# English FAL Grade 9 Paper 3 Eastern Cape November 2016 Memo > Grade 9 English FAL Paper 3 memorandum from the Eastern Cape November Exam 2016, 4 pages. Read online or download the free PDF. - Page: https://www.hlayiso.com/library/eng-fal-p3-gr9-memo-nov-2016/dd405b20-ccf5-4cfe-bcc0-c0981dce4d8c - Updated: 2026-09-27 - Subject: English FAL - Grade: Grade 9 - Language: English - Document type: Memorandum - Year: 2016 - Exam period: Eastern Cape November Exam - Paper: 3 - Curriculum: CAPS - Pages: 4 Breadcrumbs: [Home](https://www.hlayiso.com/) › [Library](https://www.hlayiso.com/library) › [Grade 9](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-9) › [English FAL](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-9/english-fal) › [English FAL Grade 9 Paper 3 Eastern Cape November 2016 Memo](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/eng-fal-p3-gr9-memo-nov-2016/dd405b20-ccf5-4cfe-bcc0-c0981dce4d8c) ## About this document English Fal · Grade 9 · Eastern Cape November Exam · 2016 · English. Memorandum, 4 pages. Read online or download the PDF. Read it free online on the page above; download the PDF from there. ## Matching paper and memo - [ENG FAL P3 GR9 QP NOV 2016](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/eng-fal-p3-gr9-qp-nov-2016/ef894478-bd9b-4dfb-93b1-19181a29fd76) — QP · 2016 · Eng ## Document text Text extracted from the PDF. Layout, diagrams and tables may not survive extraction. ### Page 1 SENIOR PHASE GRADE 9 NOVEMBER 2016 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P3 MEMORANDUM MARKS: 45 This memorandum consists of 4 pages. ### Page 2 (EC/NOVEMBER 2016) ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P3 2 NOTE TO MARKERS: 1. This memorandum is only a guideline to be used together with the assessment rubrics that are provided at the back of this memorandum. 2. Candidates’ creativity and imagination should be appropriately acknowledged. 3. Use the rubrics provided to mark SECTION A and SECTION B. SECTION A: ESSAY QUESTION 1 “I have never been so scared in my life!”  Narrative/story essay.  The story must be clearly linked to these words.  Candidates should have written in the past tense.  These words should appear in the essay. [30] QUESTION 2 My dream house.  Descriptive essay, although a narrative could be acceptable if it is linked to the topic.  Use of descriptive words, adjectives, colours, etc. should have been used.  Candidates should have described the house as indicated in the topic. [30] QUESTION 3 We are killing our world.  Discursive essay.  Candidates should explain and give examples of how the world is ‘killed’.  Candidates could mention the effect of ‘killing’ the world. [30] QUESTION 4 Mandela Day  Reflective/descriptive essay, narrative if linked to topic.  Candidates could reflect on the effect of Mandela Day on people, its origin/what it means to the candidate.  Candidates could describe how candidate/people celebrate the day, what they do. [30] QUESTION 5 Pictures:  There MUST be a clear link between the picture and the essay.  A mere description of the picture is not acceptable. Possible interpretations: 5.1  Narrative/descriptive/reflective.  Absent from school to watch a sports game.  Children doing things their parents don’t know about.  Caught out when skipping school. [30] Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 3 3 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P3 (EC/NOVEMBER 2016) 5.2  Narrative/descriptive/reflective.  A child and his pet.  A dog is a man’s best friend.  Exercise/outing with dog.  Having fun. [30] TOTAL SECTION A: 30 SECTION B: TRANSACTIONAL WRITING NOTE:  The correct format, tone and style are important in this section and should be appropriate for the chosen topic.  Use these guidelines together with the assessment rubric. QUESTION 6: FRIENDLY LETTER  Format for friendly letter should be correct, correct salutation.  Letter should be addressed to a friend.  Candidate should mention the argument and that he/she made hurtful comments.  An apology should be included in letter. [15] QUESTION 7: REPORT  Style/tone/register of report is important.  Only facts should be mentioned.  