English Hl Grade 12 Paper 3 NSC June 2024 Memo (English)

GRAAD 12 SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS/ NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE P3 MARKING GUIDELINES MAY/JUNE 2024 These marking guidelines consist of 9 pages. Copyright reserved Please turn over

English Home Language/P3 2 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC – Marking Guidelines INFORMATION FOR THE MARKER In assessing a candidate's work, the following aspects, among others, drawn from the assessment rubric, must be borne in mind: • The overall effect of planning, drafting, proofreading and editing of the work on the final text produced • Awareness of writing for a specific purpose, audience and context – as well as register, style and tone – especially in SECTION B • Grammar, spelling and punctuation • Language structures, including an awareness of critical language • Choice of words and idiomatic language • Sentence construction • Paragraphing • Interpretation of the topic that will be reflected in the overall content: the introduction, the development of ideas and the conclusion Copyright reserved Please turn over

English Home Language/P3 3 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC – Marking Guidelines SUGGESTED APPROACH TO MARKING SECTION A: ESSAY Refer to SECTION A: Rubric for Assessing an Essay found on pages 7 and 8 of these marking guidelines. CRITERIA USED FOR ASSESSMENT CRITERIA MARKS Content and planning (60%) 30 Language, style and editing (30%) 15 Structure (10%) 5 TOTAL 50 1. Read the whole piece and decide on a category for CONTENT AND PLANNING. 2. Re-read the piece and select the appropriate category for LANGUAGE, STYLE AND EDITING. 3. Re-read the piece and select the appropriate category for STRUCTURE. NOTE: An essay cannot be without any indication that it has been read and awarded marks accordingly. The final mark awarded to the essay must be justifiable. Unlike the summary where there is a very strict word limit, an essay is creative work. If an essay is flowing in terms of creativity and captivating to the reader, it becomes unfair to focus only on the length at the expense of the content. The rule of thumb is that: • No additional penalties may be imposed as the rubric itself imposes penalties. SECTION B: TRANSACTIONAL TEXTS Refer to SECTION B: Rubric for Assessing Transactional Texts found on page 9 of these marking guidelines. CRITERIA USED FOR ASSESSMENT CRITERIA MARKS Content, planning and format (60%) 15 Language, style and editing (40%) 10 TOTAL 25 1. Read the whole piece and decide on a category for CONTENT, PLANNING AND FORMAT. 2. Re-read the piece and select the appropriate category for LANGUAGE, STYLE AND EDITING. Copyright reserved Please turn over

English Home Language/P3 4 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC – Marking Guidelines NOTE: • Various formats of transactional/referential/informational texts have been taught/are in current practice. This has to be considered when assessing the format. • Give credit for appropriateness of format. • Look for a logical approach in all writing. NOTE: • The points given below each topic in these marking guidelines serve only as a guide to markers. • Allowance must be made for a candidate's own interpretation of the topic, even if it differs from the given points or a marker's own views or interpretations. SECTION A: ESSAY QUESTION 1 Candidates are required to write ONE essay of 400–450 words (2–2½ pages) on ONE of the given topics. Candidates may write in any genre: narrative, descriptive, reflective, discursive, argumentative, or any combination of these. 1.1 The song of the dawn • Credit literal/figurative responses. [50] 1.2 Ethical leadership is underrated. • Candidates could argue for or against the topic, or present a mixed response. • Anecdotal content could be included. [50] 1.3 'If I have seen further than others, it was by standing on the shoulders of giants.' – Sir Isaac Newton • Credit literal/figurative responses. • Candidates could explore insights gained from those whom they consider to be great. [50] 1.4 The best kind of gift is one given in secret. • Candidates could argue for or against the topic, or present a mixed response. • Candidates could explore the notion of giving/receiving a gift in secret. [50] Copyright reserved Please turn over

English Home Language/P3 5 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC – Marking Guidelines 1.5 Everything paused around me – the people, the sky, the trees – and I stood there, motionless. • Credit literal/figurative responses. • The candidate could focus on an overwhelming experience that caused her/him to feel as though the world stood still. [50] NOTE: There must be a clear link between the essay and the picture chosen. 1.6 Question mark on outstretched palm • Credit literal, figurative and/or mixed responses. [50] 1.7 Fragmented person • Credit literal, figurative and/or mixed responses. [50] 1.8 Robots and people • Credit literal, figurative and/or mixed responses. [50] TOTAL SECTION A: 50 Copyright reserved Please turn over

