2022 · june · Afrikaans First Additional Language · Grade 11
Practice paper 10 — Grade 11 Afrikaans First Additional Language (Easified, CAPS-aligned)
Notes
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150 min · 140 Marks · 30 questions
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1 · 4 Marks · Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense. Give the line a marker should keep.
Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense
Notes: Reël, vyf eie voorbeelde, een fout wat leerders maak, dan ’n kort toets.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense. Give the line a marker should keep.
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: line a marker should keep. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: line a marker should keep. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get line a marker should keep.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense. The verb must agree with the doer, and the tense must match the time.
2. What do we already know?
Reël, vyf eie voorbeelde, een fout wat leerders maak, dan ’n kort toets.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense. The verb must agree with the doer, and the tense must match the time.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Reël
In Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense, name the job of each word. A verb acts. An adjective describes. An adverb says how. The verb must agree with the doer, and the tense must match the time.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Vyf voorbeelde
1. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die kaptein gereed en vergelyk die kaart eers by die veld. 2. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die skeidsregter oplettend en beplan die plan weer by die mark. 3. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die bibliotekaris noukeurig en beskryf die vraag vinnig by die veld. 4. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die besoeker stil en kontroleer die plan saam by die klaskamer. 5. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die gids ernstig en vergelyk die vraag versigtig by die saal.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Gewone foute
Learners swap the describing word and the how-word, leave a singular verb on a plural doer, or keep “I” and the quotation marks in indirect speech.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Kort toets
Look at example 1. Verb: vergelyk. Describing word: gereed. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to vergelyk.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Look at example 1. Verb: vergelyk. Describing word: gereed. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to vergelyk.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Look at example 1. Verb: vergelyk. Describing word: gereed. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to vergelyk.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Look at example 1. Verb: vergelyk. Describing word: gereed. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to vergelyk.
6. Check it like a marker
Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
2 · 4 Marks · Reading longer texts and visual texts
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Reading longer texts and visual texts. Lees die gedeelte vir Reading longer texts and visual texts en antwoord in Afrikaans First Additional Language.
Reading longer texts and visual texts
Notes: Main idea first. Then one proof from the same passage.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Reading longer texts and visual texts. Lees die gedeelte vir Reading longer texts and visual texts en antwoord in Afrikaans First Additional Language.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Reading longer texts and visual texts. Find the paragraph that holds the answer before you write.
2. What do we already know?
Main idea first. Then one proof from the same passage.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Reading longer texts and visual texts. Find the paragraph that holds the answer before you write.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Stappe
Read twice. Say the main idea in a few words. Quote four to six words that prove it. Check you did not add a place, a time, or a motive.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Voorbeeldteks
In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die bibliotekaris ernstig en vergelyk die kennisgewing vinnig by die veld. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die besoeker seker en kontroleer die brief netjies by die stasie. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die kaptein noukeurig en vergelyk die verslag netjies by die saal.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Modelantwoord
Main idea: die bibliotekaris vergelyk die kennisgewing at die veld. Proof is the verb “vergelyk” and the place die veld. Add nothing about a reason the passage never gives.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Nasienrooster
Rubric: one mark for the idea in your own words, one mark for a short quotation that matches it, zero if the quotation is about a different sentence.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Main idea: die bibliotekaris vergelyk die kennisgewing at die veld. Proof is the verb “vergelyk” and the place die veld. Add nothing about a reason the passage never gives.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Main idea: die bibliotekaris vergelyk die kennisgewing at die veld. Proof is the verb “vergelyk” and the place die veld. Add nothing about a reason the passage never gives.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Main idea: die bibliotekaris vergelyk die kennisgewing at die veld. Proof is the verb “vergelyk” and the place die veld. Add nothing about a reason the passage never gives.
6. Check it like a marker
Rubric: one mark for the idea in your own words, one mark for a short quotation that matches it, zero if the quotation is about a different sentence.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Rubric: one mark for the idea in your own words, one mark for a short quotation that matches it, zero if the quotation is about a different sentence.
3 · 4 Marks · Grammar, vocabulary and editing
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Grammar, vocabulary and editing. What is the answer?
Grammar, vocabulary and editing
Notes: Reël, vyf eie voorbeelde, een fout wat leerders maak, dan ’n kort toets.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Grammar, vocabulary and editing. What is the answer?
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: What is the answer. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: What is the answer. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Grammar, vocabulary and editing. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get What is the answer.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Grammar, vocabulary and editing. Fix only the error the question names. Do not rewrite the meaning.
2. What do we already know?
Reël, vyf eie voorbeelde, een fout wat leerders maak, dan ’n kort toets.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Grammar, vocabulary and editing. Fix only the error the question names. Do not rewrite the meaning.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Reël
In Grammar, vocabulary and editing, name the job of each word. A verb acts. An adjective describes. An adverb says how. The verb must agree with the doer, and the tense must match the time.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Vyf voorbeelde
1. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die afrigter ernstig en verduidelik die vraag saam by die saal. 2. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer ernstig en noem die brief vinnig by die veld. 3. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die gids gereed en verduidelik die kaart duidelik by die biblioteek. 4. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die redakteur stil en beskryf die vraag versigtig by die klaskamer. 5. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die bibliotekaris vriendelik en versamel die roete saam by die mark.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Gewone foute
Learners swap the describing word and the how-word, leave a singular verb on a plural doer, or keep “I” and the quotation marks in indirect speech.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Kort toets
Look at example 1. Verb: verduidelik. Describing word: ernstig. How-word: saam. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to verduidelik.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
6. Check it like a marker
Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
4 · 4 Marks · Summary of a longer text
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Summary of a longer text. Give the line a marker should keep.
Summary of a longer text
Notes: Keep the facts. Drop the decoration. Count the words.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Summary of a longer text. Give the line a marker should keep.
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: line a marker should keep. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: line a marker should keep. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Summary of a longer text. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get line a marker should keep.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Summary of a longer text. Three facts, one sentence each, then cut until you are inside the word limit.
2. What do we already know?
Keep the facts. Drop the decoration. Count the words.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Summary of a longer text. Three facts, one sentence each, then cut until you are inside the word limit.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Stappe
Read twice. List three facts. Write one sentence each. Cut until you are inside about 70 words, or the limit printed on the paper.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Voorbeeldteks
In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die gids noukeurig en verduidelik die kaart vinnig by die veld. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die redakteur seker en verduidelik die brief duidelik by die saal. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die afrigter oplettend en beplan die lys netjies by die kantoor.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Modelantwoord
Model: die gids verduidelik die kaart at die veld. (8 words.) Stay near about 70 words, or the limit printed on the paper.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Nasienrooster
Rubric: each fact from the passage can score; a new fact scores zero; copying the whole passage is not a summary; write the word count if the paper asks.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Model: die gids verduidelik die kaart at die veld. (8 words.) Stay near about 70 words, or the limit printed on the paper.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Model: die gids verduidelik die kaart at die veld. (8 words.) Stay near about 70 words, or the limit printed on the paper.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Model: die gids verduidelik die kaart at die veld. (8 words.) Stay near about 70 words, or the limit printed on the paper.
6. Check it like a marker
Rubric: each fact from the passage can score; a new fact scores zero; copying the whole passage is not a summary; write the word count if the paper asks.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Rubric: each fact from the passage can score; a new fact scores zero; copying the whole passage is not a summary; write the word count if the paper asks.
5 · 4 Marks · Visual and advertising texts
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Visual and advertising texts. Afrikaans First Additional Language. An advert uses this caption: In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer ernstig en noem die brief weer by die saal. What must the viewer do, and what is easy to miss?
