English Hl Grade 12 P3 NSC June 2013 Question Paper (English)

basic education Department: Basic Education REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION ENGLISH FIRST LANGUAGE P3 HIGHER GRADE 2013 MARKS: 120 TIME: 2% hours ENGLISH FIRST LANG HG: Paper 3 1041 10413 This question paper consists of 8 pages. X@5 MI GAUTENG Please turn over Copyright reserved

Downloaded from hlayiso.com English First Language/HG/P3 2 DBE/2013 SCE INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION do Answer FIVE questions as follows: SECTION A: ONE essay only SECTION B: THREE transactional pieces: Write TWO long pieces and ONE short piece. SECTION C: Compulsory question 2. In SECTION A, careful planning, editing and proofreading will be of benefit to you as you will be marked on the content of your essay and its presentation (i.e. structure, style, grammar, punctuation and spelling). 7 Answer the compulsory question in SECTION C, using the mark allocation as a guide to the expected length of your answers. 4. Begin the answer to each question on a new page. Cori er AULT) se

Downloaded from hlayiso.com English First Language/HG/P3 3 DBE/2013 SCE SECTION A: CREATIVE WRITING QUESTION 1 Select ONE of the topics below and write an original composition of 400-500 words. For your writing to be sincere and credible, it should reflect your values, views and experiences. Make sure that you select a topic which you understand and to which you can relate. Avoid plagiarism or prepared writing. Provide your composition with a title, if one is not given, and be sure to indicate the number of the topic you have selected. 1.1 We envy freedom, Watching through the bars — of an open cage. [Rosalie Bridgens] [40] 1.2 Party time! [40] 1.3 One has to experience failure in order to understand success. [40] Theat yee AND B Me, Bu ES AL MARR IP BEAUTY ARE FLEET |, T Sect Bet vou OH | BE AITY Oe ies A Se0r : SHOULP Mee i LATE CAKE LASTS FOREVER a\ ; g = Fi i f : £ [40] 1.5 For the love of the game. [40] 1.6 The life | do not lead. [40] 1.7 She turned to face him and he saw the fear in her eyes. Write an essay which contains the above statement. [40] 1.8 Strike action is effective in bringing about change. Write an essay in which you express your views on strike action. [40] Cont esoved JALAN) 222 ve

Downloaded from hlayiso.com English First Language/HG/P3 4 DBE/2013 SCE 1.9 Select one of the illustrations below and write a creative response. Number your choice clearly and supply an appropriate title. 1.9.1 [40] 1.9.2 [40] TOTAL SECTION A: 40 Conrintesoved JANINE) #252 ve

Downloaded from hlayiso.com English First Language/HG/P3 5 DBE/2013 SCE SECTION B: TRANSACTIONAL WRITING You are required to answer THREE questions from this section. e ONE letter from QUESTION 2. e ONE longer piece of transactional writing from QUESTION 3. e ONE short piece of transactional writing from QUESTION 4. REMEMBER THAT EACH PIECE OF WRITING WILL REQUIRE A DIFFERENT FORMAT. QUESTION 2: LETTERS Select ONE topic from this question. The body of your letter should be about 200 words in length. 2.1 The following sms appeared in The Citizen: Sex education starts at home and not at school. Mother and father should be the tutors, not a strange teacher. — TIM Write a formal letter to the editor of The Citizen expressing your views on this subject. 2.2 Write a formal letter of thanks to a tutor who has helped you prepare for your matriculation examinations. 2.3 You wish to study at a tertiary institution next year. As part of the admission requirements to your field of study, you need to write to the Dean of the faculty, motivating why you would be worthy of admission. Write the letter to the Dean. QUESTION 3: LONGER TRANSACTIONAL WRITING Select ONE topic from this question and respond to it in approximately 200 words. a Write an article for a teenage magazine in which you discuss the advantages and disadvantages of sms language as a means of communication. 3.2 Write the speech which you will deliver at your mother/father's 50" birthday party. 3.3 You are in the finals of a talent competition. Write TWO diary entries, one reflecting your feelings before your performance and the other after the results have been announced. QUESTION 4: SHORTER TRANSACTIONAL WRITING Select ONE topic from this section. Your response should be 60-80 words in length. 41 You have an unusual item that you wish to sell. Design a 'For Sale’ notice which you will display at your local shopping centre. 4.2 Write a clear set of instructions for your friend who will be looking after your animals at his/her house while you are away for the weekend. TOTAL SECTION B: Copytant reserved UAV AMO A A Pease turn over [20] [20] [20] [20] [20] [20] [10] [10] 50

