# English Hl Grade 6 ANA Exemplars 2012 Memo > Grade 6 English Hl memorandum from the ANA Exemplars 2012, 13 pages. Read online or get the free PDF download, question paper linked when available. - Page: https://www.hlayiso.com/library/gr-6-eng-hl-exemplar-memo/0edd53d8-776d-4c03-b638-08616ebdf080 - Updated: 2026-09-27 - Subject: English Hl - Grade: Grade 6 - Document type: Memorandum - Year: 2012 - Exam period: ANA Exemplars - Curriculum: CAPS - Pages: 13 Breadcrumbs: [Home](https://www.hlayiso.com/) › [Library](https://www.hlayiso.com/library) › [Grade 6](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-6) › [English Hl](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-6/english-hl) › [English Hl Grade 6 ANA Exemplars 2012 Memo](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/gr-6-eng-hl-exemplar-memo/0edd53d8-776d-4c03-b638-08616ebdf080) ## About this document English Hl · Grade 6 · ANA Exemplars · 2012. Memorandum, 13 pages. Read online or download the PDF. Read it free online on the page above; download the PDF from there. ## Document text Text extracted from the PDF. Layout, diagrams and tables may not survive extraction. ### Page 1 Downloaded from hlayiso.com ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSESSMENT GRADE 6 ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE MEMORANDUM SET 1: 2012 EXEMPLAR ### Page 2 Downloaded from hlayiso.com ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSESSEMENT 2012 GRADE 6 ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE SET 1 EXEMPLAR MEMORANDUM EXPECTED ANSWER MARKING QUESTION GUIDELINE MARKS NUMBER 1.1 C – a man who bought the shade. 1 Accept circled/ underlined. 1.2 A heading referring to a young man buying the shade from a 1 All words rich man/outsmarting a mean, rich man underlined must be included. Ignore spelling or grammar errors. 1.3 a young man buying shade 1 At least two words underlined must be included. Ignore spelling or grammar errors. 1.4 mean 1 Accept if correct answer is underlined/circled. 1.5 TRUE 1 Accept T as well. 2.1 D – shade. 1 accept circled/ underlined. 2.2 rich/mean/nasty 1 Accept ANY one. Must be spelt correctly. 2.3 chuckled 1 Must be spelt correctly. 2.4 angry 1 Accept if underlined/circled. 2.5 FALSE 1 Accept F. 1 ### Page 3 Downloaded from hlayiso.com 3.1 NO 1 Must be spelt correctly. 3.2 Open-ended answer. Accept a well-substantiated response. 2  No mark for a Yes or No answer only.  Give a mark for Yes/No (any ONE) as long as there is a reason provided.  Accept any well-substantiated answer for the second mark to be achieved. 3.3 He was mean and nasty, people were afraid of him. No one 2 1 mark per reason. dared to speak to him. Any TWO of the given options. 3.4 Open-ended. Agree – he dared to go near the rich man’s 2 house/ he dared to speak to the rich man/he outwitted the rich man. Disagree – only with a valid reason (not he was stupid etc.)  No mark for Agree or Disagree answer only.  Give a mark for Agree/Disagree (any ONE) as long as there is a good reason provided.  Accept any well-substantiated answer for the second mark to be achieved.  No mark for YES/NO instead of Agree/Disagree. 3.5 Open-ended but must still be justified by the text. An action 2 Spelling, and reason for an action should be given. punctuation does not count, only understanding of the idea and ability to express the idea. 4.1 A 1 Accept circled/ underlined. 4.2 Open-ended question, requiring one reason for Yes or No. 2 Spelling and punctuation not penalised, but ability to reason is essential. 4.3 To ensure that the values/customs/lessons/oral history is 2 Accept any TWO. remembered and upheld. 2 ### Page 4 Downloaded from hlayiso.com 4.4 Informal language 1 Accept if underlined/ circled. 4.5 Open-ended answer. Either Yes and a reasonable answer OR 2 Idea, concept No and a reasonable answer. reasoned out. Spelling or punctuation not penalised. 5.1 Enjoying/doing/helping. (Any TWO) 2 Must be spelt correctly. 5.2 Uncover OR recover OR discover 1 Must be spelt correctly. 