English Home Language/P3 6 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC – Marking Guidelines SECTION B: TRANSACTIONAL TEXTS QUESTION 2 Candidates are required to respond to TWO of the topics set. The body of each response should be 180–200 words (20–25 lines) in length. The language, register, style and tone must be appropriate to the context. 2.1 E-MAIL • The candidate must express the frustrations that the residents of the complex experience. • Format: senderʹs and recipientʹs e-mail addresses, subject line, salutation, and signing off [25] 2.2 FILM REVIEW • The candidate should give a critique of a light-hearted film. • The review should include the title, information about the plot, characters, cinematographic elements and recommendations. [25] 2.3 FORMAL LETTER • The candidate must present suggestions on how to alleviate the lack of basic necessities. • Format: own address, date, addressee, salutation, subject line and signing- off [25] 2.4 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE • The candidate should present different perspectives on the practice of keeping dangerous animals as domestic pets. • Format: headline is essential; by-line is optional. [25] 2.5 OBITUARY • The candidate must focus on the biographical details and legacy of the young activist. • The candidate must avoid eulogising/providing a personal, emotive account. [25] 2.6 SPEECH • The candidate must provide his/her viewpoint(s) on two/three problems/challenges facing the youth. • The speech should also contain solutions. • An awareness of the audience, members of parliament, should be apparent. [25] TOTAL SECTION B: 50 GRAND TOTAL: 100 Copyright reserved Please turn over

English Home Language/P3 7 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC – Marking Guidelines NOTE: • Always use the rubric when marking the creative essay (Paper 3, SECTION A). • Marks from 0–50 have been divided into FIVE major level descriptors. • In the Content, Language and Style criteria, each of the five level descriptors is divided into an upper-level and a lower-level sub- category with the applicable mark range and descriptors. • Structure is not affected by the upper-level and lower-level division. ASSESSMENT RUBRIC FOR ESSAY – HOME LANGUAGE [50 MARKS] Criteria Exceptional Skilful Moderate Elementary Inadequate CONTENT AND 28–30 22–24 16–18 10–12 4–6 PLANNING -Outstanding/Striking -Very well-crafted -Satisfactory response -Inconsistently -Totally irrelevant response beyond normal response -Ideas are reasonably coherent response response (Response and Upper level expectations -Fully relevant and coherent and convincing -Unclear ideas and -Confused and ideas) -Intelligent, thought- interesting ideas with -Reasonably organised unoriginal unfocused ideas Organisation of provoking and mature evidence of maturity and coherent, including -Little evidence of -Vague and repetitive ideas for planning; ideas -Very well organised introduction, body and organisation and -Unorganised and Awareness of -Exceptionally well and coherent, including conclusion coherence incoherent purpose, audience organised and coherent, introduction, body and and context including introduction, conclusion body and conclusion 30 MARKS 25–27 19–21 13–15 7–9 0–3 -Excellent response but -Well-crafted response -Satisfactory response -Largely irrelevant -No attempt to respond lacks the exceptionally -Relevant and but some lapses in response to the topic Lower level striking qualities of the interesting ideas clarity -Ideas tend to be -Completely irrelevant outstanding essay -Well organised and -Ideas are fairly disconnected and and inappropriate -Mature and intelligent coherent, including coherent and convincing confusing -Unfocused and ideas introduction, body and -Some degree of -Hardly any evidence muddled -Skilfully organised and conclusion organisation and of organisation and coherent, including coherence, including coherence introduction, body and introduction, body and conclusion conclusion Copyright reserved Please turn over