Visual and advertising texts
Notes: Message, then the one word or sign that does the work.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Visual and advertising texts. Afrikaans First Additional Language. An advert uses this caption: In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer ernstig en noem die brief weer by die saal. What must the viewer do, and what is easy to miss?
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: what is easy to miss. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: what is easy to miss. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Visual and advertising texts. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get what is easy to miss.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Visual and advertising texts. Say what the layout wants noticed, and what the small print wants skipped.
2. What do we already know?
Message, then the one word or sign that does the work.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Visual and advertising texts. Say what the layout wants noticed, and what the small print wants skipped.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Skill steps
Name the biggest element first. Then the smallest writing. Say what the layout wants noticed and what it wants skipped.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Example
Large caption: In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer ernstig en noem die brief weer by die saal. A small grey line at die saal adds a condition the caption never states.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Model answer
The aim is to make die brief look easy. The small line hides the condition. The working word is “ernstig”.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Marking rubric
One mark for the aim, one mark for the hidden detail, zero for “it is nice” or a list of colours with no message.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Aim: die brief should look easy. Hidden: the small condition. Working word: ernstig.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Aim: die brief should look easy. Hidden: the small condition. Working word: ernstig.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Aim: die brief should look easy. Hidden: the small condition. Working word: ernstig.
6. Check it like a marker
Colour names alone are not the message.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Colour names alone are not the message.
6 · 8 Marks · Fact and opinion
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Fact and opinion. What is the answer?
Fact and opinion
Notes: Reël, vyf eie voorbeelde, een fout wat leerders maak, dan ’n kort toets.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Fact and opinion. What is the answer?
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: What is the answer. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: What is the answer. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Fact and opinion. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get What is the answer.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Fact and opinion. A fact can be checked in the text. An opinion needs the word that shows whose view it is.
2. What do we already know?
Reël, vyf eie voorbeelde, een fout wat leerders maak, dan ’n kort toets.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Fact and opinion. A fact can be checked in the text. An opinion needs the word that shows whose view it is.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Reël
A fact can be checked. An opinion judges. Bias is a push. In Fact and opinion, separate the three before you agree with the writer.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Vyf voorbeelde
1. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die gids vriendelik en noem die kennisgewing duidelik by die biblioteek. 2. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die redakteur vriendelik en beplan die kaart versigtig by die biblioteek. 3. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die afrigter kalm en beskryf die brief saam by die stasie. 4. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer gereed en vergelyk die verslag duidelik by die klaskamer. 5. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die kaptein ernstig en noem die kennisgewing netjies by die hawe.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Gewone foute
Learners swap the describing word and the how-word, leave a singular verb on a plural doer, or keep “I” and the quotation marks in indirect speech.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Kort toets
Look at example 1. Verb: noem. Describing word: vriendelik. How-word: duidelik. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to noem.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
6. Check it like a marker
Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
7 · 4 Marks · Literature: novel or drama, and poetry
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Literature: novel or drama, and poetry. Give the line a marker should keep.
Literature: novel or drama, and poetry
Notes: Lees die vraag se werkwoord. Bly binne Literature: novel or drama, and poetry. Een bewys vir elke punt.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Literature: novel or drama, and poetry. Give the line a marker should keep.
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: line a marker should keep. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: line a marker should keep. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Literature: novel or drama, and poetry. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get line a marker should keep.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Literature: novel or drama, and poetry. Use two moments from the book. A retelling of the whole plot earns the content marks of neither.
2. What do we already know?
Lees die vraag se werkwoord. Bly binne Literature: novel or drama, and poetry. Een bewys vir elke punt.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Literature: novel or drama, and poetry. Use two moments from the book. A retelling of the whole plot earns the content marks of neither.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 11
Oorsig
Literature: novel or drama, and poetry is julle voorgeskrewe set work in Afrikaans First Additional Language, Graad 11. Lees die skool se eksemplaar. Hierdie les vervang nie die boek nie.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 11
Skrywer en konteks
Skrywer: the writer on your school’s list. Sit die teks in sy plek voor jy ’n tema noem. ’n Lewensverhaal sonder ’n toneel verdien min.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 11
Samevatting
Deel Literature: novel or drama, and poetry in vyf: opening, probleem, keerpunt, klimaks, slot. Gebruik net gebeure wat in hierdie teks is.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 11
Karakters
Noem die hoofkarakter, die teenstander en een persoon wat die botsing sien. Sê wat elkeen wil hê.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 11
Temas
Kies een tema in Literature: novel or drama, and poetry. Bewys dit met twee tonele, nie met ’n lys van hoofstukke nie.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
06 / 11
Styl en middele
Noem een middel: verteller, beeld, simbool, herhaling of toon. Sê wat dit in een toneel doen.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
07 / 11
Vyf kort lyne
1. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die afrigter gereed en dophou die verslag duidelik by die mark. 2. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer noukeurig en versamel die verslag saam by die hawe. 3. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die gids ernstig en dophou die roete weer by die veld. 4. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die redakteur ernstig en versamel die kennisgewing saam by die veld. 5. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die bibliotekaris stil en verduidelik die vraag hardop by die kantoor.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
08 / 11
Eksamen en memo
Kontekstueel oor Literature: novel or drama, and poetry: wat wys hierdie oomblik oor die karakter? Haal kort aan en verduidelik. Memo: Punt, aanhaling, uitwerking. Die aanhaling kom uit die uittreksel. Die sin daarna sê wat dit wys.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
09 / 11
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
10 / 11
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Punt, aanhaling, uitwerking. Die aanhaling kom uit die uittreksel. Die sin daarna sê wat dit wys.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
11 / 11
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Punt, aanhaling, uitwerking. Die aanhaling kom uit die uittreksel. Die sin daarna sê wat dit wys.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Punt, aanhaling, uitwerking. Die aanhaling kom uit die uittreksel. Die sin daarna sê wat dit wys.
6. Check it like a marker
Moenie die hele boek oorvertel nie. Bly by die teks wat die vraag noem.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Moenie die hele boek oorvertel nie. Bly by die teks wat die vraag noem.
8 · 4 Marks · Poetry: diction and tone
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Poetry: diction and tone. Afrikaans First Additional Language, Graad 11. Poetry: diction and tone. Beantwoord as literatuur: punt, bewys, uitwerking.
Poetry: diction and tone
Notes: Lees die vraag se werkwoord. Bly binne Poetry: diction and tone. Een bewys vir elke punt.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Poetry: diction and tone. Afrikaans First Additional Language, Graad 11. Poetry: diction and tone. Beantwoord as literatuur: punt, bewys, uitwerking.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Poetry: diction and tone. Quote the word, name the tone, and say what that word does to the reader.
