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Transcription of the Braille Version 2016 national curriculum tests Key stage 2 English Braille (UEB) Reading booklet The Lost Queen Wild Ride The Way of the Dodo 2016 -2031

2016 -2031 2 [braille page 1] Contents The Lost Queen ................................ ................................ ................................ .. 2 Wild Ride ................................ ................................ ................................ ............ 4 The Way of the Dodo ................................ ................................ .......................... 9 [braille page 2] [Maria and Oliver are attending a party in the garden of a house that used to belong to Maria ’s family. They sneak away to explore the grounds.] The Lost Queen Maria and Oliver were quite a distance from t he party when they found the little rowing boat in the grassy shallows of a small lake beyond the garden. Glancing nervously behind her, Maria suggested that they row out to the island in the middle of the lake. Oliver looked at her questioningly. Maria e xplained that there was a secret monument on the island to one of her ancestors. This was a woman who had married a prince at the time when there was a struggle for the throne. The struggle had been between two rival families -one had a lion as its symbol , the winner had a bear. “Come on, ”Maria said impatiently. Oliver rowed while Maria stood barefoot in the boat, staring straight ahead. The oars made a click -clack sound in the hush and haze of the summer afternoon. Ripples of water fanned out behind th em as they crossed the glassy surface of the lake. The tiny island, thick with creeping vines and [braille page 3] roots, looked as if it floated. At its centre, an ancient oak tree towered over it. The tree ’s branches were like bent fingers, twisting and stretching outwards, until the tips of its leaves touched the still water. Oliver carefully steered the boat through a narrow opening in the branches. Then they stepped out of the boat, and into a murky green space under an umbrella of leaves. The air was cool and damp. Maria led Oliver across the tangled ground to the hidden monument. It was a column of marble, weathered and mossy with age. A delicate crown sat at the top, and an inscription was carved into a flat slab at the base. Oliver used his thumbn ail to scrape out the letters that were cut into it. It was a name. Maria's family name. “You could have been a queen? ”said Oliver, whispering. Maria laughed gently in the gloom. “We were the family of the lion, ”she said. Oliver could still hear th e shouts and laughter of the party, up on the sunny lawn near the big house. But now the noise seemed to be getting further and further away.

2016 -2031 3 [braille page 4] [This story takes place in a huge grassland area in southern Africa. The grasslands there are called “savannah ”.] Wild Ride Dawn was casting spun -gold threads across a rosy sky over Sawubona Game Reserve as Martine Allen took a last look around to ensure there weren ’t any witnesses. She leaned forward like a jockey on the track, wound her fingers through a silver mane, and cried, “Go, Jemmy, go. ” The white giraffe sprang forward so suddenly that she was almost unseated, but she recovered and, wrapping her arms around his neck, quickly adjusted to the familiar rhythm of Jemmy ’s rocking -horse strid e. They swept past the dam and a herd of bubble -blowing hippos, past a flock of startled egrets lifting from the trees like white glitter, and out onto the open savannah plain. An early morning African chorus of doves, crickets and go -away birds provided a soundtrack. For a long time Martine had only ever ridden Jemmy at night and in secret, but when her grandmother had found out about their nocturnal [braille page 5] adventures she ’d promptly banned them, on the grounds that the game reserve ’s deadliest animals were all in search of dinner after dark and there was nothing they ’d like more than to feast on a giraffe -riding eleven -year -old. For a while Martine had defied her, but after several close calls and one terrible row with her grandmother, she had c ome to accept that the old lady was right. When lions were on the hunt, the game reserve was best avoided. Another of her grandmother ’s rules was that Martine ride sedately at all times. “No faster than a trot and, in fact, I’d rather you stuck to a walk, ”she ’d counselled sternly. Martine had paid almost no attention. The way she saw it, Jemmy was a wild animal and it was only fair that he should have the freedom to do what came naturally, and if that meant tearing across the savannah at a giraffe ’s top speed of thirty -five kilometres per hour , well, there wasn ’t a lot she could do about it. It wasn ’t as if she had reins to stop him. Besides, what was the point of riding a giraffe if the most he was permitted to do was plod along like some arthritic pony from the local stables? [braille page 6] Jemmy clearly agreed. They flew across the grassy plain with the spring breeze singing in Martine ’s ears .“Faster, Jemmy! ”she yelled. “Run for your life. ”And she laughed out loud at the heart -pounding thrill of i t, of racing a wild giraffe. A streak of grey cut across her vision, accompanied by a furious, nasal squeal: “Mmwheeeh! ”. Jemmy swerved. In the instant before her body parted company with the white giraffe ’s, Martine caught a glimpse of a warthog charging from its burrow, yellow tusks thrust forward. Had her arms not been wrapped so tightly around the giraffe ’s neck, she would have crashed ten feet to the ground. As it was, she just sort of swung under his chest like a human necklace. There she dangled whi le Jemmy pranced skittishly and the warthog, intent on defending her young, let out enraged squeals from below. Five baby warthogs milled around in bewilderment, spindly tails pointing heavenwards. The pain in Martine ’s arms was nearly unbearable, but she didn ’t let go. She adored warthogs -warts, rough skin, ugly ears and all -but their Hollywood movie

