English FAL Grade 12 P2 NSC November Prediction 2026 Memo

hlayiso mock exams Practice Series: Grade 12 NSC Preparation WWW.HLAYISO.COM NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE GRADE 12 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P2 PREDICTION EXAMINATION 2026 MARKING GUIDELINES MARKS: 70 These marking guidelines consist of 19 pages. Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 2 Hlayiso/Prediction 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines INSTRUCTIONS TO MARKERS 1. Candidates answer TWO questions, ONE question each from ANY TWO sections. If a candidate answers more than two sections, mark only the first two sections answered. 2. These marking guidelines are a guide. Many questions are open-ended; credit any relevant, well-substantiated response, even if it is not listed here. 3. Because the focus is on understanding, spelling and language errors should not be penalised unless they change the meaning of the answer. 4. For open-ended questions, no marks are awarded for YES/NO or AGREE/DISAGREE alone. The reason/substantiation is what is credited. 5. When TWO points are required and more are given, mark only the first TWO. 6. For multiple-choice and matching questions, accept the letter AND/OR the answer written out in full. 7. For ‘Replace the underlined word’ questions, accept only the correct single word (or the full statement with only that word changed). 8. Questions on Cry, the Beloved Country, My Children! My Africa! and ‘Class act’ are based on the examiner’s summaries of the context. Credit answers that draw correctly on the candidate’s knowledge of the whole text. Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 3 Hlayiso/Prediction 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines SECTION A: NOVEL QUESTION 1: CRY, THE BELOVED COUNTRY 1.1 1.1.1 (a) C/gives Kumalo a room in her house✓ (4) (b) E/an English priest at the Mission✓ (c) D/is arrested with Absalom✓ (d) A/defends Absalom without payment✓ 1.1.2 Johannesburg: the reformatory/Pimville/the Mission House in Sophiatown.✓ During Kumalo’s search for Absalom, just before Absalom is arrested/when Arthur Jarvis is murdered/the 1940s (after the Second World War).✓ (2) 1.1.3 Absalom behaved well at the reformatory and was released early.✓ He was given work/had a job.✓ He was going to marry the girl and seemed to be changing his life.✓ NOTE: Accept any TWO of the above. (2) 1.1.4 Msimangu is loyal/helpful/caring/patient/selfless.✓ He leaves his own work to guide Kumalo through the city and stays with him during the long, painful search.✓ NOTE: Award 1 mark for an answer that is not substantiated. (2) 1.1.5 Absalom betrayed his trust: he left his work and the girl and committed a serious crime (murder) after the reformatory gave him a second chance.✓ (1) 1.1.6 Arthur Jarvis worked for justice/the rights of black South Africans✓, yet he is killed by a young black man (Absalom), one of the people whose cause he fought for.✓ NOTE: Both parts must be included to earn the marks. (2) 1.1.7 Parkwold✓ (1) 1.1.8 B/Absalom to St Chad’s.✓ (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 4 Hlayiso/Prediction 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines 1.1.9 Open-ended. Accept a relevant response which shows an understanding of the following aspects, among others: Yes. Absalom carried a loaded gun during a robbery and shot an unarmed man. He confessed that he fired the shot. The court found no extenuating circumstances and the law punished murder with death. OR No. Absalom did not plan to kill; he fired in fear when Arthur Jarvis surprised them. He was young and influenced by Matthew and Johannes, who go free. The society that broke the tribe and left young people without guidance is also to blame, as Arthur Jarvis himself argued. NOTE: Do NOT award a mark for YES or NO. Credit responses where a combination is given. For full marks, the response must be well-substantiated. A candidate can score 1 or 2 marks for a response which is not well-substantiated. The candidate’s interpretation must be grounded in the text. (3) AND 1.2 1.2.1 High Place✓ (1) 1.2.2 Kumalo comes to the house to look for someone else’s lost child✓, yet he meets the father of the man whom his own son has killed/the person he fears most.