2. What do we already know?
Lees die vraag se werkwoord. Bly binne Poetry: diction and tone. Een bewys vir elke punt.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Poetry: diction and tone. Quote the word, name the tone, and say what that word does to the reader.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 11
Oorsig
Poetry: diction and tone is julle voorgeskrewe poetry in Afrikaans First Additional Language, Graad 11. Lees die skool se eksemplaar. Hierdie les vervang nie die boek nie.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 11
Skrywer en konteks
Skrywer: the writer on your school’s list. Sit die teks in sy plek voor jy ’n tema noem. ’n Lewensverhaal sonder ’n toneel verdien min.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 11
Samevatting
Deel Poetry: diction and tone in vyf: opening, probleem, keerpunt, klimaks, slot. Gebruik net gebeure wat in hierdie teks is.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 11
Karakters
Noem die hoofkarakter, die teenstander en een persoon wat die botsing sien. Sê wat elkeen wil hê.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 11
Temas
Kies een tema in Poetry: diction and tone. Bewys dit met twee tonele, nie met ’n lys van hoofstukke nie.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
06 / 11
Styl en middele
Noem een middel: verteller, beeld, simbool, herhaling of toon. Sê wat dit in een toneel doen.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
07 / 11
Vyf kort lyne
1. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die afrigter ernstig en vergelyk die lys hardop by die stasie. 2. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer ernstig en beplan die plan saam by die klaskamer. 3. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die gids gereed en vergelyk die kennisgewing weer by die biblioteek. 4. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die redakteur stil en kontroleer die brief eers by die biblioteek. 5. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die bibliotekaris vriendelik en dophou die lys netjies by die hawe.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
08 / 11
Eksamen en memo
Kontekstueel oor Poetry: diction and tone: wat wys hierdie oomblik oor die karakter? Haal kort aan en verduidelik. Memo: Punt, aanhaling, uitwerking. Die aanhaling kom uit die uittreksel. Die sin daarna sê wat dit wys.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
09 / 11
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
10 / 11
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Punt, aanhaling, uitwerking. Die aanhaling kom uit die uittreksel. Die sin daarna sê wat dit wys.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
11 / 11
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Punt, aanhaling, uitwerking. Die aanhaling kom uit die uittreksel. Die sin daarna sê wat dit wys.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Punt, aanhaling, uitwerking. Die aanhaling kom uit die uittreksel. Die sin daarna sê wat dit wys.
6. Check it like a marker
Moenie die hele boek oorvertel nie. Bly by die teks wat die vraag noem.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Moenie die hele boek oorvertel nie. Bly by die teks wat die vraag noem.
9 · 4 Marks · Novel or drama chosen by your school
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Novel or drama chosen by your school. What is the answer?
Novel or drama chosen by your school
Notes: Lees die vraag se werkwoord. Bly binne Novel or drama chosen by your school. Een bewys vir elke punt.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Novel or drama chosen by your school. What is the answer?
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: What is the answer. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: What is the answer. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Novel or drama chosen by your school. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get What is the answer.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Novel or drama chosen by your school. Novel or drama chosen by your school is julle voorgeskrewe novel or drama in Afrikaans First Additional Language, Graad 11. Lees die skool se eksemplaar. Hierdie les vervang nie die boek nie.
2. What do we already know?
Lees die vraag se werkwoord. Bly binne Novel or drama chosen by your school. Een bewys vir elke punt.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Novel or drama chosen by your school. Novel or drama chosen by your school is julle voorgeskrewe novel or drama in Afrikaans First Additional Language, Graad 11. Lees die skool se eksemplaar. Hierdie les vervang nie die boek nie.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 11
Oorsig
Novel or drama chosen by your school is julle voorgeskrewe novel or drama in Afrikaans First Additional Language, Graad 11. Lees die skool se eksemplaar. Hierdie les vervang nie die boek nie.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 11
Skrywer en konteks
Skrywer: the writer on your school’s list. Sit die teks in sy plek voor jy ’n tema noem. ’n Lewensverhaal sonder ’n toneel verdien min.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 11
Samevatting
Deel Novel or drama chosen by your school in vyf: opening, probleem, keerpunt, klimaks, slot. Gebruik net gebeure wat in hierdie teks is.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 11
Karakters
Noem die hoofkarakter, die teenstander en een persoon wat die botsing sien. Sê wat elkeen wil hê.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 11
Temas
Kies een tema in Novel or drama chosen by your school. Bewys dit met twee tonele, nie met ’n lys van hoofstukke nie.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
06 / 11
Styl en middele
Noem een middel: verteller, beeld, simbool, herhaling of toon. Sê wat dit in een toneel doen.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
07 / 11
Vyf kort lyne
1. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die besoeker seker en verduidelik die kaart duidelik by die klaskamer. 2. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die bibliotekaris stil en vergelyk die brief hardop by die veld. 3. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die skeidsregter kalm en kontroleer die kaart eers by die kantoor. 4. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die kaptein noukeurig en noem die vraag weer by die saal. 5. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer seker en noem die roete weer by die klaskamer.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
08 / 11
Eksamen en memo
Kontekstueel oor Novel or drama chosen by your school: wat wys hierdie oomblik oor die karakter? Haal kort aan en verduidelik. Memo: Punt, aanhaling, uitwerking. Die aanhaling kom uit die uittreksel. Die sin daarna sê wat dit wys.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
09 / 11
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
10 / 11
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Moenie die hele boek oorvertel nie. Bly by die teks wat die vraag noem.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
11 / 11
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Moenie die hele boek oorvertel nie. Bly by die teks wat die vraag noem.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Moenie die hele boek oorvertel nie. Bly by die teks wat die vraag noem.
6. Check it like a marker
Moenie die hele boek oorvertel nie. Bly by die teks wat die vraag noem.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Moenie die hele boek oorvertel nie. Bly by die teks wat die vraag noem.
10 · 4 Marks · Essays and transactional writing
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Essays and transactional writing. Give the line a marker should keep.
Essays and transactional writing
Notes: Audience, purpose, then one model opening that belongs to Essays and transactional writing.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Essays and transactional writing. Give the line a marker should keep.
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: line a marker should keep. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: line a marker should keep. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Essays and transactional writing. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get line a marker should keep.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Essays and transactional writing. Say who you are writing to, and what you want them to do.
2. What do we already know?
Audience, purpose, then one model opening that belongs to Essays and transactional writing.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Essays and transactional writing. Say who you are writing to, and what you want them to do.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Skill steps
Plan Essays and transactional writing before the first sentence: purpose, reader, and three beats. Length for First Additional Language: 250 to 300 words.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Example
In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die redakteur gereed en dophou die kennisgewing versigtig by die klaskamer. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die gids oplettend en beskryf die roete netjies by die mark.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Model answer
Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die redakteur gereed en dophou die kennisgewing versigtig by die klaskamer. Beat two changes the place. Beat three says what the reader should take away.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Marking rubric
Rubric: content, language, and structure. First Additional Language essay length is 250 to 300 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die redakteur gereed en dophou die kennisgewing versigtig by die klaskamer. Beat two changes the place. Beat three says what the reader should take away.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die redakteur gereed en dophou die kennisgewing versigtig by die klaskamer. Beat two changes the place. Beat three says what the reader should take away.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die redakteur gereed en dophou die kennisgewing versigtig by die klaskamer. Beat two changes the place. Beat three says what the reader should take away.
6. Check it like a marker
Rubric: content, language, and structure. First Additional Language essay length is 250 to 300 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Rubric: content, language, and structure. First Additional Language essay length is 250 to 300 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
11 · 4 Marks · Reading longer texts and visual texts
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Essay structure. Afrikaans First Additional Language, Grade 11. Essay structure. Write for a reader you can name.
Reading longer texts and visual texts
Notes: Audience, purpose, then one model opening that belongs to Essay structure.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Essay structure. Afrikaans First Additional Language, Grade 11. Essay structure. Write for a reader you can name.
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11 · 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: Write for a reader you can name. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: Write for a reader you can name. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Essay structure. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get Write for a reader you can name.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Essay structure. Introduction names the point. Two beats carry the evidence. The close answers the question and adds nothing new.
