2013+Grade+9+English+FAL+_Exemplar+Memo_hlayiso.com_.pdf

Downloaded from hlayiso.com ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSESSMENT 2013 GRADE 9 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE EXEMPLAR MEMORANDUM QUESTION MARKS EXPECTED ANSWERS 1. 1.1 B / To show that curiosity can get you into trouble. 1 1.2 B / … show that curiosity can get you into trouble. 1 1.3 B / To show that curiosity can get you into trouble. 1 2. 2.1 D / Jason 1 2.2 Jason 1 2.3 C / Inquisitive 1 3. 3.1 B / scared. 1 3.2 B / scared. 1 3.3 Yes. Jason did not answer her and slipped deeper into the reeds behind his house. 2 OR Yes. Jason did not answer because he thought his mother found out about the missing puppy. OR Yes. Jason slipped deeper into the reeds because he was scared his mother was going to scold him about the missing puppy. 3.4 Jason thought his mother found out about the missing puppy and he was scared to go 2 home. OR Jason was scared his mother was going to scold him about the missing puppy. 3.5 A / Crying. 1 4. D / Tony 1 5. Yes. All children like presents 2 OR Yes. The parents are caring and don’t want him to feel left out/feel jealous/feel sad. OR No. It was not his birthday party therefore he does not deserve a present. OR 1 Grade 9 English FAL Exemplar Memorandum

Downloaded from hlayiso.com No. Children must learn that they cannot always get what others have. 6. 6.1 The puppy escaped. 2 Jason looked for the puppy. Dad found the puppy. Dad brought the puppy back home. Dad gave the puppy as a present to Jason. Jason told the truth/admitted what had happened. 6.2 The dog could have been lost in the veld. 2 The dog could have been picked up by another bypassing car/person. The dog could have been killed by a vehicle. The dog could have died later of hunger. 7. A / Freshness 1 7.1 7.2 The new born calf is warm/fresh when it is born just like hot/fresh bread taken out of an 1 oven. 7.3 Fresh OR warm 1 7.4 A calf is compared to a freshly baked loaf of bread. 1 7.5 C / Metaphor 1 7.6.1 Metaphor 1 7.6.2 The newly born calf is struggling to get onto its feet, falling over and getting up again. 2 OR The newly born calf is wobbling like jelly when it is standing, almost falling over and cannot put one leg in front of the other. 7.7 A / alliteration. 1 7.8.1 Alliteration 1 7.8.2 It refers to the repetition of the ‘t’ and indicates that the newly born calf is struggling to 2 stand on its feet/falling over and getting up again/wobbling like jelly when standing/almost falling over and cannot put one leg in front of the other. 8. 8.1 C / To inform the people of the learnership jobs that were offered. 1 8.2 C/ … inform people of the learnership jobs that were offered. 1 8.3 The aim of the story is to inform people of the learnership jobs that were offered. 1 9. 9.1 B / Job seekers 1 2 Grade 9 English FAL Exemplar Memorandum

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 9.2 B / job seekers. 1 10.1 D / He was looking for a better job. 1 10.2 FALSE. “I have a job and am looking for something better,” he said. 2 10.3 Sibiya has a job but he is looking for a better job that is to his advantage financially or with 2 benefits. OR He wants to be a Metro officer/cop and is currently in a different field of work. OR Maybe he does not like his current job. 11. Use of pictures 1 Catchy caption Impressive title/use of “thousands” Exclamation marks 12. 12.1 B / Sibiya said he wanted to be a cop. 1 12.2 B / Sibiya said he wanted to be a cop. 1 12.3 B /Sibiya said he wanted to be a cop. 1 13. 13.1 C / saving money. 1 13.2 It is a savings fund for workers. 1 13.3 Yes. People should save for retirement. 2 OR Yes. People must make provision for the future. OR No. The Government must look after all the old people. OR No. You can save more by investing your money. 13.4 D / suitable applicants will be selected. 1 13.5 By the end of the month suitable applicants will be selected. 1 13.6 queue (spelling must be correct) 1 14. C / Metro Police had to ensure the safety and security of all the people in Durban 1 14.1 14.2 The Metro Police had to ensure the safety and security of all the people in Durban 1 15. It will take some time (a long period). (NOT the end of the month) 2 AND Applicants will have to complete IQ tests. Applicants will have to complete Physical Fitness tests. Applicants will have to be tested on the Road Traffic Act, Criminal Law and Procedures. There were thousands of applicants. 3 Grade 9 English FAL Exemplar Memorandum

