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GRAAD 12
NATIONAL
SENIOR CERTIFICATE
GRADE 12
ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE P3
NOVEMBER 2019
MARKING GUIDELINES
MARKS: 100
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English Home Language/P3 2 DBE/November 2019
NSC – Marking Guidelines
INFORMATION FOR THE MARKER
In assessing a candidate's work, the following aspects, among others, drawn from the
assessment rubric, must be borne in mind:
• The overall effect of planning, drafting, proofreading and editing of the
work on the final text produced.
• Awareness of writing for a specific purpose, audience and context – as
well as register, style and tone – especially in SECTION B.
• Grammar, spelling and punctuation.
• Language structures, including an awareness of critical language.
• Choice of words and idiomatic language.
• Sentence construction.
• Paragraphing.
• Interpretation of the topic that will be reflected in the overall content: the
introduction, the development of ideas and the conclusion.
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English Home Language/P3 3 DBE/November 2019
NSC – Marking Guidelines
SUGGESTED APPROACH TO MARKING
SECTION A: ESSAY
Refer to SECTION A: Rubric for Assessing an Essay found on pages 6 and 7 of these
marking guidelines.
CRITERIA USED FOR ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA MARKS
CONTENT AND PLANNING (60%) 30
LANGUAGE, STYLE AND EDITING (30%) 15
STRUCTURE (10%) 5
TOTAL 50
1. Read the whole piece and decide on a category for CONTENT AND
PLANNING.
2. Re-read the piece and select the appropriate category for LANGUAGE,
STYLE AND EDITING.
3. Re-read the piece and select the appropriate category for STRUCTURE.
SECTION B: TRANSACTIONAL TEXTS
Refer to SECTION B: Rubric for Assessing Transactional Texts found on page 8 of these
marking guidelines.
CRITERIA USED FOR ASSESSMENT
CRITERIA MARKS
CONTENT, PLANNING AND FORMAT (60%) 15
LANGUAGE, STYLE AND EDITING (40%) 10
TOTAL 25
1. Read the whole piece and decide on a category for CONTENT, PLANNING
AND FORMAT.
2. Re-read the piece and select the appropriate category for LANGUAGE,
STYLE AND EDITING.
NOTE:
• Various formats of transactional/referential/informational texts have been
taught/are in current practice. This has to be considered when assessing the
format.
• Give credit for appropriateness of format.
• Look for a logical approach in all writing.
NOTE:
• The points given below each topic in these marking guidelines serve only
as a guide to markers.
• Allowance must be made for a candidate's own interpretation of the topic,
even if it differs from the given points or a marker's own views or
interpretations.
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English Home Language/P3 4 DBE/November 2019
NSC – Marking Guidelines
SECTION A: ESSAY
QUESTION 1
Candidates are required to write ONE essay of 400–450 words (2–2½ pages) on ONE
of the given topics. Candidates may write in any genre: narrative, descriptive,
reflective, discursive, argumentative, or any combination of these.
1.1 My inner landscape
• Introspection could be explored.
• Candidates could focus on personalities/true self/characters. [50]
1.2 'No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.'
[William Blake]
• Candidates could include the concept of independence/initiative versus
collaborative teamwork. [50]
1.3 Breaking the code of silence
• Responses could focus on challenging institutionalised/self-imposed
silence. [50]
1.4 'Some of you say, "Joy is greater than sorrow," and others say,
"Nay, sorrow is the greater."
But I say unto you, they are inseparable.
Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board,
remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.'
[Khalil Gibran, The Prophet]
• The candidate should explore joy and sorrow as complementary
conditions. [50]
1.5 Stolen glimpses
• Fleeting moments/sensory experiences that evoke emotions could be
explored. [50]
1.6 NOTE: There must be a clear link between the essay and the picture chosen.
1.6.1 Penguins following a man
• Credit literal, figurative and mixed responses. [50]
1.6.2 Withered flowers
• Credit literal, figurative and mixed responses. [50]
1.6.3 Children at play
• Credit literal, figurative and mixed responses. [50]
TOTAL SECTION A: 50
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English Home Language/P3 5 DBE/November 2019
NSC – Marking Guidelines
SECTION B: TRANSACTIONAL TEXTS
QUESTION 2
Candidates are required to respond to TWO of the topics set. The body of each
response should be 180–200 words (20–25 lines) in length. The language, register,
style and tone must be appropriate to the context.
