# English FAL Grade 12 Paper 2 NSC June 2012 Memo

> Grade 12 English FAL Paper 2 memorandum from the NSC June 2012, 9 pages. Read online or get the free PDF download, question paper linked when available.

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- Subject: English FAL
- Grade: Grade 12
- Language: English
- Document type: Memorandum
- Year: 2012
- Exam period: NSC June
- Paper: 2
- Curriculum: CAPS
- Pages: 9

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~» GAUTENG PROVINCE
$, Department: Education

q) REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

SENIOR CERTIFICATE
EXAMINATION

GRADE 12

ENGLISH ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE SG (105-2/2)

P2

MAY/JUNE 2012

MEMORANDUM

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GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION

ENGLISH ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE SG
(Second Paper: Literature)

MEMORANDUM

QUESTION 1
1.1. 1.1.1. heat

1.1.2 man

1.1.3. nature

1.1.4 happy

1.1.5 work

1.1.6 sing

1.1.7 hottest

1.1.8 lies

1.1.9 sleeps

1.1.10 feels/is (10)
1.2 1.2.1 war (1)

1.2.2 bad news (1)
1.3. An overheated engine (2)
1.4 Man rests in the shade/hides from the heat/sleeps in dark rooms. (2)
1.5 peace/the Holy Ghost/love (2)
1.6 Africa is a better place without man. (2)
1.7 Stones that are placed on top of one another V without cement/loosely Vv (2)
1.8 The ground temperature that changes v hunters break it down for their dogs. W (2)
1.9 In spring time (2)

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1.10 The stones fall down again. (2)
1.11 1.11.1 simile
1.11.2 neighbour
1.11.3 man/savage
1.11.4 fight
1.11.5 stones
1.11.6 weapons (6)
1.12 No v_ they don’t have cattle on their farms/ they have trees on their farms. Vv (3)
1.13 'Good fences make good neighbours.’ (1)
1.14 No Y “There where it is we do not need the wall.” Vv (2)
TOTAL FOR SECTION A: 40
QUESTION 2
2.1 Leseding V Primary (1)
2.2 Beginner's V Grade/Grade 1 (1)
2.3. “accustom’” (1)
2.4 Bushmanv (1)
2.5 “Prejudice is like VV the old skin...” (2)
2.6 Cv (judge a person based an opinion) (2)
2.7 Petev (1)
2.8 He invited Seth and Masarwas V to Sunday lunch in his yard/sat V by the table
with them/ate V with them. (3)
2.9 Moleka fed V a Masarwa food with a fork and then himself with the same Vv fork. (2)
2.10 Avv (2)
2.11. Moleka was in love Y with Margaret and wanted to prove to her that he was not
a Y racist/prejudiced. (2)

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Any TWO: treated Masarwas cruelly-no beds/slept next to outdoor fires/had no
rights/allowed no education/were slaves/belonged to the Batswana.

EXTRACT B

2.13
2.14

2.15

2.16

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2.18

2.19

2.20

B vv (hypocrisy)
“diseased” Vv

2.15.1 TRUE.Y “...talk about him as V if he had died.”/‘They thought he was
dead...”

2.15.2 TRUE.VY “...to make a place for V him in their society”

2.15.3 FALSE.v “...it would be no longer possible V to treat Masarwa people
in an inhuman way...”

“... small, dark airless VV room...”

They could not believe that they allowed V the Batswana to treat them so
Y cruelly/unjustly for so long.

B vv (freedom)

If you oppress people V for a long time, sooner or later the oppressed will
revolt/stand V up against/fight/kill the oppressors.

Any TWO: Ranko, Semana, Moseka.

TOTAL:

QUESTION 3

3.1

3.2

3.3
3.4

Oath (B)

3.2.1. conspirators

3.2.2 They secretly planned the death of Caesar
That Romans are honest/they have integrity

(i) That Mark Antony should be killed along with Caesar.
(ii) That Cicero should be included in the conspiracy.

(2)
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(2)
(2)

(2)
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(2)

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40

(2)
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(1)
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3.5

3.6

3.7
3.8
3.9

3.10

3.11

3.12

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3.5.1 The most educated Roman of the time/He could speak Greek

3.5.2 Their actions would seem less wild if a wiser Cicero was part if the
conspiracy

3.5.3 Cassius
The killing of Mark Antony.

Had MA died along with Caesar, there would have been no oration that
changed people’s minds about Caesar.

So that Brutus would look like a real leader.

Where Cinna dreams of having dined with the late Caesar.
False, it is Cinna not Casca that had a premonition

(i) the death of Caesar

(ii) Mark Antony’s tribute

(iii) tragedy (the two could be interchanged)

(iv) hoped

(v) rebel against the conspirators
(vi) run completely mad

(vi) Cinna
(vii) Mark Antony
(ix) | manipulative

(x) Plebians
(xi) ambition

Conspirators were driven out of Rome;
A civil war broke out in Rome; Cinna the poet died at the hands of the crowd;
homes were burnt [Any two]

He is vengeful/calculating/cold/loves his friend Caesar.

