KNEC KCSE English Paper 3 Question Paper / 2015 KCSE Tharaka South Joint Examination

The River and the Source by Margaret A Ogola
1. Introduction (2 marks)
– Must link to the body of the essay
– Must link to the text
– Must be relevant to the text
2. Body/ content
– Akoko’s determination makes her great in these ways
– She works hard in the farm and she gets enough food to feed her family and to barter
– When she is accused of witchcraft by her mother- in law and Otieno Kembe she raises the issue by running away to her father’s home. When her husband comes he beats his brother Otieno and reprimands his mother. When the matter is dealt with by the elders Akoko gets justice when Otieno takes over her late husband’s property and is about to take Akoko’s she seeks assistance from colonial administration in Kisuma.
– When she moves to Aluor mission she works hard and is able to feed her family. She is hard and is able to feed her family. She is baptized. She prepares her grandchildren to be great by telling them heroic stories.
– Awiti – Akoko’s granddaughter is determining to get education. Despite great challenges she encounters, she eventually becomes a teacher. Vera’s determination makes her become an electronic engineer.
– Becky’s commitment and determination leads her to become an air hostess
– Wanda’s commitment and determination leads her to become a professor
– Other women who lack commitment and determination do not attain any greatness such women
Accept any four well illustrated points each 3 marks = 12 marks
Conclusion = 2 marks
Language/ presentation 4 marks
Penalize up to 2 marks for faulty expression

SANDRA STREET
– There are gay attractions√ on the other side of the town√ that Sandra street would not dare to have√
– The other side have savannahs√ where the boys play football and cricket while in Sandra boys play their cricket
on the road
– There is steel band on the other side of the town while in Sandra street there is one
– People in Sandra Street are friendly and casual, they couldn’t pass each other without stopping to talk. The other
side of the town people are reserved, unfriendly and business like.
– Sandra Street is of lower class people while the side of the town people are affluent.
– There are no gates in houses at Sandra Street and people talk through windows while the other sides people have gates.
Introduction 2 marks
Any well illustrated points 12 points
Grammar 4 marks
Conclusion 2 marks

Optional texts
Betrayal in the city
Introduction – 2 marks
Must be linked to the text; must be relevant to the essay
Content/ body
– Citizens/ the ruled suffer
– There are killings e.g. Adika
– There are arrests e.g. Mosese
– People live in fear
– No freedom of expression
– Those in power mistreat those that they rule e.g. Doga and Nina are prevented from carrying out shaving
ceremony- by Mulili government agents.
– There is corruption that leads to evil competition.
– The elite suffer as jobs go to foreigners
– Government agents also suffer e.g. Kabito is killed by Mulili over tender
– Mulili also is killed
– Jere is imprisoned for contradicting Mulili
– There is general mistrust among governments officials

-There is betrayal

The whale rider
– He is the descendant of the sacred founder of the Maori tribe, Kahutia Te Rangi. There by being the past.
– He is the leader currently, hence being the present and is supposed to pass the leadership to the eldest son thereby being the future.
– He is concerned about the future of his people and embarks on teaching the boys and young men the history and sacred traditions.
– he lays out strategies to enable him hand over the leadership to porourangi as the hereditary traditional requires.
– He is obsessed with the desire to find the people who would be able to talk to the whales and therefore re-establish the bond between the whales and the people
– He is referred to as a super Maori as he is a good fighter for the Maori people. He would be called all over the country to represent that Maori people.
Introduction (2 marks)
Body any 4 well illustrated points – 12 marks
Grammar – 4 marks
Conclusion 2 marks
Any other relevant point. Well illustrated.