✓ NOTE: Both parts must be included to earn the marks. (2) 1.2.3 Kumalo is afraid/shocked/ashamed/overwhelmed.✓ He trembles and cannot speak because he recognises the father of the man his son killed.✓ NOTE: Award 1 mark for an answer that is not substantiated. (2) 1.2.4 Jarvis is kind/compassionate/patient/forgiving/dignified.✓ He speaks gently to the trembling old man and, after hearing the terrible truth, says that there is no anger in him.✓ NOTE: Award 1 mark for an answer that is not substantiated. (2) 1.2.5 C/Absalom Kumalo.✓ (1) 1.2.6 Pretoria✓ (1) 1.2.7 He learns that his son fought for justice and equality for black people and sees the injustice/suffering they face.✓ He begins to understand and respect black South Africans and later continues his son’s work (e.g. by helping Ndotsheni).✓ (2) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 5 Hlayiso/Prediction 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines 1.2.8 The discussion of the theme of reconciliation may include the following viewpoints, among others: • Two fathers on opposite sides of a tragedy meet; Jarvis forgives Kumalo and says there is no anger in him. • Jarvis later helps Ndotsheni: milk for the children, a dam, the agricultural demonstrator (Napoleon Letsitsi) and a new church. • The friendship between Kumalo and Jarvis’s grandson shows hope for reconciliation between the races in the next generation. NOTE: For full marks, the response must be well-substantiated. A candidate can score 1 or 2 marks for a response which is not well-substantiated. The interpretation must be grounded in the text. (3) 1.2.9 Open-ended. Accept a relevant response which shows an understanding of the following aspects, among others: Yes. Jarvis overcomes his grief and his earlier prejudice. He forgives Kumalo, treats him with dignity and generously helps the people of Ndotsheni (milk, dam, agricultural expert, church) without seeking praise. OR No. Before his son’s death he was indifferent to the suffering of black people. He changes only after a personal tragedy, and his help can be seen as charity from a position of power rather than real change. NOTE: Do NOT award a mark for YES or NO. Credit responses where a combination is given. For full marks, the response must be well-substantiated. A candidate can score 1 or 2 marks for a response which is not well-substantiated. The candidate’s interpretation must be grounded in the text. (3) [35] Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 6 Hlayiso/Prediction 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines QUESTION 2: STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE 2.1 2.1.1 (a) C/Dr Jekyll’s loyal butler✓ (4) (b) A/a clerk who compares handwriting✓ (c) D/an MP who is beaten to death✓ (d) B/tells Utterson the story of the door✓ 2.1.2 Time: in January, some time after the murder of Sir Danvers Carew/after Jekyll has again shut his door against Utterson.✓ Place: at Dr Lanyon’s house (in Cavendish Square, London).✓ (2) 2.1.3 (a) Metaphor✓ (1) (b) A death warrant is an official order that a person must die✓; Lanyon’s face shows clearly that he is seriously ill and that his death is certain/near.✓ (2) 2.1.4 Lanyon is hopeless/resigned/traumatised/in despair.✓ He knows that he will die within weeks and seems almost glad to die because of the terrible things he knows.✓ NOTE: Award 1 mark for an answer that is not substantiated. (2) 2.1.5 Lanyon says that he regards Jekyll as dead✓, yet it is Lanyon himself who is dying (he is dead within a fortnight).✓ OR Lanyon calls Jekyll ‘dead’, and in a sense Jekyll is already lost to Hyde/he too will die.✓✓ NOTE: Both parts must be included to earn the marks. (2) 2.1.6 (a) Dismissive/disapproving/impatient/reproachful✓ (1) (b) Utterson thinks Lanyon is exaggerating/being unreasonable and does not want the old friendship to end.