Province of the

EASTERN CAPE
EDUCATION

SENIOR PHASE

GRADE 9

NOVEMBER 2013

ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE

MEMORANDUM

MARKS: 100

This memorandum consists of 7 pages.

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INFORMATION

1. This marking guideline consists of FOUR sections, namely:

SECTION A: COMPREHENSION (30 marks)

SECTION B: LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT (40 marks)

SECTION C: SUMMARY (10 marks)

SECTION D: CREATIVE WRITING (20 marks)

2. Assessment rubrics for summary and creative writing are included.

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SECTION A: COMPREHENSION

QUESTION 1

1.1 C√ (1)

1.2 B√ (1)

1.3 D√ (1)

1.4 B√ (1)

1.5 1.5.1 45 years old √ (1)

1.5.2 She was describing the symptoms of depression to some women

and realised that it was what she had been going through. √√ (2)

1.6 Signs √√ (2)

1.7 1.7.1 False. √ “Thobile … gave them pamphlets to read.” √√ (3)

1.7.2 False. √ Depression affects millions of men, women and children

of all races, cultures and socio-economic groups. √√ (3)

1.8 They are afraid of how they’ll be judged if they admit that they are
depressed. √√ (Any suitable answer) (2)

1.9 She is CEO of the South Africa Depression and Anxiety group. √ (1)

1.10 I’ll be very sad/worried/unhappy/stressed/frustrated. (Any correct

answer) √√ (2)
[20]

QUESTION 2: VISUAL TEXT

2.1 Vumile and the Dragon √ (1)

2.2 Claerwen Howie √ (1)

2.3 Young children √ (1)

2.4 It is about the excursion of three friends Vumile, Joe and Kate into a
garden. /The book is about the outdoor adventures of the three
youngsters. √√ (2)

2.5 Very unusual/remarkable/unusually great √√ (Any correct answer) (2)

2.6 It will entertain them with facts about some of South Africa’s natural
heritage. √√ (2)

2.7 Print Matters √ (1)

[10]

TOTAL SECTION A: 30
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SECTION B: LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT

QUESTION 3

3.1 3.1.1 lives √ (1)

3.1.2 families √ (1)

3.2 3.2.1 Cape Town √ (1)

3.2.2 Chief Executive Officer √ (1)

3.3 3.3.1 Many men ran away and did not take care of their kids. √√ (2)

3.3.2 Many suffered in silence and were afraid to admit their sickness. √√ (2)

3.4 3.4.1 impossible √ (1)

3.4.2 smallest √ (1)

3.5 3.5.1 independent √ (1)

3.5.2 medical √ (1)

3.6 3.6.1 Depression is not the most common illness and does not affect
millions of people. √√ (2)

3.7 3.7.1 D√ (1)

3.7.2 C√ (1)

3.7.3 E√ (1)

3.7.4 F√ (1)

3.7.5 B√ (1)

3.7.6 A√ (1)

3.8 3.8.1 Thobile carried on with her life in spite of the strange feelings she
had./In spite of her strange feelings Thobile carried on with her
life. √√ (2)

3.8.2 Thobile runs a placement that is based in Brixton. √√ (2)

3.9 3.9.1 She shares that her heart is not in the right place./She shared that
her heart was not in the right place. √√ (2)

3.9.2 Thobile asked John if he took his medication regularly. √√√ (3)
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3.10 Being in denial over needing help will make your condition worse. √ (1)

3.11 The abusive husband was divorced by Thobile. √√ (2)

3.12 When did Thobile realise what had been troubling her? √√ (2)

3.13 strange √ (1)

3.14 3.14.1 worse √ (1)

3.14.2 mental √ (1)

3.15 Yes – I am afraid of being judged about my illness. √√ (2)

3.16 I’m feeling very tired. √ (1)

TOTAL SECTION B: 40

SECTION C: SUMMARY

QUESTION 4

 Count the total number of words.

 Allow only 5 extra words if the summary is too long.
 The rest of the summary after 65 words must be ignored.
 Make sure that the learner followed the instructions.

1. Disclosure makes it possible for the person to deal with the challenges of
living with HIV.

2. It helps you to share your secret with others.

3. By disclosing people learn to accept their status.

4. People can have an access to medical care and support.

5. Sharing your status also encourage others to avoid infection.

(52 words) (20)

TOTAL SECTION C (20 2): 10

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QUESTION 4

ASSESSMENT RUBRIC FOR THE SUMMARY

Criteria
5 4–3 2 1

7–8 5–6 3–4 1–2

Main ideas Able to select Able to select Able to select Unable to select
subtopic, main idea and main ideas and main ideas and the main idea
keywords key words key words that key words that and key words.
successfully. display some display limited
relevance. relevance.
7–8 5–6 3–4 1–2
Structural Able to integrate Able to integrate Unable to Learner is
organisation: information information integrate incoherent and
paragraphing logically. logically. Mostly information illogical. Unable
and sentence Correct correct logically. to structure
construction. sentence sentence Incorrect sentences.
structure. structure. sentence
structure.
4 3 2 1
Language A wide range of Shows a range Shows limited Poor use of
usage: vocabulary. of vocabulary. use of vocabulary, an
vocabulary, Language use Some correct vocabulary. inability to use
punctuation correct. language Mostly incorrect language
and spelling. Spelling and structure, language correctly. Very
punctuation spelling and structure, flawed spelling
mainly correct. punctuation. spelling and and
punctuation. punctuation.

TOTAL SECTION C (20 2): 10

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SECTION D: CREATIVE WRITING

QUESTION 5

ASSESSMENT RUBRIC FOR CREATIVE WRITING

Criteria
LEVEL 4 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 1

4 3 2 1
Correctness of Complete Good Partial Very limited
appropriate length adherence to adherence to adherence to adherence to
format. format. format. topic. Far too
Appropriate Appropriate Appropriate long or short.
length. length. length.
8 – 10 6–7 6–5 1–2
Structure, tone, Appropriate Mostly Inappropriate Completely
style, register structure and appropriate structure and inappropriate
spelling tone. Variation structure and tone. structure and
punctuation of sentence tone. Incomplete tone. Weak
types. Good Complete sentences. sentence
Use of Language use of language sentences. Few structure.
grammar, Few grammatical, Numerous
spelling and grammatical, spelling and spelling,
punctuation spelling and punctuation grammatical
with few errors. errors. errors. and
punctuation
errors.
6 4–5 2–3 1
Adherence to topic Complete Adherence to Mention the Completely off
adherence to topic with topic with no the topic the
topic. Achieves minor adherence to topic.
purpose fully. deviations. it. Purpose Purpose not
Achieves not achieve at achieved at
purpose all. all.
partially.

TOTAL SECTION D: 20
GRAND TOTAL: 100