ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE
ÀÀ Time and space (milieu) of events, predictions
Dear Grade 12 learner
ÀÀ Theme and message
ÀÀ The literature essay
The skills you are expected to master in Grade 12 are high
levels of listening and speaking, reading and viewing, writing Drama
and presenting as well as language in context. The same aspects related to study of
a novel (see above)
Subject Requirements ÀÀ The phases and structure of a
You will need the following: drama
ÀÀ A good language text book ÀÀ Dramatic goals
ÀÀ Prescribed literature study books ÀÀ The roles of characters, e.g.
ÀÀ Exercise books for writing purposes protagonist and antagonist
ÀÀ A good English dictionary ÀÀ The literature essay
Content Checklist Writing
Below is a checklist you should use to ensure that you have ÀÀ Essays: narrative, descriptive,
covered the Grade 12 content in full. argumentative, discursive, reflective and expository
Reading and Comprehension ÀÀ Longer transactional texts: reviews, reports, speeches,
ÀÀ Reading strategies: skimming, scanning and intensive obituaries, pamphlets, formal and informal letters, magazine
reading and newspaper articles, agenda and minutes, dialogues,
ÀÀ Identify emotive language, persuasion, bias and Curriculum Vitae, interviews
manipulative language ÀÀ General: the use of content, style and register to suit
ÀÀ Understand how language reflects and shapes values and purpose and audience; correct writing conventions;
attitudes structure; process-writing
Vocabulary and language in context Assessment
ÀÀ Vocabulary building and spelling rules
ÀÀ Denotation and connotation of words School-based assessment (SBA) comprises
ÀÀ Idioms, idiomatic expressions and proverbs 10 tasks:
ÀÀ Literal and figurative meanings of words ÀÀ One test: 35 marks
ÀÀ Fact and opinion; bias and stereotyping; emotive, ÀÀ One literature task: 35 marks
persuasive and manipulative language ÀÀ Two writing tasks
ÀÀ Using a dictionary and thesaurus (essay, long transactional): 75 marks
ÀÀ Number, comparison, gender, diminutives ÀÀ One internal examination
ÀÀ Abbreviations, acronyms, roots, prefixes and suffixes (September): 250 marks Total: =100 marks
ÀÀ Direct and reported speech; voice
The external examination comprises 3
ÀÀ Concord, tenses, word order and ambiguity
ÀÀ Parts of a sentence: subject, verb, object
papers:
ÀÀ Paper 1: comprehension, summary,
ÀÀ Sentences: simple, complex, compound, statements,
language in context: 70 marks
questions, commands, questions, instructions
ÀÀ Paper 2: Literature
ÀÀ Visual literacy language: cartoons, advertisements, graphs
(poetry, novel, drama): 80 marks
and caricatures (analyse, interpret and evaluate – font,
layout, headings, captions and body language) ÀÀ Paper 3: Writing
(essay and two transactional): 100 marks
Literature ÀÀ Paper 4: Orals 50 marks
You will be required to answer both contextual and essay- ÀÀ Total: 300 marks
type questions. You will study and be examined on the Tips for Success
following genres: ÀÀ Extensive reading and writing daily
Poetry ÀÀ Read books, magazine articles, newspapers and your
ÀÀ Meanings of words in context textbooks daily
ÀÀ Identify and know the functions of common figures of ÀÀ Use graphic organisers to make notes
speech used by poets and the effect created e.g. metaphors, ÀÀ Work through past year examination papers
similes, personification, alliteration, pun, onomatopoeia, irony ÀÀ Use this website: http://www.wcedcurriculum.westerncape.
ÀÀ Poetic forms, e.g. sonnet, lyric gov.za/index.php/fet-futher-education-training/
ÀÀ The effect of punctuation on meaning languages/english
ÀÀ Rhythm and rhyme; Title and theme
ÀÀ Mood and tone in relation to word choice
ÀÀ Imagery and sound devices
Novel
The content
ÀÀ Character development and character traits Telematics Videos
ÀÀ Interpersonal relationship between characters
ÀÀ Contrasts; irony and dramatic irony
https://qrgo.page.link/Zds9d
ÀÀ Events and the causes thereof
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ÀÀ Time and space (milieu) of events, predictions
Dear Grade 12 learner
ÀÀ Theme and message
ÀÀ The literature essay
The skills you are expected to master in Grade 12 are high
levels of listening and speaking, reading and viewing, writing Drama
and presenting as well as language in context. The same aspects related to study of
a novel (see above)
Subject Requirements ÀÀ The phases and structure of a
You will need the following: drama
ÀÀ A good language text book ÀÀ Dramatic goals
ÀÀ Prescribed literature study books ÀÀ The roles of characters, e.g.
