INTERMEDIATE PHASE

GRADE 6

NOVEMBER 2017

ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE P3

MEMORANDUM

MARKS: 30

This memorandum consists of 5 pages.

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INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION

SECTION A: CREATIVE TEXT

SECTION B: TRANSACTIONAL TEXT

Instructions to Markers:
Candidates are required to write on ONE topic only per SECTION.

 Full credit must be given for the candidate's own interpretation.

 Marking must be objective. Give credit for relevant ideas.
 Use the assessment rubrics to mark the WRITING TEXTS.

The texts produced by candidates must be assessed according to the following criteria
as set out in the assessment rubric:
Content, Language construction, Length, Format and Planning

NOTE:
 No additional penalties may be imposed as the rubric itself imposes penalties.
 If a candidate exceeds the word limit, read up to TEN words above the upper limit
and ignore the rest.

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SECTION A: QUESTION 1

RUBRIC ESSAY 20 MARKS

CREATIVE WRITING: DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
5-6 3-4 2 0-1
CONTENT  Complete adherence to the topic.  Adheres to the topic with minor  Some adherence to the topic.  Completely off the topic.
(Response; organisation of ideas;  Intelligent, thought –provoking and mature deviations.  Able to express some ideas clearly.  Not able to express ideas clearly/
awareness of purpose) ideas.  Ideas are reasonably coherent and  Essay shows little evidence of ideas are repetitive.
 Exceptionally well organised (introduction, convincing. organisation (introduction, body and  No evidence of organisation
6 MARKS body and conclusion/ ending) detailed and  Essay is organised (introduction, body conclusion/ ending).and coherence (introduction, body and conclusion/
coherent. and conclusion/ending) and coherent.  Essay makes some sense. ending).and coherence
 Excellent development of topic.  Logical development of topic.  Partial achievement of purpose  Muddled handling of topic/ essay
 Outstanding achievement of purpose.  Purpose achieved. does not make sense.
 Purpose not achieved.

5 4 3 1-2
LANGUAGE STRUCTURE &  Effective and correct sentence structure  Correct sentence structure  Some errors in sentence structure  Poor sentence structure
CONVENTIONS  Register, style, tone highly appropriate to  Register, style, tone appropriate to the  Register, style, tone inappropriate  Register, style, tone completely
(Sentence structure; register, the purpose and context of the essay purpose and context of the essay for the purpose and context of the inappropriate for the purpose and
style,tone; word choice; language  Effective use of wide range of vocabulary  Fairly wide range of vocabulary linked to essay context of the essay.
use spelling and punctuation) linked to the topic the topic  Adequate vocabulary linked to the  Limited vocabulary linked to the
 Correct language usage, spelling and  Few errors in language usage, spelling topic topic
5 MARKS punctuation and punctuation  A large number of errors in  Language usage, spelling and
language usage, spelling and punctuation seriously flawed.
punctuation.
2 0-1

PLANNING  Mind map/ planning tool used effectively  Mind map/ planning tool used partly or not at all
2 MARKS  Details in planning tool reflected in final text.  Details from planning tool does not appear in final text/ Some details
 Shows understanding of the purpose of planning tool. appear
 Unclear/ no skill of using the planning tool.

2 0-1
LENGTH  Essay does not exceed 150 words in length  Essay is exceptionally short (less than 50 words in length.) /
 Essay is 140-150 words in length  Essay is too long (exceeds 250 words in length.)
2 MARKS
4-5 2-3 1 0
FORMAT/ FEATURES  Variety of descriptive words, e.g.  A few descriptive words  Very little / no descriptive words No sentences written
5 MARKS adjectives & adverbs,  Displays some knowledge/ attempt of  No figures of speech used.
 Effective usage of figures of speech, figures of speech
e.g. similes, metaphors.