2. What do we already know?
Audience, purpose, then one model opening that belongs to Essay structure.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Essay structure. Introduction names the point. Two beats carry the evidence. The close answers the question and adds nothing new.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Skill steps
Plan Essay structure before the first sentence: purpose, reader, and three beats. Length for First Additional Language: 250 to 300 words.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Example
In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer noukeurig en vergelyk die roete duidelik by die klaskamer. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die afrigter gereed en verduidelik die roete hardop by die veld.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Model answer
Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer noukeurig en vergelyk die roete duidelik by die klaskamer. Beat two changes the place. Beat three says what the reader should take away.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Marking rubric
Rubric: content, language, and structure. First Additional Language essay length is 250 to 300 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer noukeurig en vergelyk die roete duidelik by die klaskamer. Beat two changes the place. Beat three says what the reader should take away.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer noukeurig en vergelyk die roete duidelik by die klaskamer. Beat two changes the place. Beat three says what the reader should take away.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer noukeurig en vergelyk die roete duidelik by die klaskamer. Beat two changes the place. Beat three says what the reader should take away.
6. Check it like a marker
Rubric: content, language, and structure. First Additional Language essay length is 250 to 300 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Rubric: content, language, and structure. First Additional Language essay length is 250 to 300 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
12 · 8 Marks · Grammar, vocabulary and editing
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Pronunciation and tone. What is the answer?
Grammar, vocabulary and editing
Notes: Stance, one example, then stop. Pace counts.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Pronunciation and tone. What is the answer?
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: What is the answer. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: What is the answer. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Pronunciation and tone. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get What is the answer.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Pronunciation and tone. The same words can praise or warn. The tone decides which.
2. What do we already know?
Stance, one example, then stop. Pace counts.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Pronunciation and tone. The same words can praise or warn. The tone decides which.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Skill steps
Stand still. Say the point in one sentence. Give one example. Look up. Stop before you retell a second story.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Example
In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die gids noukeurig en dophou die kaart duidelik by die biblioteek.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Model
Opening: In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die gids noukeurig en dophou die kaart duidelik by die biblioteek. Point: die gids dophou die kaart. Example: die biblioteek, used once.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Marking rubric
Rubric: the point is clear, the example matches it, the pace is even, and you look up. Reading a page without contact loses the delivery mark.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
6. Check it like a marker
One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
13 · 4 Marks · Listening for attitude and argument
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Listening for attitude and argument. Give the line a marker should keep.
Listening for attitude and argument
Notes: Stance, one example, then stop. Pace counts.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Listening for attitude and argument. Give the line a marker should keep.
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: line a marker should keep. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: line a marker should keep. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Listening for attitude and argument. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get line a marker should keep.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Listening for attitude and argument. Write the speaker’s view in one line, then the one reason they gave.
2. What do we already know?
Stance, one example, then stop. Pace counts.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Listening for attitude and argument. Write the speaker’s view in one line, then the one reason they gave.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Skill steps
Stand still. Say the point in one sentence. Give one example. Look up. Stop before you retell a second story.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Example
In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer stil en beskryf die vraag saam by die kantoor.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Model
Opening: In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer stil en beskryf die vraag saam by die kantoor. Point: die verslaggewer beskryf die vraag. Example: die kantoor, used once.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Marking rubric
Rubric: the point is clear, the example matches it, the pace is even, and you look up. Reading a page without contact loses the delivery mark.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Opening uses “beskryf”. One example: die kantoor.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Opening uses “beskryf”. One example: die kantoor.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Opening uses “beskryf”. One example: die kantoor.
6. Check it like a marker
One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
14 · 4 Marks · Prepared speech and unprepared response
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Prepared speech and unprepared response. Afrikaans First Additional Language, Grade 11. Prepared speech and unprepared response. Open so the back of the room gets the point.
Prepared speech and unprepared response
Notes: Stance, one example, then stop. Pace counts.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Prepared speech and unprepared response. Afrikaans First Additional Language, Grade 11. Prepared speech and unprepared response. Open so the back of the room gets the point.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Prepared speech and unprepared response. Prepared: one stance and one example. Unprepared: answer the question you were asked, not a speech you memorised.
2. What do we already know?
Stance, one example, then stop. Pace counts.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Prepared speech and unprepared response. Prepared: one stance and one example. Unprepared: answer the question you were asked, not a speech you memorised.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Skill steps
Stand still. Say the point in one sentence. Give one example. Look up. Stop before you retell a second story.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Example
In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die skeidsregter vriendelik en verduidelik die plan hardop by die hawe.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Model
Opening: In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die skeidsregter vriendelik en verduidelik die plan hardop by die hawe. Point: die skeidsregter verduidelik die plan. Example: die hawe, used once.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Marking rubric
Rubric: the point is clear, the example matches it, the pace is even, and you look up. Reading a page without contact loses the delivery mark.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Opening uses “verduidelik”. One example: die hawe.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Opening uses “verduidelik”. One example: die hawe.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Opening uses “verduidelik”. One example: die hawe.
6. Check it like a marker
One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
15 · 4 Marks · Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense. What is the answer?
Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense
Notes: Reël, vyf eie voorbeelde, een fout wat leerders maak, dan ’n kort toets.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense. What is the answer?
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: What is the answer. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: What is the answer. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get What is the answer.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense. The verb must agree with the doer, and the tense must match the time.
2. What do we already know?
Reël, vyf eie voorbeelde, een fout wat leerders maak, dan ’n kort toets.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense. The verb must agree with the doer, and the tense must match the time.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Reël
In Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense, name the job of each word. A verb acts. An adjective describes. An adverb says how. The verb must agree with the doer, and the tense must match the time.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Vyf voorbeelde
1. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die kaptein gereed en vergelyk die kaart eers by die veld. 2. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die skeidsregter oplettend en beplan die plan weer by die mark. 3. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die bibliotekaris noukeurig en beskryf die vraag vinnig by die veld. 4. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die besoeker stil en kontroleer die plan saam by die klaskamer. 5. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die gids ernstig en vergelyk die vraag versigtig by die saal.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Gewone foute
Learners swap the describing word and the how-word, leave a singular verb on a plural doer, or keep “I” and the quotation marks in indirect speech.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Kort toets
Look at example 1. Verb: vergelyk. Describing word: gereed. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to vergelyk.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
6. Check it like a marker
Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
16 · 4 Marks · Reading longer texts and visual texts
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Reading longer texts and visual texts. Give the line a marker should keep.
Reading longer texts and visual texts
Notes: Main idea first. Then one proof from the same passage.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Reading longer texts and visual texts. Give the line a marker should keep.
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: line a marker should keep. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: line a marker should keep. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Reading longer texts and visual texts. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get line a marker should keep.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Reading longer texts and visual texts. Find the paragraph that holds the answer before you write.
2. What do we already know?
Main idea first. Then one proof from the same passage.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Reading longer texts and visual texts. Find the paragraph that holds the answer before you write.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Stappe
Read twice. Say the main idea in a few words. Quote four to six words that prove it. Check you did not add a place, a time, or a motive.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Voorbeeldteks
In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die bibliotekaris ernstig en vergelyk die kennisgewing vinnig by die veld. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die besoeker seker en kontroleer die brief netjies by die stasie. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die kaptein noukeurig en vergelyk die verslag netjies by die saal.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Modelantwoord
Main idea: die bibliotekaris vergelyk die kennisgewing at die veld. Proof is the verb “vergelyk” and the place die veld. Add nothing about a reason the passage never gives.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Nasienrooster
Rubric: one mark for the idea in your own words, one mark for a short quotation that matches it, zero if the quotation is about a different sentence.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Main idea: die bibliotekaris vergelyk die kennisgewing at die veld. Proof is the verb “vergelyk” and the place die veld. Add nothing about a reason the passage never gives.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Main idea: die bibliotekaris vergelyk die kennisgewing at die veld. Proof is the verb “vergelyk” and the place die veld. Add nothing about a reason the passage never gives.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Main idea: die bibliotekaris vergelyk die kennisgewing at die veld. Proof is the verb “vergelyk” and the place die veld. Add nothing about a reason the passage never gives.
