NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE GRADE 12 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE P3 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2018 MARKING GUIDELINES MARKS: 100 These marking guidelines cnsist f 11 pages. Cpyright reserved Please turn ver
English First Additinal Language/P3 2 DBE/Feb. Mar. 2018 INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION This memrandum must be used tgether with the attached English FAL assessment rubrics fr SECTIONS A, B and C. SECTION A: ESSAY QUESTION 1 Instructins t Markers: Candidates are required t write n ONE tpic nly. The ideas listed belw the tpics are nly sme ways in which the tpic culd be interpreted. Full credit must be given fr the candidate's wn interpretatin. Marking must be bjective. Give credit fr relevant ideas. Use the 50-mark assessment rubric t mark the essays. The texts prduced by candidates must be assessed accrding t the fllwing criteria as set ut in the assessment rubric: Cntent and planning (30 marks) Language, style and editing (15 marks) Structure (5 marks) NOTE: Adhere t the length f 250 300 wrds as prescribed in the CAPS dcument. Hwever, shuld the maximum wrd cunt be reached mid- sentence, read t the end f that sentence. N additinal penalties may be impsed as the rubric itself impses penalties. 1.1 An escape Narrative/Reflective/Descriptive If narrative, the essay must have a strng stry line and an interesting ending. The essay is usually written in the past tense. If reflective, the essay shuld cnvey emtinal reactins and feelings the candidate experiences/experienced. If descriptive, the candidate shuld create a picture in wrds, using as many senses as pssible t make the descriptin clear. NOTE: A candidate may write an essay which cntains elements f mre than ne type f essay. [50] Cpyright reserved Please turn ver
English First Additinal Language/P3 3 DBE/Feb. Mar. 2018 1.2 We have been friends since Grade 1 Narrative/Reflective/Descriptive If narrative, the essay must have a strng stry line and an interesting ending. This tpic lends itself t the pssibility f being written in bth the past tense and the present tense. If reflective, the essay shuld cnvey emtinal reactins and feelings the candidate experiences/experienced. If descriptive, the candidate shuld create a picture in wrds, using as many senses as pssible t make the descriptin clear. NOTE: A candidate may write an essay which cntains elements f mre than ne type f essay. [50] 1.3 The hme in which I grew up Descriptive/Reflective/Narrative If descriptive, the candidate shuld create a picture in wrds, using as many senses as pssible t make the descriptin clear. If reflective, the essay shuld cnvey emtinal reactins and feelings the candidate experiences/experienced. If narrative, the essay must have a strng stry line and an interesting ending. The essay is usually written in the past tense. NOTE: A candidate may write an essay which cntains elements f mre than ne type f essay. [50] 1.4 'Life is really simple, but we insist n making it cmplicated.' Cnfucius Discuss this statement. Discursive/Narrative/Reflective/Descriptive/Argumentative If discursive, the arguments fr and against must be well-balanced and clearly analysed in the essay. Supprting evidence must be prvided fr arguments given. The candidate may cme t a particular cnclusin at the end f the essay which shuld include recmmendatins. If narrative, the essay must have a strng stry line and an interesting ending. If reflective, the essay shuld cnvey emtinal reactins and feelings the candidate experiences/experienced. If descriptive, the writer shuld create a picture in wrds, using as many senses as pssible t make the descriptin clear. If argumentative, the essay must reflect a specific argument r viewpint fr r against the tpic. The candidate shuld give a range f arguments t supprt and substantiate his/her view. The cnclusin shuld be a strng, clear and cnvincing statement f the writer's pinin. NOTE: A candidate may write an essay which cntains elements f mre than ne type f essay. [50] Cpyright reserved Please turn ver