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 16. 16.1 Soccer 1 16.2 Cricket 1 16.3 Soccer 1 16.4 Tennis 1 17. What an awful day! It was John’s birthday but Mom would not let me go even though he is 6 not a good friend of mine. She said that the area where he lives is too dangerous. It’s not fair - my mother always allows my brother to go out at night. 18. Jason said that he had only been playing with the puppy. 2 18.1. 18.2 Nancy said, “I am very pleased with the party arrangements”. 2 19. By the time the cake was delivered I had been waiting for an hour. 1 19.1. 19.2 B / By the time the cake was delivered, I had been waiting for an hour. 1 20. A / You ought to obey her. 1 21. The invitation to the party will be accepted. 2 21.1 OR The invitation will be accepted. 21.2 The Metro Police have made 200 learnerships jobs available. 2 22. 22.1 C / because 1 22.2 A / Although Jason was guilty he spoke the truth. 1 23. 23.1 disobedient 1 23.2 C / not. 1 24. 24.1 Yesterday Dad wanted Jason to open the box. 1 24.2 Tomorrow the puppy will look up at him with sleepy eyes. 1 25. 25.1 would 1 25.2 adverb 1 25.3 D / verb 1 4 Grade 9 English FAL Exemplar Memorandum

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 25.4 happily 1 25.5 friendliness/friendship 1 26. See attached rubric. 20 27. See attached rubric. 10 5 Grade 9 English FAL Exemplar Memorandum

Downloaded from hlayiso.com Section C: Rubric for story writing Criteria Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 5 marks 4 marks 2 - 3 marks 0 - 1 mark Planning Effective introduction and Good introduction and Adequate introduction, weak Ineffective or no introduction, conclusion. conclusion. conclusion. no conclusion. (5 marks) Planning has produced a Planning has produced a good, Planning has produced a Inadequate planning has flawlessly presentable and presentable story. moderately presentable story. resulted in a poorly presented well-crafted story. story. 5 marks 4 marks 2 - 3 marks 0 - 1 mark Language Effective and correct sentence Correct sentence structure. Some errors in sentence Poor sentence structure. structure. structure. (5 marks) Highly appropriate Mostly appropriate Inappropriate Completely inappropriate register/style/tone. register/style/tone. register/style/tone. register/style/tone. Effective use of wide range of Fairly wide range of Adequate vocabulary. Limited vocabulary. vocabulary. vocabulary. Correct language usage, Few errors in language usage, A large number of errors in Language usage, spelling and spelling and punctuation. spelling and punctuation. language usage, spelling and punctuation seriously flawed. punctuation. 8 - 10 marks 5 - 7 marks 2 - 4 marks 0 - 1 mark Content Complete adherence to the Adheres to the topic with minor Some adherence to the topic. Completely off the topic. topic. deviations. (10 marks) Highly original and mature Ideas imaginative and Ideas fairly adequate. Very few ideas. Tedious or ideas. effective. Gaps in coherence. 6 Grade 9 English FAL Exemplar Memorandum

Downloaded from hlayiso.com repetitive. Outstanding achievement of Purpose achieved. Partial achievement of purpose. purpose. Purpose not achieved. TOTAL: 20 SECTION C: RUBRIC FOR ASSESSING AN ESSAY Level 5 Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 5 4 3 2 0-1 PLANNING AND Planning has produced Planning has produced Planning has produced Planning has produced an Planning has produced PRESENTATION a virtually flawless and a very good & a fairly good essay. inadequately presentable a poorly presented well-crafted essay. presentable essay. essay. essay inadequate for 5 MARKS home language. Highly effective Good introduction/ Adequate introduction/ Ineffective introduction/ No introduction/ introduction/ conclusion. conclusion. conclusion. conclusion. conclusion. 5 4 3 2 0–1 CONTENT Content outstanding, Content meritorious, Content appropriate. Content mediocre, Content not always highly original. original. adequately coherent. clear; lacks coherence 5 MARKS Ideas thought- Ideas imaginative, Ideas interesting, mostly Few ideas. Ideas tedious; often provoking, mature. interesting, convincing. relevant, fairly repetitive. convincing. Exceptional, disciplined Disciplined writing. Learner maintains focus Learner digresses at Learner digresses. writing. Learner maintains focus with minor digressions. times. throughout. 5 4 3 2 0–1 LANGUAGE, Critical awareness of Good awareness of Some awareness of Limited awareness of Very limited awareness STYLE & impact of language. impact of language. impact of language. impact of language. of impact of language. EDITING Language, punctuation Language, punctuation Language, punctuation Language, punctuation Language & punctuation effectively used. correct. mostly correct. limited seriously flawed. 7 Grade 9 English FAL Exemplar Memorandum

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 5 MARKS Choice of words Choice of words varied Choice of words Choice of words basic Choice of words exceptional, mature. & creative. adequate. elementary. Style, tone, register Style, tone, register well Style, tone, register Style, tone, register Style, tone, register highly suited to topic. suited to topic. suited to topic. almost appropriate. inappropriate. Virtually error-free. Largely error-free. Mostly error-free Contains several errors. Error-ridden and confused. 5 4 3 2 0–1 Coherent development Logical development of Several relevant details Some points, necessary. Off topic. STRUCTURE of topic. details. developed. Details developed. Vivid, exceptional detail. 5 MARKS Sentences, paragraphs Sentences, paragraphs Sentences, paragraphs Sentences, paragraphing Sentences, paragraphs brilliantly constructed. logical, varied. fairly well-constructed. might be faulty in places constructed at an but essay still makes elementary level. sense. Length correct. Length correct. Length almost correct. Length – too long/short. Length - too long/short. TOTAL: 20 Section C: Rubric for diary entry Criteria Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 4 - 5 marks 3 marks 2 marks 0 - 1 mark Complete adherence to format. Good adherence to format. Partial adherence to format. Very limited adherence to format. Format, planning and length Planning has produced excellent Planning has produced good Inadequate planning has Little evidence of planning. 8 Grade 9 English FAL Exemplar Memorandum

