# English FAL Grade 9 ANA 2013 Memo

> Grade 9 English FAL memorandum from the ANA 2013, 5 pages. Read online or get the free PDF download, question paper linked when available.

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- Subject: English FAL
- Grade: Grade 9
- Language: English
- Document type: Memorandum
- Year: 2013
- Exam period: ANA
- Curriculum: CAPS
- Pages: 5

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                                                    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.

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 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).
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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

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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
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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

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