English Fal Grade 9 Paper 3 November EC 2014 Memo

Downloaded from hlayiso.com SENIOR PHASE GRADE 9 NOVEMBER 2014 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P3 MEMORANDUM MARKS: 60 This memorandum consists of 6 pages.

Downloaded from hlayiso.com (NOVEMBER 2014) ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P3 2 NOTE TO MARKERS: 1. The outlines for the essays are only a guideline of what candidates could write about. 2. Candidates should be assessed on their own ideas and interpretations, as long as it adheres to the topic. 3. Use the rubrics provided to mark SECTION A and SECTION B. Copyright reserved Please turn over

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 3 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P3 (NOVEMBER 2014) SECTION A: COMPREHENSION QUESTION 1: The best time(s) with my family  Reflective/descriptive/narrative  Candidates should reflect on/describe/narrate a specific time or times spent with their families. [40] QUESTION 2: My Christmas gifts  Descriptive/reflective.  Candidates must mention specific gifts, person for whom the gift is meant and the reasons why he/she would like to give that to the person.  Family members and loved ones e.g. friends should be mentioned. [40] QUESTION 3 3.1  Narrative/reflective.  There should be a clear link between the picture and the candidate’s essay.  NB: A mere description of the picture is not acceptable.  An appropriate title should have been provided. [40] 3.2  Narrative/reflective/discursive.  This is only a guideline.  NB: A mere description of the picture is not acceptable.  An appropriate title should have been provided. [40] TOTAL SECTION A: 40 Copyright reserved Please turn over

Downloaded from hlayiso.com (NOVEMBER 2014) ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P3 4 SECTION B: SHORT TRANSACTIONAL WRITING NOTE: Use the following guidelines together with the rubric provided to assess candidates’ writing. QUESTION 4: FRIENDLY LETTER  Format of the friendly letter is important.  Candidate must address the letter to either his/her father or mother.  Candidate should mention at least one item he/she wants for his/her birthday.  Candidate should mention the reasons why he/she wants that item. [20] QUESTION 5: DIALOGUE  Correct format for a dialogue is important: Names on the left with colons after the names. - Lines open after each speaker. - Dialogue in block-form, i.e. the speaking parts should not be below the names. - No inverted commas may be used. - Actions/facial expressions, etc. are indicated in brackets directly after or below the speaker’s name.  Speakers should be given names.  There should be a short introduction, i.e. a greeting.  Candidate should mention the outfit and give sound arguments to persuade the brother/sister to lend it to him/her.  There should be a proper conclusion: either the sibling is persuaded or not. [20] QUESTION 6: CURRICULUM VITAE  The format for the CV should be correct: - Curriculum Vitae of … (name of person). - Proper and correct headings should be used for all the categories, i.e. Personal Details, etc. - Different categories should be on the left with colons.  All the relevant categories should be included.  All relevant information should be included, i.e. relevant experience, etc. [20] TOTAL SECTION B: 20 GRAND TOTAL: 60 CONVERTED TOTAL (60 ÷ 2): 30 Copyright reserved Please turn over

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 5 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P3 (NOVEMBER 2014) ASSESSMENT RUBRIC FOR ESSAY (40 MARKS) LEVEL 4 3 2 1 MARKS 4 3 2 1 CRITERIA: 20–24 marks 14–18 marks 6–12 marks 0–4 marks CONTENT - Complete - Fairly good - Little adherence to - Completely off Adherence to topic adherence to adherence to topic topic. topic. PLANNING, topic. –minor deviations. - Few supportive - No supportive FORMAT - Ideas creative, Ideas average, ideas. ideas. LENGTH original, fully mostly support - Limited - Purpose not supportive of topic. achievement of achieved at all. topic. - Purpose partially purpose. - No planning and no - Purpose fully achieved. - Little planning adherence to achieved. - Evidence of evident. format. - Planning planning. - Format mostly - Length: much too produced good - Format and length inappropriate. long/short. essay. mostly adhered to. - Length: too - Format and long/short. length fully adhered to. 14–16 marks 10–12 marks 6–8 marks 0–4 marks LANGUAGE - Excellent use of - Good use of - Language use - Riddled with errors. Register, tone, style, language. language. basic. - Sentences structure. Spelling, Register, tone - Register, tone and - Register, tone and muddled, and vocabulary, and style very style fairly style mostly meaning not clear. punctuation appropriate. appropriate. inappropriate. - Punctuation, tone EDITING - Excellent spelling - Spelling is good. - Spelling flawed. and style, etc. and vocabulary. Vocabulary fairly - Limited vocabulary. inappropriate for Punctuation good. - Very little purpose. effective. - Punctuation fairly punctuation. - Vocabulary and - Very few errors. effective. - Many errors. spelling seriously Editing produced - Few errors. Some - Little evidence of flawed. well-written evidence of editing. editing. - No evidence of essay. editing. Copyright reserved Please turn over

Downloaded from hlayiso.com (NOVEMBER 2014) ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P3 6 ASSESSMENT RUBRIC FOR TRANSACTIONAL WRITING (20 MARKS) LEVEL 4 3 2 1 MARKS 3 2 1 0 CRITERIA: 12 marks 8–10 marks 4–6 marks 0–2 marks CONTENT - Complete - Partial - Very little - No adherence Adherence to content adherence top adherence to adherence to to topic. and format topic. topic with minor topic. Few - Writing not PLNNING FORMAT - Content fully deviations. supportive supportive of LENGTH supports topic. - Most ideas ideas. topic. Purpose - Purpose fully support topic. - Very limited not achieved at achieved. - Purpose mostly achievement of all. - Planning produced achieved. purpose. - No evidence of good writing. Evidence of - Little evidence planning. - Format and length planning. of planning. - Format not fully adhered to. - Format and - Format and adhered to. length mostly length partially Length: far too adhered to. adhered to. long/short. 8 marks 6 marks 4 marks 2 marks LANGUAGE - Very good use of - Language use - Language use - Riddled with Language use. language with very fairly good with basic with many errors. Structure, tone, style, few errors. few errors. errors. - Sentences register, punctuation. - Punctuation, tone Punctuation, - Punctuation, muddled and Spelling, vocabulary. and style tone, style etc. tone, style, etc. meaning not EDITING appropriate for fairly mostly clear. purpose. appropriate for inappropriate - Punctuation, - Good vocabulary, purpose. for purpose tone, style, etc. spelling. Vocabulary and - Vocabulary and inappropriate - Editing produced spelling fairly spelling basic for purpose. well-written piece. good. and flawed. - Vocabulary, - Some editing - Little evidence spelling evident. of editing seriously evident. flawed. - No evidence of editing evident. Copyright reserved Please turn over

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