Grade 9 English FAL

Summary
Before you start:

▪ Understand the audience you are summarizing for as per the instruction.
▪ Read the passage at least twice.
▪ Only one relevant content summary per point will be marked.
▪ A correct content point is worth 2 marks. 5 correct points = 10
▪ Errors: Grammar, spelling, punctuation and incomplete sentences
(Example: Affecting our emotions and behaviour.)
▪ Summarise in your own words. Lifting from the passage will be
penalised.
▪ 0-3 errors: no penalty; 4-6 errors: -1 mark; 7 or more errors: -2 marks
Question 2 Paper 1 (10 marks)

▪ QUESTION 2 SHOW UNDERSTANDING BY SUMMARISING

▪ Read Text 4, carefully, before answering this question.
▪ INSTRUCTIONS:
▪ You are presenting a speech on the climate change protest. You
decide to summarise the article and focus on the highlights of the
protest.
▪ Your summary must be presented in number format, listing five
highlights of the protest in the article. Your summary will have a total
of 5 points counting two marks each. Your summary must not exceed
65 words.
Question 2 Paper 1 (10 marks)

▪ REMEMBER:
▪ You must use full sentences.
▪ Summarise all five points in your own words as far as possible.
▪ Each point will count two marks.
▪ Write the number of words used in brackets at the end of the
summary.
▪ Pay attention to grammar, spelling, punctuation and sentence
construction.
Question 2 Paper 1 (10 marks)

▪ Schoolchildren protest over climate change. Pupils from around

the UK went "on strike" on Friday as part of a global campaign for
action on climate change. Students around the country walked out of
schools to call on the government to declare a climate emergency
and take active steps to tackle the problem. Organisers Youth Strike 4
Climate said protests took place in more than 60 towns and cities,
with an estimated 15,000 taking part. They carried placards, some
reading: "There is no planet B.“ The action was part of a much wider
global movement, known as Schools 4 Climate Action.
Question 2 Paper 1 (10 marks)

▪ It began with 15-year-old Swede Greta Thunberg skipping class to sit

outside government buildings in September, accusing her country of
not following the Paris Climate Agreement. Since then, tens of
thousands of children across Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland
and Australia have been inspired to hold their own demonstrations.
The biggest protests were held in London, Brighton, Oxford and
Exeter, the UK Student Climate Network said. Greta tweeted about the
UK protests, writing: "British PM says that the children on school strike
are 'wasting lesson time'. That may well be the case. "But then again,
political leaders have wasted 30 yrs of inaction. And that is slightly
worse.“ A Downing Street spokeswoman said that, while it was
important for young people to engage with issues like climate change,
the disruption to planned lesson time was damaging for pupils.
Question 2 Paper 1 (10 marks)

▪ The National Association of Head Teachers said it did not approve of

children missing school to take part in the action and that "nothing is
more important than a child's education". It said "individual school
leaders can decide how best to respond" to any protests involving its
students. However, energy minister Claire Perry said she was
"incredibly proud" of young people's passion and concern. She told
the BBC: "I suspect if this was happening 40 years ago, I would be out
there too."