Bright Stars Academy 27 8th Avenue Orange Grove 2192 Tel: (011) 640 2102 email: admin@brightstarsacademy.co.za “Excellence is a state of mind” GRADE 8 HOME LANGUAGE FA1 (ESSAYS) NAME: SURNAME: EXAMINER: MR NCUBE MODERATOR: MISS N KHESWA DATE: 13 FEBRUARY 2025 DURATION : 1 HOUR Instructions: Read the questions first then read the passage 3 times Answer all the question Read all questions carefully and answer according to the mark allocation Write neatly and legibly Take your time and enjoy the paper. Mark % Essay Comment 1 SECTION A: ESSAY(30 MARKS) Instructions a) Remember to plan your writing carefully. Draw a mind-map to organize your paragraphs carefully. b) Number each response correctly. Give your response a suitable title/heading. Write a narrative or descriptive essay of 200-250 words on ONE of the following topics. You will be assessed on: Content and planning (60%) Language, style and editing (30%) Structure (10%) Topics 1. Quitting Facebook was the best decision, after all!! 2. Trapped in a net. 3. I finally met my online friend in real life. 2 RUBRIC FOR ASSESSING ESSAY Criteria Content and planning 20 Marks 7: Outstanding 85 – 100% 18-20 Outstanding response to topic. Ideas are original and exceptional. Planning excellent. 5-6: Substantial 65 – 84% 14-17 Good response to topic. Ideas interesting. Good Planning. Good coherence. 4: Adequate 45 – 64% 10-13 2 Elementary 25 – 44% 1: Not achieved 0 – 24% 6-9 0-5 Adequate response Content not Content off topic. to topic. always clear. Ideas irrelevant Sometimes Ideas fairly and unrelated to off topic. topic. interesting. Poor or no Few ideas Adequate planning. explored. planning. Planning evident Incoherent. Fairly coherent. but not thorough. Lucid and coherent. Language, style and editing 7 Marks 7 5-6 Excellent use of language and punctuation. Language and punctuation mostly effective. Good tone and register. After editing very few errors. Excellent tone and register. After editing, insignificant errors. 3 Structure and format 3 Marks Excellent structure and paragraphing – Introduction, body and conclusion. Length correct. Format – accurate. Excellent presentation. 2 4 0-1 2-3 Language simplistic. Punctuation adequate. Language and Language and punctuation very punctuation weak. incoherent. Adequate tone and register. After editing some errors. Insufficient tone Choice of words and inadequate extremely basic. register. Errors impede the flow of the After editing, still many errors. essay. 1½ 1 0-½ Good introduction, Adequate body and conclusion. introduction, body and conclusion. Length correct. Length almost correct. Ideas difficult to follow. Length incorrect. Format – faulty. Format – correct. Good presentation. Weak presentation. Sentences and paragraphs muddled/No clear paragraphing evident. Length incorrect. Format – serious errors. Format – some errors. Adequate presentation. 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