2016 -2031 4 star eyelashes didn ’t fool her. In a blink of [braille page 7] those lashes, their tusks could reduce her limbs to bloody ribbons. “Jemmy, ”she said thr ough gritted teeth, “walk on. Good boy .” Confused, the white giraffe started to lower his neck as he backed away from the warthog. “No, Jemmy! ”shrieked Martine as the warthog nipped at the toe of one of her boots. “Walk! Walk on! ” Jemmy snatched his he ad up to evade the warthog ’s sharp tusks, and Martine was able to use the momentum to hook her legs around his neck. From there, she was able to haul herself onto his back and urge him into a sprint. Soon the warthog family was a grey blur in the distance, although the mother ’s grunts of triumph took longer to fade. Martine rode the rest of the way home at a gentle walk, a thoughtful smile on her lips. That would teach her to show off -even if it was only to an audience of hippos. At the game reserve gate , Jemmy dipped his head and Martine slid down his silvery neck as though she was shooting down a waterslide. That, too, wasn ’t the safest way of dismounting, but it was fun. [braille page 8] She gave the white giraffe a parting hug, and strolled through th e mango trees to the thatched house. [braille page 9 ] [This is an article about the dodo, a bird that is now extinct.] The Way of the Dodo The dodo was first sighted around 1600 on an island in the Indian Ocean. It was extinct by 1680. Since then the p hrase “dead as a dodo ”has been used to describe something which is lifeless or has disappeared from the world completely. Because of its rapid disappearance, a number of myths developed about the dodo, for example that it was a fat, silly creature that br ought its fate upon itself. But what is the truth about the dodo? For thousands of years the island of Mauritius was a paradise. It was spat out of the ocean floor by an underwater volcano 8 million years ago. With warm sun, plentiful food and no predato rs to speak of, the isolated island became a haven for a variety of unusual species, including reptiles and flightless birds. Then, in 1598, humans descended on this paradise, accompanied by their own animals -dogs, goats, cats (and a fair number of rats !). Curious and unafraid, the animals [braille page 10] of Mauritius offered themselves up for slaughter and, within just a few decades, much of the island ’s unique wildlife had been wiped out forever. One of the victims was a large, flightless relative o f the pigeon. The island invaders started to call the bird a “dodo ”, which meant “silly bird ”. Although the dodo was hunted for food, this was not the main reason it died out. It is more likely that having never faced predators before, and unable to fly a way, the adult birds fell prey to dogs and cats. Meanwhile, their eggs and chicks, defenceless in their nests on the ground, were easy pickings for rats. Less than 100 years after man ’s arrival, the dodo, which had once numbered in the hundreds of thousan ds, slipped into the pages of folklore. Until a few years ago, all knowledge of the dodo came from secondary reports from the time that were not always reliable, a handful of remains and just one