5.3 Manly OR manliness. Accept any other dictionary recognised 1 Must be spelt word and suffix. correctly. 5.4 very hot 1 Accept underlined or circled. 5.5 Any acceptable sentence except "... tree belongs to the 2 Spelling not village/ shade belongs/house belongs" penalised if sentence is meaningful. 6.1 happy 1 Spelling must be correct. 6.2 True 1 Spelling must be correct. 6.3 laughing 1 Accept underlined or circled. 6.4 can 1 Accept underlined or circled. 6.5 looking/glancing/staring. Any other synonym 1 Must be spelt correctly. 7.1 NO 1 Must be spelt correctly. 7.2 Open-ended question. Disagree with a reason relating to the 2 smiling/laughing/expressions of joy.  No mark for Disagree answer only.  Give a mark for Disagree as long as there is a good reason provided.  Accept any well-substantiated answer for the second mark to be achieved.  No mark for YES/NO instead of Disagree. 3 ### Page 5 Downloaded from hlayiso.com 7.3 Open-ended response. Either Yes and a logical answer, OR 2 Reason must be No and a sensible answer. thought out. 7.4 Happiness/joy/gladness/friendliness or any other suitable 2 emotion, with a good reason for TWO marks 7.5 Open-ended response. Answer should relate to the picture 2 Idea, concept and show creativity/insight/thought. reasoned out. Spelling or punctuation not penalised. 8.1 C – meerkats. 1 Accept circled or underlined. 8.2 False 1 Spelling must be correct. 8.3 stand up 1 Accept circled or underlined. 8.4 Meerkats are social animals/meerkats live in colonies/ 1 Ignore spelling and meerkats live in groups of families. Accept any similar answer. punctuation. 8.5 Meerkats or accept any suitable answer with meerkats as the 1 Ignore spelling and focus. punctuation. 9.1 digging 1 Spelling must be correct. 9.2 A – at night. 1 Accept circled or underlined. 9.3 Present tense 1 Must be spelt correctly. 9.4 Disagree, because the tunnels are called burrows. 2  No mark for Disagree answer only.  Give a mark for Disagree as long as there is a good reason provided.  Accept any wel- substantiated answer for the second mark to be achieved.  No mark for YES/NO instead of Disagree. 9.5 stomachs 1 Accept circled or underlined. 10.1 Open-ended but a desert is a very barren, dry piece of land 1 Ignore spelling, but with little vegetation. meaning must be clear. 4 ### Page 6 Downloaded from hlayiso.com 10.2 colony/colonies 1 Spelling must be correct. 10.3 adult 1 Spelling must be correct. 10.4 kilogram 1 Spelling must be correct. 10.5 cool 1 Spelling must be correct. 11.1 B – where meerkats live. 1 Accept circled or underlined. 11.2 Features and behaviour of a meerkat. Accept any suitable 1 Ignore spelling and similar answer. punctuation. 11.3 11.3.1 proper noun 1 Must be spelt correctly and noun 11.3.2 collective noun 1 must be stated. 11.3.3 common noun 1 11.4 animals 1 Must be spelt correctly. 11.5 Agree 1 12.1 See marking rubric at end of memorandum. 6 12.2 See marking rubric at end of memorandum. 6 12.3 See marking rubric at end of memorandum. 6 12.4 See marking rubric at end of memorandum. 6 13.1 When meerkats get hungry, they look on the ground for Must be words termites, spiders or centipedes. They also eat birds and fruit, given in the box rats, lizards and eggs. In addition they dig for their prey. So and spelt correctly. the meerkats are predators. That means they hunt and eat other animals. The animals they hunt are called their prey. 7 13.2 13.2.1 their 1 Accept circled or underlined. 13.2.2 desert 1 13.3 up 1 Accept circled or underlined. 13.4 13.4.1 hid 1 Must be spelt correctly. 13.4.2 slept 1 13.4.3 went 1 5 ### Page 7 Downloaded from hlayiso.com 13.5 13.5.1 colony 1 Must be spelt correctly. 13.5.2 family 1 13.5.3 fly 1 14.1 14.1.1 The family of meerkats lived in a burrow. 1 Must be spelt correctly. 14.1.2 They each had their own section. 1 14.2 14.2.1 Both mother and father help with their young. 1 Must be spelt correctly. 14.2.2 The colony digs a system of tunnels. 1 14.3 14.3.1 This is where they will live. 1 Must be spelt correctly. 14.3.2 These tunnels will be called burrows. 