Grade 11: National Senior Certificate

Province of the
EASTERN CAPE
EDUCATION
NATIONAL
SENIOR CERTIFICATE
GRADE 11
NOVEMBER 2012
ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE P1

MARKING GUIDELINE
MARKS: 70
This marking guideline consists of 5 pages.

2 ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE P1 (Memo) (NOVEMBER 2012)
SECTION A: COMPREHENSION
QUESTION 1: READING FOR MEANING AND UNDERSTANDING
NOTE:
 This marking memorandum is intended as a guide for markers.
 It is by no means prescriptive or exhaustive.
 Candidates’ responses should be considered on merit.
 Answers should be assessed holistically and marks awarded where applicable in
terms of decisions taken at the standardisation meeting.
 The memorandum will be discussed before the commencement of marking.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR MARKERS
Marking the comprehension:

 Incorrect spelling in one-word answers should not be marked wrong, unless the
spelling changes the meaning of the word.
 Incorrect spelling and language errors in longer responses should not be penalised,
because the focus is on understanding.
 For open-ended questions, no marks should be awarded for YES/NO or I
AGREE/I DISAGREE. The reason/substantiation/motivation is what should be
considered.
 For TRUE/FALSE or FACT/OPINION questions, the mark should be split, i.e. award
1 mark for TRUE/FALSE or FACT/OPINION and a mark for the
reason/substantiation/motivation/quotation. The mark for the
reason/substantiation/motivation/quotation should only be awarded if the
TRUE/FALSE or FACT/OPINION part of the question is correct. (One cannot award
a mark for substantiation or an interpretation (TRUE/FALSE or FACT/OPINION) that
was wrong in the first place.)
 For questions which require quotations from the text, do not penalise candidates for
omitting the quotation marks or for an incorrect spelling within the quotation.
 When one-word answers are required and the candidate gives a whole sentence,
mark correct provided that the correct word is underlined/highlighted.
 When two/three facts/points are required and a range is given, mark only the first
two/three.
 If a candidate uses words from a language other than the one being examined,
disregard those words, and if the answer still makes sense, do not penalise.
 However, if a word from another language is used in a text and required in an
answer, this will be acceptable.
 Accept dialectal variations.
 For multiple-choice questions, accept BOTH the letter corresponding to the correct
answer AND the answer written out in full.
(NOVEMBER 2012) ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE P1 (Memo) 3
SECTION A: COMPREHENSION
1.1 1.1.1 She is stereotyped as having a full figure, which is not very realistic
(rather sexist image). (2)
1.1.2 The doll is not typical – in fact, it may be too realistic, but beauty is
seen in the reality/not hiding the truth. (2)
1.1.3 D moving (1)
1.2 1.2.1 Many parents are buying them as quickly as they can (“snapping
them up”)/more than 2000 special dolls are sold on just one site a
year. (1)
1.2.2  YES – perhaps children can identify with them and see that there
are dolls which look just like they do. OR
 NO – they might make children more self-conscious, especially
when they see that most children are “normal”.
[Look for logical reasoning in response.] (2)
1.3 She has a fun personality, she is up-to-date and she represents her age/type
perfectly. [No marks for “jazzy”, “modern” or “now”.] (3)
1.4 1.4.1 This indicates that a contradiction/refutation will follow. (1)
1.4.2 Both indicate a certain typecasting/lack of individuality or not allowing
individuality/they emphasize the point about labelling people. (2)
1.5 She finds their appearance rather grotesque. To her, Down Syndrome is
more about a disability than about appearance. (2)
1.6 It appears that parents have more difficulty coming to terms with disabilities
and so have more need for these dolls than do their children who are able to
accept and love any kind of doll.
[Answer must be ONE complete sentence – beware of comma splicing.] (2)
1.7 She is a very poor role model and they might feel that her behaviour and
appearance are unacceptable. (2)
1.8 C fashion disaster. (1)
1.9 It is a joining of two words – meat and sandwiches (so meat sandwiches) to
form a new one. (1)
1.10 YES – they do represent a certain reality (even a sense of humour). We see
people like this in certain areas or on television shows. Although she is not
altogether appealing, there are women like this. (2)
1.11 “A man’s accessory”/”has to be pink”/“dolly dress-up”
[Answers must be PHRASES.] (2)
1.12 To enhance her image as someone learned/intelligent. [Accept “geek”.] (1)
1.13  YES – they show a sense of reality/humour. They are more realistic and
less stylised. They give children insight into real-life issues.
OR
 NO – dolls are supposed to offer escapism. Children need to be
sheltered from harsh reality. In fact, these dolls are stereotypes too.
[Look for well-reasoned answer.] (3)
TOTAL SECTION A: 30
4 ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE P1 (Memo) (NOVEMBER 2012)
SECTION B: SUMMARY
QUESTION 2: SUMMARISING IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Use the following main points that the candidate should include in the summary, as a
guideline.
 The Desmond Tutu Peace centre will be a centre for world peace.
 Over 1,5 million visitors will be able to engage in/be involved in its many
activities.
 It will be situated near the Cape Town Convention Centre.
 The architects aim to blend different styles based on justice themes.
 There will be rooms for many varied purposes.
 Tutu’s office and his archives will be situated there.
 Different exhibitions on peace will be mounted there.
Marking the summary:
 Candidates should present the summary in the required format. Summaries not
presented in the required format but reflecting another format of summarizing as
prescribed in the Subject Statement for languages should be assessed and not
penalised.
 Candidates must indicate the word count correctly.
Award marks as follows:
 7 marks for 7 points
 3 marks for language
For direct quotations of whole sentences, penalize as follows from the total mark
awarded for the points:
1 – 3 whole sentences quoted: no penalty
4 – 5 whole sentences quoted: deduct 1 mark
6 – 7 whole sentences quoted: deduct 2 marks
Language errors (grammar, spelling, punctuation): deduct from the 3 marks for
language as follows:
0 – 4 errors: no penalty
5 – 10 errors: subtract 1 mark
11 – 15 errors: subtract 2 marks
16 errors or more: subtract 3 marks
 To avoid the anomaly that a candidate is able to score more marks for
language than for the summary which is the core assessment task, please
take note that the language mark distribution shall be as follows:
 To be awarded 1 language mark, at least 1 – 3 points should be correct.
 To be awarded 2 language marks, at least 4 – 5 points should be correct.
 To be awarded 3 language marks, at least 6 – 7 points should be correct.
Subtract 1 mark from the total marks awarded for the points and language usage for not
indicating the word count or if the summary is too long. Do not mark over 95 words.
NOTE: Abbreviations should not be used but should they appear in the summary they
must be counted as the number of words they represent.
TOTAL SECTION B: 10
(NOVEMBER 2012) ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE P1 (Memo) 5
SECTION C: LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT

