2023 · june · South African Sign Language Home Language · Grade 12

Practice paper 9 — Grade 12 South African Sign Language Home Language (Easified, CAPS-aligned)

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180 min · 124 Marks · 30 questions

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Question breakdown

1 · 4 Marks · Parts of speech in an unseen text
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Parts of speech in an unseen text. What is the answer?
Notes: Rule, five examples written for this topic, one common mistake, then a short quiz.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Parts of speech in an unseen text. What is the answer?
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 12. 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: Parts of speech in an unseen 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
Parts of speech in an unseen text. In the unseen text, name the job of each word. A verb acts. An adjective describes. An adverb says how.
2. What do we already know?
Rule, five examples written for this topic, one common mistake, then a short quiz.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Parts of speech in an unseen text. In the unseen text, name the job of each word. A verb acts. An adjective describes. An adverb says how.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 07
  Rule
  Rule, five examples written for this topic, one common mistake, then a short quiz.
  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.
2. 02 / 07
  Example
  In the unseen text, name the job of each word. A verb acts. An adjective describes. An adverb says how.
  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.
3. 03 / 07
  Mistake
  Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the 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.
4. 04 / 07
  Answer
  Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the 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.
5. 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.
6. 06 / 07
  Step F — Box the answer with its unit
  Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the 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.
7. 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
Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the sentence.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the sentence.
6. Check it like a marker
Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the sentence.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the sentence.
2 · 4 Marks · Paper 1: comprehension, summary and language
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Paper 1: comprehension, summary and language. Give the line a marker should keep.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Paper 1: comprehension, summary and language. Give the line a marker should keep.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Paper 1: comprehension, summary and language. Stay inside the passage. A fact you add scores zero.
2. What do we already know?
Main idea first. Then one proof from the same passage.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Paper 1: comprehension, summary and language. Stay inside the passage. A fact you add scores zero.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 04
  Point
  Main idea first. Then one proof from the same passage.
2. 02 / 04
  Evidence
  Stay inside the passage. A fact you add scores zero.
3. 03 / 04
  Effect
  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.
4. 04 / 04
  Answer
  Main idea: COACH COMPARE MAP at HALL. Proof is the verb “COMPARE” and the place HALL. Add nothing about a reason the passage never gives.
5. The answer
Main idea: COACH COMPARE MAP at HALL. Proof is the verb “COMPARE” and the place HALL. 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 · Visual and advertising texts
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Visual and advertising texts. South African Sign Language Home Language. An advert uses this caption: South African Sign Language Home Language: LIBRARIAN, ALERT, CHECK, LIST, ALOUD, CLASS. What must the viewer do, and what is easy to miss?
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Visual and advertising texts. South African Sign Language Home Language. An advert uses this caption: South African Sign Language Home Language: LIBRARIAN, ALERT, CHECK, LIST, ALOUD, CLASS. What must the viewer do, and what is easy to miss?
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Visual and advertising texts. The slogan is not the whole message. Read the small line before you praise it.
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. The slogan is not the whole message. Read the small line before you praise it.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 04
  Point
  Message, then the one word or sign that does the work.
2. 02 / 04
  Evidence
  The slogan is not the whole message. Read the small line before you praise it.
3. 03 / 04
  Effect
  Colour names alone are not the message.
4. 04 / 04
  Answer
  Aim: LIST should look easy. Hidden: the small condition. Working word: ALERT.
5. The answer
Aim: LIST should look easy. Hidden: the small condition. Working word: ALERT.
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.
4 · 4 Marks · Paper 2: literature — novel, drama, poetry
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Paper 2: literature — novel, drama, poetry. What is the answer?
Notes: Read the question’s verb. Stay inside Paper 2: literature in SASL. One piece of evidence for each point.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Paper 2: literature — novel, drama, poetry. What is the answer?
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Paper 2: literature — novel, drama, poetry. Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson shows how to answer. It does not replace the book.
2. What do we already know?
Read the question’s verb. Stay inside Paper 2: literature in SASL. One piece of evidence for each point.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Paper 2: literature — novel, drama, poetry. Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson shows how to answer. It does not replace the book.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 04
  Point
  Read the question’s verb. Stay inside Paper 2: literature in SASL. One piece of evidence for each point.
2. 02 / 04
  Evidence
  Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson shows how to answer. It does not replace the book.
3. 03 / 04
  Effect
  Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
4. 04 / 04
  Answer
  Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
5. The answer
Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
6. Check it like a marker
Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
5 · 4 Marks · Parts of speech in an unseen text
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. Give the line a marker should keep.