1 15.1 15.1.1 families 1 Accept circled or underlined. 15.1.2 stomachs 1 15.2 Sentences must clearly explain the meaning. Ignore spelling except for the 15.2.1 Dry, arid land ... e.g. It seldom rains in the desert 1 actual word, but meaning must be 15.2.2 Sweet after-dinner snack e.g. I enjoy ice cream for 1 clear. dessert. 15.2.3 Insect or animal hunted as food ... e.g. The lion’s prey was devoured by the pack of hyenas. 1 15.2.4 Communicating with a higher being e.g. Christians pray to God for guidance. 1 15.3 15.3.1 life 1 Accept circled or underlined. 15.3.2 live 1 15.4 15.4.1 too 1 Accept circled or underlined. 15.4.2 to 1 16.1 "I saw a meerkat!" shouted the boy. 1 Correct position of exclamation mark. 16.2 "Are meerkats cute?" asked the girl. 1 Correct position of question mark. 16.3 A meerkat can’t weigh more than 1 kg. 1 Correct position of apostrophe to show contraction. 6 ### Page 8 Downloaded from hlayiso.com 16.4 Meerkats can be found in Namibia. 2 1 mark for each. 16.5 Aren’t meerkats found in Botswana? 4 1 mark for each. 17.1 17.1.1 cannot/can’t 1 1 mark for each. 17.1.2 don’t/do not 1 17.1.3 won’t /will not 1 17.2 doesn’t 1 Must be spelt correctly. 17.3 17.3.1 dislike/unlike 1 Must be spelt correctly. 17.3.2 unwell 17.4 17.4.1 lifeless 2 Only suffixes and not new words e.g. 17.4.2 careful/careless/carefully/carelessness/carelessly/ NOT life-long, life- like. caring 18.1 4 Each dot, star, mark or circle and 50 lines connecting them. 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 B males NC males B females NC females 7 ### Page 9 Downloaded from hlayiso.com 18.2 White can be any colour males 2 Learners can write males in on chart Black can be any colour females for 2/3 shape and 1/3 in on any position for females. 8 ### Page 10 Downloaded from hlayiso.com 18.3 4 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 NC B males NC males B females females 18.4 120 4 105 90 75 60 45 30 15 NC NC B spiders B lizards spiders lizards 9 ### Page 11 Downloaded from hlayiso.com 18.5 50 4 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 B males NC males B females NC females 19.1 30/thirty 1 Must be spelt correctly if written out. 19.2 10/ten 1 Must be spelt correctly if written out. 19.3 315 1 Added correctly. 19.4 Yes/No. 50 meerkats ate 180 lizards and spiders in the 2 Botswana group but 30 meerkats in the Northern Cape group ate 135 spiders and lizards. Accept any other reasoned answer. OR Cannot determine as the data mentions number of lizards and spiders caught, but does not specify whether they were eaten as well.  No mark for Yes answer only  Give a mark for Yes as long as there is a good reason provided.  Accept any well-substantiated answer for the second mark to be achieved. 10 ### Page 12 Downloaded from hlayiso.com 19.5 NC/Northern Cape 1 Must be spelt correctly. 20.1 See rubric at end of memorandum. 8 See rubric at end of memorandum. 20.2 Ensure that address, salutation and ending conforms to that of 6 Note that language an informal letter. can be informal. 20.3 Sentences can be informal, with full sentences and idea 3 clearly expressed. 20.4 At least 4 lines. 3 20.5 Plot 24 7 One mark for all the sections in Section 17 bold. Kwa-Mashu 4364 28 February 2012 Dear Nomsa Do you still remember the dam we went to, when you visited us? We enjoyed sliding into the water. Yesterday, as I was going home from school, I walked across the field near the dam. I saw a toddler struggling in the water. I took off my shoes and dived into the water. I grabbed him and pulled him out. I was very happy when he was coughing up water and even happier when he started crying. I knew he could breathe. Next Friday the mayor will give me a reward! Your cousin Bongi 11 ### Page 13 Downloaded from hlayiso.com Rubric for QUESTIONS 12 and 20 In assessing the paragraph, letter, dialogue and diary entry, the following aspects must be kept in mind:  Although a learner’s content might be off the topic, the teacher still has to award a mark for language structure and use.  