English Fal Grade 6 ANA 2012 Memo (English)

Downloaded from hlayiso.com ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSESSMENT 2012 GRADE 6 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TEST MEMORANDUM MARKS: 40 This memorandum consists of 4 pages. GENERAL GUIDELINES COMPREHENSION PASSAGE (Question 1.1 – 1.7)  Do not penalize learners for spelling and grammatical errors. LANGUGAGE (Question 8 – 14)  The candidates’ answer must be precisely the ones in the memorandum. CREATIVE WRITING (Question 15)  Refer to the rubric. QUESTION MARKS TOTAL EXPECTED ANSWERS 1. B A young rooster learns to crow 1 1 1 1 2. D On a farm with animals 3.1 A The old rooster had died the day before. 1 2 3. 3.2 C They thought he did not crow loudly enough. 1 4.1 D He was sad when his father died. 1 4.2 A He felt unsure of himself, because he had never crowed 1 4. before. 4.3 He should have crowed louder/more loudly/very loudly/loud 4 1 enough. 4.4 He felt disappointed/humiliated/sad/ashamed/ discouraged. Accept any answer that describes a negative feeling within the 1 context of the story. Grade 6 English FAL Memo 1

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 5. Yes, e.g. he tried his best when he had to do something for the first time./He was able to crow loudly in the end./He did not give up./He took advice from others. No, e.g. First time he crowed too softly, and the second time he crowed too loudly. 2 2 (Give one mark for 'Yes/ No' and one mark for any suitable reason that substantiates the choice. Do not give any mark if only 'Yes' or ‘No’ was written. 6.1 dying/about to die/ going to die/ die soon (Any answer that 1 indicate he had died already is incorrect) 6. 1 2 6.2 hurt (any answer that indicates hurt is correct) 7. 3 ✓ ✓ X-axis Provinces ✓ Give one mark for column completed correctly at: 2 North West KwaZulu-Natal 1 Provinces 8.1 A cattle 1 8. 2 8.2 B through (Accept if the learner has written the answer on the 1 line but with correct spelling) Grade 6 English FAL Memo 2

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 9.1 The pigs do not/don't grunt loudly. 1 9. 2 9.2 The young rooster did not/didn't fly up to the roof of the barn. 1 10.1 I would crow as loud as possible/would be too scared to 10. get out a noise. 1 NB: Accept any relevant answer, but check if the learner has used would and adhered to spelling and grammatical rules. 2 10.2 would stay in bed all day/would be very scared/would cry. 1 NB: Accept any relevant answer, but check if the learner has used would and adhered to spelling and grammatical rules. 11.1 I was young/I was 6 years old NB: Accept any relevant answer. 1 11. 11.2 I play/I go to church/I do chores 2 NB: Accept any relevant answer, the word order must be 1 correct. 1 The sun came up but the clouds were covering it. 2 12. mark each 13. Each of the following sentences is a POSSIBLE fact. Award only five marks for the facts (or similar facts) below (one mark per fact).  Clocks are used to measure/show time.  Sundials were used in ancient times. 5 5  Candle clocks were used long ago.  Now people use digital clocks.  Today clocks are everywhere. DO NOT PENALIZE LEARNERS IF THEY DID NOT FOLLOW THE CORRECT SEQUENCE. 14. 1 14.1 similar 2 1 14.2 digital 15. See marking rubric for descriptive paragraph at the end of the 8 8 memorandum. Grade 6 English FAL Memo 3

Downloaded from hlayiso.com QUESTION 15: RUBRIC FOR DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH 0 - 1 Mark 2–3 Marks 4–5 Marks 6–7 Marks 8 Marks Content No adjectives. Little description Some details with at Detailed Very detailed No facts describing a with only 3 least 4 adjectives. description description family member. Only adjectives. using at least 5 using at least 6 1–2 adjectives. adjectives. or more adjectives. Only 1 fact 2–3 facts 4–5 facts describing 6–7 facts 8 interesting describing a family describing a a family member. describing a and relevant member. family member. family member. facts describing a family member. 0 - 1 Mark 2–3 Marks 4–5 Marks 6–7 Marks 8 Marks Language Has written only one TWO or more A paragraph of A paragraph of A paragraph of use word/phrase or no relevant, different FOUR or more SIX or more EIGHT attempt to answer. but logical relevant, different but different, relevant, sentences. logical sentences. relevant, but different, but logical logical sentences. sentences. ONE relevant At least TWO At least THREE At least FOUR The sentences sentence that is sentences that sentences must have sentences that must have no riddled with errors. have many errors. no errors. are errors. predominantly without errors must have less than FIVE different errors. Award 8 marks for content and 8 marks for language use. Divide the total by 2. At the end allocate marks out of 8 as follows: C = Content; L= Language use E.g. C 6 L 4 10÷2 = 5 TOTAL: 40 Grade 6 English FAL Memo 4