2.1 LETTER TO THE EDITOR
• The letter should address the writer's views on the issue of the paperless
classroom; the movement toward increasing the use of technology in
schools.
• Format: own address, date, addressee, subject line, salutation, signing off [25]
2.2 BOOK REVIEW
• Suggested format: title, author, publisher, genre, rating [25]
2.3 INTERVIEW
• The interview should focus on unethical practices that negatively affect
sport.
• Only two characters should be included.
• Use valid dialogue format. [25]
2.4 MAGAZINE ARTICLE
• Candidates must focus on the concept, 'Modern Day Slavery'.
• Responses could be light-hearted or serious.
• Format: Headline is essential; by-line is optional [25]
2.5 FORMAL LETTER
• The candidate must highlight his/her strengths and suitability.
• Format: own address, date, addressee, subject line, salutation, signing off [25]
2.6 SPEECH
• The speech should motivate the audience to take the necessary steps to
ensure the preservation of the planet for the next generation.
• Candidates could highlight issues pertaining to global warming/pollution/
the importance of recycling/the preservation of our natural resources. [25]
TOTAL SECTION B: 50
GRAND TOTAL: 100
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National Senior Certificate
NOTE:
• Always use the rubric when marking the creative essay (Paper 3, SECTION A).
• Marks from 0–50 have been divided into FIVE major level descriptors.
• In the Content, Language and Style criteria, each of the five level descriptors is divided into an upper-level and a lower-level subcategory
with the applicable mark range and descriptors.
• Structure is not affected by the upper-level and lower-level division.
ASSESSMENT RUBRIC FOR ESSAY – HOME LANGUAGE [50 MARKS]
Criteria Exceptional Skilful Moderate Elementary Inadequate
CONTENT AND 28–30 22–24 16–18 10–12 4–6
PLANNING -Outstanding/Striking -Very well-crafted -Satisfactory response - -Inconsistently -Totally irrelevant
response beyond normal response Ideas are reasonably coherent response response
(Response and expectations -Fully relevant and coherent and convincing -Unclear ideas and -Confused and
Upper level
ideas) -Intelligent, thought- interesting ideas with -Reasonably organised unoriginal unfocused ideas
Organisation of provoking and mature evidence of maturity and coherent, including -Little evidence of -Vague and repetitive
ideas for planning; ideas -Very well organised introduction, body and organisation and -Unorganised and
Awareness of -Exceptionally well and coherent, including conclusion/ending coherence incoherent
purpose, audience organised and coherent, introduction, body and
and context including introduction, conclusion/ending
body and
30 MARKS conclusion/ending
25–27 19–21 13–15 7–9 0–3
-Excellent response but -Well-crafted response -Satisfactory response -Largely irrelevant -No attempt to respond
lacks the exceptionally -Relevant and but some lapses in response to the topic
striking qualities of the interesting ideas clarity -Ideas tend to be -Completely irrelevant
Lower level
outstanding essay -Well organised and -Ideas are fairly disconnected and and inappropriate
-Mature and intelligent coherent, including coherent and convincing confusing -Unfocused and
ideas introduction, body and -Some degree of -Hardly any evidence muddled
-Skilfully organised and conclusion organisation and of organisation and
coherent, including coherence, including coherence
introduction, body and introduction, body and
conclusion/ending conclusion
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ASSESSMENT RUBRIC FOR ESSAY – HOME LANGUAGE [50 MARKS] (continued)
Criteria Exceptional Skilful Moderate Elementary Inadequate
LANGUAGE, 14–15 11–12 8–9 5–6 0-3
STYLE AND -Tone, register, style and -Tone, register, style -Tone, register, style -Tone, register, style -Language
EDITING vocabulary highly and vocabulary very and vocabulary and vocabulary less incomprehensible
appropriate to purpose, appropriate to purpose, appropriate to purpose, appropriate to purpose, -Tone, register, style and
Tone, register, audience and context audience and context audience and context audience and context vocabulary not
Upper level
style, vocabulary -Exceptionally -Language is effective -Appropriate use of -Very basic use of appropriate to purpose,
