Practice paper 10 — Grade 11 Afrikaans Home 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 Home 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 Home 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 Home Language is die besoeker ernstig en beplan die verslag eers by die biblioteek. 2. In Afrikaans Home Language is die bibliotekaris vriendelik en verduidelik die verslag versigtig by die biblioteek. 3. In Afrikaans Home Language is die skeidsregter noukeurig en kontroleer die kaart vinnig by die stasie. 4. In Afrikaans Home Language is die kaptein seker en verduidelik die lys eers by die klaskamer. 5. In Afrikaans Home Language is die verslaggewer ernstig en vergelyk die roete 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
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: beplan. Describing word: ernstig. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to beplan.
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: beplan. Describing word: ernstig. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to beplan.
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: beplan. Describing word: ernstig. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to beplan.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Look at example 1. Verb: beplan. Describing word: ernstig. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to beplan.
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 Home Language Grade 11. Reading longer texts and visual texts. Lees die gedeelte vir Reading longer texts and visual texts en antwoord in Afrikaans Home 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 Home Language Grade 11. Reading longer texts and visual texts. Lees die gedeelte vir Reading longer texts and visual texts en antwoord in Afrikaans Home 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 Home Language is die skeidsregter oplettend en beskryf die lys hardop by die stasie. In Afrikaans Home Language is die kaptein gereed en dophou die plan netjies by die mark. In Afrikaans Home Language is die besoeker stil en beplan 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
Modelantwoord
Main idea: die skeidsregter beskryf die lys at die stasie. Proof is the verb “beskryf” and the place die stasie. 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 skeidsregter beskryf die lys at die stasie. Proof is the verb “beskryf” and the place die stasie. 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 skeidsregter beskryf die lys at die stasie. Proof is the verb “beskryf” and the place die stasie. Add nothing about a reason the passage never gives.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Main idea: die skeidsregter beskryf die lys at die stasie. Proof is the verb “beskryf” and the place die stasie. 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 Home 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 Home 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 Home Language is die redakteur ernstig en dophou die lys eers by die kantoor. 2. In Afrikaans Home Language is die gids ernstig en beplan die vraag weer by die kantoor. 3. In Afrikaans Home Language is die verslaggewer noukeurig en dophou die kennisgewing saam by die stasie. 4. In Afrikaans Home Language is die afrigter gereed en beplan die kennisgewing vinnig by die saal. 5. In Afrikaans Home Language is die skeidsregter ernstig en kontroleer die kennisgewing eers 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
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: dophou. Describing word: ernstig. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to dophou.
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 Home 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 Home 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 90 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 Home Language is die verslaggewer vriendelik en noem die kaart netjies by die klaskamer. In Afrikaans Home Language is die afrigter seker en verduidelik die plan vinnig by die kantoor. In Afrikaans Home Language is die redakteur gereed en beskryf die plan weer 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
Modelantwoord
Model: die verslaggewer noem die kaart at die klaskamer. (8 words.) Stay near about 90 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 verslaggewer noem die kaart at die klaskamer. (8 words.) Stay near about 90 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 verslaggewer noem die kaart at die klaskamer. (8 words.) Stay near about 90 words, or the limit printed on the paper.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Model: die verslaggewer noem die kaart at die klaskamer. (8 words.) Stay near about 90 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 Home Language Grade 11. Visual and advertising texts. Afrikaans Home Language. An advert uses this caption: In Afrikaans Home Language is die afrigter gereed en beskryf die verslag vinnig by die hawe. 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 Home Language Grade 11. Visual and advertising texts. Afrikaans Home Language. An advert uses this caption: In Afrikaans Home Language is die afrigter gereed en beskryf die verslag vinnig by die hawe. 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 Home Language is die afrigter gereed en beskryf die verslag vinnig by die hawe. A small grey line at die hawe 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 verslag look easy. The small line hides the condition. The working word is “gereed”.
