English Grade 1 ANA Exemplars 2012 Question Paper

Downloaded from hlayiso.com ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSESSMENT GRADE 1 ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE SET 1: 2012 EXEMPLAR

Downloaded from hlayiso.com GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF ANA EXEMPLARS 1. General overview The Annual National Assessment (ANA) is a summative assessment of the knowledge and skills that learners are expected to have developed by the end of each of the Grades 1 to 6 and 9. To support their school-based assessments and also ensure that learners gain the necessary confidence to participate with success in external assessments, panels of educators and subject specialists developed exemplar test questions that teachers can use in their Language and Mathematics lessons. The exemplar test questions were developed from curriculum work that covers Terms 1, 2 and 3 of the school year and a complete ANA model test for each grade has been provided. The exemplars, which include the ANA model test, supplement the school-based assessments that learners must undergo on a continuous basis and do not replace them. 2. The structure of exemplar questions The exemplars are designed to illustrate different techniques or styles of assessing the same skills and/or knowledge. For instance, some content knowledge or a skill can be assessed through a multiple-choice question (where learners select the best answer from the given options) or a statement (that requires learners to write a short answer or a paragraph) or other types of questions (asking learners to join given words/statements with lines, to complete given sentences or patterns, to show their answers with drawings or sketches, etc.). So, if teachers and learners find a number of exemplar questions that are structured differently but are asking the same thing, they should understand that this is deliberate and learners must respond to all the exemplar questions. Exposure to a wide variety of questioning techniques or styles gives learners the necessary confidence to confront tests. 3. Links with other learning and teaching resource materials For the necessary integration, some of the exemplar texts and questions have been deliberately linked to the grade-relevant workbooks. The exemplars have also been aligned with the requirements of the National Curriculum Statement Grades R to 12 (NCS), the provisions of the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statements (CAPS) for the relevant grades and the National Protocol for Assessment. Together these documents, plus any others that a school may provide, make up a rich resource base to help teachers in planning lessons and conducting formal assessment (assessment of learning). 4. How to use the exemplars While the exemplars for a grade and a subject have been compiled into one comprehensive set, the teacher does not have to give the whole set to the learners to respond to in one sitting. The teacher should select exemplar questions that are relevant to the planned lesson at any given time. Carefully selected individual exemplar test questions, or a manageable group of questions, can be used at different stages of the teaching and learning process as follows: 4.1 At the beginning of a lesson as a diagnostic test to identify learner strengths and weaknesses. The diagnosis must lead to prompt feedback to learners and the development of appropriate lessons that address the identified weaknesses and consolidate the strengths. The diagnostic test could be given as homework to save time for instruction in class. 4.2 During the lesson as short formative tests to assess whether learners are developing the intended knowledge and skills as the lesson progresses and ensure that no learner is left behind. 1

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 4.3 At the completion of a lesson or series of lessons as a summative test to assess if the learners have gained adequate understanding and can apply the knowledge and skills acquired in the completed lesson(s). Feedback to learners must then be given promptly while the teacher decides on whether there are areas of the lesson(s) that need to be revisited to consolidate particular knowledge and skills. 4.4 At all stages to expose learners to different techniques of assessing or questioning, e.g. how to answer multiple-choice (MC) questions, open-ended (OE) or free-response (FR) questions, short-answer questions, etc. While diagnostic and formative tests may be shorter in terms of the number of questions included, the summative test will include relatively more questions up to a full test depending on the work that has been covered at a particular point in time. The important thing is to ensure that learners eventually get sufficient practice in responding to full tests of the type of the ANA model test. 5. Memoranda or answering guidelines A typical example of the expected response (memorandum) has been given for each exemplar test question and for the ANA model test. Teachers must bear in mind that the memoranda can in no way be exhaustive. Memoranda can only provide broad principles of expected responses and teachers must interrogate and reward acceptable options and variations of the acceptable response(s) given by learners. 6. Curriculum coverage It is extremely critical that the curriculum must be covered in full in every class. The exemplars for each grade and subject do not represent the entire curriculum. They merely sample important knowledge and skills and only for work that covers terms 1, 2 and 3 of the school year. The pacing of work to be covered according to the school terms is specified in the relevant CAPS documents. 7. Conclusion The goal of the Department is to improve the levels and quality of learner performance in the critical foundational skills of literacy and numeracy. ANA is one instrument the Department uses to monitor whether learner performance is improving, staying the same or declining. Districts and schools are expected to support teachers and provide necessary resources to improve the effectiveness of teaching and learning in the schools. By using the ANA exemplars as part of their teaching resources, teachers will help learners become familiar with different styles and techniques of assessing. With proper use the exemplars should help learners acquire appropriate knowledge and develop relevant skills to learn effectively and perform better in subsequent ANA tests. 2

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 1.1 Draw a line to the correct word. chair table door 1.2 Circle the correct word. door window wall 1.3 Complete the following sentence. I see a ……………………. 3

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 1.4 Draw a cross (X) next to the correct answer. I read a … A den. B door. C book. D chair. 1.5 Underline the correct answer. This sign means I must (sit/stop.) 2.1 Trace over the lines of the pattern.   2.2 Draw another pattern as this one below.  4

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 2.3 Trace over the lines of the pattern. ................................. 2.4 Draw your own pattern in the space below. 3.1 Circle the correct answer. This is a … A dog. B hat. C sun. D car. 5

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 3.2 Choose the correct word from the box to complete the sentence. dad mum brother This is my ......................... 3.3 Look at the picture. What is this? a ................................. 4.1 Fill in the missing sound. .….at …..un 6

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 4.2 Draw a line from the word to the correct picture. mat tap net 4.3 Look at the picture. What is this? .............................. 5.1 Circle the sound on the right-hand side that is the same as the one on the left-hand side. b p d g b 7

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 5.2 Fill in the missing sounds for the pictures. .......ock .......uck 5.3 Match the sounds with the pictures. p r l 6.1 Fill in the missing sounds. ha......... ru.......... 8

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 6.2 Match the words with the pictures. bed pot jug 6.3 Build words that start with: s......... c............. 6.4 Write words for the pictures. ................................. ................................. 9