2016 -2031 5 complete skeleton. Nobody knew what the dodo really looked like. Before cameras, newly discovered animals could only be drawn or painted. However, many of the artists had no knowledge of natural history and were more interested in [braille page 11] producing colourful paintings of animals than recording their true likeness. Then ,in 2005, a team of scientists unearthed thou sands of dodo bones in some mud flats in Mauritius. The remains date back to over 4,000 years ago, when the island was suffer ing from a lengthy drought. The mud flats would have formed a fresh water oasis in an otherwise parched environment. It is thought that most of the animals, w hile trying to reach the slowly receding waters of the lake, became stuck and died of thirst or suffocation. However, clearly some dodos survived as they did not beco me extinct until much later. This discovery is helping to rehabilitate the image of this much -ridiculed bird. The very fact that the dodo was still alive and well on Mauritius 4,000 years after a drought that claimed the lives of thousands of animals is a n indication of the bird ’s ability to survive. The remains are also helping scientists to find out more about the anatomy of the dodo, for example that it was a much slimmer bird than any pictures suggest. [braille page 12] As scientists learn more about the dodo, and begin to see the bird in a new light, we are reminded that the dodo was badly misjudged. Maybe it is humans who should be judged, as we can have a devastating impact on the natural world. No other creature should be allowed to go the way of t he dodo. :::::::::::: © Crown copyright and Crown information 2016 STA/ 16 /7475 /BRp ISBN 978 -1-78644 -056 -3 (U EB)

2016 - 2032 Transcription of the Braille Version 2016 national curriculum tests Key stage 2 English Braille (UEB) Question booklet The Lost Queen Wild Ride The Way of the Dodo

2016 - 2032 2 [braille page 1] Instructions Questions and answers You have one hour, plus your a dditional time allowance, to complete this test. Read one text and answer the questions about that text before moving on to read the next text. There are three texts and three sets of questions. In this booklet, there are different types of question for you to answer in different ways. Short answers This shows that you need only write a word or a few words in your answer. Sentence answers This shows you need to write more words or a sentence or two. Longer answers This shows that a longer, more detailed answer is needed to explain your opinion. You can write in full sentences if you want to. [braille page 2] Marks After each question, the type of answer required and the maximum number of marks is shown in [brackets]. As this is a reading te st, you must use the information in the texts to answer the questions. When a question includes a page reference, you should refer to the text on that page to help you with your answer. You have one hour, plus your additional time allowance, to read the t exts in the reading booklet and answer the questions in this booklet.

3 2016 - 2032 [braille page 3] Questions 1 - 11 are about The Lost Queen (pages 2 - 3) 1. Read the paragraph: “Glancing nervously...bear.” (page 2) Find and copy one word meaning relatives from long ago. [short answer, 1 mark] 2. "The struggle had been between two rival families..." Write the letter of the word which most closely matches the meaning of the word “rival”. A. equal B. neighbouring C. important D. competing Write one letter. [ 1 mark] 3. Read the section: “Maria and Oliver were…impatiently.” (page 2) How can you tell that Maria was very keen to get to the island? [sentence answer, 1 mark] [braille page 4] 4. Read the paragraph: “Oliver rowed…of the lake.” (page 2) Find and copy one word that suggests that the summer afternoon was quiet. [short answer, 1 mark] 5. "… they crossed the glassy surface of the lake." (page 2) Give two impressions this gives you of the water. [short answers, 1 mark each] 6. Read the par agraph beginning: “The tiny island…” to the paragraph ending: “… were cut into it.” (page 3) Give two impressions of the island which you get from these two paragraphs. [short answers, 1 mark each] 7. Write down three things that you are told about the oak tree on the island. [sentence answers, 1 mark each]

2016 - 2032 4 [braille page 5] 8. Write the letter of the drawing below which best represents the monument. Write one letter. [1 mark] [braille page 6] 9. Read the paragraph beginning: “Mari a led Oliver…” (page 3) a) Why did Oliver find it difficult to read the inscription on the monument? [sentence answer, 1 mark] b) What did he have to do in order to read the inscription? [sentence answer, 1 mark] 10. What was revealed at the end o f the story? A. Oliver was keeping a secret. B. The monument was damaged. C. The two families were still enemies. D. Maria’s family did not win the throne. Write one letter. [1 mark] [braille page 7] 11. Using information from the text, write the l etter of each statement followed by either T (if it is True) or F (if it is False). a) Two families fought for the throne. b) Maria’s family symbol was the lion. c) The monument was for a prince. d) It was hot on the island. [1 mark]