English First Additinal Language/P3 4 DBE/Feb. Mar. 2018 1.5 We are respnsible fr what future generatins will inherit frm us Argumentative/Reflective/Discursive If argumentative, the essay must reflect a specific argument r viewpint fr r against the tpic. The candidate shuld give a range f arguments t supprt and substantiate his/her view. The cnclusin shuld be a strng, clear and cnvincing statement f the writer's pinin. If reflective, the essay shuld cnvey emtinal reactins and feelings the candidate experiences/experienced. If discursive, the arguments fr and against must be well-balanced and clearly analysed in the essay. Supprting evidence must be prvided fr arguments given. The candidate may cme t a particular cnclusin at the end f the essay which shuld include recmmendatins. NOTE: A candidate may write an essay which cntains elements f mre than ne type f essay. [50] 1.6 Freedm f speech is bth a right and a respnsibility. D yu agree? Argumentative The essay must reflect a specific argument r viewpint fr r against the tpic. The candidate shuld give a range f arguments t supprt and substantiate his/her view. The cnclusin shuld be a strng, clear and cnvincing statement f the writer's pinin. If discursive, the arguments fr and against must be well-balanced and clearly analysed in the essay. Supprting evidence must be prvided fr arguments given. The candidate may cme t a particular cnclusin at the end f the essay which shuld include recmmendatins. [50] Cpyright reserved Please turn ver
English First Additinal Language/P3 5 DBE/Feb. Mar. 2018 1.7 Interpretatin f pictures Narrative/Descriptive/Reflective/Argumentative/Discursive The candidate shuld give the essay a suitable title. The candidate may interpret the pictures in any way. The candidate may chse t write any type f essay. The interpretatin must be linked t the picture. The candidate may write in any apprpriate tense. 1.7.1 Picture: Tap Literal interpretatins: the imprtance f water in ur lives, lack f service delivery, access t water. Figurative interpretatins: drught, water cnservatin. 1.7.2 Picture: An athlete Literal interpretatins: sprt, talents, cmpetitin. Figurative interpretatins: rat-race, cmpeting t be the best, taking up challenges. [50] TOTAL SECTION A: 50 Cpyright reserved Please turn ver
English First Additinal Language/P3 6 DBE/Feb. Mar. 2018 SECTION B: LONGER TRANSACTIONAL TEXT QUESTION 2 Instructins t Markers: Candidates are required t answer ONE questin. Marking must be bjective. Give credit fr relevant ideas. Use the 30-mark assessment rubric t mark the respnses in this sectin. The texts prduced by candidates must be assessed accrding t the fllwing criteria as set ut in the assessment rubric: Cntent, planning and frmat (18 marks) Language, style and editing (12 marks) NOTE: Adhere t the length f 120 150 wrds as prescribed in the CAPS dcument. Hwever, shuld the maximum wrd cunt be reached midsentence, read t the end f that sentence. N additinal penalties may be impsed as the rubric itself impses penalties. 2.1 FRIENDLY LETTER A letter f cngratulatins The letter shuld have an intrductin, a bdy and a cnclusin. The tne and register f the letter shuld be friendly and infrmal. The fllwing aspects f frmat must be included: Address f sender Date Greeting/Salutatin Suitable ending The candidate must express his/her cngratulatins t the friend. [30] 2.2 LETTER OF APPLICATION Applicatin fr the psitin f general assistant Acceptable variatins f frmat must be allwed. The letter shuld be addressed t the prductin manager. The tne and register f the letter shuld be frmal. The letter shuld have an intrductin, a bdy and cnclusin. The fllwing aspects f frmat must be included: Address f sender Date Recipient: The Prductin Manager Cpyright reserved Please turn ver