When a teacher assesses a learner’s piece, two marks should be awarded: the first for content and the second for language structure and use. These marks should be added up to form the final mark. Assessment Rubric for an informal letter/dialogue/diary entry/paragraph in Home Language Criteria Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Marks 0 marks 1 mark 2 marks 3 marks  No informal  One aspect  Two or three  Correct sentence letter/dialogue/ (who, what, aspects structure. diary entry/ where or how) (who, what,  Three or four paragraph, or related to the where or aspects (who, not related to letter/dialogue/ how) related what, where or instructions. diary entry/ to the letter/ how) related to the Content paragraph dialogue/ letter/dialogue/ addressed. diary entry/ diary entry/ paragraph paragraph addressed. addressed. Marks 0 marks 1 mark 2 marks 3 marks  No elements of  1 element of  2 elements of  All elements of format present format present. format format present.  Copied  6–7 errors in present  May have a plan or sentences or language, word  Contains 4– mind map. incomplete order, 5 errors in  Excellent use of Language sentences punctuation, punctuation vocabulary, correct structure (no subject or tenses and marks, word spelling and (160–170 verb). spelling. order, punctuation.  8 or more  2–3 sentences spelling and  2–3 errors in words) tenses. errors in in length. punctuation marks, Language language  4–5 word order, use usage, tenses sentences in spelling and spelling and length. tenses. punctuation.  6–8 sentences in  0–1 sentence length. in length. 12 ## Related documents - [Gr 6 Eng HL exemplar](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/gr-6-eng-hl-exemplar/95b2252e-54eb-4d41-bb0b-e2a512face3b) — English HL · QP · 2012 · Eng - [Grade 6 English HL Memo Deaf](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-6-english-hl-memo-deaf/5bd54555-0e9e-4221-8671-dc9ddc725224) — English HL · Memo · 2012 · Eng - [Grade 6 English HL Memo](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-6-english-hl-memo/33eb5872-4f61-45ed-80b5-a1de13cec63b) — English HL · Memo · 2012 · Eng - [Grade 6 English HL Memo-Braille](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-6-english-hl-memo-braille/a0caea33-aa2b-4853-9d11-3ad87d3ec189) — English HL · Memo · 2012 · Eng - [2013+Grade+6+English+HL+Exemplar+Test+Memo](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/2013-grade-6-english-hl-exemplar-test-memo/f4ed110b-a4a6-4b82-932d-8edb1a08d61e) — English HL · Memo · 2013 · Eng - [Englsih HL Grade 6 2012](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/englsih-hl-grade-6-2012/05b98736-3e97-43c7-ad83-234bb69ccb41) — English HL · QP · 2012 ## More from Grade 6 English Hl - [ENGLISH HL P1 QP JUNE 2024](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-6-english-hl-2024-north-west-june-exam-question-paper-paper-1-english/12bcf4ce-66dc-4a96-bf6b-c3ad860adc30) — QP · 2024 · Eng - [NW 6 ENGLISH HL QP NOV 2024](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-6-english-hl-2024-north-west-november-exam-question-paper-english/c92545d8-096e-4d21-a221-b43f1efb13e2) — QP · 2024 · Eng - [ENGHL P2 GR6 QP NOV2018](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/enghl-p2-gr6-qp-nov2018/526d1a74-0ce1-4225-8a6d-cdbd02263af8) — QP · 2018 - [ENGHL P3 GR6 QP NOV2018](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/enghl-p3-gr6-qp-nov2018/13ecf0f4-6e66-4af7-91a3-d381dcc0c3e5) — QP · 2018 - [ENG HL P2 GR6 QP NOV2017](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/eng-hl-p2-gr6-qp-nov2017/c17d97f6-87ae-4f48-9729-358eaf3e041b) — QP · 2017 · Eng - [ENGLISH HL P3 GR6 QP NOV2017](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/english-hl-p3-gr6-qp-nov2017/cad3bfe2-7c59-4f3d-945d-c6fdae744273) — QP · 2017 · Eng ## Collection - [Grade 6 past papers](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-6/past-papers) --- Hlayiso: free CAPS and IEB past papers, memos, notes and study guides for South African learners. 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