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0500/21 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme October/November

PUBLISHED 2021

Question Answer Marks

1 Write a magazine article for young people with the title, ‘I’ll do that tomorrow’. 40

In your magazine article you should:

• evaluate the views given in both texts about procrastination


• give your own views, based on what you have read, about the best ways
to approach urgent or important tasks and decisions.

Base your article on what you have read in both texts, but be careful to use
your own words. Address both of the bullet points.

Write about 250 to 350 words.

Up to 15 marks are available for the content of your answer, and up to 25


marks for the quality of your writing.

Notes on task:

Responses might use the following explicit ideas:

Text A
• procrastination is often an avoidance strategy
• people think they are being productive when they are busy
• can be serious consequences to health or career
• can be seen as laziness or lack of willpower
• can be caused by / create stress or anxiety
• causes negative self-image
• modern technology offers too many distractions

Text B
• can procrastinate productively
• keeping busy is valuable in itself
• can get other unpleasant tasks done instead
• can make us more creative
• wait long enough and some tasks will be redundant

Possible evaluation of implicit ideas:

• everyday tasks as procrastination can waste time


• need to be self-aware to avoid potentially negative effects / to understand why
you procrastinate
• unfair perception of leisure / hobbies / time on social media as wasteful
• time spent on everyday tasks might be productive but you’re still left with the
original task to do
• nature of the tasks you choose to do instead can make it easier / harder to go
back to the original task
• making lists / reading about procrastination is just wasting more time
• productive procrastination/doing something else is just an excuse for not doing
what you should be doing
• more a question of priorities / what matters to each person
• have to (learn to) balance demands and responsibilities with interests
• procrastination doesn’t matter if the work actually gets done
• procrastination can lead to last-minute cramming / work not completed to your
best ability
procrastination can lead to better performance of the task – fresh eyes and a
more relaxed mind when returning to it

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Marking criteria for Section A Question 1

Table A, Writing

Use the following table to give a mark out of 25 for writing.

Level Marks Description

6 22–25 • Highly effective style capable of conveying subtle meaning. (W1)


• Carefully structured for benefit of the reader. (W2)
• Wide range of sophisticated vocabulary, precisely used. (W3)
• Highly effective register for audience and purpose. (W4)
• Spelling, punctuation and grammar almost always accurate. (W5)

5 18–21 • Effective style. (W1)


• Secure overall structure, organised to help the reader. (W2)
• Wide range of vocabulary, used with some precision. (W3)
• Effective register for audience and purpose. (W4)
• Spelling, punctuation and grammar mostly accurate, with occasional minor
errors. (W5)

4 14–17 • Sometimes effective style. (W1)


• Ideas generally well sequenced. (W2)
• Range of vocabulary is adequate and sometimes effective. (W3) •
Sometimes effective register for audience and purpose. (W4)
• Spelling, punctuation and grammar generally accurate though with some
errors. (W5)

3 10–13 • Inconsistent style, expression sometimes awkward but meaning clear.


(W1)
• Relies on the sequence of the original text. (W2)
• Vocabulary is simple, limited in range or reliant on the original text. (W3)
• Some awareness of an appropriate register for audience and purpose.
(W4)
• Frequent errors of spelling, punctuation and grammar, sometimes serious.
(W5)

2 6–9 • Limited style. (W1)


• Response is not well sequenced. (W2)
• Limited vocabulary or words/phrases copied from the original text. (W3)
• Limited awareness of appropriate register for audience and purpose. (W4)
• Persistent errors of spelling, punctuation and grammar. (W5)

1 1–5 • Expression unclear. (W1)


• Poor sequencing of ideas. (W2)
• Very limited vocabulary or copying from the original text. (W3)
• Very limited awareness of appropriate register for audience and purpose.
(W4)
• Persistent errors in spelling, punctuation and grammar impede
communication. (W5)

0 0 • No creditable content.

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Table B, Reading

Use the following table to give a mark out of 15 for reading.

Level Marks Description

6 13–15 • Successfully evaluates ideas and opinions, both explicit and implicit. (R1,
R2, R3)
• Assimilates ideas from the text to give a developed, sophisticated
response. (R3, R5)

5 10–12 • Some successful evaluation of ideas and opinions, both explicit and
implicit. (R1, R2, R3)
• A thorough response, supported by a detailed selection of relevant ideas
from the text. (R3, R5)

4 7–9 • Begins to evaluate mainly explicit ideas and opinions. (R1, R2, R3)
• An appropriate response that includes relevant ideas from the text. (R3,
R5)

3 5–6 • Selects and comments on explicit ideas and opinions. (R1, R2, R3)
• Makes a general response including a few relevant ideas from the text.
(R3, R5)

2 3–4 • Identifies explicit ideas and opinions. (R1, R2, R3)


• Makes a limited response with little evidence from the text. (R3, R5)

1 1–2 • Very limited response with minimal relation to the text. (R1, R2, R3, R5)

0 0 • No creditable content.

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