English Fal Grade 6 ANA 2013 Memo (English)

Downloaded from hlayiso.com ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSESSMENT 2013 GRADE 6 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE MEMORANDUM TOTAL: 75 This memorandum consists of 4 pages. SECTION A - COMPREHENSION QUESTION EXPECTED ANSWERS MARKS TOTAL 1. C/He wanted the cheese to drop. ✓ 1 1 2. D/She enjoyed being flattered by the jackal. ✓ 1 1 Remember that in questions 3-15 the emphasis is on comprehension and not on spelling and language structure, unless otherwise indicated. 3. Self-confidence.✓ 1 1 4. A/Never trust a flatterer.✓ 1 1 5. The jackal and the crow or any suitable title relevant 1 1 to the text.✓ 6. He flattered her looks.✓/He flattered her voice.✓ /He flattered her eyes.✓/He flattered her feathers✓ 2 2 Any two sentences that address any two of the above characteristics. 7. She would have to open her beak✓ to sing and then the cheese would fall ✓to the ground. One mark awarded if learner indicates that the 2 2 jackal wanted the crow to open her beak. The other mark is allocated if the learner indicates that the cheese would fall to the ground. 8. No, the jackal cheated/tricked the crow in order to get the cheese through flattery. ✓✓/ Yes, the jackal was smart and therefore deserved the cheese more than the crow. ✓✓ No marks should be allocated if the learner only 2 2 answered yes/no. No marks should be allocated if the reason given is not relevant to the text./ No marks should be allocated if the learner only wrote a reason and did not answer yes/no. 9. B/shiny✓ 1 1 10. D/The jackal said she had a beautiful voice.✓ 1 1 11. advice.✓ 1 1 Mark only allocated if the word is spelt correctly. 12. A/She trusted the jackal.✓ 1 1 13. C/He wanted her to sing.✓ 1 1 14. A/He praised her more than was needed.✓ 1 1 Grade 6 English FAL Memo 1

Downloaded from hlayiso.com SECTION A - COMPREHENSION QUESTION EXPECTED ANSWERS MARKS TOTAL 15. No, the jackal wanted to cover his head with his paws to stop the horrible sound from entering his ears.✓✓ This is the only acceptable answer. No marks should be allocated if the learner only answered 2 2 yes/no./ No marks should be allocated if the learner only wrote a reason and did not answer yes/no. TOTAL SECTION A: 19 SECTION B – LANGUAGE 16. Visiting their friends.✓ Ignore spelling 1 1 17. Play sports✓ and read.✓ errors. 2 2 18. Computers✓ 1 1 19. After school activities✓ 1 1 20. The correct answer is: The crow and the jackal loved cheese. ✓✓ The following answer can be awarded one mark. The crow loved cheese and the jackal loved cheese. 2 2 ✓ 21. Yesterday the jackal tricked the crow. ✓ 1 1 22. Crows✓ 1 1 23.1 W✓ hy is the crow special?✓Punctuation: Capital W 2 and question mark. 23.2 T✓ he crow loved cheese, ✓ chocolate and seed. ✓ Punctuation: Capital T, comma and full-stop. 3 5 24.1 in✓ 1 1 24.2 on to✓ 1 1 25. opened✓ found✓ 2 2 26. pretty/lovely/stunning/handsome/attractive/ gorgeous/✓Any one of the above or any suitable synonym. If the learner writes more than one 1 1 answer, only mark the first answer given. All subsequent given answers should be ignored. 27.1 brighter✓ 1 27.2 fastest✓ 1 2 28. He hurt his back in the accident. ✓ The dog came back after three days. ✓ Any two sentences that clearly show the difference in the meaning of the word ‘back’. 2 2 (Spelling to be taken into consideration when allocating marks). 29.1 does✓ 1 1 29.2 was✓ 1 1 30.1 father✓ 1 2 30.2 lioness✓ 1 Grade 6 English FAL Memo 2

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 31.1 landed✓ 1 31.2 sing✓ 1 2 32. ling✓ 1 1 33. crow’s✓ 1 1 34. un-✓ 1 1 35. look✓ 1 1 36.1 mine✓ 1 36.2 theirs✓ 1 2 37. Summary Refer to marking guidelines 6 6 TOTAL SECTION B: 41 SECTION C – WRITING 38. Writing a letter 15 15 Refer to rubric TOTAL SECTION C: 15 GRAND TOTAL: 75 Marking guidelines for Question 37 (Summary) Use the following main points as a guideline. The main points may be in any sequence. Learners should include any six of these points in their summary:  They sing to find one another.  They warn others to stay away from their homes.  They sing to talk.  They show where they live.  They sing to find a mate.  They warn one another of danger.  They sing when they are happy. Marking the summary The summary must be marked as follows: Mark Allocation 6 marks for 6 sentences (1 mark per main point). Ignore spelling errors Grade 6 English FAL Memo 3

Downloaded from hlayiso.com SECTION C – WRITING QUESTION 38: Friendly Letter Indicate on the learner’s script the mark allocated to the Format and Length (F= 5), Language (L= 5) and Content (C- 5) and total out of 15. CRITERIA LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 0 - 1 mark 2 - 3 marks 4 marks 5 marks Format Very limited adherence to Partial adherence to Good adherence to format. Complete adherence to format. letter format, no address, format. Fairly appropriate length. Appropriate length. salutation or ending. Has at least an address. At least three complete = 5 Marks No paragraph (s) Has one short paragraph sentences per paragraph. Address, salutation and ending are present but incorrectly structured. 0 - 1 mark 2 - 3 marks 4 marks 5 marks Language Completely inappropriate Inappropriate structure Appropriate structure and Highly appropriate structure and structure and structure and tone. Weak and tone. Incomplete tone. Complete sentences, tone. Variation of sentence types. use: sentence structure with no sentences. Few few grammatical, spelling and Good use of language, spelling and Punctuation, subject and verb. grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors. punctuation marks with no spelling spelling Numerous spelling, punctuation errors. At least four sentences written errors. grammatical and At least two sentences with subject and verb. At least five or more sentences = 5 Marks punctuation errors. mostly without error. written complete with subject and verb. 0 - 1 mark 2 - 3 marks 4 marks 5 marks Content Completely off the topic. Mentions the topic with no Adheres to topic with minor Complete adherence to topic. Purpose not achieved at adherence to it. Purpose deviations. Achieves purpose Achieves purpose fully. = 5 Marks all. not achieved. partially. Grade 6 English FAL Memo 4