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📘 Paper 1 – Functional Writing, Cloze Test & Oral Skills (60 Marks)

Functional Writing (20 marks):

• Write an investigative report as the student leader:

  • Principal appointed you chairperson of a committee

  • Investigate causes of continuous decline in performance among Form Four students

  • Give recommendations

  • Proper report format required (Title, Introduction, Collection of Data, Findings, Conclusion, Recommendations, Complementary Close)

Cloze Test (10 marks):

• Complete a passage on Technology and Education, featuring:

  • Technology making communication faster and more efficient

  • Excessive social media leading to poor academic performance

  • Time management as an important skill

  • Technology as a tool for research and gaining knowledge

  • Impact depends on how it is used

Oral Skills (30 marks):

• Poetry Analysis – Read “The Silent River”

  • Rhyme scheme (aabb ccdd ee ff; regular)

  • Sound patterns (alliteration, consonance)

  • Performance techniques for the last line (stress content words, falling intonation, gestures)

• Homophones – by/bye/buy, knew/new/gnu, rain/reign, whale/wail/wale, need/kneed

• Proverb Analysis – “A rolling stone gathers no moss”

  • Classification (proverb)

  • Function (educate, warn, advise, entertain, teach moral lessons)

• Intonation – Identify falling/rising intonation

• Negotiation Skills – Identify setting, politeness indicators, negotiation principles, non-verbal cues in a dialogue

📗 Paper 2 – Comprehension, Literary Appreciation & Grammar (80 Marks)

Comprehension (20 marks):

• Read and answer questions on a passage about Technology and Education

• Topics covered:

  • What makes interaction possible (mobile phones, computers, internet)

  • Benefits to education (digital libraries, virtual lessons, collaboration, multimedia resources)

  • Digital divide (gap between those with and without technology access)

  • Challenges (overdependence on devices, privacy/security risks)

  • Government responsibility

  • Vocabulary: transmitted, collaborate, safeguarding

Literary Appreciation – Excerpt (25 marks):

• Analyze an excerpt from Paul B. Vitta’s Fathers of Nations (Professor Kimani)

• Key focus areas:

  • Events leading to the excerpt (Kimani joined University of Nairobi, advocated reforms)

  • Character traits of Professor Kimani (determined/persistent, visionary, courageous, innovative/progressive)

  • Themes (change/reform, education, leadership, resistance to change)

  • Meaning of “agent of change” statement

  • Stylistic devices (metaphor, irony, symbolism)

  • Vocabulary: relevance, ridiculed, baffled

Poetry (20 marks):

• Analyze the poem “The Seedling”

• Key focus areas:

  • What happens in the poem (seed hidden, rain and sunshine help it grow, becomes mighty tree)

  • Literary devices (personification, symbolism, imagery, alliteration)

  • Challenges seedling faces (strong winds, long days)

  • Significance of “roots held fast” (stability, strong foundations)

  • Admirable qualities (perseverance, strength, resilience)

  • Tone (hopeful/optimistic)

  • Vocabulary: sheltering, mighty

Grammar (15 marks):

• Sentence transformation (passive voice, reported speech, If…)

• Phrasal verbs (called off, put out, puts up with)

• Word forms (dedication, wisdom, determination)

• Question tags (didn’t she?, shall we?, did they?)

📙 Paper 3 – Imaginative Composition & Set Text Essays (60 Marks)

Imaginative Composition (20 marks):

• Option A: Write a composition ending with: “… as the principal led me to the police van, I cursed myself silently.”

• Option B: Write an essay to support: “Corruption is a calamity which affects the youth and needs a quick solution.”

Compulsory Set Text – The Samaritan by John Lara (20 marks):

• Essay topic: “Leaders who engage in social evils in the society will always try to hide their misdeeds when they are exposed but they fail miserably.” (Focus on Mayor Mossi)

• Key points:

  • Newspaper – Orders Harvester to buy all newspapers; App continues operating

  • Banning the App – Plans to ban; fails; panic sets in

  • Pleadings – Pleads with Nicole to delete negative information; fails

  • Bribery – Tries to bribe Nicole; she refuses; embarrassment

  • Press conference – Calls press conferences; fails to stop App

  • Blame game – Blames other leaders; Nicole blames him instead

  • Enticement – Offers Nicole Director General position; she refuses; arrested

Optional Set Texts (20 marks) – Choose ONE:

Option A: A Silent Song by Leonard Kibera

• Essay topic: “The society we live in is less concerned about the less fortunate members of the society, making them to go through challenges.”

• Key points:

  • Physical pain – Mbane suffers alone in dirty hut

  • Bitterness – Life is flat and bitter

  • Confinement and loneliness – Confined in hut

  • Begging – Survives through begging

  • Lack of shelter – No proper shelter

  • Lack of family – No wife and children

  • Hypocritical relatives – Sarah and Ezekiel pretend to care

  • Hopelessness – Loses hope

  • Death – Chooses death to ease pain

Option B: Parliament of Owls by Adipo Sidang

• Essay topic: “Justice can only be achieved when the oppressed are determined to expose the ills from their leaders.” (Focus on Osogo)

• Key points:

  • Assassination – Osogo criticizes killing of 33 weaverbirds

  • Moonlight Law – Challenges oppressive laws without fear

  • Python – Accuses royal owl of using python to kill birds

  • The Flute – Uses flute as symbol of resistance

  • Support for Oyundi – Supports overthrowing Money Bag and Royal Owl

Option C: An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro

• Essay topic: “Family members play an important role when they give wise advice to each other making life bearable.” (Focus on Ono Masuji’s family)

• Key points:

  • Sachiko – Discourages negative remarks about Ono’s art career

  • Michiko – Advises Ono to find a house for marriage prospects

  • Setsuko/Ichiro – Forbids giving sake to young Ichiro

  • Setsuko – Accepts Kenji’s ashes even if mingled with comrades

  • Setsuko – Discourages Ono from blaming himself for wartime role