English Hl Grade 9 ANA 2012 Memo (English)

Downloaded from hlayiso.com ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSESSMENT 2012 GRADE 9 ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE MEMORANDUM TEST (DEAF LEARNERS) MARKS: 60 This memorandum consists of 7 pages. QUESTION MARKS TOTAL EXPECTED ANSWERS 1. B/The wedding dinner 1 1 2.1 C/He is a generous man. 1 2 2.2 B/They were easily offended. 1 3. C/The wedding dinner was held in the front room. 1 1 4.1 D/The importance of custom and tradition 1 2 4.2 A/The love between Ma-Lesane and her husband 1 5.1 A/The guests' view 1 2 5.2 B/To produce children 1 6. They did not want to offend their neighbours, who would 2 2 feel slighted /hurt if they were not personally / formally invited/ according to custom. 7. Diketso's father would have been obliged to provide the 2 2 meat. Food was the main consideration for the guests (see paragraph 1: '… the wedding dinner – the main item'/'What's a wedding without food?') OR The family would have suffered embarrassment as the community expected a meal (see above supporting evidence). OR Grade 9 English HL Memo (Deaf learners) 1

Downloaded from hlayiso.com The community would have been very critical of the family's failure to provide a meal. They took offence easily (see paragraph 3: 'the grown-ups would have complained had they not been personally invited.'). OR There would not have been enough meat for all the guests. Many people attended the wedding, even the uninvited (see paragraph 1: '… people don't wait to be invited … They just attend.'). (1 mark for answer + 1 mark for supporting evidence) 8.1 Simile. Accept second answer even if figure of speech is incorrectly identified. The news of the wedding is compared to an electric 2 current. (1 mark identifying the figure of speech + 1 mark for identifying the two things being compared) 8.2 It highlights how fast the news spread and how much 1 3 excitement was caused by the news. OR The news spread quickly and widely. OR Everyone came to know the news in a short time. (Accept any reasonable answer conveying the speed with which the news spread and the interest it generated.) 9. got out of control 1 1 OR became uncontrollable/unmanageable OR spread everywhere 10. See RUBRIC on p. 5. Indicate the descriptors O (Originality) 12 12 U (Use) V (vocabulary) and marks allocated to each on Grade 9 English HL Memo (Deaf learners) 2

Downloaded from hlayiso.com learners’ scripts. 11.1 A/Reading is a valuable and beneficial habit. 1 2 11.2 A/Reading gives you access (opportunity) to the world. 1 12. No, / implicit disagreement, his father had only had three 2 2 years of schooling, yet he was knowledgeable/well informed. (If learners answer 'yes/ no' with no explanation, award no marks. If learners answer 'yes/ no' with irrelevant explanation, award no marks. If learners answer yes/implicit agreement with a relevant explanation award both marks.) 13. He is critical/disapproving/has little respect for such people. 2 2 He feels they are unappreciative of their good fortune/privileged status. OR Those who can read are considered to be fortunate or privileged. He disapproves of their rejection of their good fortune. OR He has no respect for them because they are lucky to be able to read, but choose to reject their good fortune. 14. Reading is compared to a key that can unlock doors. Doors 2 2 represent openings/access to opportunities. AND Reading provides knowledge and skills that give one access to many opportunities. (1 mark for identifying the two things being compared + 1 mark for explaining why the comparison is made.) 15. Yes. The writer is proof of the benefits of reading: he is 2 2 considered good enough to write for a newspaper/he has reading and writing expertise. OR Yes. The writer's argument is clear and effective: he substantiates all that he says by giving examples (his father) Grade 9 English HL Memo (Deaf learners) 3

Downloaded from hlayiso.com and other supporting evidence to strengthen his views. OR Yes. He clearly explains how reading can help children to become successful adults by referring to the many who have succeeded in life. OR No. All evidence provided is fictional (incidental) and no actual researched evidence is supplied. The writer is giving his own incidental experience of the benefits of reading rather than actual scientific evidence. (Do not award marks for 'Yes' or 'No' only, without motivation.) (Accept any of the above OR other reasonable answers, supported by textual evidence.) 16.1 C/e.g. 1 2 16.2 B/TV 1 17.1 Accomplished/successful (Accept any one) 1 2 (Spelling must be correct as the answer is being transcribed from the given text.) 17.2 changed OR improved OR altered 1 (Accept any one of the above, or other reasonable answers relevant to the context of the article. Must be past tense) 18. Try the following: give children pocket money for reading 2 2 books, newspapers and magazines. (1 mark for the colon (:) + 1 mark for the comma (,). No negative marking.) 19. See RUBRIC on p. 6. Use this rubric to mark out of 12 and 6 6 convert to 6. Indicate the descriptors C (coherence), C (creative) U (use of vocabulary) and marks allocated to each on learners’ scripts. 20. See RUBRIC on p. 7. Indicate the descriptors F (format) R 10 10 (register) and marks allocated to each on learners’ scripts. Grade 9 English HL Memo (Deaf learners) 4