English First Additinal Language/P3 7 DBE/Feb. Mar. 2018 Name f the prductin cmpany Address f recipient Greeting/Salutatin Subject line Suitable ending Signature Name f sender The purpse f the letter must be clear. [30] 2.3 INFORMAL REPORT A reprt n a prject The reprt must have: A tpic A recipient A sender The reprt must be written using an infrmal frmat but frmal language. Slang r cllquial language is NOT acceptable. Infrmatin abut the prject must be included. [30] 2.4 INTERVIEW Interview with a private nurse A cntext must be prvided at the beginning f the interview. The dialgue must be between yurself and the nurse. The tne and register shuld be apprpriate t the persn being interviewed. The questins must be prbing and t the pint. The names f the speakers shuld be fllwed by clns. A new line shuld be used t indicate each new speaker. [30] TOTAL SECTION B: 30 Cpyright reserved Please turn ver
English First Additinal Language/P3 8 DBE/Feb. Mar. 2018 SECTION C: SHORTER TRANSACTIONAL TEXT QUESTION 3 Instructins t Markers: Candidates are required t answer ONE questin. Marking must be bjective. Give credit fr relevant ideas. Use the 20-mark assessment rubric t mark the respnses in this sectin. The texts prduced by candidates must be assessed accrding t the fllwing criteria as set ut in the attached rubric: Cntent, planning and frmat (12 marks) Language, style and editing (8 marks) NOTE: Adhere t the length f 80 100 wrds as prescribed in the CAPS dcument. Hwever, shuld the maximum wrd cunt be reached mid- sentence, read t the end f that sentence. N additinal penalties may be impsed as the rubric itself impses penalties. 3.1 INVITATION CARD Invitatin t a farewell dinner The invitatin must include the fllwing aspects: Date, venue and time Type f functin Language shuld be suited t the cntext. Full sentences are nt necessary. N marks shuld be awarded fr illustratins. [20] 3.2 DIARY ENTRIES The candidate's feelings befre and after his/her first day at wrk. There MUST be TWO diary entries with tw different dates/times. The diary entries shuld be written in the first persn. The language shuld be simple and infrmal. The tne must reflect suitable emtins. [20] 3.3 DIRECTIONS Directins frm the shpping centre t the lcal pst ffice The directins may be in pint r paragraph frm. Cmplete sentences are nt necessary. Directins must be in the crrect sequence, including reference t distance, turns and landmarks. N marks are awarded fr sketches r maps. [20] TOTAL SECTION C: GRAND TOTAL: 20 100 Cpyright reserved Please turn ver
Lwer level Upper level Lwer level Upper level English First Additinal Language/P3 9 DBE/Feb. Mar. 2018 ASSESSMENT RUBRIC FOR ESSAY FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE [50 MARKS] Criteria Exceptinal Skilful Mderate Elementary Inadequate CONTENT & PLANNING (Respnse and ideas) Organisatin f ideas fr planning; Awareness f purpse, audience and cntext 30 MARKS LANGUAGE, STYLE & EDITING Tne, register, style, vcabulary apprpriate t purpse/effect and cntext; Wrd chice; Language use and cnventins, punctuatin, grammar, spelling 15 MARKS STRUCTURE Features f text; Paragraph develpment and sentence cnstructin 5 MARKS 28 30 22 24 16 18 10-12 4-6 -Outstanding/Striking respnse beynd nrmal expectatins -Intelligent, thught-prvking and mature ideas -Exceptinally well rganised and cherent (cnnected), including intrductin, bdy and cnclusin/ending -Excellent respnse but lacks the exceptinally striking qualities f the utstanding essay -Mature and intelligent ideas -Skilfully rganised and cherent (cnnected), including intrductin, bdy and cnclusin/ending -Very well-crafted respnse -Fully relevant and interesting ideas with evidence f maturity -Very well rganised and cherent (cnnected), including intrductin, bdy and cnclusin/ending -Satisfactry respnse -Ideas are reasnably cherent and cnvincing -Reasnably rganised and cherent, including intrductin, bdy and cnclusin/ending -Incnsistently cherent respnse -Unclear ideas and unriginal -Little evidence f rganisatin and cherence -Ttally irrelevant respnse -Cnfused and unfcused ideas -Vague and repetitive -Unrganised and incherent 25 27 19 21 13 15 7 9 0 3 -Well-crafted respnse -Satisfactry respnse but sme -Largely irrelevant respnse -Relevant and interesting lapses in clarity -Ideas tend t be ideas -Ideas are fairly cherent and discnnected and cnfusing -Well rganised and cherent cnvincing -Hardly any evidence f (cnnected), including -Sme degree f rganisatin rganisatin and cherence intrductin, bdy and and cherence, including cnclusin intrductin, bdy and cnclusin -Tne, register, style and vcabulary highly apprpriate t purpse, audience and cntext -Language cnfident, exceptinally impressive -Cmpelling and rhetrically effective in tne -Virtually errr-free in grammar and spelling -Very skilfully crafted -N attempt t respnd t the tpic -Cmpletely irrelevant and inapprpriate -Unfcused and muddled 14 15 11-12 8-9 5-6 0 3 -Tne, register, style and -Tne, register, style and -Tne, register, style and vcabulary very apprpriate t vcabulary apprpriate t vcabulary less apprpriate t purpse, audience and purpse, audience and cntext purpse, audience and cntext cntext -Apprpriate use f language t -Very basic use f language -Language is effective and a cnvey meaning -Tne and dictin are cnsistently apprpriate tne -Tne is apprpriate inapprpriate is used -Rhetrical devices used t -Very limited vcabulary -Largely errr-free in grammar enhance cntent and spelling -Very well crafted 13 10 7 4 -Language engaging and -Adequate use f language with generally effective sme incnsistencies -Apprpriate and effective -Tne generally apprpriate and tne limited use f rhetrical devices -Few errrs in grammar and spelling -Well crafted -Language excellent and rhetrically effective in tne -Virtually errr-free in grammar and spelling -Skilfully crafted -Excellent develpment f tpic -Exceptinal detail -Sentences, paragraphs exceptinally well-cnstructed -Inadequate use f language -Little r n variety in sentence -Exceptinally limited vcabulary -Language incmprehensible -Tne, register, style and vcabulary nt apprpriate t purpse, audience and cntext -Vcabulary limitatins s extreme as t make cmprehensin impssible 5 4 3 2 0 1 -Lgical develpment f -Relevant details develped -Sme valid pints details -Sentences, paragraphs wellcnstructed -Sentences and paragraphs -Cherent faulty -Sentences, paragraphs -Essay still makes sense -Essay still makes sme sense lgical, varied -Necessary pints lacking -Sentences and paragraphs faulty -Essay lacks sense Cpyright reserved Please turn ver
English First Additinal Language/P3 10 DBE/Feb. Mar. 2018 ASSESSMENT RUBRIC FOR LONGER TRANSACTIONAL TEXT FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE [30 MARKS] Criteria Exceptinal Skilful Mderate Elementary Inadequate CONTENT, PLANNING & FORMAT 15 18 11-14 8-10 5-7 0 4 Respnse and ideas; Organisatin f ideas fr planning; Purpse, audience, features/cnventins and cntext 18 MARKS LANGUAGE, STYLE & EDITING Tne, register, style, purpse/effect, audience and cntext; Language use and cnventins; Wrd chice; Punctuatin and spelling 12 MARKS -Outstanding respnse beynd nrmal expectatins -Intelligent and mature ideas -Extensive knwledge f features f the type f text -Writing maintains fcus -Cherence in cntent and ideas -Highly elabrated and all details supprt the tpic -Apprpriate and accurate frmat -Tne, register, style and vcabulary highly apprpriate t purpse, audience and cntext -Grammatically accurate and wellcnstructed -Virtually errr-free -Very gd respnse demnstrating gd knwledge f features f the type f text -Maintains fcus n digressins -Cherent in cntent and ideas, very well elabrated and