1. Read paragraph 1. The first sentence introduces the idea that Edinburgh has many ‘underground legends.’ Quote three separate words from this paragraph that continue the idea of things being ‘underground.’
Read paragraphs 1 and 2. Explain in your own words:
why the council sent a child, not an adult, down the tunnel. 1
why this did not seem as cruel then as it might seem now
why the council members gave the child a drum
Summarise what happened next in paragraphs 3 and
Read paragraph 5. The paragraph starts with a number of questions. Explain why the writer has done this
Read paragraph 6. Quote, label and explain a sentence structure that is particularly effective in this paragraph
Evaluation. Explain to what degree the writer makes you believe that the story is true. Give a reason for your answer 3 with evidence from the passage /18

2. Read paragraph 1. The first sentence introduces the idea that Edinburgh has many ‘underground legends.’ Quote three separate words from this paragraph that continue the idea of things being ‘underground.’ 3
A: tunnel, dungeons, passage

3. 2. Read paragraphs 1 and 2. Explain in your own words:
why the council sent a child, not an adult, down the tunnel. 1
A: Gloss of ‘the entrance wasn’t loud enough to allow exploration’
b) why this did not seem as cruel then as it might seem now. 1
A: Gloss of ‘in those days, thousands of orphans were employed to climb inside chimneys and sweep them – so many Edinburgh children were used to crawling through small, dark spaces.’
c) why the council members gave the child a drum. 1
A: Gloss of ‘(they could) monitor his progress’

4. 3. Summarise what happened next in paragraphs 3 and 4. 4
Young person went in (1)
The noise could be hear for some time (1)
The noise ceased/ended/disappeared (1)
The people in charge of the city did not know what to do (1)
They closed the opening (1)

5. 4. Read paragraph 5. The paragraph starts with a number of questions
4. Read paragraph 5. The paragraph starts with a number of questions. Explain why the writer has done this. 2
A: There are many potential answers to this question so mark on merit to some degree.
It shows how many unanswered questions there are about this mystery (1)
It shows that the writer is unsure whether to fully believe the story (1)
To make the reader think about all the potential consequences of this story (1)

6. 5. Read paragraph 6. Quote, label and explain a sentence structure that is particularly effective in this paragraph A:
‘(to be honest, the whole thing sounds a bit suspicious)’ (1) – must have quotation marks!
and
parenthesis (1)
gives the reader extra information about how far the writer believes the story (1) or similar (1)

7. 6. Evaluation. Explain to what degree the writer makes you believe that the story is true. Give a reason for your answer with evidence from the passage. 3 A:
A clear response explaining how much the writer has persuaded you (1)
and
A clear reason (1)
- Evidence from the text (1) or a quotation (1)