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 10. ASSESSMENT RUBRIC: INFORMAL LETTER Assessment Criteria MARKS: 12 Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 MARKS 4 3 2 1 Originality  Thoughts  Explanation  Explanations  Clarity of ideas clearly and fairly clear, not adequate. lacking. logically though not  Few,  No articulated. comprehensive. mundane original  Many original,  Some original ideas. ideas creative ideas. ideas and  Limited given.  Realistic descriptions. descriptive  No descriptions. ability. evidence of descriptive ability. MARKS 4 3 2 1 Use of  Correct use of  Adequate use  Register not Informal informal informal of informal considered. register not register; register, style register.  Limited used. voice of the and format. No  Adequate knowledge of  No writer errors. knowledge of format. (3 or 4 knowledge (style);  Language, format (1 to 2 errors allowed). of format. 4 format salutation and errors allowed).  Language or more conclusion are  Language is used is often errors informal. generally inappropriate..  Incoherent informal. sentences. MARKS 4 3 2 1 Vocabulary,  Wide range of  Adequate range  Limited  Severely grammar vocabulary; of vocabulary. vocabulary; limited in and evidence of  Some evidence little evidence respect of language figurative and/ of idiomatic use of idiomatic grammatical usage or idiomatic of language. use of usage, use of  Some errors in language. sentence language. spelling,  Many errors in structure,  Only minor sentence spelling, spelling errors in structure and sentence and spelling. grammatical structure and vocabulary.  Sentence usage. grammatical structure and usage. grammatical usage virtually flawless. NB: Although this is an informal letter, teenage slang, sms language and/or sloppy use of language are not acceptable. Grade 9 English HL Memo (Deaf learners) 5

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 19. ASSESSMENT RUBRIC: A PARAGRAPH MARKS: 12/2=6 Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 MARKS 4 3 2 1 Coherence,  Effective Introductory Ineffective  No introductory introductory sentence and introductory introductory sentences/concluding sentence and concluding sentence; weak sentence, no sentences/sentence concluding sentence concluding concluding structure. sentence. adequate for sentence; sentence.  Effective and task.  Little topical  No topical correct  Correct unity within unity; very sentence sentence sentences. flawed structure. structure.  Some errors sentence in sentence structure. structure. MARKS 4 3 2 1 Creative handling of  Handling of  Handling of  Some attempt  No topic /Adherence to topic shows topic shows at creativity but creativity. topic with suitable title creativity. some topic generally  Muddled With suitable creativity. handled in handling of title.  With mundane way topic. suitable title Inappropriate  No title. title. MARKS 4 3 2 1 Original and  Excellent  Wide range  Adequate  Limited imaginative use of use of of vocabulary; vocabulary; vocabulary; vocabulary, figurative vocabulary; few errors in some errors in errors in language. Use of correct spelling language language language, spelling, punctuation and usage, usage, spelling spelling and punctuation; spelling and and punctuation. mainly correct punctuation. punctuation. language  Figurative usage. language  Effective use used. of figurative language. NB: 1. If the content of the paragraph is limited to a single stimulus within the picture, it should be accepted. 2. Maximum mark = 6 (12 divided by 2). Grade 9 English HL Memo (Deaf learners) 6

Downloaded from hlayiso.com 20. ASSESSMENT RUBRIC: A NEWSPAPER REPORT Assessment Criteria MARKS: 10 Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 MARKS 5-4 3 2 1 Format and  Total  Good  Partial  Limited or structure. adherence to adherence to adherence to no (headline, format and format and format and adherence introduction, structure. structure. structure. to format body and  Correct  Appropriate  Inappropriate and conclusion) length. length. length: too structure. Appropriate long or too  Too long or length short too short. MARKS 5-4 3 2 1 Register,  Fully  Appropriate  Partially  Inappropriate spelling, appropriate register. appropriate register. punctuation. register.  Complete register.  Incoherent Use of  Clear and lucid sentences.  Incomplete sentences. language use of  Mostly correct sentences.  Weak (no language. use of  A number of spelling, subjective  Few errors. grammar, grammatical, grammar or emotive punctuation spelling and and language and spelling. punctuation punctuation. unless in errors. quote) TOTAL 60 Grade 9 English HL Memo (Deaf learners) 7