details supprt tpic -Apprpriate frmat with minr inaccuracies -Adequate respnse demnstrating knwledge f features f the type f text -Nt cmpletely fcused sme digressins -Reasnably cherent in cntent and ideas -Sme details supprt the tpic -Generally apprpriate frmat but with sme inaccuracies -Basic respnse demnstrating sme knwledge f features f the type f text -Sme fcus but writing digresses -Nt always cherent in cntent and ideas -Few details supprt the tpic -Necessary rules f frmat vaguely applied -Sme critical versights -Respnse reveals n knwledge f features f the type f text -Meaning bscure with majr digressins -Nt cherent in cntent and ideas -Very few details supprt the tpic -Necessary rules f frmat nt applied 10 12 8 9 6 7 4-5 0 3 -Tne, register, style -Tne, register, style -Tne, register, style and vcabulary very and vcabulary and vcabulary less apprpriate t purpse, apprpriate t purpse, apprpriate t purpse, audience and cntext audience and cntext audience and cntext -Generally -Sme grammatical -Inaccurate grammar grammatically accurate errrs with numerus errrs and well-cnstructed -Adequate vcabulary -Limited vcabulary -Very gd vcabulary -Errrs d nt impede -Meaning bscured -Mstly free f errrs meaning -Tne, register, style and vcabulary d nt crrespnd t purpse, audience and cntext -Errr-ridden and cnfused -Vcabulary nt suitable fr purpse -Meaning seriusly impaired Cpyright reserved Please turn ver
English First Additinal Language/P3 11 DBE/Feb. Mar. 2018 ASSESSMENT RUBRIC FOR SHORTER TRANSACTIONAL TEXT FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE [20 MARKS] Criteria Exceptinal Skilful Mderate Elementary Inadequate CONTENT, PLANNING & FORMAT 10 12 8-9 6-7 4-5 0-3 Respnse and ideas; Organisatin f ideas; Features/cnventins and cntext 12 MARKS LANGUAGE, STYLE & EDITING Tne, register, style, vcabulary apprpriate t purpse and cntext; Language use and cnventins; Wrd chice; Punctuatin and spelling 8 MARKS -Outstanding respnse beynd nrmal expectatins -Intelligent and mature ideas -Extensive knwledge f features f the type f text -Writing maintains fcus -Cherence in cntent and ideas -Highly elabrated and all details supprt the tpic -Apprpriate and accurate frmat -Tne, register, style and vcabulary highly apprpriate t purpse, audience and cntext -Grammatically accurate and wellcnstructed -Virtually errr-free -Very gd respnse demnstrating gd knwledge f features f the type f text -Maintains fcus n digressins -Cherent in cntent and ideas, very well elabrated and details supprt tpic -Apprpriate frmat with minr inaccuracies -Adequate respnse, demnstrating knwledge f features f the type f text -Nt cmpletely fcused sme digressins -Reasnably cherent in cntent and ideas -Sme details supprt the tpic -Generally apprpriate frmat but with sme inaccuracies -Basic respnse, demnstrating sme knwledge f features f the type f text -Sme fcus but writing digresses -Nt always cherent in cntent and ideas -Few details supprt the tpic -Necessary rules f frmat vaguely applied -Sme critical versights -Respnse reveals n knwledge f features f the type f text -Meaning bscure with majr digressins -Nt cherent in cntent and ideas -Very few details supprt the tpic -Necessary rules f frmat nt applied 7 8 5-6 4 3 0 2 -Tne, register, style -Tne, register, style -Tne, register, style and vcabulary very and vcabulary and vcabulary less apprpriate t purpse, apprpriate t purpse, apprpriate t purpse, audience and cntext audience and cntext audience and cntext -Generally -Sme grammatical -Inaccurate grammar grammatically accurate errrs with numerus errrs and well-cnstructed -Adequate vcabulary -Limited vcabulary -Very gd vcabulary -Errrs d nt impede -Meaning bscured -Mstly free f errrs meaning -Tne, register, style and vcabulary d nt crrespnd t purpse, audience and cntext -Errr-ridden and cnfused -Vcabulary nt suitable fr purpse -Meaning seriusly impaired Cpyright reserved