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Downloaded from hlayiso.com ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSESSMENT 2012 GRADE 9 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE MEMORANDUM MARKS: 60 This memorandum consists of 6 pages. QUESTION EXPECTED ANSWERS MARKS 1. C/the dream of two friends comes true. 1 2. B/achievement. 1 3. B/Selfless 1 4. C/There was excitement. 1 5. A/overjoyed. 1 6. A/Mapula 1 7. See attached rubric on page 4. 5 Mark out of 10 and convert to 5 marks. 8. A/alliteration. 1 9. B/waves beating on the shore. 1 10. B/a metaphor. 1 11. C/teach readers about the history of April Foolƍs Day. 1 12. D/People are unsure of the origin of April FoolƍV'D\ 1 13. x Not sure of the origin of the tradition. 4 x New Yearƍs Day celebrated on the first /1 April. x New calendar marked New Year on the first /1 Jan. x News of change did not spread fast. x People continued to celebrate New Year on the first /1 April. Any four points (1 mark for each point) 14. D/to send someone on a worthless mission. 1 15. B/He played a trick on the reporter. 1 16. Those who celebrated on the first of January made fun of those who 1 celebrated on the first of April. Any acceptable answer with a similar meaning 17. B/Fish are easy to fool. 1 Grade 9 English FAL Memo 1

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 18. The first of/1 April is a day to have fun/to make other people laugh/to do 2 stupid things. Any acceptable answer with a similar meaning 19. x Snake bite is a shocking experience. x Anti-venom is available at all pharmacies. 3 x If faced with a snake, do not move, retreat very slowly. x Snakes are threatened by movements. x Do not walk around barefoot. x Wear boots and long denims. x Do not walk around in the dark. x Be careful of hissing sounds. Any three points (1 mark for each point) 20.1 The ranger said that she/he wanted to protect the snakes. 2 1 mark for the pronoun (he) 1 mark for the tense (wanted) 20.2 The ranger said, 'A snake bite can be a shocking experience.' 2 1 mark for correct punctuation mark 1 mark for correct pronoun and tense (both must be correct) 21. … had been searching for over an hour. 2 2 marks or 0 22. John You wouldnƍW believe what I saw yesterday. I saw a really big snake. Itƍs called a cobra. I think it was 2 metres long! Tom and I went to the forest early in the morning. 5 1 mark for each underlined word 23. D/I ought to wear a pair of boots. 1 24. A/I should stand still. 1 25. … will be punished by environmentalists. 2 2 marks or 0 26. B/although 1 27. D/Although my best friend invited me to go on the tour, I did not want to 1 go. Grade 9 English FAL Memo 2

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 28. See attached rubric on page 4. 6 Mark out of 12 and convert to 6 marks 29. See attached rubric on page 5. 8 Mark out of 16 and convert to 8 marks TOTAL 60 Grade 9 English FAL Memo 3

Downloaded from hlayiso.com QUESTION 7 RUBRIC FOR DIARY ENTRY Criteria Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Marks 3 marks 2 marks 1 marks 0 marks Complete Good adherence Partial adherence Very limited Format and adherence to to format. to format. adherence to Length format. format. (3 marks) Appropriate Fairly appropriate Inappropriate Far too long or too length. length. length. short. Marks 3 marks 2 marks 1 mark 0 marks Appropriate Mostly appropriate Inappropriate Completely Language register/style. register/style. register/style. inappropriate register/style. (3 marks) Variation of Complete Incomplete Weak sentence sentence types. sentences. sentences. structure. Good use of Few grammatical, Many Numerous language, spelling and grammatical, spelling, grammar, spelling punctuation spelling and grammatical and and punctuation errors. punctuation errors. punctuation errors. with few errors. Marks 4 marks 2-3 marks 1 mark 0 marks Complete Adheres to the Mentions the topic Completely off the Content adherence to the topic with minor with no adherence topic. topic. deviations. to it. (4 marks) Outstanding Moderate Partial Purpose not achievement of achievement of achievement of achieved. purpose. purpose. purpose. 10 ÷ 2 őPDUNV Grade 9 English FAL Memo 4

Downloaded from hlayiso.com QUESTION 28: RUBRIC FOR PARAGRAPH WRITING (MIND MAP) Do not penalise learners if the rough work is not done. Planning has been provided in the form of a mind map. Criteria Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Marks 3 marks 2 marks 1 marks 0 marks Planning, All ideas in the Most ideas in the Some ideas in the No ideas in the Format and mind map used. mind map used. mind map used. mind map used. Length Effective Adequate Ineffective No introduction, no introduction and introduction and introduction, weak conclusion. conclusion. conclusion. conclusion. (3 marks) Complete Good adherence to Partial adherence Very limited adherence to format. to format. adherence to format. format. Appropriate Fairly appropriate Inappropriate Far too long or too length. length. length. short. Marks 4 marks 3 marks 1-2 marks 0 marks Language Effective and Correct sentence Some errors in Poor sentence correct sentence structure. sentence structure. structure. (4 marks) structure. Appropriate Mostly appropriate Inappropriate Completely register/style. register/style. register/style. inappropriate register/style. Use of a wide Use of a fairly wide Use of adequate Use of limited range of range of vocabulary. vocabulary. vocabulary. vocabulary. Correct language Few errors in Some errors in Many errors in usage, spelling language usage, language usage, language usage, and punctuation. spelling and spelling and spelling and punctuation. punctuation. punctuation. Marks 5 marks 3 marks 1-2 marks 0 marks Content Complete Adheres to the Mentions the topic Completely off the adherence to the topic with minor with no adherence topic. (5 marks) topic. deviations. to it. Outstanding Moderate Partial Purpose not achievement of achievement of achievement of achieved. purpose. purpose. purpose. 12 ÷ 2 ő 6 marks Grade 9 English FAL Memo 5

Downloaded from hlayiso.com QUESTION 29 RUBRIC FOR PARAGRAPH WRITING Criteria Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Marks 4 marks 3 marks 1-2 marks 0 Planning Evidence of Evidence of Some evidence of No evidence of thorough planning. planning. planning. planning. (4 marks) Effective Introduction and Ineffective No introduction, no introduction and introduction, weak conclusion. conclusion conclusion. conclusion. adequate. Marks 6 marks 4-5 marks 2-3 marks 0-1 marks Language Effective and Correct sentence Some errors in Poor sentence correct sentence structure. sentence structure. structure. (6 marks) structure. Use of a wide Use of a fairly wide Use of adequate Use of limited range of range of vocabulary. vocabulary. vocabulary. vocabulary. Correct language Few errors in Some errors in Many errors in usage, spelling and language usage, language usage, language usage, punctuation. spelling and spelling and spelling and punctuation. punctuation. punctuation. Marks 6 marks 4-5 marks 2-3 marks 0-1 marks Content Complete Adheres to the topic Mentions the topic Completely off the adherence to the with minor with no adherence topic. (6 marks) topic. deviations. to it. Outstanding Moderate Partial achievement Purpose not achievement of achievement of of purpose. achieved. purpose. purpose. 16 ÷ 2 őPDUNV Grade 9 English FAL Memo 6

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