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 verslag should look easy. Hidden: the small condition. Working word: gereed.
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 verslag should look easy. Hidden: the small condition. Working word: gereed.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Aim: die verslag should look easy. Hidden: the small condition. Working word: gereed.
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 Home 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 Home 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 Home Language is die redakteur ernstig en vergelyk die roete duidelik by die klaskamer. 2. In Afrikaans Home Language is die gids ernstig en kontroleer die kennisgewing eers by die klaskamer. 3. In Afrikaans Home Language is die verslaggewer noukeurig en vergelyk die kaart duidelik by die veld. 4. In Afrikaans Home Language is die afrigter gereed en kontroleer die kaart versigtig by die hawe. 5. In Afrikaans Home Language is die skeidsregter ernstig en noem die kaart vinnig by die stasie.
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: ernstig. How-word: duidelik. 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.
7 · 4 Marks · Literature: novel or drama, and poetry
Afrikaans Home 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 Home 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 Home 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 Home Language is die besoeker kalm en versamel die brief duidelik by die mark. 2. In Afrikaans Home Language is die bibliotekaris noukeurig en beskryf die kennisgewing weer by die klaskamer. 3. In Afrikaans Home Language is die skeidsregter vriendelik en verduidelik die plan vinnig by die hawe. 4. In Afrikaans Home Language is die kaptein ernstig en dophou die kennisgewing duidelik by die kantoor. 5. In Afrikaans Home Language is die verslaggewer gereed en beplan die kennisgewing 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.
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 Home Language Grade 11. Poetry: diction and tone. Afrikaans Home 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 Home Language Grade 11. Poetry: diction and tone. Afrikaans Home 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 Home 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 Home Language is die skeidsregter seker en beskryf die roete eers by die veld. 2. In Afrikaans Home Language is die kaptein vriendelik en vergelyk die brief weer by die mark. 3. In Afrikaans Home Language is die besoeker oplettend en vergelyk die kaart vinnig by die saal. 4. In Afrikaans Home Language is die bibliotekaris gereed en versamel die plan hardop by die biblioteek. 5. In Afrikaans Home Language is die redakteur seker en dophou die brief netjies 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 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 Home 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 Home 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 Home 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 Home 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 Home 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 Home Language is die afrigter kalm en vergelyk die kaart weer by die mark. 2. In Afrikaans Home Language is die verslaggewer gereed en beplan die kennisgewing duidelik by die saal. 3. In Afrikaans Home Language is die gids vriendelik en dophou die kennisgewing duidelik by die kantoor. 4. In Afrikaans Home Language is die redakteur vriendelik en versamel die roete vinnig by die stasie. 5. In Afrikaans Home Language is die bibliotekaris noukeurig en dophou die lys duidelik 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.
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 Home 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 Home 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 Home Language: 400 to 450 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 Home Language is die afrigter stil en dophou die roete netjies by die klaskamer. In Afrikaans Home Language is die verslaggewer stil en kontroleer die roete versigtig 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 answer
Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — In Afrikaans Home Language is die afrigter stil en dophou die roete netjies 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. Home Language essay length is 400 to 450 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 Home Language is die afrigter stil en dophou die roete netjies 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 Home Language is die afrigter stil en dophou die roete netjies 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 Home Language is die afrigter stil en dophou die roete netjies 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. Home Language essay length is 400 to 450 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Rubric: content, language, and structure. Home Language essay length is 400 to 450 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
11 · 4 Marks · Reading longer texts and visual texts
Afrikaans Home Language Grade 11. Essay structure. Afrikaans Home 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 Home Language Grade 11. Essay structure. Afrikaans Home 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 Home Language: 400 to 450 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 Home Language is die afrigter seker en beplan die vraag hardop by die stasie. In Afrikaans Home Language is die verslaggewer vriendelik en versamel die brief saam 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.
