English FAL Grade 9 ANA 2013 Memo

Downloaded from hlayiso.com ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSESSMENT 2013 GRADE 9 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE MARKS: 80 MEMORANDUM MARKS: 80 QUESTION MARKS EXPECTED ANSWERS MARKING GUIDELINES 1. C/He wanted to explain the origin of thunder and 1 lightning.  2.1 A/Thunder and Lightning  1 2.2 A/Unfriendly  1 3.1 C/Thunder and Lightning were sent to live in the 1 sky.  3.2 D/Lightning became very angry very quickly.  1 4. B/Third person narrator  1 5. Yes/I agree.  To avoid trouble in the village.  2 Award ONE mark for ‘yes’ or ‘no’. OR Yes. They caused trouble/chaos/mayhem.  Only award the mark for ‘yes’ or ‘no’ if the candidate has provided a OR reason. No.  It was a very harsh punishment to be far AND away from all the people.  OR Award ONE mark for the reason. No.  They must tolerate each other.  OR Make sure that the motivation No.  They must change their behaviour.  agrees with the choice of ‘yes’ or OR ‘no’. No.  They must change their attitude.  OR Award TWO marks if the reason/motivation is correct and a position/stance is evident to suggest ‘yes’/ ‘no’ or ‘I agree’/ ‘I disagree’. Do not accept ‘True’ or ‘False’. 6. Thunder and Lightning lived in the village  2 Accept any TWO correct answers. amongst the people/inhabitants  on earth/in Nigeria/in a farming area/in a rural area.  At least TWO key words must be included. Award ONE mark for each key aspect. 7.1 C/Hungry  1 7.2 A/Simile  1 7.3 A/Alliteration.  1 8. D/The author wants to give readers information 1 about the effects of bullying. Grade 9 English FAL Memo 1

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 9. B/Paragraph 2  1 10. C/Upset  1 11. Magazine/ ‘You’ magazine  1 12. A/Cyber bullying can be far more dangerous and 1 hurtful than other forms of bullying.  13.1 B/They think only of themselves.  1 13.2 A/They express their feelings.  1 14. Messages are distributed widely.  1 Accept any ONE of the correct OR answers. Messages are distributed quickly.  OR Messages cause immediate humiliation/disgust. 15. Bullies are popular people.  1 Award 1 mark for any ONE of the OR correct answers. Bullies have lots of followers/friends.  OR OR Bullies are seen as heroes.  Award 1 mark for a reasonable answer. 16. Bullies are cowards.  2 Accept any ONE of the correct OR answers for 2 marks Bullies are sadists.  OR OR Bullies are aggressive.  OR A reasonable answer/A substantial Bullies are violent.  or well-motivated answer is OR awarded TWO marks. Bullies are forceful.  A mediocre, yet relevant response is awarded ONE mark. 17.1 IsiZulu  1 Accept ‘Zulu’. 17.2 IsiNdebele  1 Accept ‘Ndebele’. 18. If  you’re /you are  being bullied, keep notes 6 Award ONE mark for each correction. of incidents. Write down the names of the bullies and keep a record of times and dates when hurtful things were said to you. A bully does not have to have power over you! 19.1 The king said that he had planned  2 1 mark for the pronoun ‘he’. everything carefully to avoid chaos. AND 1 mark for the tense / verb change. 19.2 Thunder said, “We are displeased  with the 2 1 mark for 100% correct king.”  punctuation (“We … king.”) 1 mark for correct pronoun and verb (both must be correct). Grade 9 English FAL Memo 2

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 20. By the time the counsellors arrived, the king 1 The entire verb must be correct. had been waiting  for an hour. 21. A/You ought to discipline him.  1 22. The king’s instructions will be obeyed.  2 23.1 C/because  1 23.2 A/They had to be banished because they 1 troubled the villagers.  24.1 unprepared  1 The word must be written in full. 24.2 C/not  1 25.1 Last year Lightning lost his temper from time to 1 Spelling must be correct. time. 25.2 Tomorrow Thunder will scold  Lightning for 1 The entire verb must be correct. being disobedient. 26. would  1 27. adjective  1 28.1 disturbance  1 Spelling must be correct. 28.2 beautiful  1 Spelling must be correct. 29. See attached rubric. 20 Consider the planning according to the first criteria of the rubric and the presentation of the final piece of writing. 30. See attached rubric. 10 Consider the planning according to the first criteria of the rubric and the presentation of the final piece of writing. TEST TOTAL 80 Grade 9 English FAL Memo 3

Downloaded from hlayiso.com Rubric for story writing (QUESTION 29) Criteria Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 5 marks 4 marks 2 - 3 marks 0 - 1 mark Planning and Structure 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 Appropriate register/style/tone. Inappropriate Completely inappropriate register/style/tone. register/style/tone. register/style/tone. Fairly wide range of Effective use of wide range of vocabulary. Adequate vocabulary. Limited vocabulary. vocabulary. Few errors in language usage, Correct language usage, spelling and punctuation. A large number of errors in Language usage, spelling and 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. repetitive. Outstanding achievement of Purpose achieved. Partial achievement of Purpose not achieved. purpose. purpose. TOTAL: 20 Grade 9 English FAL Memo 4

Downloaded from hlayiso.com Rubric for diary entry (QUESTION 30) 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. (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] GRAND TOTAL: 80 Grade 9 English FAL Memo 5