6. Check it like a marker
Rubric: one mark for the idea in your own words, one mark for a short quotation that matches it, zero if the quotation is about a different sentence.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Rubric: one mark for the idea in your own words, one mark for a short quotation that matches it, zero if the quotation is about a different sentence.
17 · 4 Marks · Grammar, vocabulary and editing
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Grammar, vocabulary and editing. Afrikaans First Additional Language, Graad 11. Grammar, vocabulary and editing. Gebruik net hierdie vyf sinne, nie ’n sin uit ’n ander les nie.
Grammar, vocabulary and editing
Notes: Reël, vyf eie voorbeelde, een fout wat leerders maak, dan ’n kort toets.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Grammar, vocabulary and editing. Afrikaans First Additional Language, Graad 11. Grammar, vocabulary and editing. Gebruik net hierdie vyf sinne, nie ’n sin uit ’n ander les nie.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Grammar, vocabulary and editing. Fix only the error the question names. Do not rewrite the meaning.
2. What do we already know?
Reël, vyf eie voorbeelde, een fout wat leerders maak, dan ’n kort toets.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Grammar, vocabulary and editing. Fix only the error the question names. Do not rewrite the meaning.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Reël
In Grammar, vocabulary and editing, name the job of each word. A verb acts. An adjective describes. An adverb says how. The verb must agree with the doer, and the tense must match the time.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Vyf voorbeelde
1. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die afrigter ernstig en verduidelik die vraag saam by die saal. 2. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer ernstig en noem die brief vinnig by die veld. 3. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die gids gereed en verduidelik die kaart duidelik by die biblioteek. 4. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die redakteur stil en beskryf die vraag versigtig by die klaskamer. 5. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die bibliotekaris vriendelik en versamel die roete saam by die mark.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Gewone foute
Learners swap the describing word and the how-word, leave a singular verb on a plural doer, or keep “I” and the quotation marks in indirect speech.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Kort toets
Look at example 1. Verb: verduidelik. Describing word: ernstig. How-word: saam. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to verduidelik.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Look at example 1. Verb: verduidelik. Describing word: ernstig. How-word: saam. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to verduidelik.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Look at example 1. Verb: verduidelik. Describing word: ernstig. How-word: saam. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to verduidelik.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Look at example 1. Verb: verduidelik. Describing word: ernstig. How-word: saam. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to verduidelik.
6. Check it like a marker
Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
18 · 8 Marks · Summary of a longer text
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Summary of a longer text. What is the answer?
Summary of a longer text
Notes: Keep the facts. Drop the decoration. Count the words.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Summary of a longer text. What is the answer?
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: What is the answer. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: What is the answer. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Summary of a longer text. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get What is the answer.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Summary of a longer text. Three facts, one sentence each, then cut until you are inside the word limit.
2. What do we already know?
Keep the facts. Drop the decoration. Count the words.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Summary of a longer text. Three facts, one sentence each, then cut until you are inside the word limit.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Stappe
Read twice. List three facts. Write one sentence each. Cut until you are inside about 70 words, or the limit printed on the paper.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Voorbeeldteks
In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die gids noukeurig en verduidelik die kaart vinnig by die veld. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die redakteur seker en verduidelik die brief duidelik by die saal. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die afrigter oplettend en beplan die lys netjies by die kantoor.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Modelantwoord
Model: die gids verduidelik die kaart at die veld. (8 words.) Stay near about 70 words, or the limit printed on the paper.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Nasienrooster
Rubric: each fact from the passage can score; a new fact scores zero; copying the whole passage is not a summary; write the word count if the paper asks.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Rubric: each fact from the passage can score; a new fact scores zero; copying the whole passage is not a summary; write the word count if the paper asks.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Rubric: each fact from the passage can score; a new fact scores zero; copying the whole passage is not a summary; write the word count if the paper asks.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Rubric: each fact from the passage can score; a new fact scores zero; copying the whole passage is not a summary; write the word count if the paper asks.
6. Check it like a marker
Rubric: each fact from the passage can score; a new fact scores zero; copying the whole passage is not a summary; write the word count if the paper asks.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Rubric: each fact from the passage can score; a new fact scores zero; copying the whole passage is not a summary; write the word count if the paper asks.
19 · 4 Marks · Visual and advertising texts
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Visual and advertising texts. Give the line a marker should keep.
Visual and advertising texts
Notes: Message, then the one word or sign that does the work.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Visual and advertising texts. Give the line a marker should keep.
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: line a marker should keep. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: line a marker should keep. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Visual and advertising texts. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get line a marker should keep.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Visual and advertising texts. Say what the layout wants noticed, and what the small print wants skipped.
2. What do we already know?
Message, then the one word or sign that does the work.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Visual and advertising texts. Say what the layout wants noticed, and what the small print wants skipped.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Skill steps
Name the biggest element first. Then the smallest writing. Say what the layout wants noticed and what it wants skipped.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Example
Large caption: In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer ernstig en noem die brief weer by die saal. A small grey line at die saal adds a condition the caption never states.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Model answer
The aim is to make die brief look easy. The small line hides the condition. The working word is “ernstig”.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Marking rubric
One mark for the aim, one mark for the hidden detail, zero for “it is nice” or a list of colours with no message.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Aim: die brief should look easy. Hidden: the small condition. Working word: ernstig.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Aim: die brief should look easy. Hidden: the small condition. Working word: ernstig.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Aim: die brief should look easy. Hidden: the small condition. Working word: ernstig.
6. Check it like a marker
Colour names alone are not the message.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Colour names alone are not the message.
20 · 4 Marks · Fact and opinion
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Fact and opinion. Afrikaans First Additional Language, Graad 11. Fact and opinion. Gebruik net hierdie vyf sinne, nie ’n sin uit ’n ander les nie.
Fact and opinion
Notes: Reël, vyf eie voorbeelde, een fout wat leerders maak, dan ’n kort toets.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Fact and opinion. Afrikaans First Additional Language, Graad 11. Fact and opinion. Gebruik net hierdie vyf sinne, nie ’n sin uit ’n ander les nie.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Fact and opinion. A fact can be checked in the text. An opinion needs the word that shows whose view it is.
2. What do we already know?
Reël, vyf eie voorbeelde, een fout wat leerders maak, dan ’n kort toets.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Fact and opinion. A fact can be checked in the text. An opinion needs the word that shows whose view it is.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Reël
A fact can be checked. An opinion judges. Bias is a push. In Fact and opinion, separate the three before you agree with the writer.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Vyf voorbeelde
1. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die gids vriendelik en noem die kennisgewing duidelik by die biblioteek. 2. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die redakteur vriendelik en beplan die kaart versigtig by die biblioteek. 3. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die afrigter kalm en beskryf die brief saam by die stasie. 4. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer gereed en vergelyk die verslag duidelik by die klaskamer. 5. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die kaptein ernstig en noem die kennisgewing netjies by die hawe.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Gewone foute
Learners swap the describing word and the how-word, leave a singular verb on a plural doer, or keep “I” and the quotation marks in indirect speech.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Kort toets
Look at example 1. Verb: noem. Describing word: vriendelik. How-word: duidelik. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to noem.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Look at example 1. Verb: noem. Describing word: vriendelik. How-word: duidelik. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to noem.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Look at example 1. Verb: noem. Describing word: vriendelik. How-word: duidelik. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to noem.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Look at example 1. Verb: noem. Describing word: vriendelik. How-word: duidelik. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to noem.