TOTAL MARKS 20

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SECTION B: QUESTION 2
RUBRIC: FRIENDLY LETTER (2.1/ 2.2) 10 MARKS
MARK ALLOCATION
CRITERIA 4–5 3 2 0–1
CONTENT  Complete adherence to the topic.  Adheres to the topic with minor deviations.  Some adherence to the topic.  Completely off the topic.
(Response; organisation  Outstanding response beyond the normal  Adequate response demonstrating knowledge  Basic response demonstrating some  Response reveals no knowledge of
of ideas; awareness of expectations of the features of the transactional of the features of the transactional text type. knowledge of the features of the the features of the transactional
purpose) text type.  Content stays on the topic. transactional text type text - type
 Exceptional development of content.  Details support the topic.  Some focus but some of the content is  Not able to express ideas clearly/
5 MARKS  Writing contains exceptional detail added to the  Purpose achieved. off the topic. ideas are repetitive.
text.  Few details support the topic.  Details do not support the topic.
 Outstanding achievement of purpose.  Partial achievement of purpose.  Purpose not achieved.
4–5 3 2 0-1
LANGUAGE  Effective and correct sentence structure.  Correct sentence structure.  Some errors in sentence structure.  Poor sentence structure.
CONSTRUCTION  Register, style, tone highly appropriate to the  Register, style, tone appropriate to the  Register, style, tone inappropriate for  Register, style, tone completely
(Sentence structure; purpose and context of the type of transactional purpose and context of the type of the purpose and context of the type of inappropriate for the purpose and
register, style, tone; word text. transactional text. transactional text. context of the type of transactional
choice; language use,  Exceptional use of appropriate vocabulary linked  Appropriate vocabulary linked to the topic.  Limited use of appropriate vocabulary text.
spelling and punctuation) to the topic.  Few errors in language usage, spelling and linked to the topic.  Vocabulary is not appropriate for the
 Correct language usage, spelling and punctuation. punctuation.  A large number of errors in language topic
5 MARKS usage, spelling and punctuation.  Language usage, spelling and
punctuation seriously flawed.
2 0–1
PLANNING  Evidence of planning  Some evidence of planning
2 MARKS  Planning relevant to topic  Planning not done/ merely re-written text

3 2 0-1

LENGTH  Response is 100- 120 words in length.  Response is too short; 90  Response is exceptionally short (less than 90
 Response does not exceed 120 words and is not less than 100. words in length). words in length).
3 MARKS  Response is too long (130  Response is too long (exceeds 130 words in
words in length). length)

4–5 2–3 0–1

FORMAT/ FEATURES Letter format: At first glance, must give the impression Letter format: At first glance, must give Letter format not adhered to.
5 MARKS of a letter. the impression of a letter. Features distorted and incorrect.
(There must be a salutation, introduction, body and a One of the features of the letter omitted.
conclusion.)
Address correctly placed and complete with date
Salutation: correctly placed
No punctuation
Line left before and after salutation
Conclusion:
Correct position relevant to the instruction friend.
no punctuation in the conclusion
TOTAL: 20 ÷ 2 = 10

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RUBRIC: DIALOGUE (2.2)

CRITERIA MARK ALLOCATION

4–5 3 2 0–1
CONTENT  Complete adherence to the topic.  Adheres to the topic with minor  Some adherence to the topic.  Completely off the topic.
(Response; organisation of ideas;  Outstanding response beyond the normal deviations.  Basic response demonstrating  Response reveals no
awareness of purpose) expectations of the features of the  Adequate response some knowledge of the features of knowledge of the features of
transactional text type. demonstrating knowledge of the transactional text type the transactional text -type
5 MARKS  Exceptional development of content. the features of the transactional  Some focus but some of the  Not able to express ideas
 Writing contains exceptional detail added text type. content is off the topic. clearly/ ideas are repetitive.
to the text.  Content stays on the topic.  Few details support the topic.  Details do not support the
 Outstanding achievement of purpose.  Details support the topic.  Partial achievement of purpose. topic.
 Purpose achieved.  Purpose not achieved.

4–5 3 2 0–1
LANGUAGE STRUCTURE &  Effective and correct sentence structure.  Correct sentence structure.  Some errors in sentence structure.  Poor sentence structure.
CONVENTIONS  Register, style, tone highly appropriate to  Register, style, tone  Register, style, tone inappropriate  Register, style, tone completely
(Sentence structure; register, style, tone; the purpose and context of the type of appropriate to the purpose and for the purpose and context of the inappropriate for the purpose
word choice; language use, spelling and transactional text. context of the type of type of transactional text. and context of the type of
punctuation)  Exceptional use of appropriate vocabulary transactional text.  Limited use of appropriate transactional text.
linked to the topic.  Appropriate vocabulary linked vocabulary linked to the topic.  Vocabulary is not appropriate
5 MARKS  Correct language usage, spelling and to the topic.  Many errors in language usage, for the topic
punctuation.  Few errors in language usage, spelling and punctuation.  Language usage, spelling and
spelling and punctuation. punctuation seriously flawed.
2 0-1
PLANNING  Evidence of planning  Some evidence of planning
2 MARKS  Planning relevant to topic  Planning not done/ merely re-written text

3 2 0–1

LENGTH  Response is 60 - 80 words in length.  Response is too short 40–49  Response is exceptionally short
 Response does not exceed 80 words AND is not less than 60 words. words in length). (less than 40 words in length).
3 MARKS  Response is too long; 91/more  Response is too long (exceeds
words in length). 100 words in length).

4-5 2-3 0-1

FORMAT/ FEATURES Appropriate and accurate format Appropriate format with minor Necessary rules of format vaguely applied.
5 MARKS Each speaker on a new line inaccuracies
A colon after every speaker’s name Each speaker on a new line Some inverted commas appear
No inverted commas A colon after every speaker’s
name
No inverted commas

TOTAL: 20 ÷ 2 = 10

GRAND TOTAL (20 + 10): 30

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