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 STANDARD GRADE 2013 MARKS: 80 ENGLISH FIRST LANG SG: Paper 3 TIME: 2 hours 1042 10423 This question paper consists of 7 pages. X@5 wnt Copyright reserved FUTURO AE please turn over

Downloaded from hlayiso.com English First Language/SG/P3 2 DBE/2013 SCE INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION 1. Answer FOUR questions as follows: SECTION A: ONE essay only SECTION B: TWO transactional pieces (Write ONE long piece and ONE short piece.) SECTION C: Compulsory question 2. In SECTION A, careful planning, editing and proof-reading 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). 3. 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. Conrinesoned A A Pose tum ove

Downloaded from hlayiso.com English First Language/SG/P3 3 SCE SECTION A: CREATIVE WRITING QUESTION 1 DBE/2013 Select ONE of the topics below and write an original composition of 350-400 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 1.2 1.3 14 1.5 1.6 1.7 I'm a survivor! Heard you on the radio so you're a hero a superstar until tomorrow ... Research suggests that young people do not become true adults until they are twenty four. Write an essay giving your views on this subject. A night at the shebeen THE BIGGISH FIVE Jeremy Nell -I BUMPED INTO MY EX-GIRLFRIEND, TODAY. He/She stood on tip-toe, looking into the mirror for a full five minutes before he/she was satisfied. Write a story in which these words appear. 1.7.1 Sport is an essential ingredient of life. OR 1.7.2 There is no value in sport. Copritesoved I YA A Please turn over [30] [30] [30] [30] [30] [30] [30] [30]

Downloaded from hlayiso.com English First Language/SG/P3 4 DBE/2013 SCE 1.8 Write a creative response to one of the visuals below. Number your choice clearly and supply an appropriate title. 1.8.1 [30] OR 1.8.2 [30] TOTAL SECTION A: 30 Cro AH EEN) sm

Downloaded from hlayiso.com English First Language/SG/P3 5 DBE/2013 SCE SECTION B: TRANSACTIONAL WRITING You are required to answer TWO questions from this section. ° ONE longer piece of writing from QUESTION 2. ONE short piece of transactional writing from QUESTION 3. NOTE: Remember that each piece of writing will require a different format. QUESTION 2: LONGER TRANSACTIONAL WRITING Select ONE topic from this question and write approximately 150 words in response. 2.1 A friend who lives in Cape Town has made it into the Top Ten of the SA Idols competition. Write him/her a congratulatory letter. 2.2 You were recently the victim of an attempted hijacking from which you fortunately escaped unharmed. Write your detailed statement of events for the police. _) Write an article for a teenage magazine entitled 'Why Cellphones are a Curse’. QUESTION 3: SHORTER TRANSACTIONAL WRITING Select ONE topic from this question and write a response of 60-80 words in length. 3.1 Your beloved pet has gone missing. Write a description of him/her to be placed on notice boards in your local shopping centre. Don't forget to provide contact details. 3.2 Write an email to close friends and family inviting them to your sister's graduation or granny's birthday. 3.3 Design a poster advertising a fundraising event at your local sports club. TOTAL SECTION B: Contes AU A Pee tum over [15] [15] [15] [15] [15] [15] 30

Downloaded from hlayiso.com English First Language/SG/P3 6 DBE/2013 SCE SECTION C: UNSEEN SHORT STORY COMPULSORY QUESTION QUESTION 4 Carefully read the short story below and then answer the questions. INCIDENT — Joanna Chalmers 4 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. 2 ‘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 ... 4 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. 5 In a nearby enclosure, fenced with rusty barbed wire, stood the prize bull — bulky winner of local shows, supreme lord of his muddy domain. 6 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. i The bull remained sturdily indifferent ... 8 The girl giggled: 'Think you're great, hey?’ 9 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 ... 10 Then the man poked its eye ... 11 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, ripping his trousers and leaving a gash in his flesh. Contos LL Pease tum ove

Downloaded from hlayiso.com English First Language/SG/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?' 4.1 The short story writer must establish a setting which is important in conveying the message or theme of the story. Mention THREE details from the first paragraph which inform us that the farm on which this story is set is not very prosperous. 4.2 Refer to paragraph 2 only. Do the young couple display any respect for the farmer or the farm? Give reasons for your answer. 4.3 Explain the paradox (contradiction) in paragraph 5. 4.4 4.41 How does the writer of the short story reveal that the man is aware that his actions in paragraph 6 are wrong? 44.2 Why does he pretend to be a matador (bullfighter) if he knows what he is doing is wrong? 4.5 Explain why the girl's giggling was replaced by hysterical screeching. 46 By referring to the entire short story, describe the character of the farmer. 4.7 4.7.1 Why might the action of shooting the bull be considered a huge sacrifice on the part of the farmer? 4.7.2 How do we know that the careless and insensitive young man is totally unaware of the havoc he has caused? TOTAL SECTION C: GRAND TOTAL: Conrtresne A 0 0 (3) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (3) (2) (2) [20] 20 80