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PAPER THREE
RESOURCE PACK 2019
TRANSACTIONAL
TEXTS
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
No. Contents Page
1. Introduction 3
2. Obituary 4
3. Formal Letters 8
3.1 Letter of Complaint 11
3.2 Letter to the Editor/Press 15
4. Articles 21
4.1 Newspaper Article 23
4.2 Magazine Article 26
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, 5. Dialogue/Interview 31
6. E-mail 32
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, SECTION B: LONGER TRANSACTIONAL PIECES
Common Errors and Misconceptions – Diagnostic Report 2018
a. SPEECH
Elements of persuasion were generally lacking in many candidates’ responses.
Elements of speech writing were ignored by some candidates.
Ideas were largely unsubstantiated.
b. FORMAL LETTER
Some candidates chose to congratulate the innovator without including the
innovation.
The writing either focused on the congratulatory aspect or the invitation.
Candidates who took this approach were severely disadvantaged.
c. OBITUARY
Some responses were presented as eulogies/newspaper reports/funeral
notices.
There was also a tendency to write a generic obituary and merely adding the
information from the question.
A fair number of candidates also wrote in the first person.
Details pertaining to the extreme sport and the attempt to establish a new
record were either ignored completely or mentioned only vaguely.
d. INTERVIEW
Many candidates failed to make any reference to the dramatic change in
fortune which was the crux of Q2.4.
There was a tendency to provide unsubstantiated/inconclusive responses.
The ability to ask pertinent questions was lacking.
e. MAGAZINE ARTICLE
In Q2.5, some candidates failed to draw a link between the picture and the
magazine article.
A fair number of responses either described the photograph or provided an
in-depth discussion of environmental issues and biographies of the
photographer.
The choice of register was also problematic.
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LANGUAGE
PAPER THREE
RESOURCE PACK 2019
TRANSACTIONAL
TEXTS
ENGHLRESOURCE PACKP3 GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OFEDUCATION2019 Page1
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
No. Contents Page
1. Introduction 3
2. Obituary 4
3. Formal Letters 8
3.1 Letter of Complaint 11
3.2 Letter to the Editor/Press 15
4. Articles 21
4.1 Newspaper Article 23
4.2 Magazine Article 26
ENGHLRESOURCE PACKP3 GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OFEDUCATION2019 Page2
, 5. Dialogue/Interview 31
6. E-mail 32
ENGHLRESOURCE PACKP3 GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OFEDUCATION2019 Page3
, SECTION B: LONGER TRANSACTIONAL PIECES
Common Errors and Misconceptions – Diagnostic Report 2018
a. SPEECH
Elements of persuasion were generally lacking in many candidates’ responses.
Elements of speech writing were ignored by some candidates.
Ideas were largely unsubstantiated.
b. FORMAL LETTER
Some candidates chose to congratulate the innovator without including the
innovation.
The writing either focused on the congratulatory aspect or the invitation.
Candidates who took this approach were severely disadvantaged.
c. OBITUARY
Some responses were presented as eulogies/newspaper reports/funeral
notices.
There was also a tendency to write a generic obituary and merely adding the
information from the question.
A fair number of candidates also wrote in the first person.
Details pertaining to the extreme sport and the attempt to establish a new
record were either ignored completely or mentioned only vaguely.
d. INTERVIEW
Many candidates failed to make any reference to the dramatic change in
fortune which was the crux of Q2.4.
There was a tendency to provide unsubstantiated/inconclusive responses.
The ability to ask pertinent questions was lacking.
e. MAGAZINE ARTICLE
In Q2.5, some candidates failed to draw a link between the picture and the
magazine article.
A fair number of responses either described the photograph or provided an
in-depth discussion of environmental issues and biographies of the
photographer.
The choice of register was also problematic.
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