MARKING GUIDELINE

NATIONAL CERTIFICATE (VOCATIONAL)

NOVEMBER 2010

ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE

(First Paper)
NQF LEVEL 2

23 NOVEMBER 2010

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SECTION A: COMPREHENSION

QUESTION 1

1.1 South African citizens concerned about littering/ People who care about a
clean environment/ Communities that are interested in ways to clean up
their neighbourhoods. People who care about the environment they live
in. (2)
People/ anybody / everybody = 1 mark
Or any other relevant acceptable answer

1.2 A To persuade  (1)

Because people are being urged to change their behaviour/ They are
encouraged to keep their environment clean/ Members of the public are
influenced to change their attitude towards their environment.
To urge people to become aware and help clean up the environment they
live in. (2)
Also D – describes various clean up actions
Just one word (recycle/ save water) = 1 mark
Or any other relevant acceptable answer
Use own discretion in awarding 1 or 2 marks for the explanation

1.3 Contribute to make a difference to a healthier environment/ Change

your attitude towards the cleaning of the environment /plant more trees
and beautify the country /make a difference to keep our environment
clean/ Initiate campaigns for anti-littering in order to bring back the natural
state of the environment .
Do something to make the environment a cleaner and healthier place to
live in. (3)
Or any other relevant acceptable answer
Use own discretion in awarding 1,2 or 3 marks for the reason

1.4 ANY THREE OF THE FOLLOWING:

To make South Africa a better, safer, happier and healthier country
To inspire people to live out their good values.
To rescue a public space
To allow children to play without getting hurt by litter
To remove dangerous litter from places.
Criminals are less likely to commit crime in a used and cared space in
the community/to reduce crime. (3)
Or any other relevant acceptable answer

1.5 A group of younger children dug holes in very hard soil as they wanted
to plant donated indigenous trees in their school yard.  (2)
Error in question: Also accept: The youngsters collected bags of rubbish.
(Par. 5)

1.6 ‘In just over an hour 12 bags of rubbish were collected by 9 people.’
“To rescue a part of a river”
(1 mark for correct quote) (2)
(one mark for quotation mark)

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1.7.1 It was a call to its over 22 000 members to rescue/ clean up/ de-litter a
public space (2)

1.7.2 6 September 2010 (1)

1.8 Jolivet stars

Colleagues from film company Curious Pictures
Inqanlula School, a group of younger children (3)

1.9 FALSE.
‘Shoppers and commuters expressed amazement at the initiative and effort
of the Jolivet Stars, having never before seen anyone cleaning up the
area!’
+3 Relevant text edited out!
(1 mark for FALSE)
(1 mark for correct quote) (3)
(one mark for quotation mark)

1.10 Fact Not acceptable/ Incorrect answer (1)

Everything Heartlines does is to save the environment/littering destroys the
environment. (2)

Heartlines view littering as the biggest threat to the environment in South Africa.

- the word view indicate that is the opinion of Heartlines that litter is the biggest
threat to the environment in south Africa.

If first part of answer is wrong, disregard the rest.

1.11 By encouraging people not to litter/ To remind myself not to litter/ By

putting rubbish inside dirt bins/ By educating others on the effects of
littering. Volunteering to run anti-littering programmes in own community/
by encouraging people to clean up the environment they live in.
Or any other relevant acceptable answer (3)
Use own discretion in awarding 1, 2 or 3 marks [30]
Look for three things. One sentence – three ideas = 3 marks

TOTAL SECTION A: 30

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SECTION B: SUMMARY

QUESTION 2

1. It diminishes the pride people have in their environment

2. It creates a culture of lack of caring.
3. Houses for sale don’t get the best prices and owners lose money.
4. It encourages crime.
5. It costs the council a lot more money to clean up the litter / It has a negative
impact on the country’s economy.
6. It damages wildlife.
7. It is harmful to humans
8. It kills rivers / Degrades water quality
9. It can be a fire hazard.
10. It creates an unwillingness to take responsibility. ANY SIX

C: Content – One mark allocated per fact. (6)

L: Layout - Point form (IN FULL SENTENCES) (1)

The number of words must be indicated in the range of 55-60 words. (1)

G/L/S: Grammar/Language/Style – Own words with no spelling or language mistakes

= 2 marks.
Own words with 2 to 3 mistakes = 1 mark.
Some copying = 1 mark
Totally not own words/ verbatim = 0 marks. (2)
-1 mark if facts were not written in FULL SENTENCES.

Content Layout Grammar/Language/Style Total [10]

6 2 2 10

TOTAL SECTION B: 10

SECTION C: GRAMMAR

QUESTION 3

3.1 Noun (1)

Talking about littering as a collective/ grouping things together under one
name/naming something/ (1)
Or any other relevant acceptable answer
The act of littering/ describes the biggest threat.

