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LEVELS 3–5 En KEY STAGE 2 2008 English test Writing Test Shorter Task and Spelling Test First name ________________________________________________ Last name ________________________________________________ School ________________________________________________ Shorter task:Your teacher will read through this section with you. You will have 20 minutesto write your shorter piece of writing in this booklet. Spelling test:Your teacher will read through this section with you. For marker’s use only Writing Marks Shorter Task Sentence structure, punctuation and text organisation (4) Composition and effect (8) Shorter Task, total marks (12) Spelling Test (7) Shorter Task and Spelling Test, total marks (19) Spelling Test Number of correct words Marks 0 0 1–3 1 4–6 2 7– 9 3 10 –12 4 13 –15 5 16 –18 6 19 – 20 7 Writi ng Test 08 ST an d SP Ans Booklet LIVE Memor ies an d Silk .qxp 16/11/07 09:16 Page 1

Imagine that your class are making a book of memories of the year at school. A copy of the book will be given to every pupil in the class. Everyone in the class will write a page of the book about their memories. Here are some of the things that pupils may include: You can write about real or imaginary things, or a mixture. You can use the ideas above or think of your own topics. PLANNING Make a note of the memories you will write about. 2 Memories of the School Year Your task is to write your page of the book. most embarrassing moment most exciting moment the best thing of all about this year at school most fun activity my biggest challenge Writi ng Test 08 ST an d SP Ans Booklet LIVE Memor ies an d Silk .qxp 16/11/07 09:16 Page 2

3 Memories of the School Year Writi ng Test 08 ST an d SP Ans Booklet LIVE Memor ies an d Silk .qxp 16/11/07 09:16 Page 3

4 [Blank page] Writi ng Test 08 ST an d SP Ans Booklet LIVE Memor ies an d Silk .qxp 16/11/07 09:16 Page 4

5 Spelling Test Do not turn over this page until your teacher tells you to. Writi ng Test 08 ST an d SP Ans Booklet LIVE Memor ies an d Silk .qxp 16/11/07 09:16 Page 5

6 The Silk Trade 1 2 3 6 5 4 Silk is a fabric which consider to be a material. It is incredibly soft and to touch and is used to make expensive of clothing. The Chinese first made silk in approximately 3000 BC. When silk was first it was reserved for the use of the Emperor of China. Only his close relatives and the highest dignitaries were given to wear silk. Gradually, silk came into more general use and men and women began to wear it as well. It may seem , but silk was also put to industrial use by the Chinese. It was used to make parts of musical instruments, fishing lines and even an kind of paper, called rag paper. 7 8 9 10 Writi ng Test 08 ST an d SP Ans Booklet LIVE Memor ies an d Silk .qxp 16/11/07 09:16 Page 6

7 Total Spelling mark20 12 17 18 19 16 13 14 15 11 Silk became , desired by other countries and was used as a to trade with. From India to Italy, the exchange of silk for other goods, such as pomegranates and grapevines, was . For centuries travelled the route known as ‘The Silk Road’. It linked the East to the West, and gave the for the trading of a variety of goods and ideas. Silk production in the world has doubled the last thirty years, silk being replaced by artificial for some uses. China one of the principal expor ters of silk, and with Japan is for over half of the silk that is manufactured in the world today. Writi ng Test 08 ST an d SP Ans Booklet LIVE Memor ies an d Silk .qxp 16/11/07 09:16 Page 7

QCA/08/3304 (Pupil pack) © Qualifications and Curriculum Authority 2008QCA/08/3303 (Mark scheme pack) 282632 Writi ng Test 08 ST an d SP Ans Booklet LIVE Memor ies an d Silk .qxp 16/11/07 09:16 Page 8