6. Check it like a marker
Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
21 · 4 Marks · Literature: novel or drama, and poetry
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Literature: novel or drama, and poetry. What is the answer?
Literature: novel or drama, and poetry
Notes: Lees die vraag se werkwoord. Bly binne Literature: novel or drama, and poetry. Een bewys vir elke punt.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Literature: novel or drama, and poetry. What is the answer?
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: What is the answer. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: What is the answer. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Literature: novel or drama, and poetry. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get What is the answer.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Literature: novel or drama, and poetry. Use two moments from the book. A retelling of the whole plot earns the content marks of neither.
2. What do we already know?
Lees die vraag se werkwoord. Bly binne Literature: novel or drama, and poetry. Een bewys vir elke punt.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Literature: novel or drama, and poetry. Use two moments from the book. A retelling of the whole plot earns the content marks of neither.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 11
Oorsig
Literature: novel or drama, and poetry is julle voorgeskrewe set work in Afrikaans First Additional Language, Graad 11. Lees die skool se eksemplaar. Hierdie les vervang nie die boek nie.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 11
Skrywer en konteks
Skrywer: the writer on your school’s list. Sit die teks in sy plek voor jy ’n tema noem. ’n Lewensverhaal sonder ’n toneel verdien min.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 11
Samevatting
Deel Literature: novel or drama, and poetry in vyf: opening, probleem, keerpunt, klimaks, slot. Gebruik net gebeure wat in hierdie teks is.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 11
Karakters
Noem die hoofkarakter, die teenstander en een persoon wat die botsing sien. Sê wat elkeen wil hê.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 11
Temas
Kies een tema in Literature: novel or drama, and poetry. Bewys dit met twee tonele, nie met ’n lys van hoofstukke nie.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
06 / 11
Styl en middele
Noem een middel: verteller, beeld, simbool, herhaling of toon. Sê wat dit in een toneel doen.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
07 / 11
Vyf kort lyne
1. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die afrigter gereed en dophou die verslag duidelik by die mark. 2. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer noukeurig en versamel die verslag saam by die hawe. 3. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die gids ernstig en dophou die roete weer by die veld. 4. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die redakteur ernstig en versamel die kennisgewing saam by die veld. 5. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die bibliotekaris stil en verduidelik die vraag hardop by die kantoor.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
08 / 11
Eksamen en memo
Kontekstueel oor Literature: novel or drama, and poetry: wat wys hierdie oomblik oor die karakter? Haal kort aan en verduidelik. Memo: Punt, aanhaling, uitwerking. Die aanhaling kom uit die uittreksel. Die sin daarna sê wat dit wys.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
09 / 11
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
10 / 11
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Moenie die hele boek oorvertel nie. Bly by die teks wat die vraag noem.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
11 / 11
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Moenie die hele boek oorvertel nie. Bly by die teks wat die vraag noem.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Moenie die hele boek oorvertel nie. Bly by die teks wat die vraag noem.
6. Check it like a marker
Moenie die hele boek oorvertel nie. Bly by die teks wat die vraag noem.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Moenie die hele boek oorvertel nie. Bly by die teks wat die vraag noem.
22 · 4 Marks · Poetry: diction and tone
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Poetry: diction and tone. Give the line a marker should keep.
Poetry: diction and tone
Notes: Lees die vraag se werkwoord. Bly binne Poetry: diction and tone. Een bewys vir elke punt.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Poetry: diction and tone. Give the line a marker should keep.
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: line a marker should keep. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: line a marker should keep. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Poetry: diction and tone. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get line a marker should keep.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Poetry: diction and tone. Quote the word, name the tone, and say what that word does to the reader.
2. What do we already know?
Lees die vraag se werkwoord. Bly binne Poetry: diction and tone. Een bewys vir elke punt.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Poetry: diction and tone. Quote the word, name the tone, and say what that word does to the reader.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 11
Oorsig
Poetry: diction and tone is julle voorgeskrewe poetry in Afrikaans First Additional Language, Graad 11. Lees die skool se eksemplaar. Hierdie les vervang nie die boek nie.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 11
Skrywer en konteks
Skrywer: the writer on your school’s list. Sit die teks in sy plek voor jy ’n tema noem. ’n Lewensverhaal sonder ’n toneel verdien min.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 11
Samevatting
Deel Poetry: diction and tone in vyf: opening, probleem, keerpunt, klimaks, slot. Gebruik net gebeure wat in hierdie teks is.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 11
Karakters
Noem die hoofkarakter, die teenstander en een persoon wat die botsing sien. Sê wat elkeen wil hê.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 11
Temas
Kies een tema in Poetry: diction and tone. Bewys dit met twee tonele, nie met ’n lys van hoofstukke nie.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
06 / 11
Styl en middele
Noem een middel: verteller, beeld, simbool, herhaling of toon. Sê wat dit in een toneel doen.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
07 / 11
Vyf kort lyne
1. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die afrigter ernstig en vergelyk die lys hardop by die stasie. 2. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer ernstig en beplan die plan saam by die klaskamer. 3. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die gids gereed en vergelyk die kennisgewing weer by die biblioteek. 4. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die redakteur stil en kontroleer die brief eers by die biblioteek. 5. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die bibliotekaris vriendelik en dophou die lys netjies by die hawe.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
08 / 11
Eksamen en memo
Kontekstueel oor Poetry: diction and tone: wat wys hierdie oomblik oor die karakter? Haal kort aan en verduidelik. Memo: Punt, aanhaling, uitwerking. Die aanhaling kom uit die uittreksel. Die sin daarna sê wat dit wys.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
09 / 11
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
10 / 11
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Punt, aanhaling, uitwerking. Die aanhaling kom uit die uittreksel. Die sin daarna sê wat dit wys.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
11 / 11
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Punt, aanhaling, uitwerking. Die aanhaling kom uit die uittreksel. Die sin daarna sê wat dit wys.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Punt, aanhaling, uitwerking. Die aanhaling kom uit die uittreksel. Die sin daarna sê wat dit wys.
6. Check it like a marker
Moenie die hele boek oorvertel nie. Bly by die teks wat die vraag noem.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Moenie die hele boek oorvertel nie. Bly by die teks wat die vraag noem.
23 · 4 Marks · Novel or drama chosen by your school
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Novel or drama chosen by your school. Afrikaans First Additional Language, Graad 11. Novel or drama chosen by your school. Beantwoord as literatuur: punt, bewys, uitwerking.
Novel or drama chosen by your school
Notes: Lees die vraag se werkwoord. Bly binne Novel or drama chosen by your school. Een bewys vir elke punt.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Novel or drama chosen by your school. Afrikaans First Additional Language, Graad 11. Novel or drama chosen by your school. Beantwoord as literatuur: punt, bewys, uitwerking.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Novel or drama chosen by your school. Novel or drama chosen by your school is julle voorgeskrewe novel or drama in Afrikaans First Additional Language, Graad 11. Lees die skool se eksemplaar. Hierdie les vervang nie die boek nie.