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3.2.1 All the young animals born to a mother at one time (2)

3.2.2 Little bits left about in disorder/ things scattered about (1)

3.3.1 Litterbug (1)

3.3.2 Littering (1)

3.3.3 Littered (1)

3.4.1 When the tree is big enough,  the children will play under it.  OR
When the tree is big enough, children will play under it (2)

3.4.2 Since the playground is being cared for by the community,

children can
play there without getting hurt by litter.  (3)

3.5.1 A cleanup campaign of the ParktownNorth Neighbourhood in

Johannesburg was organised by Carol Gossman.  (3)

3.5.2 Carol Gossman did notorganise a cleanup campaign of the

Parktown North neighbourhood in Johannesburg. (2)

3.5.3 Whoorganised the cleanup campaign?  OR

Who organised the cleanup campaign of the Parktown North
neighbourhood in Johannesburg? (2)

3.6.1 Difficult /-------/ intricate/ complicated/ involved

Or any other relevant acceptable answer (1)

3.6.2 The Savannah Mall is going to extend a complex of new shops

before the end of June/ Muofhe works at the new complex that
belongs to her father. (noun )
The instructions for the new gadget in the computer was so
complex.
..housing complex/ inferiority complex/ complex sentence (2)
Or any other relevant acceptable answer
1 mark for the correct use
1mark for full sentence which must be logical

3.6.3 Simple/ easy /---------/ minute/ insignificant

Or any other relevant acceptable answer (1)

3.6.4 Complexity (1)

3.7 She said that it was good to know that they had  left the park in a
condition more like the one Brett remembered. 
-1 mark from total for not omitting inverted commas (5)
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TOTAL SECTION C: 30
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SECTION D: LEARNING IN A VOCATIONAL CONTEXT

QUESTION 4: WEB PAGE

4.1 Impact of littering on our community (2)

4.2 False
Results 1 - 10 of about 600 000 (2)

4.3 A × D Web ( The student must see the answer on the text.) (2)
A is the correct answer but not indicated on text. (D is not a search engine.)
Must have letter as answer.

4.4 ANY TWO OF THE FOLLOWING:

 Leaf Litter Community
 Prevent Litter
 Why Do People Litter
 Anti litter (2)

4.5 Litter discarded in streets and parks can travel through the storm water
system to our bays and oceans (2)
Ends up in the ocean.

4.6 Yes (1)

One can educate(inform; tell) people about the dangers of littering/ Get
people involved by running competitions and offering prizes/ Organising anti-
littering campaigns.
Or any other relevant acceptable answer
Use own discretion in awarding 1 or 2 marks for the reason OR (2)

No
Education is taking place, but people are still littering/ Once a mess always a
mess/ People are not proud of where they live.
Or any other relevant acceptable answer
Use own discretion in awarding 1 or 2 marks for the reason
If yes/ no wrong, disregard rest of question.

4.7 Every little bit hurts (2)

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TOTAL SECTION D: 15

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SECTION E: VISUAL AND MULTI-MEDIA TEXT

QUESTION 5

5.1 Nkandla Township/ the northern KwaZulu-Natal/KwaZulu-Natal. (1)

18 September 2010 (1)

5.2 To demonstrate their commitment to supporting recycling initiatives/ To

support recycling./ make people aware of…
Or any other relevant acceptable answer (2)

5.3 To get people involved in taking responsibility for their environments/ To

show that when the community works together, it is possible to get the
community clean/ To show that cleaning can be fun/ To encourage people
to get involved.
Or any other relevant acceptable answer
Use own discretion in awarding 1 or 2 marks (2)
1 mark for vague, short answer (-to help people/ to clean up)

5.4 They are enjoying it because they are smiling / They are showing a
positive attitude towards what they are doing/ They look happy / They are
looking forward to see their area clean. / happy to be involved/ walking
briskly/ upright posture/ holding bags high
Or any other relevant acceptable answer (2)
Use own discretion in awarding 1 or 2 marks

5.5 Disagree / YES/ NO – disregard rest of answer (1)

‘was the brainchild of a joint enterprise’ OR
There were other organisations like the Department of Agriculture
Environmental Affairs and Rural Development ,Nkandla health
department ,uThungulu Municipality’s Environmental Health Department,
Various recycling organizations, Plastic Federation. (2)
OR Other companies were also involved.

5.6 ANY TWO OF THE FOLLOWING:

Collect-a-CanSponsored T-shirts OR
Nkandla health department Sponsored disposable gloves OR
uThungulu Municipality’s Environmental Health Department Provision of
Catering for the guests OR
Plastic Federation Sponsored refuse bags (4)
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TOTAL SECTION E: 15
GRAND TOTAL: 100

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