03 / 07
Model answer
Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — In Afrikaans Home Language is die afrigter seker en beplan die vraag hardop by die stasie. 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. Home Language essay length is 400 to 450 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 Home Language is die afrigter seker en beplan die vraag hardop by die stasie. 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 Home Language is die afrigter seker en beplan die vraag hardop by die stasie. 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 Home Language is die afrigter seker en beplan die vraag hardop by die stasie. 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. Home Language essay length is 400 to 450 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Rubric: content, language, and structure. Home Language essay length is 400 to 450 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
12 · 8 Marks · Grammar, vocabulary and editing
Afrikaans Home 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 Home 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 Home Language is die skeidsregter oplettend en versamel die brief 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
Model
Opening: In Afrikaans Home Language is die skeidsregter oplettend en versamel die brief saam by die mark. Point: die skeidsregter versamel die brief. Example: die mark, 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 Home 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 Home 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 Home Language is die gids gereed en verduidelik die brief saam 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
Opening: In Afrikaans Home Language is die gids gereed en verduidelik die brief saam by die veld. Point: die gids verduidelik die brief. Example: die veld, 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 veld.
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 veld.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Opening uses “verduidelik”. One example: die veld.
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 Home Language Grade 11. Prepared speech and unprepared response. Afrikaans Home 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 Home Language Grade 11. Prepared speech and unprepared response. Afrikaans Home 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 Home Language is die afrigter kalm en noem die vraag 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 Home Language is die afrigter kalm en noem die vraag hardop by die hawe. Point: die afrigter noem die vraag. 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 “noem”. 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 “noem”. One example: die hawe.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Opening uses “noem”. 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 Home 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 Home 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 Home Language is die besoeker ernstig en beplan die verslag eers by die biblioteek. 2. In Afrikaans Home Language is die bibliotekaris vriendelik en verduidelik die verslag versigtig by die biblioteek. 3. In Afrikaans Home Language is die skeidsregter noukeurig en kontroleer die kaart vinnig by die stasie. 4. In Afrikaans Home Language is die kaptein seker en verduidelik die lys eers by die klaskamer. 5. In Afrikaans Home Language is die verslaggewer ernstig en vergelyk die roete 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
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: beplan. Describing word: ernstig. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to beplan.
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 Home 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 Home 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 Home Language is die skeidsregter oplettend en beskryf die lys hardop by die stasie. In Afrikaans Home Language is die kaptein gereed en dophou die plan netjies by die mark. In Afrikaans Home Language is die besoeker stil en beplan 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
Modelantwoord
Main idea: die skeidsregter beskryf die lys at die stasie. Proof is the verb “beskryf” and the place die stasie. 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 skeidsregter beskryf die lys at die stasie. Proof is the verb “beskryf” and the place die stasie. 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 skeidsregter beskryf die lys at die stasie. Proof is the verb “beskryf” and the place die stasie. Add nothing about a reason the passage never gives.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Main idea: die skeidsregter beskryf die lys at die stasie. Proof is the verb “beskryf” and the place die stasie. 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 Home Language Grade 11. Grammar, vocabulary and editing. Afrikaans Home 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 Home Language Grade 11. Grammar, vocabulary and editing. Afrikaans Home 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 Home Language is die redakteur ernstig en dophou die lys eers by die kantoor. 2. In Afrikaans Home Language is die gids ernstig en beplan die vraag weer by die kantoor. 3. In Afrikaans Home Language is die verslaggewer noukeurig en dophou die kennisgewing saam by die stasie. 4. In Afrikaans Home Language is die afrigter gereed en beplan die kennisgewing vinnig by die saal. 5. In Afrikaans Home Language is die skeidsregter ernstig en kontroleer die kennisgewing eers 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
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: dophou. Describing word: ernstig. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to dophou.
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: dophou. Describing word: ernstig. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to dophou.
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: dophou. Describing word: ernstig. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to dophou.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Look at example 1. Verb: dophou. Describing word: ernstig. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to dophou.
