-fiction.
• take the fish home Award 1 mark for each correct response up to 3 marks.
• cook/eat the fish • take the fish home
Up to 3
• harm/hurt the fish • cook/eat the fish
• fish without a license • harm/hurt the fish
• fish without a license
Do not award a mark for ‘must not cheat on angling.’
25. Why is the poster an effective way of explaining the rules about fishing?
Content domain: 2g - identify/explain how meaning is
enhanced through choice of words and phrases.
Award up to 2 marks.
Award 1 mark for reference to: the poster summarising the
information e.g.
reference to: the poster summarising
• It summarises a lot of information/uses a short slogan/
the information.
Up to 2 title to get across key messages.
reference to: the visual appealing • It clearly and concisely shows you everything you need to
features. know.
Award 1 mark for reference to: the visual appealing
features e.g.
• The images attract people into reading the information.
• The images show key information without needing to read
the text.
Year 5 Reading Assessment: Non-Fiction 4
26. How does the information in the posters link to the information in the text?
Content domain: 2f - identify/explain how information/
narrative content is related and contributes to meaning as
a whole.
Award 1 mark for any comparison made between text-
based evidence and the poster e.g.
• Poster 1 says ‘Don’t cheat on angling – buy a rod license’
and the text supports this by saying ‘Any angler aged 12
years or over, fishing for salmon, trout, freshwater fish
or eels in England (except the River Tweed), Wales or the
Any comparison made between text- Border Esk and its tributaries in Scotland must have an
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based evidence and the poster. Environment Agency rod licence.’
• Poster 1 shows that a licence can be bought at a post
office or online ‘postoffice.co.uk/rod-fishing-licence’ and the
text supports this by saying, ‘you can buy your rod licence
at Post Offices, by telephone or online.’
• Poster 2 shows that you should not hurt the fish, take
them home or eat them and the text supports this by
saying ‘The welfare of the fish is vital to the future of
fishing and all fish that are caught must be returned to the
water without injury.’
Total 16