✓ (1) 2.1.7 Open-ended. Accept a relevant response which shows an understanding of the following aspects, among others: Yes. Utterson is Jekyll’s lawyer and loyal friend; knowing the truth could have helped him to protect Jekyll or the public from Hyde, and lives might have been saved. OR No. The truth was so horrifying that Utterson would not have believed it. It was Jekyll’s secret, and Lanyon leaves a written narrative for Utterson to read after his death. NOTE: Do NOT award a mark for YES or NO. Credit responses where a combination is given. For full marks, the response must be well-substantiated. A candidate can score 1 or 2 marks for a response which is not well-substantiated. The candidate’s interpretation must be grounded in the text. (3) AND Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 7 Hlayiso/Prediction 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines 2.2 2.2.1 He knew that he risked death.✓ An overdose/a small mistake could destroy his body/identity completely.✓ The drug was untested and very powerful.✓ NOTE: Accept any TWO of the above. (2) 2.2.2 (a) Metaphor✓ (1) (b) A fortress is strong and hard to break into✓; a person’s identity is usually firm and protected, yet the drug is powerful enough to shake/break it.✓ (2) 2.2.3 B/particular salt.✓ (1) 2.2.4 Jekyll describes his action as courageous/brave✓, but drinking the potion is reckless/a surrender to temptation that leads to his own destruction.✓ NOTE: Both parts must be included to earn the marks. (2) 2.2.5 Jekyll is reckless/pleasure-seeking/irresponsible/has a hidden wicked side.✓ He enjoys being free from moral obligations and is delighted to discover that he is ‘tenfold more wicked’.✓ NOTE: Award 1 mark for an answer that is not substantiated. (2) 2.2.6 smaller/shorter✓ (1) 2.2.7 The discussion of the theme of temptation may include the following viewpoints, among others: • Jekyll is tempted by a ‘singular and profound’ discovery, even though he knows he risks death. • He is tempted to escape his respectable life and enjoy secret pleasures as Hyde without any blame. • Although he decides to stop, he gives in to temptation again and takes the potion, after which Hyde murders Carew; in the end he loses control altogether. NOTE: For full marks, the response must be well-substantiated. A candidate can score 1 or 2 marks for a response which is not well-substantiated. The interpretation must be grounded in the text. (3) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 8 Hlayiso/Prediction 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines 2.2.8 Open-ended. Accept a relevant response which shows an understanding of the following aspects, among others: Victim. He is trapped by his own experiment; the transformations later happen without the drug; the impure salt cannot be replaced; he suffers terribly and dies alone. OR Villain. He chose to create Hyde for selfish pleasure, protected him (the cheque, the will) after crimes such as the trampling of the girl and Carew’s murder, and caused Lanyon’s death. NOTE: Do NOT award a mark for YES or NO. Credit responses where a combination is given. For full marks, the response must be well-substantiated. A candidate can score 1 or 2 marks for a response which is not well-substantiated. The candidate’s interpretation must be grounded in the text. (3) [35] TOTAL SECTION A: 35 Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 9 Hlayiso/Prediction 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines SECTION B: DRAMA QUESTION 3: MACBETH 3.1 3.1.1 (a) C/Duncan’s son who flees to Ireland✓ (4) (b) E/says that the night was unruly✓ (c) A/Thane of Fife; finds the king’s body✓ (d) D/talks to an old man about omens✓ 3.1.2 Early in the morning after King Duncan has been murdered✓ at Macbeth’s castle in Inverness.✓ (2) 3.1.3 Macduff calls Lady Macbeth ‘gentle’ and wants to protect her from the horrible news✓, yet she helped to plan the murder/drugged the guards and is far from gentle.✓ NOTE: Both parts must be included to earn the marks. (2) 3.1.4 She should place her hands over her mouth/face.✓ She should widen her eyes/look shocked.✓ She should step back/clutch her chest/look around in alarm.✓ NOTE: Accept any TWO relevant actions that show (pretended) shock. (2) 3.1.5 (a) Metaphor✓ (1) (b) Just as the best wine has been drunk and only the dregs (lees) are left✓, Macbeth suggests that with Duncan’s death all that was good in life has gone. (Ironically, it is true of his own life.)✓ (2) 3.1.6 B/hide his guilt and appear innocent.