appropriate to impressive use of and a consistently language to convey language audience and context
purpose/effect and language appropriate tone is meaning -Tone and diction are -Vocabulary limitations
context; -Compelling and used -Tone is appropriate inappropriate so extreme as to make
Word choice; rhetorically effective in -Largely error-free in -Rhetorical devices -Very limited comprehension
Language use and tone grammar and spelling used to enhance vocabulary impossible
conventions, -Virtually error-free in -Very well crafted content
punctuation, grammar and spelling
grammar, spelling - Very skilfully crafted
13 10 7 4
15 MARKS -Language excellent and -Language engaging -Adequate use of -Inadequate use of
Lower level
rhetorically effective in and generally effective language with some language
tone -Appropriate and inconsistencies -Little or no variety in
-Virtually error-free in effective tone -Tone generally sentences
grammar and spelling -Few errors in appropriate and limited -Exceptionally limited
-Skilfully crafted grammar and spelling use of rhetorical devices vocabulary
-Well-crafted
STRUCTURE 5 4 3 2 0–1
-Excellent development -Logical development -Relevant details -Some valid points -Necessary points
Features of text; of topic of details developed -Sentences and lacking
Paragraph -Exceptional detail -Coherent -Sentences, paragraphs paragraphs faulty -Sentences and
development and -Sentences, paragraphs -Sentences, well-constructed -Essay still makes paragraphs faulty
sentence exceptionally well- paragraphs logical, -Essay still makes some sense -Essay lacks sense
construction constructed varied sense
5 MARKS
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ASSESSMENT RUBRIC FOR TRANSACTIONAL TEXT – HOME LANGUAGE [25 MARKS]
Criteria Exceptional Skilful Moderate Elementary Inadequate
CONTENT, PLANNING 13–15 10–12 7–9 4–6 0–3
AND FORMAT -Outstanding response -Very good response -Adequate response -Basic response -Response reveals no
beyond normal demonstrating good demonstrating demonstrating some knowledge of features
Response and ideas; expectations knowledge of features knowledge of features knowledge of features of the type of text
Organisation of ideas -Intelligent and mature of the type of text of the type of text of the type of text -Meaning is obscure
for planning; ideas -Maintains focus – no -Not completely focused -Some focus but writing with major digressions
Purpose, audience, -Extensive knowledge digressions – some digressions digresses -Not coherent in content
features/conventions of features of the type of -Coherent in content -Reasonably coherent -Not always coherent in and ideas
and context text and ideas, very well in content and ideas content and ideas -Very few details
-Writing maintains focus elaborated and details -Some details support -Few details support the support the topic
15 MARKS -Coherence in content support topic the topic topic -Has not applied
and ideas -Appropriate format with -Generally appropriate -Has vaguely applied necessary rules of
-Highly elaborated and minor inaccuracies format but with some necessary rules of format
all details support the inaccuracies format
topic -Some critical
-Appropriate and oversights
accurate format
LANGUAGE, STYLE 9–10 7–8 5–6 3–4 0–2
AND EDITING -Tone, register, style -Tone, register, style -Tone, register, style -Tone, register, style -Tone, register, style
and vocabulary highly and vocabulary very and vocabulary and vocabulary less and vocabulary do not
Tone, register, style, appropriate to purpose, appropriate to purpose, appropriate to purpose, appropriate to purpose, correspond to purpose,
purpose/effect, audience and context audience and context audience and context audience and context audience and context
audience and context; -Grammatically -Generally -Some grammatical -Inaccurate grammar -Error-ridden and
Language use and accurate and well- grammatically accurate errors with numerous errors confused
conventions; constructed and well-constructed -Adequate vocabulary -Limited vocabulary -Vocabulary not suitable
Word choice; -Virtually error-free -Very good vocabulary -Errors do not impede -Meaning obscured for purpose
Punctuation and -Mostly free of errors meaning -Meaning seriously
spelling impaired
10 MARKS
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