QUESTION 3: ANALYSING ADVERTISING
3.1 3.1.1 This emphasises the fact that no-one will be able to eat bluefish tuna
as it will be extinct because of over-fishing. It will literally not be on
the menu as a dish = 1 (2)
3.1.2  Fish looks terrified – open mouth/staring eye.
 Chopsticks hint at eating of sushi – because of this delicacy,
tuna is being over-fished.
 Human hand – indicates that it is people who are responsible. (3)
3.2 3.2.1  Red = blood (life blood)/violence – leaking out of fish.
 Fish is seen as small because reserves are shrinking. (2)
3.2.2 Cannot make new pronounceable word. Here, the initials are simply
used to represent the organisation. (1)
3.3 3.3.1 World Wildlife Foundation/WWF (1)
3.3.2 It is a creature which is also near extinction. (1)
[10]
QUESTION 4: UNDERSTANDING OTHER ASPECTS OF THE MEDIA
4.1 4.1.1 He has written “cartoonist” above his door/he is signing for the
delivery. (1)
4.1.2 He will need to deal with the topic at hand (the Arms Deal) in a
round-about way/cartoonists often make use of figures of speech. (2)
4.1.3 (a) They would lead one off the track/trail/away from the truth. (1)
(b) They would be used to take the blame/detract from the truth. (1)
(c) Rewards given to those who assist (often dishonestly). (1)
4.2 4.2.1 Resigned/defeated/crestfallen/disillusioned (1)
4.2.2 His students’ results are poor and they don’t even realise this! (1)
4.2.3  One student spends a lot of time and energy trying to work out
the result.
 One is fast asleep – has no reaction or feelings.
 One erroneously thinks this is good news!
[Any 2 statements] (2)
[10]
QUESTION 5: USING LANGUAGE CORRECTLY
5.1 Stroppy/real scary (1)
5.2 It could even cause mental illness. (1)
5.3 Real – really (1)
5.4 Halted/observed/formed (any 2) (2)
5.5 It is a scientific term. (1)
5.6 Adolescence (1)
5.7 A lot (1)
5.8 It functions as a verbal noun/does not have a verbal function. (1)
5.9 As if/as though (1)
[10]
TOTAL SECTION C: 30
GRAND TOTAL: 70

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ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE P1

This marking guideline consists of 5 pages.

QUESTION 1: READING FOR MEANING AND UNDERSTANDING

INSTRUCTIONS FOR MARKERS

Marking the comprehension:

SECTION C: LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT

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