✓ (1) 3.1.7 Scone✓ (1) 3.1.8 Open-ended. Accept a relevant response which shows an understanding of the following aspects, among others: Yes. He pretends to grieve for Duncan, kills the guards to silence them, welcomes Banquo while planning his murder and hides his true intentions (‘False face must hide what the false heart doth know’). OR No. His guilt shows clearly: he cannot say ‘Amen’, he sees Banquo’s ghost at the banquet, and Macduff, Malcolm and Lennox soon suspect him. Lady Macbeth is the better deceiver. NOTE: Do NOT award a mark for YES or NO. Credit responses where a combination is given. For full marks, the response must be well-substantiated. A candidate can score 1 or 2 marks for a response which is not well-substantiated. The candidate’s interpretation must be grounded in the text. (3) AND Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 10 Hlayiso/Prediction 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines 3.2 3.2.1 To persuade Malcolm to return to Scotland and lead an army against Macbeth.✓ To get help from King Edward/the English forces.✓ He suspects Macbeth of Duncan’s murder/refused to attend Macbeth’s coronation.✓ NOTE: Accept any TWO of the above. (2) 3.2.2 (a) Encouraging/sympathetic/comforting/urgent✓ (1) (b) He wants Macduff to express his grief instead of keeping it inside, which could break his heart.✓ (1) 3.2.3 Macbeth has no children✓, so Macduff cannot take revenge on him in the same way/Macbeth cannot understand a father’s pain.✓ OR Malcolm has no children✓, so he cannot understand Macduff’s grief when he tells him to take revenge.✓ (2) 3.2.4 (a) Metaphor✓ (1) (b) A kite is a bird of prey that swoops down and kills helpless chicks✓; Macbeth, like this predator, has killed Macduff’s defenceless wife and children in one sudden, cruel attack.✓ (2) 3.2.5 Macduff is sensitive/loving/emotionally mature/a true man.✓ He will take revenge, but he believes that a real man also feels and shows grief for his family.✓ NOTE: Award 1 mark for an answer that is not substantiated. (2) 3.2.6 The discussion of the theme of ambition may include the following viewpoints, among others: • After the witches’ prophecy, Macbeth’s ‘vaulting ambition’ leads him to murder King Duncan. • Lady Macbeth’s ambition drives her to push Macbeth to commit the murder. • To keep the crown, Macbeth murders again (Banquo, Macduff’s family) and becomes a tyrant; ambition destroys both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Banquo, by contrast, does not act on the prophecy. NOTE: For full marks, the response must be well-substantiated. A candidate can score 1 or 2 marks for a response which is not well-substantiated. The interpretation must be grounded in the text. (3) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 11 Hlayiso/Prediction 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines 3.2.7 Open-ended. Accept a relevant response which shows an understanding of the following aspects, among others: Yes. Malcolm is careful and wise (he tests Macduff’s loyalty), has the support of England and the thanes, and at the end promises to restore order and rewards his supporters. OR No. He is young and inexperienced, fled Scotland after his father’s death and depends on others (Macduff, Siward) to win back the throne. NOTE: Do NOT award a mark for YES or NO. Credit responses where a combination is given. For full marks, the response must be well-substantiated. A candidate can score 1 or 2 marks for a response which is not well-substantiated. The candidate’s interpretation must be grounded in the text. (3) [35] Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 12 Hlayiso/Prediction 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines QUESTION 4: MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA! 4.1 4.1.1 (a) B/dreams of becoming a writer✓ (4) (b) C/a gifted learner from Brakwater✓ (c) D/believes in the power of words✓ (d) A/owns a chemist in the town✓ 4.1.2 In 1985, a time of political unrest/school boycotts✓ in the small Eastern Cape (Karoo) town of Camdeboo and the township of Brakwater/at Zolile High School.✓ (2) 4.1.3 Both are gifted learners and together they can win the competition.✓ He wants to bring black and white learners together/build friendship across the racial divide.✓ It is a chance for Thami to develop his talents.