2. What do we already know?
Lees die vraag se werkwoord. Bly binne Novel or drama chosen by your school. Een bewys vir elke punt.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Novel or drama chosen by your school. Novel or drama chosen by your school is julle voorgeskrewe novel or drama in Afrikaans First Additional Language, Graad 11. Lees die skool se eksemplaar. Hierdie les vervang nie die boek nie.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 11
Oorsig
Novel or drama chosen by your school is julle voorgeskrewe novel or drama in Afrikaans First Additional Language, Graad 11. Lees die skool se eksemplaar. Hierdie les vervang nie die boek nie.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 11
Skrywer en konteks
Skrywer: the writer on your school’s list. Sit die teks in sy plek voor jy ’n tema noem. ’n Lewensverhaal sonder ’n toneel verdien min.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 11
Samevatting
Deel Novel or drama chosen by your school in vyf: opening, probleem, keerpunt, klimaks, slot. Gebruik net gebeure wat in hierdie teks is.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 11
Karakters
Noem die hoofkarakter, die teenstander en een persoon wat die botsing sien. Sê wat elkeen wil hê.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 11
Temas
Kies een tema in Novel or drama chosen by your school. Bewys dit met twee tonele, nie met ’n lys van hoofstukke nie.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
06 / 11
Styl en middele
Noem een middel: verteller, beeld, simbool, herhaling of toon. Sê wat dit in een toneel doen.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
07 / 11
Vyf kort lyne
1. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die besoeker seker en verduidelik die kaart duidelik by die klaskamer. 2. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die bibliotekaris stil en vergelyk die brief hardop by die veld. 3. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die skeidsregter kalm en kontroleer die kaart eers by die kantoor. 4. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die kaptein noukeurig en noem die vraag weer by die saal. 5. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer seker en noem die roete weer by die klaskamer.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
08 / 11
Eksamen en memo
Kontekstueel oor Novel or drama chosen by your school: wat wys hierdie oomblik oor die karakter? Haal kort aan en verduidelik. Memo: Punt, aanhaling, uitwerking. Die aanhaling kom uit die uittreksel. Die sin daarna sê wat dit wys.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
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Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
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Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Punt, aanhaling, uitwerking. Die aanhaling kom uit die uittreksel. Die sin daarna sê wat dit wys.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
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Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Punt, aanhaling, uitwerking. Die aanhaling kom uit die uittreksel. Die sin daarna sê wat dit wys.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Punt, aanhaling, uitwerking. Die aanhaling kom uit die uittreksel. Die sin daarna sê wat dit wys.
6. Check it like a marker
Moenie die hele boek oorvertel nie. Bly by die teks wat die vraag noem.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Moenie die hele boek oorvertel nie. Bly by die teks wat die vraag noem.
24 · 8 Marks · Essays and transactional writing
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Essays and transactional writing. What is the answer?
Essays and transactional writing
Notes: Audience, purpose, then one model opening that belongs to Essays and transactional writing.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Essays and transactional writing. What is the answer?
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: What is the answer. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: What is the answer. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Essays and transactional writing. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get What is the answer.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Essays and transactional writing. Say who you are writing to, and what you want them to do.
2. What do we already know?
Audience, purpose, then one model opening that belongs to Essays and transactional writing.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Essays and transactional writing. Say who you are writing to, and what you want them to do.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Skill steps
Plan Essays and transactional writing before the first sentence: purpose, reader, and three beats. Length for First Additional Language: 250 to 300 words.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Example
In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die redakteur gereed en dophou die kennisgewing versigtig by die klaskamer. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die gids oplettend en beskryf die roete netjies by die mark.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Model answer
Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die redakteur gereed en dophou die kennisgewing versigtig by die klaskamer. Beat two changes the place. Beat three says what the reader should take away.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Marking rubric
Rubric: content, language, and structure. First Additional Language essay length is 250 to 300 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Rubric: content, language, and structure. First Additional Language essay length is 250 to 300 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Rubric: content, language, and structure. First Additional Language essay length is 250 to 300 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Rubric: content, language, and structure. First Additional Language essay length is 250 to 300 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
6. Check it like a marker
Rubric: content, language, and structure. First Additional Language essay length is 250 to 300 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Rubric: content, language, and structure. First Additional Language essay length is 250 to 300 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
25 · 4 Marks · Grammar, vocabulary and editing
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Essay structure. Give the line a marker should keep.
Grammar, vocabulary and editing
Notes: Audience, purpose, then one model opening that belongs to Essay structure.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Essay structure. Give the line a marker should keep.
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: line a marker should keep. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: line a marker should keep. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Essay structure. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get line a marker should keep.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Essay structure. Introduction names the point. Two beats carry the evidence. The close answers the question and adds nothing new.
2. What do we already know?
Audience, purpose, then one model opening that belongs to Essay structure.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Essay structure. Introduction names the point. Two beats carry the evidence. The close answers the question and adds nothing new.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Skill steps
Plan Essay structure before the first sentence: purpose, reader, and three beats. Length for First Additional Language: 250 to 300 words.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Example
In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer noukeurig en vergelyk die roete duidelik by die klaskamer. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die afrigter gereed en verduidelik die roete hardop by die veld.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Model answer
Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer noukeurig en vergelyk die roete duidelik by die klaskamer. Beat two changes the place. Beat three says what the reader should take away.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Marking rubric
Rubric: content, language, and structure. First Additional Language essay length is 250 to 300 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer noukeurig en vergelyk die roete duidelik by die klaskamer. Beat two changes the place. Beat three says what the reader should take away.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer noukeurig en vergelyk die roete duidelik by die klaskamer. Beat two changes the place. Beat three says what the reader should take away.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer noukeurig en vergelyk die roete duidelik by die klaskamer. Beat two changes the place. Beat three says what the reader should take away.
6. Check it like a marker
Rubric: content, language, and structure. First Additional Language essay length is 250 to 300 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Rubric: content, language, and structure. First Additional Language essay length is 250 to 300 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
26 · 4 Marks · Grammar, vocabulary and editing
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Pronunciation and tone. Afrikaans First Additional Language, Grade 11. Pronunciation and tone. Open so the back of the room gets the point.
Grammar, vocabulary and editing
Notes: Stance, one example, then stop. Pace counts.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Pronunciation and tone. Afrikaans First Additional Language, Grade 11. Pronunciation and tone. Open so the back of the room gets the point.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Pronunciation and tone. The same words can praise or warn. The tone decides which.
2. What do we already know?
Stance, one example, then stop. Pace counts.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Pronunciation and tone. The same words can praise or warn. The tone decides which.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Skill steps
Stand still. Say the point in one sentence. Give one example. Look up. Stop before you retell a second story.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Example
In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die gids noukeurig en dophou die kaart duidelik by die biblioteek.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Model
Opening: In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die gids noukeurig en dophou die kaart duidelik by die biblioteek. Point: die gids dophou die kaart. Example: die biblioteek, used once.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Marking rubric
Rubric: the point is clear, the example matches it, the pace is even, and you look up. Reading a page without contact loses the delivery mark.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Opening uses “dophou”. One example: die biblioteek.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Opening uses “dophou”. One example: die biblioteek.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Opening uses “dophou”. One example: die biblioteek.
6. Check it like a marker
One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
27 · 4 Marks · Listening for attitude and argument
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Listening for attitude and argument. What is the answer?
Listening for attitude and argument
Notes: Stance, one example, then stop. Pace counts.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Listening for attitude and argument. What is the answer?
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: What is the answer. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: What is the answer. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Listening for attitude and argument. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get What is the answer.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Listening for attitude and argument. Write the speaker’s view in one line, then the one reason they gave.
