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Paper 3 (Creative Composition And Essays Based On Set Texts) Question Paper

Paper 3 (Creative Composition And Essays Based On Set Texts) 

Course:Secondary Level

Institution: Kcse question papers

Exam Year:2009



101/3
ENGLISH
PAPER 3
(CREATIVE COMPOSITION AND ESSAYS BASED ON SET TEXTS)
OCT. /NOV. 2009
2 ½ HOURS
Answer three questions only
Imaginative Composition (compulsory) (20 mks)
Either
a) Write a composition to illustrate the saying.
ā€œTruth will always set you freeā€.
Or
Write a story beginning:
The birds ha already started their morning songs, and here I was wondering
whether..
The Compulsory Set Text (20 mks)
Ngugi Wa thiong?o, The River Between
Drawing you illustrations from Ngugi WA Thiong?o the River Between, Write an essay
on the challenges of reconciliation.
The Optional set Texts (20 mks)
Answer any one of the following three questions.
Either
a) The short Story
Macmillan (Ed.) , half a Day and other stories
With illustrations from contheth?s short story ā€œ Letter to may sistersā€, show how
traditions have been used to oppress women.
Or
b) Drama
John Ruganda, Shreds of Tenderness
ā€œDuring a civil war, those who flee their country suffer as much as
those who remain behind.ā€
Drawing illustrations from Ruganda?s Shreds of Tenderness, write an
essay in support of this statement.
Or
c) The Novel
Velma Pollard?s Homestretch.
Write an essay on ways of encouraging ā€œdomestic tourismā€. Drawing your examples
from Velma pollard?s Homestretch.






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