✓ NOTE: Accept any TWO of the above. (2) 4.1.4 Mr M is controlling/domineering/over-enthusiastic/paternalistic.✓ He makes decisions for Thami without asking him, as if Thami were a child.✓ NOTE: Award 1 mark for an answer that is not substantiated. (2) 4.1.5 She should smile broadly/laugh.✓ She should clap her hands/jump up.✓ She should shake Mr M’s hand/speak quickly and excitedly.✓ NOTE: Accept any TWO relevant actions. (2) 4.1.6 B/Grahamstown.✓ (1) 4.1.7 grandmother/sister✓ (1) 4.1.8 Open-ended. Accept a relevant response which shows an understanding of the following aspects, among others: Yes. Mr M plans Thami’s future for him (university, a career), enters him in competitions and accepts invitations without asking him, and does not accept Thami’s own views about the struggle. OR No. Mr M only wants the best for Thami; he recognises Thami’s talent and encourages him because education is the way out of poverty. NOTE: Do NOT award a mark for YES or NO. Credit responses where a combination is given. For full marks, the response must be well-substantiated. A candidate can score 1 or 2 marks for a response which is not well-substantiated. The candidate’s interpretation must be grounded in the text. (3) AND Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 13 Hlayiso/Prediction 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines 4.2 4.2.1 He gave the names of the learners who organised the boycott to the authorities.✓ They regard him as an informer/traitor.✓ He refused to support the boycott/kept ringing the school bell.✓ NOTE: Accept any TWO of the above. (2) 4.2.2 Mr M believes in words and peaceful change and rejects violence✓, yet he is killed violently by the community/people he tried to educate and help.✓ NOTE: Both parts must be included to earn the marks. (2) 4.2.3 Isabel is grief-stricken/angry/confused/bitter.✓ Mr M, whom she admired, has been killed by his own people, and she struggles to understand Thami’s part in it.✓ NOTE: Award 1 mark for an answer that is not substantiated. (2) 4.2.4 B/liberation before education.✓ (1) 4.2.5 Thami is caring/loyal/compassionate/brave.✓ Although he disagrees with Mr M and supports the Comrades, he risks his own safety to warn him.✓ NOTE: Award 1 mark for an answer that is not substantiated. (2) 4.2.6 school✓ (1) 4.2.7 She has grown/matured.✓ She now understands the realities of injustice in South Africa and is determined to make a positive contribution/keep Mr M’s dream alive.✓ (2) 4.2.8 The discussion of the theme of the power of words may include the following viewpoints, among others: • Mr M believes that words are more powerful than stones/violence and uses education to fight injustice. • Words (the debate, the literature quiz) bring Isabel and Thami together across the racial divide. • Yet Mr M’s words cannot stop the violence; the Comrades’ slogans also have power, and words (the names he gives) lead to his death. NOTE: For full marks, the response must be well-substantiated. A candidate can score 1 or 2 marks for a response which is not well-substantiated. The interpretation must be grounded in the text. (3) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 14 Hlayiso/Prediction 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines 4.2.9 Open-ended. Accept a relevant response which shows an understanding of the following aspects, among others: Yes. Thami follows his beliefs and joins the fight for freedom; staying would be dangerous because the police are looking for activists. OR No. He gives up his education and his chance of a better future, which Mr M worked for; violence is not the answer. NOTE: Do NOT award a mark for YES or NO. Credit responses where a combination is given. For full marks, the response must be well-substantiated. A candidate can score 1 or 2 marks for a response which is not well-substantiated. The candidate’s interpretation must be grounded in the text. (3) [35] TOTAL SECTION B: 35 Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 15 Hlayiso/Prediction 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines SECTION C: SHORT STORIES QUESTION 5 ‘CLASS ACT’ – NAMHLA TSHISANA 5.1 5.1.1 (a) B/a repeater who teases the narrator✓ (4) (b) D/cannot control the noisy class✓ (c) C/the narrator’s older sister✓ (d) A/teaches the class geography✓ 5.1.2 She expects the narrator to grow, so the tunic must still fit her later.