English Home Language/P3 8 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC – Marking Guidelines ASSESSMENT RUBRIC FOR ESSAY – HOME LANGUAGE [50 MARKS] (continued) Criteria Exceptional Skilful Moderate Elementary Inadequate LANGUAGE, 14–15 11–12 8–9 5–6 0–3 STYLE AND -Tone, register, style and -Tone, register, style -Tone, register, style -Tone, register, style -Language EDITING vocabulary highly and vocabulary very and vocabulary and vocabulary less incomprehensible appropriate to purpose, appropriate to purpose, appropriate to purpose, appropriate to purpose, -Tone, register, style and Tone, register, audience and context audience and context audience and context audience and context vocabulary not Upper level style, vocabulary -Exceptionally -Language is effective -Appropriate use of -Very basic use of appropriate to purpose, appropriate to impressive use of and a consistently language to convey language audience and context purpose/effect and language appropriate tone is meaning -Tone and diction are -Vocabulary limitations context; -Compelling and used -Tone is appropriate inappropriate so extreme as to make Word choice; rhetorically effective in -Largely error-free in -Rhetorical devices -Very limited comprehension Language use and tone grammar and spelling used to enhance vocabulary impossible conventions, -Virtually error-free in -Very well crafted content punctuation, grammar and spelling grammar, spelling - Very skilfully crafted 13 10 7 4 15 MARKS -Language excellent and -Language engaging -Adequate use of -Inadequate use of Lower level rhetorically effective in and generally effective language with some language tone -Appropriate and inconsistencies -Little or no variety in -Virtually error-free in effective tone -Tone generally sentences grammar and spelling -Few errors in appropriate and limited -Exceptionally limited -Skilfully crafted grammar and spelling use of rhetorical devices vocabulary -Well crafted STRUCTURE 5 4 3 2 0–1 -Excellent development -Logical development -Relevant details -Some valid points -Necessary points Features of text; of topic of details developed -Sentences and lacking Paragraph -Exceptional detail -Coherent -Sentences, paragraphs paragraphs faulty -Sentences and development and -Sentences, paragraphs -Sentences, well-constructed -Essay still makes paragraphs faulty sentence exceptionally well- paragraphs logical, -Essay still makes some sense -Essay lacks sense construction constructed varied sense 5 MARKS Copyright reserved Please turn over

English Home Language/P3 9 DBE/May/June 2024 SC/NSC – Marking Guidelines ASSESSMENT RUBRIC FOR TRANSACTIONAL TEXT – HOME LANGUAGE [25 MARKS] Criteria Exceptional Skilful Moderate Elementary Inadequate CONTENT, PLANNING 13–15 10–12 7–9 4–6 0–3 AND FORMAT -Outstanding response -Very good response -Adequate response -Basic response -Response reveals no beyond normal demonstrating good demonstrating demonstrating some knowledge of features Response and ideas; expectations knowledge of features knowledge of features knowledge of features of the type of text Organisation of ideas -Intelligent and mature of the type of text of the type of text of the type of text -Meaning is obscure for planning; ideas -Maintains focus – no -Not completely focused -Some focus but writing with major digressions Purpose, audience, -Extensive knowledge digressions – some digressions digresses -Not coherent in content features/conventions of features of the type of -Coherent in content -Reasonably coherent -Not always coherent in and ideas and context text and ideas, very well in content and ideas content and ideas -Very few details -Writing maintains focus elaborated and details -Some details support -Few details support the support the topic 15 MARKS -Coherence in content support topic the topic topic -Has not applied and ideas -Appropriate format with -Generally appropriate -Has vaguely applied necessary rules of -Highly elaborated and minor inaccuracies format but with some necessary rules of format all details support the inaccuracies format topic -Some critical -Appropriate and oversights accurate format LANGUAGE, STYLE 9–10 7–8 5–6 3–4 0–2 AND EDITING -Tone, register, style -Tone, register, style -Tone, register, style -Tone, register, style -Tone, register, style and vocabulary highly and vocabulary very and vocabulary and vocabulary less and vocabulary do not Tone, register, style, appropriate to purpose, appropriate to purpose, appropriate to purpose, appropriate to purpose, correspond to purpose, purpose/effect, audience and context audience and context audience and context audience and context audience and context audience and context; -Grammatically -Generally -Some grammatical -Inaccurate grammar -Error-ridden and Language use and accurate and well- grammatically accurate errors with numerous errors confused conventions; constructed and well-constructed -Adequate vocabulary -Limited vocabulary -Vocabulary not suitable Word choice; -Virtually error-free -Very good vocabulary -Errors do not impede -Meaning obscured for purpose Punctuation and -Mostly free of errors meaning -Meaning seriously spelling impaired 10 MARKS Copyright reserved