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 Home 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 Home 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 90 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 Home Language is die verslaggewer vriendelik en noem die kaart netjies by die klaskamer. In Afrikaans Home Language is die afrigter seker en verduidelik die plan vinnig by die kantoor. In Afrikaans Home Language is die redakteur gereed en beskryf die plan weer 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
Modelantwoord
Model: die verslaggewer noem die kaart at die klaskamer. (8 words.) Stay near about 90 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 Home 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 Home 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 Home Language is die afrigter gereed en beskryf die verslag vinnig by die hawe. A small grey line at die hawe 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 verslag look easy. The small line hides the condition. The working word is “gereed”.
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 verslag should look easy. Hidden: the small condition. Working word: gereed.
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 verslag should look easy. Hidden: the small condition. Working word: gereed.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Aim: die verslag should look easy. Hidden: the small condition. Working word: gereed.
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 Home Language Grade 11. Fact and opinion. Afrikaans Home 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 Home Language Grade 11. Fact and opinion. Afrikaans Home 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 Home Language is die redakteur ernstig en vergelyk die roete duidelik by die klaskamer. 2. In Afrikaans Home Language is die gids ernstig en kontroleer die kennisgewing eers by die klaskamer. 3. In Afrikaans Home Language is die verslaggewer noukeurig en vergelyk die kaart duidelik by die veld. 4. In Afrikaans Home Language is die afrigter gereed en kontroleer die kaart versigtig by die hawe. 5. In Afrikaans Home Language is die skeidsregter ernstig en noem die kaart vinnig by die stasie.
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: ernstig. How-word: duidelik. 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: ernstig. How-word: duidelik. 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: ernstig. How-word: duidelik. 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: ernstig. How-word: duidelik. 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.
21 · 4 Marks · Literature: novel or drama, and poetry
Afrikaans Home 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 Home 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 Home 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 Home Language is die besoeker kalm en versamel die brief duidelik by die mark. 2. In Afrikaans Home Language is die bibliotekaris noukeurig en beskryf die kennisgewing weer by die klaskamer. 3. In Afrikaans Home Language is die skeidsregter vriendelik en verduidelik die plan vinnig by die hawe. 4. In Afrikaans Home Language is die kaptein ernstig en dophou die kennisgewing duidelik by die kantoor. 5. In Afrikaans Home Language is die verslaggewer gereed en beplan die kennisgewing 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.
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 Home 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 Home 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 Home 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 Home Language is die skeidsregter seker en beskryf die roete eers by die veld. 2. In Afrikaans Home Language is die kaptein vriendelik en vergelyk die brief weer by die mark. 3. In Afrikaans Home Language is die besoeker oplettend en vergelyk die kaart vinnig by die saal. 4. In Afrikaans Home Language is die bibliotekaris gereed en versamel die plan hardop by die biblioteek. 5. In Afrikaans Home Language is die redakteur seker en dophou die brief netjies 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 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 Home Language Grade 11. Novel or drama chosen by your school. Afrikaans Home 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 Home Language Grade 11. Novel or drama chosen by your school. Afrikaans Home 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 Home 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 Home 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 Home 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 Home Language is die afrigter kalm en vergelyk die kaart weer by die mark. 2. In Afrikaans Home Language is die verslaggewer gereed en beplan die kennisgewing duidelik by die saal. 3. In Afrikaans Home Language is die gids vriendelik en dophou die kennisgewing duidelik by die kantoor. 4. In Afrikaans Home Language is die redakteur vriendelik en versamel die roete vinnig by die stasie. 5. In Afrikaans Home Language is die bibliotekaris noukeurig en dophou die lys duidelik 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.
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.