Downloaded from hlayiso.com (5 marks) writing. writing. produced elementary writing. Appropriate length. Fairly appropriate length. Inappropriate length. Far too long or too short. 4 - 5 marks 3 marks 2 marks 0 - 1 mark Highly appropriate language/ Mostly appropriate language/ Inappropriate language/ Completely inappropriate Language/Style/ register/style/tone. register/style/tone. register/style/tone. language/register/style/tone. Register/Tone Vocabulary highly appropriate. Appropriate vocabulary. Vocabulary limited. Vocabulary requires remediation. (5 marks) Variation of sentence types. Complete sentences. Incomplete sentences. Weak sentence structure. Good use of language, grammar, Few grammatical, spelling and Many grammatical, spelling and Text error-ridden. spelling and punctuation with few punctuation errors. punctuation errors. errors. 8 - 10 marks 4 - 7 marks 2 - 3 marks 0 - 1 mark Complete adherence to the topic. Adheres to the topic with minor Mentions the topic with no Completely off the topic. Content deviations. adherence to it. (10 marks) Ideas highly elaborated. Most details support topic. Some details support topic. Few or no details support topic. Outstanding achievement of Moderate achievement of Partial achievement of purpose. Purpose not achieved. purpose. purpose. TOTAL: [20 ÷ 2 = 10] SECTION C: RUBRIC FOR ASSESSING A DIALOGUE Assessment Inadequate Partial Good Excellent Criteria 1 Mark 2 Marks 3 Marks 4-5 Marks Writing a Unable to write a coherent Attempts to write a dialogue but is Writes a competently presented Writes a lively, evocative 9 Grade 9 English FAL Exemplar Memorandum

Downloaded from hlayiso.com dialogue dialogue. only partially successful. Some dialogue. dialogue. Does not follow correct confusion about format of piece. Good format used. Few errors of Format is faultless, expression (5 marks) format and expression is so Expression is clumsy. expression. polished. poor that reader can hardly make sense of text. 1 Mark 2 Marks 3 Marks 4-5 Marks Style of Style not appropriate to the Has attempted to apply a style Style of writing is consistent and Style of writing is lucid, writing task. No evidence of sustained suited to context but writing is not appropriate within its context. sophisticated; reveals a profound response. controlled, nor is style sustained Writing is reasonably well- awareness of audience and (5 marks) Writing undisciplined, poorly throughout assessed passage. constructed. purpose. Evidence of individual organised, fraught with Writing is generally marred by errors and original response. mechanical error and very of style and grammar, but is Writing is succinct, grammatically difficult to interpret. comprehensible. accurate and well-constructed. 1 Mark 2 Marks 3 Marks 4-5 Marks Style and Register inappropriate, poorly Register though sometimes Register is generally consistent Adept manipulation of style and register established and developed. appropriate is generally not and appropriate to situation. Style register. Interprets requirements Cannot control and controlled and consistent. Attempts suitably developed and consistent. of context and audience with (5 marks) manipulate language and to manipulate language and diction sensitivity and insight. Style/ diction to create appropriate to create appropriate style but register consistently applied, style. effects are often clumsy/ always appropriate. unsuccessful. 1 Mark 2 Marks 3 Marks 4-5 Marks Spelling Majority of words are Many words are misspelt, though Most words are correctly spelt. All words are correctly spelt in words incorrectly spelt. Many words most are written phonetically and the writing assignment. bare no resemblance to their are comprehensible. (5 marks) correct versions. TOTAL: (20 ÷ 2) = 10 SECTION C: RUBRIC FOR ASSESSING A FORMAL LETTER Assessment Inadequate Partial Good Excellent Criteria 10 Grade 9 English FAL Exemplar Memorandum

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 1 mark 2 marks 3 marks 4 marks Format Format incorrect. Attempt at correct Format generally Format completely format, but many correct. correct. (4 marks) mistakes. 1 mark 2 marks 3 marks 4 marks Language/ Language and Attempt at correct Language and Language and Register register completely language and register generally register well used inappropriate. register. appropriate. throughout. (4 marks) 1 mark 2 marks 3 marks 4 marks Communication Does not Attempts to Communicates all All necessary communicate the communicate information, but not always information clearly (4 marks) message at all. message, but omits clear. communicated. important elements 1 mark 2 marks 3 marks 4 marks Spelling Spelling inaccurate Attempt at correct Spelling generally Spelling correct and inconsistent. spelling, still many correct, only a few errors. throughout. (4 marks) mistakes. 1 mark 2 marks 3 marks 4 marks Creativity/ Ideas flat and derivative. Partial attempt at Reasonably creative and Ideas exceptionally creative and Originality Originality. original. original. (4 marks) TOTAL: (20 ÷ 2) = 10 11 Grade 9 English FAL Exemplar Memorandum