Notes: Read the question’s verb. Stay inside Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. One piece of evidence for each point.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. Give the line a marker should keep.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. Set work: how Paper 2 is marked is the set work for South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson does not replace that book.
2. What do we already know?
Read the question’s verb. Stay inside Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. One piece of evidence for each point.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. Set work: how Paper 2 is marked is the set work for South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson does not replace that book.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 04
  Point
  Read the question’s verb. Stay inside Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. One piece of evidence for each point.
2. 02 / 04
  Evidence
  Set work: how Paper 2 is marked is the set work for South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson does not replace that book.
3. 03 / 04
  Effect
  Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
4. 04 / 04
  Answer
  Point, quotation, effect. The quotation comes from the extract. The next sentence says what it shows.
5. The answer
Point, quotation, effect. The quotation comes from the extract. The next sentence says what it shows.
6. Check it like a marker
Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
6 · 8 Marks · Paper 3: essay and transactional texts
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Paper 3: essay and transactional texts. South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Paper 3: signing for a purpose. Write for a reader you can name.
Notes: Audience, purpose, then one model opening that belongs to Paper 3: signing for a purpose.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Paper 3: essay and transactional texts. South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Paper 3: signing for a purpose. Write for a reader you can name.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Paper 3: essay and transactional texts. Choose the format first. A good paragraph in the wrong layout still loses the format marks.
2. What do we already know?
Audience, purpose, then one model opening that belongs to Paper 3: signing for a purpose.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Paper 3: essay and transactional texts. Choose the format first. A good paragraph in the wrong layout still loses the format marks.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 04
  Point
  Audience, purpose, then one model opening that belongs to Paper 3: signing for a purpose.
2. 02 / 04
  Evidence
  Choose the format first. A good paragraph in the wrong layout still loses the format marks.
3. 03 / 04
  Effect
  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.
4. 04 / 04
  Answer
  Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — South African Sign Language Home Language: REFEREE, QUIET, PLAN, LETTER, ALOUD, LIBRARY. Beat two changes the place. Beat three says what the reader should take away.
5. The answer
Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — South African Sign Language Home Language: REFEREE, QUIET, PLAN, LETTER, ALOUD, LIBRARY. 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.
7 · 4 Marks · Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement. What is the answer?
Notes: Rule, five examples written for this topic, one common mistake, then a short quiz.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement. What is the answer?
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement. A SASL sign for Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement needs a handshape, a place, a movement and a face. Miss one and the sign is a different word.
2. What do we already know?
Rule, five examples written for this topic, one common mistake, then a short quiz.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement. A SASL sign for Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement needs a handshape, a place, a movement and a face. Miss one and the sign is a different word.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 04
  Point
  Rule, five examples written for this topic, one common mistake, then a short quiz.
2. 02 / 04
  Example
  A SASL sign for Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement needs a handshape, a place, a movement and a face. Miss one and the sign is a different word.
3. 03 / 04
  Opening
  Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the sentence.
4. 04 / 04
  Delivery
  Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the sentence.
5. The answer
Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the sentence.
6. Check it like a marker
Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the sentence.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the sentence.
8 · 4 Marks · Oral: prepared speech, unprepared, listening
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Oral: prepared speech, unprepared, listening. Give the line a marker should keep.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Oral: prepared speech, unprepared, listening. Give the line a marker should keep.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Oral: prepared speech, unprepared, listening. Prepared work needs a stance. Unprepared work needs the question in front of you. Listening needs one point you can repeat.
2. What do we already know?
Stance, one example, then stop. Pace counts.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Oral: prepared speech, unprepared, listening. Prepared work needs a stance. Unprepared work needs the question in front of you. Listening needs one point you can repeat.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 04
  Point
  Stance, one example, then stop. Pace counts.
2. 02 / 04
  Example
  Prepared work needs a stance. Unprepared work needs the question in front of you. Listening needs one point you can repeat.
3. 03 / 04
  Opening
  One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
4. 04 / 04
  Delivery
  Opening uses “WATCH”. One example: STATION.
5. The answer
Opening uses “WATCH”. One example: STATION.
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.
9 · 4 Marks · Parts of speech in an unseen text
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Parts of speech in an unseen text. South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Verbs, adjectives and role shift. Use these five examples only. Do not import a sentence from another topic.
Notes: Rule, five examples written for this topic, one common mistake, then a short quiz.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Parts of speech in an unseen text. South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Verbs, adjectives and role shift. Use these five examples only. Do not import a sentence from another topic.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Parts of speech in an unseen text. In the unseen text, name the job of each word. A verb acts. An adjective describes. An adverb says how.