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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 Home 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 Home 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 Home Language: 400 to 450 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 Home Language is die afrigter stil en dophou die roete netjies by die klaskamer. In Afrikaans Home Language is die verslaggewer stil en kontroleer die roete versigtig 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 answer
Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — In Afrikaans Home Language is die afrigter stil en dophou die roete netjies 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. Home Language essay length is 400 to 450 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. Home Language essay length is 400 to 450 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. Home Language essay length is 400 to 450 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. Home Language essay length is 400 to 450 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
6. Check it like a marker
Rubric: content, language, and structure. Home Language essay length is 400 to 450 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Rubric: content, language, and structure. Home Language essay length is 400 to 450 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
25 · 4 Marks · Grammar, vocabulary and editing
Afrikaans Home 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 Home 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 Home Language: 400 to 450 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 Home Language is die afrigter seker en beplan die vraag hardop by die stasie. In Afrikaans Home Language is die verslaggewer vriendelik en versamel die brief saam 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.
03 / 07
Model answer
Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — In Afrikaans Home Language is die afrigter seker en beplan die vraag hardop by die stasie. 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. Home Language essay length is 400 to 450 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 Home Language is die afrigter seker en beplan die vraag hardop by die stasie. 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 Home Language is die afrigter seker en beplan die vraag hardop by die stasie. 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 Home Language is die afrigter seker en beplan die vraag hardop by die stasie. 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. Home Language essay length is 400 to 450 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Rubric: content, language, and structure. Home Language essay length is 400 to 450 words. An introduction that hides the point until the end loses structure.
26 · 4 Marks · Grammar, vocabulary and editing
Afrikaans Home Language Grade 11. Pronunciation and tone. Afrikaans Home 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 Home Language Grade 11. Pronunciation and tone. Afrikaans Home 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 Home Language is die skeidsregter oplettend en versamel die brief 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
Model
Opening: In Afrikaans Home Language is die skeidsregter oplettend en versamel die brief saam by die mark. Point: die skeidsregter versamel die brief. Example: die mark, 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 “versamel”. One example: die mark.
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 “versamel”. One example: die mark.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Opening uses “versamel”. One example: die mark.
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 Home 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 Home 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 Home Language is die gids gereed en verduidelik die brief saam 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
Opening: In Afrikaans Home Language is die gids gereed en verduidelik die brief saam by die veld. Point: die gids verduidelik die brief. Example: die veld, 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 Home 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 Home 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 Home Language is die afrigter kalm en noem die vraag 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 Home Language is die afrigter kalm en noem die vraag hardop by die hawe. Point: die afrigter noem die vraag. 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 “noem”. 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 “noem”. One example: die hawe.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Opening uses “noem”. 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 Home Language Grade 11. Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense. Afrikaans Home 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 Home Language Grade 11. Verbs, adjectives, concord and tense. Afrikaans Home 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 Home Language is die besoeker ernstig en beplan die verslag eers by die biblioteek. 2. In Afrikaans Home Language is die bibliotekaris vriendelik en verduidelik die verslag versigtig by die biblioteek. 3. In Afrikaans Home Language is die skeidsregter noukeurig en kontroleer die kaart vinnig by die stasie. 4. In Afrikaans Home Language is die kaptein seker en verduidelik die lys eers by die klaskamer. 5. In Afrikaans Home Language is die verslaggewer ernstig en vergelyk die roete 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
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: beplan. Describing word: ernstig. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to beplan.
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: beplan. Describing word: ernstig. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to beplan.
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
Look at example 1. Verb: beplan. Describing word: ernstig. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to beplan.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Look at example 1. Verb: beplan. Describing word: ernstig. How-word: eers. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to beplan.
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 Home 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 Home 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
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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.
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Voorbeeldteks
In Afrikaans Home Language is die skeidsregter oplettend en beskryf die lys hardop by die stasie. In Afrikaans Home Language is die kaptein gereed en dophou die plan netjies by die mark. In Afrikaans Home Language is die besoeker stil en beplan 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.
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Modelantwoord
Main idea: die skeidsregter beskryf die lys at die stasie. Proof is the verb “beskryf” and the place die stasie. 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.
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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.
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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
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.