Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Grade 7 English Paper 2 Mid Term 2 2026 Exam with Marking Scheme. The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  This exam evaluates Grade 7 English learners across creative composition, oral literature, poetry, songs, and novella analysis — assessing writing, comprehension, critical thinking, and literary analysis skills as required under the KJSEA Junior School curriculum.

  • Month Administered: June 2026
  • Duration: 2 Hours
  • Total Marks: 50 (Task 1: 15 marks; Tasks 2–5: 35 marks)
  • Structure:
    • Task 1 — Composition (15 marks): story completion from a given opening about a journey
    • Task 2 — Oral Literature (10 marks): narrative analysis ("The Crow and the Goat")
    • Task 3 — Poetry (5 marks): poem analysis ("Stop Child Labour")
    • Task 4 — Songs (10 marks): song analysis ("Rhythm of the Fields")
    • Task 5 — Novella (10 marks): excerpt analysis (Chebet, Dennis, and Julius)

  It covers the following topics:

  • Task 1: Composition
    • Narrative/creative writing — completing a story about starting an exciting journey
  • Task 2: Oral Literature — "The Crow and the Goat"
    • Setting of the story
    • Character traits of the goat (patient, gentle, tolerant)
    • Crow's wisdom — targeting the gentle and not the strong
    • Moral lesson — the wicked torture the gentle
    • Two ways to make the narration more engaging
  • Task 3: Poetry — "Stop Child Labour"
    • Main message of the poem
    • Repeated words (Stop child labour)
    • Writer's feelings about child labour
    • Rhyme pairs in the poem (day/pay, pain/same, weak/speak, play/day, stand/land)
  • Task 4: Songs — "Rhythm of the Fields"
    • Message of the song (dignity of work, harmony between work and music)
    • Two examples of imagery (hands in soil, voices join in steady beat)
    • Two features common in songs (rhythm, repetition)
    • Two ways to make the song lively in a group performance
    • Two functions of work songs in traditional/modern communities
  • Task 5: Novella — Chebet's Story
    • Evidence of the family's poverty
    • Reasons Chebet became the family's breadwinner
    • Character traits of Chebet's father (hardworking, persevering)
    • Evidence that Chebet had become the breadwinner
    • Other characters in the story (Dennis and Julius)
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• Length:

  7 pages
• Category:

  Exams
• Level:

  Grade 7
• Subject:

  English
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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