Downloaded from hlayiso.com English First Language/HG/P3 6 DBE/2013 SCE SECTION C: UNSEEN SHORT STORY COMPULSORY QUESTION QUESTION 5 Carefully read the short story below and then answer the questions that follow. 10 11 INCIDENT by Joanna Chalmers The gleaming red car bounced noiselessly along the pitted track and drew up in front of a tumbledown farmhouse. A couple emerged laughing from the car and strolled together towards a shabby old farmer who stood haranguing a worker. ‘Can we picnic on your place?' While he spoke, the man tossed his cigarette to the red earth and ground it underfoot. The woman giggled as the farmer frowned surlily at them. 'Listen, we know all about shutting gates and all that jazz ...' The farmer hesitated. 'Ja,' he grunted, and turning his back, walked slowly towards the house ... The couple returned to the car and, opening the boot, began to take out a picnic basket, rugs and other paraphernalia. It was then that the man noticed it. In a nearby enclosure, fenced with rusty barbed wire, stood the prize bull — bulky winner of local shows, supreme lord of his muddy domain. Glancing furtively about him, the man walked towards the paddock, followed by the woman. 'Tell me if he comes,' he whispered, and vaulted the fence. She watched expectantly as he pulled off his jacket. Holding the garment firmly in front of him, he affected the traditional matador stance. He bowed and minced towards the bull, spurred on by the girl's excited protests. He flourished the coat in front of its nose. He flapped his jacket again and pranced delicately around the animal. The bull remained sturdily indifferent ... The girl giggled: ‘Think you're great, hey?' Angrily, the man picked up a stick from the mud and began to prod the beast. He jabbed its side, its leg, its neck. The animal did not move ... Then the man poked its eye ... The bull bellowed. Bewildered, it tossed its huge head. Lowering its horns, it advanced towards the aggressor, breaking into a lumbering trot. The man tried to dodge the charge, but slipped and sprawled headlong in the mud. Seeing the prone figure in its path, the bull checked and thrust its pointed horns forward to gore the man. He rolled aside but not before one horn had caught his hip, tipping his trousers and leaving a gash in his flesh. Conrintesoved ANIC) 62524 ve

Downloaded from hlayiso.com English First Language/HG/P3 7 DBE/2013 SCE 12 The girl was screeching hysterically and frantically grovelling in the mud for stones to hurl at the enraged beast. 13 Hearing the cries, the farmer came running from the house, a rusty rifle in his hands. By now the bull, bewildered and snorting, spurred on by a shower of stones, had turned once again to charge. 14 The old farmer raised his gun and deliberately took aim. An echoing shot drowned the girl's screams. The bull sagged and toppled heavily onto its side to lie in bloody abandon in the mud ... 15 By now the man had raised himself on one elbow. Looking blearily at the bent figure of the old farmer standing near his bull, he shouted, 'Why the hell didn't you get here sooner?’ 5.1 5.1.1 Give THREE details from the first paragraph which clearly reveals that the farm on which this story is set is not a prosperous one. 5.1.2 What information about the young couple illustrates that they live a very different life from that of the farmer? 5.2 Paragraph 5 is devoted entirely to the description of the prize bull. 5.2.1 Give a possible reason why the author highlights the bull in this way. -_ Explain the paradox which is evident in the description of the bull. 5.3 Refer to paragraph 3. 5.3.1 Why does the man decide to enter the bull's enclosure? 5.3.2 Present evidence from this paragraph which clearly shows that the man knows he is doing wrong in entering the enclosure. |) How does the girl's initial reaction to the man's pretending to be a matador encourage his behaviour? Present evidence from the text in support of your answer. 5.4 5.4.1 Why does the man become enraged with the bull? 5.4.2 What provokes the bull to attack the man? 5.4.3 What important differences between man and animals are highlighted in this incident? Conese LANAI UAE VMN 2956 (3) (3) (1) (2) (2) (3) (4) (2) (2) (3)

Downloaded from hlayiso.com English First Language/HG/P3 8 DBE/2013 SCE 515) The careless and insensitive actions of the young couple have serious, even tragic, consequences for the farmer. Explain precisely what is meant by this statement. (3) 5.6 Has the young man learned a lesson from this encounter? Give a reason for your answer. (2) TOTAL SECTION C: 30 GRAND TOTAL: 120 Cop esoned ANA A 0 A