✓ She does not want to buy another tunic in Standard 7 and 8/she wants to save money.✓ The family has limited money/cannot afford to buy a new tunic every year.✓ NOTE: Accept any TWO of the above. (2) 5.1.3 Renato has failed Standard 6 three times✓, yet he acts like someone in authority who sets the standard for the new learners/he is hardly an example for others to follow.✓ NOTE: Both parts must be included to earn the marks. (2) 5.1.4 She is embarrassed/humiliated/hurt/self-conscious.✓ The whole class laughs at her and she sees for herself that she looks like a nun.✓ NOTE: Award 1 mark for an answer that is not substantiated. (2) 5.1.5 B/a nun in a film.✓ (1) 5.1.6 nurse✓ (1) 5.1.7 The discussion of the theme of peer pressure may include the following viewpoints, among others: • The classmates decide what a ‘respectable’ tunic looks like; Renato and others tease anyone who is different. • The narrator cares more about her classmates’ opinion than about her mother’s practical reasons, so she tries to have the tunic altered (Aunt Connie, Ayanda). • When the tunic is made too short, she is teased again, which shows that giving in to peer pressure does not bring acceptance. NOTE: For full marks, the response must be well-substantiated. A candidate can score 1 or 2 marks for a response which is not well-substantiated. The interpretation must be grounded in the text. (3) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 16 Hlayiso/Prediction 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines 5.1.8 Open-ended. Accept a relevant response which shows an understanding of the following aspects, among others: Yes. She keeps going to school, looks for practical solutions (asks Aunt Connie and Ayanda for help) and uses humour to cope with the teasing. OR No. She is deeply hurt and humiliated, wishes she could wear the boys’ grey pants and lets the opinions of bullies control her, so that the shortened tunic brings even more teasing. NOTE: Do NOT award a mark for YES or NO. Credit responses where a combination is given. For full marks, the response must be well-substantiated. A candidate can score 1 or 2 marks for a response which is not well-substantiated. The candidate’s interpretation must be grounded in the text. (3) AND ‘EVELINE’ – JAMES JOYCE 5.2 5.2.1 She is going to marry Frank.✓ Frank has a home waiting for her there.✓ She wants to escape her hard life/her father’s violence in Dublin and be treated with respect.✓ NOTE: Accept any TWO of the above. (2) 5.2.2 (a) Metaphor✓ (1) (b) Bronze is a shiny brown metal; Frank’s face has been tanned by the sun during his years at sea✓. It shows that he is strong/healthy/adventurous and different from the people of dull Dublin.✓ (2) 5.2.3 Her usual life is dull/restricted/poor.✓ She seldom goes out or enjoys herself and is not used to being treated so well.✓ (2) 5.2.4 Her father (Mr Hill)✓ (1) 5.2.5 (a) Contemptuous/dismissive/suspicious/scornful✓ (1) (b) He does not trust sailors and believes that Frank will use and abandon Eveline.✓ (1) 5.2.6 Eveline plans to escape from her father, who is harsh and threatens her✓, yet she now remembers his kindness and worries that he will miss her.✓ NOTE: Both parts must be included to earn the marks. (2) 5.2.7 B/a show that they see at the theatre.✓ (1) 5.2.8 mother✓ (1) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 17 Hlayiso/Prediction 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines 5.2.9 Open-ended. Accept a relevant response which shows an understanding of the following aspects, among others: Yes. At the North Wall she freezes and cannot follow Frank onto the boat. Fear of the unknown and her promise to her mother keep her in a life that makes her unhappy. OR No. She stays because of her sense of duty and love for her family. Her doubts about Frank may be reasonable, and her father and her circumstances trap her as much as her fears do. NOTE: Do NOT award a mark for YES or NO. Credit responses where a combination is given. For full marks, the response must be well-substantiated. A candidate can score 1 or 2 marks for a response which is not well-substantiated. The candidate’s interpretation must be grounded in the text. (3) [35] TOTAL SECTION C: 35 Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 18 Hlayiso/Prediction 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines SECTION D: POETRY QUESTION 6 ‘ON THE GRASSHOPPER AND CRICKET’ – JOHN KEATS 6.1 6.1.1 (a) sonnet✓ (4) (b) summer✓ (c) cricket✓ (d) stove✓ 6.1.2 On a hot summer day/at midday, when the birds hide from the heat✓, in a newly mown meadow with hedges and trees.