5 2016 - 2032 [braille page 8 ] Questions 12 - 22 are about Wild Ride (pages 4 - 8 ) 12. Write the letter of the correct option to complete each sentence. a) The text begins with Martine going out to ride her giraffe… A. in the early morning. B. at midday. C. in the late afternoon. D. at night. Write one letter. [1 mark] b) Martine rode her giraffe… A. slowly. B. speedily. C. safely. D. fearfully. Write one letter. [1 mark] [braille page 9] c) Everything was fine on that day until… A. her grandmother saw her. B. the y came across lions on the hunt. C. they disturbed a warthog family. D. they met a herd of hippos. Write one letter. [1 mark] d) At the end of the text, Martine… A. went back home unharmed. B. carried on riding for hours. C. ran home to get help. D. cried all the way home. Write one letter. [1 mark] 13. Read the first paragraph, beginning: “Dawn was casting…” (page 4) How do you know that Martine wanted to keep this ride a secret? [sentence answer, 1 mark]

2016 - 2032 6 [braille page 10] 14. What wer e Martine’s grandmother’s rules about riding the giraffe? Write two letters. A. Ride only in daylight. B. Don’t show off. C. Stay in the game reserve. D. Keep to a slow speed. E. No jumping. [1 mark] 15a) What evidence is there of Martine being st ubborn in the way she behaved with her grandmother? Give two points. [sentence answers, 1 mark each] b) What evidence is there of Martine being determined when she me t the warthogs? [short answer, 1 mark] 16. "…milled around in bewilderment" (page 6) Explain what this description suggests about the baby warthogs. [sentence answer, 2 marks] [braille page 11 ] 17. What evidence in the text is there that warthogs can be dangerous? Give two examples. [sentence answers, 1 mark each] 18. What help ed Martine to get safely on Jemmy’s back after the warthog’s attack? [sentence answer, 1 mark] 19. The warthog mother made “grunts of triumph” (page 7). Why was she triumphant? [sentence answer, 1 mark] 20. Do you think that Martine will change her behaviour on future giraffe rides? Write one letter. A. yes B. no C. maybe Explain your choice fully, using evidence from the text. [longer answer, 3 marks]

7 2016-2032 [braille page 12] 21. In what ways might Martine’s character appeal to many readers? Explain fully, referring to the text in your answer. [longer answer, 3 marks] 22. Write the letter of each part of the story with the number of the correct quotation from the text which matches it. Parts of the story A. setting B. past events C. actio n D. lesson Quotations 1. For a while Martine had defied her 2. In the instant before her body parted company 3. Dawn was casting spun-gold threads 4. That would teach her to show off [braille page 13] Questions 23-33 are about The Way of the Dodo (pages 9-12) 23. Read the two sentences: “For thousands of years…years ago.” (page 9 ) What does the word “spat” suggest about how the island of Mauritius was formed? [sentence answer, 1 mark] 24. "Curious and unafraid, the animals of Mauritius offere d themselves for slaughter." (page 9) Why were the dodos “curious and unafraid”? [sentence answer, 1 mark] 25. Read the section: “For thousands of years…wiped out forever.” (pages 9-10) Find and copy one word that tells you that some of the animals on Mauritius were only found there. [short answer, 1 mark] [braille page 14] 26a) Give two reasons why Mauritius was “paradise” for animals before humans arrived. [sentence answer, 1 mark] b) Look at the paragraphs: "One of the victims…into the pages of folklore ." (page 9) Give two reasons why the dodo became extinct after humans arrived. [sentence answer, 1 mark]

2016 - 2032 8 27. Read the paragraph beginnin g: “One of the victims…” (page 10 ) What does the word “invaders” suggest about the humans arriving on Mauritius? [sentence answer, 1 mark] 28. Why were artists’ drawings from the time of the dodo not always accurate? [sentence answer, 1 mark] [braille page 15] 29. The mud flats would have formed a freshwater oasis in an otherwise parched environment. (page 1 1 ) Give the meaning of the word “parched” in this sentence. [sentence answer, 1 mark] 30. Read the paragraph beginning: “Then, in 2005…” (page 1 1 ) Find and copy one word or group of words that shows that scientists were not sure what happened to most of the animals during the drought on Mauritius. [short answer, 1 mark] 31. What does “rehabilitate the image” of the dodo mean? Write one letter. A. restore a painting of the dodo B. rebuild the reputation of the dodo C. repair a model of the dodo D. review accounts of the dodo [1 mark] [braille page 16] 32. According to the text, how did the discovery of the dodos’ bones help to change the image of the dodo? [sentence answer, 1 mark] 33. Below are some summaries of different paragra phs from this text. Write the letters of the summaries to show the order in which they appear in the text. The first one is B. A. Reasons for the extinction of the dodo. B. Summary of the plight of the dodos. C. New information is discovered about the dodo. D. An explanation for the unreliable evidence. E. Humans arrived on Mauritius. [1 mark] ::::::::::: End of Test © Crown copyright and Crown information 2016 STA/16/7 4 7 5 /BRp ISBN 978 - 1 - 78 6 4 4 - 0 5 6 - 3 (UEB)

