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Downloaded from hlayiso.com PROVINCIAL EXAMINATION NOVEMBER 2021 GRADE 9 MARKING GUIDELINES ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE 6 pages

Downloaded from hlayiso.com MARKING GUIDELINES ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE GRADE 9 SECTION A: READING COMPREHENSION QUESTION 1: TEXT A No Expected Response Mark Level 1.1 C – illnesses that are infectious ✓ 1 2 1.2 B – lungs ✓ 1 2 1.3 Coronaviruses cause respiratory illnesses. ✓ 1 1 1.4 SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) ✓ and MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) ✓ 2 1 1.5 SARS is deadly because it has a 9.6% mortality rate ✓ and there is no approved treatment or vaccine. ✓ 2 2 1.6 COVID-19 ✓ 1 1 1.7 It is called a novel virus because it is new/was recently discovered in December 2019. ✓ 1 2 1.8 Extensive quarantine of Wuhan and nearby cities, ✓restrictions on travel to and from affected countries. ✓ 2 1 1.9 The learner must indicate Yes or No – no mark is awarded for this part of the answer. A reason must be stated – award two marks for any reasonable answer. No, the virus has spread globally and millions of people all around the world have been infected. ✓✓ OR Yes, they tried their best. The people were put under quarantine for many months and they informed other countries by restricting travel. ✓✓ 2 4 1.10 People who are older or have underlying health conditions are more at risk of having a severe case or complications. ✓ 1 1 1.11 Learners own answer Award 2 marks for any reasonable answer. The person can have difficulty breathing/shortness of breath and will need to go to the hospital. ✓/The person can become very sick and can die. ✓ 2 4 2

Downloaded from hlayiso.com MARKING GUIDELINES ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE GRADE 9 No Expected Response Mark Level 1.12 Cratered pockmarks or pox. ✓ 1 2 1.13 eradicated ✓ 1 3 1.14 A – the person will never be infected again. ✓ 1 3 1.15 Learners own answer Award 2 marks for any reasonable answer. I think the person is immune because their body will be able to fight off the virus that causes smallpox because their body will recognize the virus and attack it. ✓✓ 2 4 1.16 A rodent is a small animal that has 2 front teeth for example rats, mice, rabbits, chinchillas etc. ✓✓ 2 3 1.17 Prick or cut open ✓ 1 3 1.18 Lancing the buboes can be deadly because the virus will be released into the air and people can breathe the virus in and become infected. ✓ 1 3 TOTAL SECTION A: 25 3

Downloaded from hlayiso.com MARKING GUIDELINES ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE GRADE 9 SECTION B: VISUAL LITERACY QUESTION 2: TEXT B No Expected Response Mark Level 2.1 B – Infographic ✓ 1 3 2.2 To inform people/make people aware ✓of the symptoms of COVID-19, the flu and colds ✓ OR to compare the different symptoms of COVID-19, the flu and colds. 1 3 2.3 Dry cough ✓ Fever ✓ 2 2 2.4 The small squiggly lines represent/show pain. ✓ 1 3 2.5 WHO ✓ CDC ✓ 2 1 2.6 Breathlessness ✓ 1 2 2.7 The person is experiencing extreme tiredness/exhaustion/lack of energy/weariness. ✓ 2 4 2.8 Sweat/perspiration droplets around the face and spots on the cheeks and forehead 2 3 2.9 Toilet paper ✓ Learners own answer. Award two marks for a suitable answer. Yes, because if you have diarrhea you are always running to use the toilet. 3 4 TOTAL SECTION B: 15 4

Downloaded from hlayiso.com MARKING GUIDELINES ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE GRADE 9 SECTION C QUESTION 3: SUMMARY Guidelines for marking of summaries. • Read the passage at least twice. • Look for facts and obvious grammar/punctuation errors. • Identify direct quotes and incomplete sentences. • Indicate errors. Facts • Tick the seven facts in context according to the marking guideline. • Make a definite tick above the fact. • Mark only one fact per sentence. • Penalise candidates only once per type of language error made. • 7 marks for 7 facts • Maximum of 3 marks for language POOR GRAMMAR AND AVERAGE GRAMMAR GOOD GRAMMAR AND SENTENCE AND SENTENCE SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION 1 2 3 Learner cannot express Learner can express Learner expresses himself/ himself/herself clearly. Poor himself/herself at a herself clearly. Creative sentence construction, not satisfactory level. Using formulation of sentences formulated cohesively. short and simple sentences. and text. No Possible answers Mark 1 Vaccination prevents many diseases and saves lives. ✓ 1 2 Vaccines teach your immune system to identify a virus quickly. ✓ 1 3 Vaccines consist of a weakened part of the virus. ✓ 1 4 The virus in a vaccine helps you to make antibodies. ✓ 1 5 The immune system will recognize the virus when it is exposed to it. ✓ 1 6 Immunization decreases the death rate and the number of people who are 1 infected.✓ 7 The vaccinated population provides herd immunity to vulnerable people. ✓ 1 Count the number of words, and do not penalise if a learner does not 60 words indicate the number of words. Assess only up to the 60-word limit. Assess language usage. Allocate mark. TOTAL SECTION C: 5

Downloaded from hlayiso.com MARKING GUIDELINES ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE GRADE 9 SECTION D QUESTION 4: LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT No Expected Response Mark Level 4.1 D – Acronym ✓ 1 3 4.2 Doctor ✓ 1 1 4.3. 4.3.1 city or virus✓ 4.3.2 Wuhan✓ 4.3.3 frequently✓ 3 2 4.4 The WHO said that they✓ thought✓ the name of a virus is important. 2 3 4.5 Racist incidents were✓ reported to authorities by Chinese and Asian people.✓ 2 3 4.6 numerous ✓ 1 2 4.7 disassociate ✓ 1 2 4.8 it ✓ 1 2 4.9 COVID-19 is (deadlier)✓ than Swine flu, but MERS is the (deadliest)✓ 2 3 4.10 B – prejudice ✓ 1 4 4.11 Consumers ✓ shunned pork.✓ 2 3 4.12 D – simple ✓ 1 2 4.13 dying ✓ 1 3 4.14 To suffer heavy losses or be badly affected. ✓ 1 4 TOTAL SECTION D: 20 TOTAL: 70 6