✓ (2) 6.1.3 (a) Metaphor/Personification✓ (1) (b) The sounds of nature are compared to poetry, which is beautiful and lasting✓; the line shows that nature’s music never ‘dies’ but continues in every season.✓ (2) 6.1.4 The repetition emphasises the main idea of the poem✓: line 1 introduces nature’s song in summer (octave) and line 9 shows that it continues even in winter (sestet).✓ (2) 6.1.5 (a) Cheerful/admiring/playful/delighted✓ (1) (b) The speaker enjoys the carefree, joyful life of the grasshopper, which never tires of its pleasures.✓ (1) 6.1.6 B/the cold has made everything quiet.✓ (1) 6.1.7 Grasshopper✓ (1) 6.1.8 Open-ended. Accept a relevant response which shows an understanding of the following aspects, among others: Yes. Winter has its own ‘poetry’: the cricket’s song comes from beside the warm stove and grows stronger, and to the drowsy listener it sounds like the grasshopper in summer. OR No. The winter scene is lonely (‘lone winter evening’) and silent because of the frost; the speaker finds beauty in winter mainly because it reminds him of summer. NOTE: Do NOT award a mark for YES or NO. Credit responses where a combination is given. For full marks, the response must be well-substantiated. A candidate can score 1 or 2 marks for a response which is not well-substantiated. The candidate’s interpretation must be grounded in the text. (3) AND ‘THE SLAVE DEALER’ – THOMAS PRINGLE 6.2 6.2.1 His face has been tanned dark by the sun and his body has changed✓; his evil life (‘the ill course he had run’) has changed/aged him.✓ (2) Copyright reserved Please turn over

English First Additional Language/P2 19 Hlayiso/Prediction 2026 NSC – Marking Guidelines 6.2.2 (a) Figuratively✓ (1) (b) There is no real blood on his hands now✓; he means that he feels guilty for the cruelty and murder he committed and that nothing can remove this guilt.✓ (2) 6.2.3 He is tormented/haunted/guilt-ridden/desperate.✓ He constantly hears the dying woman’s cry and sees her face; even his mother’s prayers cannot give him peace.✓ NOTE: Award 1 mark for an answer that is not substantiated. (2) 6.2.4 (a) Desperate/pleading/horrified/disbelieving✓ (1) (b) She cannot believe that her son is a murderer and begs God to save him from madness.✓ (1) 6.2.5 He killed the woman when he thought that no human being was watching (‘no mortal nigh’)✓, yet God (‘the Avenging One’) saw it, and now he cannot escape judgement.✓ NOTE: Both parts must be included to earn the marks. (2) 6.2.6 The discussion of the theme of divine justice may include the following viewpoints, among others: • The dying woman tells the slave dealer that he must appear with her before God on Judgement Day. • No human court punishes him, but God saw the murder (‘registered on high’). • He cannot pray and dares not ‘meet His eye’; his torment and fever are already a punishment. NOTE: For full marks, the response must be well-substantiated. A candidate can score 1 or 2 marks for a response which is not well-substantiated. The interpretation must be grounded in the text. (3) 6.2.7 Open-ended. Accept a relevant response which shows an understanding of the following aspects, among others: Yes. He shows real remorse, tries to pray and is tormented day and night by what he has done. OR No. He whipped and murdered helpless people for profit. His suffering is deserved, and his remorse is mainly fear for his own fate. NOTE: Do NOT award a mark for YES or NO. Credit responses where a combination is given. For full marks, the response must be well-substantiated. A candidate can score 1 or 2 marks for a response which is not well-substantiated. The candidate’s interpretation must be grounded in the text. (3) [35] TOTAL SECTION D: 35 GRAND TOTAL: 70 Copyright reserved