All the necessary information should be included: date, place, what happened, who was involved, etc. [15] QUESTION 8: POSTER  Lay-out is important.  Poster must include the following: Products/goods for sale Venue, dates, times, prices, etc. Purpose  Candidate should have followed the AIDA-principles  NO marks are allocated for decorations, only for the lay-out, format and content! [15] QUESTION 9: DIARY ENTRIES  There should be two diary entries with separate dates.  Dates and Dear Diary should be included.  Tone is personal.  Thoughts, feelings about the upcoming date and after the date should be evident. [15] TOTAL SECTION B: 15 GRAND TOTAL: 45 Copyright reserved Please turn over ### Page 4 (EC/NOVEMBER 2016) ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P3 4 ASSESSMENT RUBRIC FOR ESSAY (30 MARKS) LEVEL 4 3 2 1 MARKS 4 3 2 1 CRITERIA: 14–18 marks 10–14 marks 5–9 marks 0–4 marks CONTENT - Complete adherence - Fairly good adherence - Little adherence to - Completely off topic. Adherence to topic. to topic –minor topic. - No supportive ideas. to topic - Ideas creative, deviations. Ideas - Few supportive ideas. - Purpose not achieved PLANNING, original, fully average, mostly - Limited achievement at all. FORMAT supportive of topic. support topic. of purpose. - No planning and no LENGTH - Purpose fully - Purpose partially - Little planning evident. adherence to format. achieved. achieved. - Format mostly - Length: much too - Planning produced - Evidence of planning. inappropriate. long/short. good essay. - Format and length - Length: too long/short. - Format and length mostly adhered to. fully adhered to. 10–12 marks 7–9 marks 4–6 marks 0–3 marks LANGUAG - Excellent use of - Good use of - Language use basic. - Riddled with errors. E language. Register, language. - Register, tone and - Sentences muddled, Register, tone and style very - Register, tone and style mostly and meaning not tone, style, appropriate. style fairly inappropriate. clear. structure. - Excellent spelling and appropriate. - Spelling flawed. - Punctuation, tone and Spelling, vocabulary. - Spelling is good. - Limited vocabulary. style, etc. vocabulary, Punctuation effective. Vocabulary fairly - Very little punctuation. inappropriate for punctuation - Very few errors. good. - Many errors. purpose. EDITING Editing produced well- - Punctuation fairly - Little evidence of - Vocabulary and written essay. effective. editing. spelling seriously - Few errors. Some flawed. evidence of editing. - No evidence of editing. ASSESSMENT RUBRIC FOR TRANSACTIONAL WRITING (15 MARKS) LEVEL 4 3 2 1 MARKS 3 2 1 0 CRITERIA: 8–10 marks 5–7 marks 3–4 marks 0–2 marks CONTENT - Complete - Partial adherence to - Very little adherence - No adherence to Adherence adherence top topic. topic with minor to topic. Few topic. to topic - Content fully deviations. supportive ideas. - Writing not PLANNING supports topic. - Most ideas support - Very limited supportive of topic. FORMAT - Purpose fully topic. achievement of Purpose not LENGTH achieved. - Purpose mostly purpose. achieved at all. - Planning produced achieved. Evidence - Little evidence of - No evidence of good writing. of planning. planning. planning. - Format and length - Format and length - Format and length - Format not adhered fully adhered to. mostly adhered to. partially adhered to. to. - Length: far too long/short. 4–5 marks 3 marks 2 marks 1 mark LANGUAGE - Very good use of - Language use fairly - Language use basic - Riddled with errors. Language language with very good with few with many errors. - Sentences muddled use. few errors. errors. Punctuation, - Punctuation, tone, and meaning not Structure, - Punctuation, tone tone, style etc. fairly style, etc. mostly clear. tone, style, and style appropriate for inappropriate for - Punctuation, tone, register, appropriate for purpose. purpose style, etc. punctuation. purpose. Vocabulary and - Vocabulary and inappropriate for Spelling, - Good vocabulary, spelling fairly good. spelling basic and purpose. vocabulary. spelling. - Some editing flawed. - Vocabulary, spelling EDITING - Editing produced evident. - Little evidence of seriously flawed. well-written piece. editing. - No evidence of editing. 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