English Grade 3 ANA Exemplars 2012 Memo

ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSESSMENT GRADE 3 ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE 2012 EXEMPLAR TEST MEMORANDUM

ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSESSMENT 2012 GRADE 3 ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE 2012 EXEMPLAR TEST MEMORANDUM QUESTIO MARK(S EXPECTED ANSWERS TOTAL N ) 1. Any title that might have one or more of the 1 1 following words: Kitty, Anna, lost, cat, Mom, kitten, bed, leaves. 2. A 1 1 3. B 1 1 4. 4 One 1 2 mark for 3 correct 1 sequenc e 5. D 1 1 6. She wanted to play outside, she was 1 1 looking for a soft bed, or any other acceptable answer. 7.1 C 1 2 7.2 B 1 8.1 Mom was buying groceries at the shop. 1 2 8.2 The milk will be on sale. 1 9. A 1 1 10. groceries 1 1 11. in 1 1 12. D 1 1 13.1 D 1 3 13.2 B 1 13.3 C 1 13.4 A 1 2 13.5 D 1 14. See assessment rubric. 6 6 TOTAL 25 1

Assessment rubric for paragraph writing (Question 14) 0 marks 1 mark 2 marks 3 marks 4 marks 5 marks 6 marks Copied Content Content Content Content Content Content instructions, One simple Two simple Three Four simple Five Five or has written sentence sentences must simple sentences complex, more only one must be be related to the sentences must be logical complex, word/ related to the topic. must be related to sentences logical, phrase/ topic. related to the topic. related to sentences part of a the topic. the topic. related to sentence the topic. or wrote words not Language related to the Language Some spacing, Language Language Language Language topic. Many grammar and Uses Uses Uses All of the spacing, punctuation spacing, spacing, spacing, sentences grammar and errors, but still grammar grammar grammar must have punctuation understandable. and and and spacing, errors. punctuation punctuation punctuation grammar or so that so that correctly so punctuation others can others can that others correctly read what read what can read written, so has been has been what has that others written. written. been can read. written. Spelling Spelling Spelling Spelling Spelling Spelling Ignore Ignore spelling. Ignore Ignore At least four All of the spelling. spelling, if spelling, if of the sentences not spelt not spelt sentences must have correctly, correctly, must have no spelling but is but is no spelling errors. phonetically phonetically errors. spelt and spelt and has written, has written, for for example, example, ‘skaird’ for ‘skaird’ for ‘scared’ ‘scared’ (minimum (minimum errors). errors). 2