ÀÀ Exercise books for writing purposes protagonist and antagonist
ÀÀ A good English dictionary ÀÀ The literature essay
Content Checklist Writing
Below is a checklist you should use to ensure that you have ÀÀ Essays: narrative, descriptive,
covered the Grade 12 content in full. argumentative, discursive, reflective and expository
Reading and Comprehension ÀÀ Longer transactional texts: reviews, reports, speeches,
ÀÀ Reading strategies: skimming, scanning and intensive obituaries, pamphlets, formal and informal letters, magazine
reading and newspaper articles, agenda and minutes, dialogues,
ÀÀ Identify emotive language, persuasion, bias and Curriculum Vitae, interviews
manipulative language ÀÀ General: the use of content, style and register to suit
ÀÀ Understand how language reflects and shapes values and purpose and audience; correct writing conventions;
attitudes structure; process-writing
Vocabulary and language in context Assessment
ÀÀ Vocabulary building and spelling rules
ÀÀ Denotation and connotation of words School-based assessment (SBA) comprises
ÀÀ Idioms, idiomatic expressions and proverbs 10 tasks:
ÀÀ Literal and figurative meanings of words ÀÀ One test: 35 marks
ÀÀ Fact and opinion; bias and stereotyping; emotive, ÀÀ One literature task: 35 marks
persuasive and manipulative language ÀÀ Two writing tasks
ÀÀ Using a dictionary and thesaurus (essay, long transactional): 75 marks
ÀÀ Number, comparison, gender, diminutives ÀÀ One internal examination
ÀÀ Abbreviations, acronyms, roots, prefixes and suffixes (September): 250 marks Total: =100 marks
ÀÀ Direct and reported speech; voice
The external examination comprises 3
ÀÀ Concord, tenses, word order and ambiguity
ÀÀ Parts of a sentence: subject, verb, object
papers:
ÀÀ Paper 1: comprehension, summary,
ÀÀ Sentences: simple, complex, compound, statements,
language in context: 70 marks
questions, commands, questions, instructions
ÀÀ Paper 2: Literature
ÀÀ Visual literacy language: cartoons, advertisements, graphs
(poetry, novel, drama): 80 marks
and caricatures (analyse, interpret and evaluate – font,
layout, headings, captions and body language) ÀÀ Paper 3: Writing
(essay and two transactional): 100 marks
Literature ÀÀ Paper 4: Orals 50 marks
You will be required to answer both contextual and essay- ÀÀ Total: 300 marks
type questions. You will study and be examined on the Tips for Success
following genres: ÀÀ Extensive reading and writing daily
Poetry ÀÀ Read books, magazine articles, newspapers and your
ÀÀ Meanings of words in context textbooks daily
ÀÀ Identify and know the functions of common figures of ÀÀ Use graphic organisers to make notes
speech used by poets and the effect created e.g. metaphors, ÀÀ Work through past year examination papers
similes, personification, alliteration, pun, onomatopoeia, irony ÀÀ Use this website: http://www.wcedcurriculum.westerncape.
ÀÀ Poetic forms, e.g. sonnet, lyric gov.za/index.php/fet-futher-education-training/
ÀÀ The effect of punctuation on meaning languages/english
ÀÀ Rhythm and rhyme; Title and theme
ÀÀ Mood and tone in relation to word choice
ÀÀ Imagery and sound devices
Novel
The content
ÀÀ Character development and character traits Telematics Videos
ÀÀ Interpersonal relationship between characters
ÀÀ Contrasts; irony and dramatic irony
https://qrgo.page.link/Zds9d
ÀÀ Events and the causes thereof
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