He was a poet.

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(1)

(1)
(1)
(2)

(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)

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(2)
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QUESTION 4
4.1. He wants to know what the future holds for him OR he wants to know if he will

stay king (2)
4.2 4.2.1 ghost (1)

4.2.2 Head with a helmet of armour VY newborn baby VY achild holding a

tree in his hand ¥ (3)

4.3 4.3.1 Macduff

4.3.2 afraid

4.3.3. woman

4.3.4 happy/pleased

4.3.5 live

4.3.6 killed/destroyed

4.3.7 Wood

4.3.8 Dunsinane

4.3.9 trees

4.3.10 natural (10)
4.4 Soldiers cut down branches of trees v there were so many soldiers that when

they walked holding the branches, it looked as if the wood was moving. Vv (2)
4.5 Macduff kills him in a fight. (2)
4.6 She is afraid of the dark. (2)
4.7 She walks in her sleep. (2)
4.8 She sees blood on her hands and wants to get rid of it. (2)

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4.9 4.9.1 Duncan

4.9.2 king

4.9.3 blood

4.9.4 wife

4.9.5 burnt

4.9.6 blood

4.9.7 perfumes

4.9.8 guilty

4.9.9 sleep

4.9.10 cure 10x1=(10)
4.10 Yes/No V + reason Vv (2)
4.11. She commits suicide (2)

TOTAL FOR SECTION C: 40

QUESTION 5
PLYMOUTH/LUNCHEON
5.1. The speed is rising./The car is accelerating. (2)
5.2 Snowy is the car salesman. (2)

5.3 He is challenged by lack of skills in manipulating new technology./His son can

drive the car and he cannot. (2)
5.4 “glanced down at his right foot” (2)
5.5 It is a 1936 model of the car. (2)
5.6 Plymouth Rocks are known as good layers./the name is associated with good

people. (2)
5.7 That is a good car./It is reliable and does honest work. (2)

5.8 He is proud and does not want to indicate he has no knowledge of the car./He
learns quickly by merely observing and making associations./He has a good
memory./He is determined and nothing stands In his waY. (Any two answers) (4)

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5.9 Yes —He takes Kerneels through a test drive./He explains the manipulation of
the car./Asks Kerneels to test drive the car. (2)
5.10 He knows he has never driven a car before./He avoids being embarrassed in
front of Snowy. (2)
5.11 The driving of the car. (2)
[24]
5.12 French. (1)
5.13 (i) greedy
(ii) acquaintance
(iii) decent
(iv) Foyot’s
(v) out of range
(vi) elite
(vii) salmon and caviar
(viii) gentleman
(ix) lady 1x9=(9)
5.14 By saying she never eats anything for lunch (2)
5.15 “My heart sank a little” (2)
5.16 No, he does not describe her in loving terms. (2)
(16)
[40]
QUESTION 6
6.1. Vrou Y Grobbelaar ¥ (2)
6.2 6.2.1 Any TWO: strong/skilled doing farmwork/useful/courageous/brave/a
no-nonsense woman/a commoner (2)
6.2.2 Any TWO: commoner/coward/good shot/lack of confidence/insecure/farmer = (2)
6.3. FALSE.v “... no extraordinary v v difficulty...” (not more than FIVE words) (3)

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6.4
6.5
6.6

6.7
6.8

6.9

6.10

6.11
6.12

6.13

6.14

6.15
6.16
6.17
6.18

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Andreas’s bodyY is compared to a dead V cow/animal. (2)
Shock /disappointment AND embarrassment  /disbelief (2)
Anna cringed V just thinking Vv about it/OR she did not have thev courage to
discuss V it with him (2)
Emptinessv V (2)
She tried to banv v the thought from her mind./she tried not to think VY about it. (2)
When he was called they thought V_of him as a good shot and did not know he
was a coward Vv. (2)
The other men would know v “his secret OR he would prove Vv himself to be a
coward. (2)
He might not show his V_ cowardice when he knows the enemy V is at a distance. (2)
“... she hated to show friendship V to her husband and harbour distrust of him in
her bosom.” (1)
She stayed calm/collected OR she knew the veldt OR she could distinguish
gunfire from the Tswana OR she is brave OR she set fire to the bush so that the
enemy could be seen OR she is a clever strategist OR she knew the counter trick
(ANY TWO IDEAS X 2). (4)
To let the cattle go north/this would create a lot of dust/the British will think they
are retreating/will follow them/once the British are in the koppies, they will start
shooting. (3)
Sister V Margaret's (1)
By taking another VV road/route/way OR going around vv the koppie. (2)
The v Colonel (1)
C vv (arrogance) (2)
“hopelessly” ¥ (1)
(10)
[40]
TOTAL: 80

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