2016 national curriculum tests Key stage 2 English reading M ark scheme amendments (MSA) Braille (UEB and SEB )

2016 key stage 2 English reading test mark scheme amendments – UEB & SEB Page 2 of 6 Introduction This guidance details the amendments made to the standard mark scheme for questions which have been adapted, or replaced, in the braille version s of the 2016 key stage 2 English reading national curriculum test . This guidance sho uld be used in conjunction with the 2016 key stage 2 s tandard English reading test mark scheme s . Markers should refer to the standa rd mark scheme when marking either version of the braille test papers unless additional guidance is given in this document. Amendments to the mark scheme Modified mark scheme amendments are only provided where the content of the standard mark scheme is altered. Mark scheme amendments are not provided where the only change has been to further divide the question into subsections or where the layout of the question is different. The mark scheme has be en amended for the following questions:  2, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 22, 31 and 33. General guidance to be applied throughout the braille papers  You should make every effort to understand what the pupil has written in an answer, without reading into the answer anything that the pupil did not intend.  Any unambiguous indication of the correct answer should be credited. Marking the braille test scripts Brailled scripts will normally be marked by specialist braille markers who will be provided with the physical copy to be marked. Markers should contact their supervisors if they have any problems applying the mark scheme to brailled scripts, or with specific responses .

2016 key stage 2 English reading test mark scheme amendments – UEB & SEB Page 3 of 6 Mark scheme amendment s Throughout the test, where question responses are labelled with letters or letters and numbers, pupils may write the letter or letter / number of their chosen answer rather than writing out their answer in full , eg : b, d, 1c, 2a, etc. All of these types of questions have been incl uded below for ease of marking. Qu. Requirement Mark 2 D. (competing) 1m 8 C. 1m 10 D. (Maria’ s family did not win the throne) 1m 11 a 11b 11c 11d T(rue) T(rue) F(alse) F(alse) 1m 12 a 12b 12c 12d A. (in the early morning) B. (speedily) C. (they disturbed a warthog family) A . (went back home unharmed) 1m 1m 1m 1m 14 A and D (accept in any order) 1m 22 A3 or 3A B1 or 1B C2 or 2C D4 or C2 (in any order) 1m 31 B. (rebuild the reputation of the dodo) 1m 33 B. (given) E. A. D. C. 1m

2016 key stage 2 English reading test mark scheme amendments – UEB & SEB Page 4 of 6 2016 key stage 2: UEB and SEB English reading test mark scheme amendments Electronic PDF version product code: STA/16/7477/e ISBN: 978 - 1 - 78644 - 058 - 7 For more copies Additional printed copies of this booklet are not available. It can be downloaded from www.gov.uk/government/publications. © Crown copyright and Crown information 2016 Re - use of Crown Copyright and Crown information in test materials Subject to the exceptions listed below, the test materials on this website are Crown copyright or Crown information and you may re - use them (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium in accordance with the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 which can be found on the national Archives website and accessed via the following link: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open - government - licence. When you use this information under the Open Government Licence v3.0, you should include the following attribution: ‘Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0’ and where possible provide a link to this licence. Exceptions - third - party copyright content in test materials You must obtain permission from the relevant copyright owne rs, as listed in the ‘2016 key stage 2 tests copyright report’, for re - use of any third - party copyright content which we have identified in the test materials, as listed below. Alternatively you should remove the unlicensed th ird - party copyright content an d/or replace it wi th appropriately licensed materials. Third - party content These materials contain no third - party copyright content. If you have any queries regarding these test materials contact the national curriculum assessment helpline on 0300 303 301 3 or email assessments@education.gov.uk