2. What do we already know?
Stance, one example, then stop. Pace counts.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Listening for attitude and argument. Write the speaker’s view in one line, then the one reason they gave.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Skill steps
Stand still. Say the point in one sentence. Give one example. Look up. Stop before you retell a second story.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Example
In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer stil en beskryf die vraag saam by die kantoor.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Model
Opening: In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die verslaggewer stil en beskryf die vraag saam by die kantoor. Point: die verslaggewer beskryf die vraag. Example: die kantoor, used once.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Marking rubric
Rubric: the point is clear, the example matches it, the pace is even, and you look up. Reading a page without contact loses the delivery mark.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
6. Check it like a marker
One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
28 · 4 Marks · Prepared speech and unprepared response
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Prepared speech and unprepared response. Give the line a marker should keep.
Prepared speech and unprepared response
Notes: Stance, one example, then stop. Pace counts.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Prepared speech and unprepared response. Give the line a marker should keep.
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: line a marker should keep. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: line a marker should keep. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Prepared speech and unprepared response. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get line a marker should keep.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Prepared speech and unprepared response. Prepared: one stance and one example. Unprepared: answer the question you were asked, not a speech you memorised.
2. What do we already know?
Stance, one example, then stop. Pace counts.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Prepared speech and unprepared response. Prepared: one stance and one example. Unprepared: answer the question you were asked, not a speech you memorised.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Skill steps
Stand still. Say the point in one sentence. Give one example. Look up. Stop before you retell a second story.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Example
In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die skeidsregter vriendelik en verduidelik die plan hardop by die hawe.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Model
Opening: In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die skeidsregter vriendelik en verduidelik die plan hardop by die hawe. Point: die skeidsregter verduidelik die plan. Example: die hawe, used once.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Marking rubric
Rubric: the point is clear, the example matches it, the pace is even, and you look up. Reading a page without contact loses the delivery mark.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Opening uses “verduidelik”. One example: die hawe.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Opening uses “verduidelik”. One example: die hawe.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Opening uses “verduidelik”. One example: die hawe.
6. Check it like a marker
One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
29 · 4 Marks · Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense. Afrikaans First Additional Language, Graad 11. Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense. Gebruik net hierdie vyf sinne, nie ’n sin uit ’n ander les nie.
Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense
Notes: Reël, vyf eie voorbeelde, een fout wat leerders maak, dan ’n kort toets.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense. Afrikaans First Additional Language, Graad 11. Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense. Gebruik net hierdie vyf sinne, nie ’n sin uit ’n ander les nie.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense. The verb must agree with the doer, and the tense must match the time.
2. What do we already know?
Reël, vyf eie voorbeelde, een fout wat leerders maak, dan ’n kort toets.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense. The verb must agree with the doer, and the tense must match the time.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Reël
In Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense, name the job of each word. A verb acts. An adjective describes. An adverb says how. The verb must agree with the doer, and the tense must match the time.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Vyf voorbeelde
1. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die kaptein gereed en vergelyk die kaart eers by die veld. 2. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die skeidsregter oplettend en beplan die plan weer by die mark. 3. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die bibliotekaris noukeurig en beskryf die vraag vinnig by die veld. 4. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die besoeker stil en kontroleer die plan saam by die klaskamer. 5. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die gids ernstig en vergelyk die vraag versigtig by die saal.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Gewone foute
Learners swap the describing word and the how-word, leave a singular verb on a plural doer, or keep “I” and the quotation marks in indirect speech.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Kort toets
Look at example 1. Verb: vergelyk. Describing word: gereed. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to vergelyk.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Look at example 1. Verb: vergelyk. Describing word: gereed. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to vergelyk.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Look at example 1. Verb: vergelyk. Describing word: gereed. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to vergelyk.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Look at example 1. Verb: vergelyk. Describing word: gereed. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to vergelyk.
6. Check it like a marker
Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Merk net die fout wat die vraag noem. Moenie die sin se betekenis weggooi nie.
30 · 8 Marks · Reading longer texts and visual texts
Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Reading longer texts and visual texts. What is the answer?
Reading longer texts and visual texts
Notes: Main idea first. Then one proof from the same passage.
How we got there
Read this like a teacher at the board. We go slowly, name every number, and say why we take each step.
Explain in another language · 11
1. What is the question asking?
Read the question twice. Circle the unknown. Underline every number and unit. The paper is asking: Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 11. Reading longer texts and visual texts. What is the answer?
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 11. Copy each one into a column. A name without a number is not given.
Missing
After you copy the given, the letter that still has no number is missing. The paper is pointing at: What is the answer. Circle that word — that is the missing variable.
Find
We are required to find: What is the answer. Write that as a symbol on the left, with a question mark, before you touch a formula.
Calculate
What we need to calculate: Reading longer texts and visual texts. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get What is the answer.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Reading longer texts and visual texts. Find the paragraph that holds the answer before you write.
2. What do we already know?
Main idea first. Then one proof from the same passage.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Reading longer texts and visual texts. Find the paragraph that holds the answer before you write.
4. Step-by-step working
01 / 07
Stappe
Read twice. Say the main idea in a few words. Quote four to six words that prove it. Check you did not add a place, a time, or a motive.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
02 / 07
Voorbeeldteks
In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die bibliotekaris ernstig en vergelyk die kennisgewing vinnig by die veld. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die besoeker seker en kontroleer die brief netjies by die stasie. In Afrikaans First Additional Language is die kaptein noukeurig en vergelyk die verslag netjies by die saal.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
03 / 07
Modelantwoord
Main idea: die bibliotekaris vergelyk die kennisgewing at die veld. Proof is the verb “vergelyk” and the place die veld. Add nothing about a reason the passage never gives.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
04 / 07
Nasienrooster
Rubric: one mark for the idea in your own words, one mark for a short quotation that matches it, zero if the quotation is about a different sentence.
Why this step: We only do one job per line so a marker can follow the marks — and so you can find a slip without starting over.
05 / 07
Step G — Sense-check the size
Ask: is this the kind of number a Grade 10–12 paper would want? A speed of 3 000 ms for a learner walking, or a probability bigger than 1, means a unit or algebra slip. Estimate first: round the numbers and do the sum in your head.
Why this step: Markers write ‘unrealistic’ in the margin when the method is right but the size is wild. A 10-second head check often finds a missing 10² or a unit that never changed.
06 / 07
Step F — Box the answer with its unit
Rubric: one mark for the idea in your own words, one mark for a short quotation that matches it, zero if the quotation is about a different sentence.
Why this step: A number without a unit is half a mark on a Physics paper, and a marker can miss a Maths answer that is buried in working.
07 / 07
Step H — What the marker is looking for
On an NSC memo you usually earn: (1) a method mark for naming the right formula or idea in words, (2) an accuracy mark for substituting the given numbers with units, (3) an accuracy mark for the boxed answer with its unit. Write those three lines even if you are unsure of the arithmetic — blank pages score zero.
Why this step: First-timers chase the final number and leave the method blank. The memo still pays out for the idea and the substitution even when the last line is wrong.
5. The answer
Rubric: one mark for the idea in your own words, one mark for a short quotation that matches it, zero if the quotation is about a different sentence.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Rubric: one mark for the idea in your own words, one mark for a short quotation that matches it, zero if the quotation is about a different sentence.
6. Check it like a marker
Rubric: one mark for the idea in your own words, one mark for a short quotation that matches it, zero if the quotation is about a different sentence.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Rubric: one mark for the idea in your own words, one mark for a short quotation that matches it, zero if the quotation is about a different sentence.