MOKASA 2 MARKING SCHEME PAPER 1

1. a) It must be an official letter of application. If not deduct -2AD WF
2. The tone of the letter must be official. If it is not -1AD WT

FORMAT

1. Sender’s Address √½ mk
2. Date √½ mk
3. Receiver’s Address √½ mk
4. Salutation – Dear Sir, Dear Madam √½ mk
5. Re: APPLICATION√½ FOR A POSITION OF COORDINATOR OF YOUTH AFFAIRS√½ mk
6. Complimentary Close – Yours faithfully √½ mk
7. Signature & Name √½ mk

TOTAL=4 MARKS

CONTENT

• Intention & Position – *I 1mk
• EDUCATION: *E
• Degree (Social Studies)√½ mk
• KCSE – C+√½ mk
• Experience (working with young people) –  *E1 mk
• Fluency in English and Kiswahili – *F √½ mk
• Conclusion: C ½ mk

TOTAL=4 MARKS

LANGUAGE

A          4          B          3          C          2          D         1

1. Check on the communication ability of the candidate before awarding marks.
2. Ability is judged on communicability, intelligibility and creative use of language.
3. D scripts should have broken parts which make it difficult to guess what the candidate is saying.

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
2. It must be a CV. If not -1AD

FORMAT

1. Title√ ½mk
2. Personal Data√ ½mk
3. Education Background√ ½mk
4. Work Experience√ ½mk
5. Hobbies or Interest√ ½mk
6. Referees/References√ ½mk

TOTAL=3 marks

CONTENT

• Personal data – 1 mk
• Name, Date of Birth, Contact details and any other detail
• Education Background – 1mk
• Years (From – To)
• Name of Institution
• Qualifications

(University and High school)

• Experience – 1mk
• Year, Month(Duration)
• Hobbies/Interests – 1mk
• Any two interests
• Referee – 1mk
• Name, Title/Position, Contact details (Address, Telephone or email address)

TOTAL=5 marks

• CLOZE TEST
• yourself
• reach
• Even
• when
• graduated
• momentum
• losing
• Whether
• only
• easy
• a) Read the form below and answer the questions that follow
• The tallest building in our school is the library. It has thousands of stories!
• The above item is a pun. √ It plays on the meaning of the word stories√
• The functions of puns include:
• Entertainment – they elicit laughter during performance
•  Enhancing critical thinking – one has to think of the meaning
• Building vocabulary and pronunciation – one learns different meanings of words
• Daddy drums up a din on the tin for a dime with time
• The sound features in the above include:
• Alliteration – ”daddy drums”
• Assonance – “din…tin”, “dime … time”, “drums up”
• Consonance – “din on the tin” , “dime … time”

(Any 1 sound device correctly illustrated)

1. What is likely to be lost if it is translated:
2. The sound features such as alliteration, assonance among others
3. The originality or authenticity of the item
4. The aesthetic value
5. The word pronounced differently in each case:
6. Burry                    Berry              Bury
7. Floor                     Flower            Flour
8. Bow                      Bore                Bough
9. The stressed syllable in the following sentences
10. Re.port
11. Char.ac.ter
12. A.bu.sive
13. The intonation for each sentence below
14. Falling
15. Rising
16. Falling
17. During the delivery of an oral report, I would use my voice effectively by:
18. Effective voice projection/being audible
19. Proper articulation/enunciation/pronunciation of words
20. Appropriate tonal variation
21. Appropriate pace/tempo

(Award only for the first 3 responses)

• To ensure students benefit from the talks, I would:
• Make appropriate use of gestures
• Use effective tonal variation
• Make appropriate use of facial expressions
• Maintain appropriate eye contact

(Any 3 correct answers)

• Appropriate responses in the dialogue between Shirley and Mr. Karanja

Shirley: Yes sir.√ ½

Shirley; I am fine thank you. √ ½

Mr. Karanja: I am new at Mzalendo/ I am visiting Mzalendo for the first time√ 1

Shirley: Walk towards the chapel√ 1 and take a right turn√ 1

Shirley: I said you take a right turn √ 1after the chapel, not left. √ 1

Shirley: You are welcome√ 1