2. What do we already know?
Rule, five examples written for this topic, one common mistake, then a short quiz.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Parts of speech in an unseen text. In the unseen text, name the job of each word. A verb acts. An adjective describes. An adverb says how.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 07
  Rule
  Rule, five examples written for this topic, one common mistake, then a short quiz.
  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.
2. 02 / 07
  Example
  In the unseen text, name the job of each word. A verb acts. An adjective describes. An adverb says how.
  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.
3. 03 / 07
  Mistake
  Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the 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.
4. 04 / 07
  Answer
  Look at example 1. Verb: CHECK. Describing word: CAREFUL. How-word: TOGETHER. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to CHECK.
  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.
5. 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.
6. 06 / 07
  Step F — Box the answer with its unit
  Look at example 1. Verb: CHECK. Describing word: CAREFUL. How-word: TOGETHER. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to CHECK.
  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.
7. 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: CHECK. Describing word: CAREFUL. How-word: TOGETHER. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to CHECK.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Look at example 1. Verb: CHECK. Describing word: CAREFUL. How-word: TOGETHER. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to CHECK.
6. Check it like a marker
Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the sentence.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the sentence.
10 · 4 Marks · Paper 1: comprehension, summary and language
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Paper 1: comprehension, summary and language. What is the answer?
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Paper 1: comprehension, summary and language. What is the answer?
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Paper 1: comprehension, summary and language. Stay inside the passage. A fact you add scores zero.
2. What do we already know?
Main idea first. Then one proof from the same passage.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Paper 1: comprehension, summary and language. Stay inside the passage. A fact you add scores zero.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 04
  Point
  Main idea first. Then one proof from the same passage.
2. 02 / 04
  Evidence
  Stay inside the passage. A fact you add scores zero.
3. 03 / 04
  Effect
  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.
4. 04 / 04
  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.
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.
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.
11 · 4 Marks · Visual and advertising texts
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Visual and advertising texts. Give the line a marker should keep.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Visual and advertising texts. Give the line a marker should keep.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Visual and advertising texts. The slogan is not the whole message. Read the small line before you praise it.
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. The slogan is not the whole message. Read the small line before you praise it.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 04
  Point
  Message, then the one word or sign that does the work.
2. 02 / 04
  Evidence
  The slogan is not the whole message. Read the small line before you praise it.
3. 03 / 04
  Effect
  Colour names alone are not the message.
4. 04 / 04
  Answer
  Aim: LIST should look easy. Hidden: the small condition. Working word: ALERT.
5. The answer
Aim: LIST should look easy. Hidden: the small condition. Working word: ALERT.
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.
12 · 8 Marks · Paper 2: literature — novel, drama, poetry
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Paper 2: literature — novel, drama, poetry. South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Paper 2: literature in SASL. Answer it as literature: point, evidence, effect.
Notes: Read the question’s verb. Stay inside Paper 2: literature in SASL. One piece of evidence for each point.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Paper 2: literature — novel, drama, poetry. South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Paper 2: literature in SASL. Answer it as literature: point, evidence, effect.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Paper 2: literature — novel, drama, poetry. Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson shows how to answer. It does not replace the book.
2. What do we already know?
Read the question’s verb. Stay inside Paper 2: literature in SASL. One piece of evidence for each point.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Paper 2: literature — novel, drama, poetry. Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson shows how to answer. It does not replace the book.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 04
  Point
  Read the question’s verb. Stay inside Paper 2: literature in SASL. One piece of evidence for each point.
2. 02 / 04
  Evidence
  Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson shows how to answer. It does not replace the book.
3. 03 / 04
  Effect
  Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
4. 04 / 04
  Answer
  Point, quotation, effect. The quotation comes from the extract. The next sentence says what it shows.
5. The answer
Point, quotation, effect. The quotation comes from the extract. The next sentence says what it shows.
6. Check it like a marker
Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
13 · 4 Marks · Parts of speech in an unseen text
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. What is the answer?
Notes: Read the question’s verb. Stay inside Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. One piece of evidence for each point.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. What is the answer?
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. Set work: how Paper 2 is marked is the set work for South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson does not replace that book.
2. What do we already know?
Read the question’s verb. Stay inside Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. One piece of evidence for each point.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. Set work: how Paper 2 is marked is the set work for South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson does not replace that book.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 04
  Point
  Read the question’s verb. Stay inside Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. One piece of evidence for each point.
2. 02 / 04
  Evidence
  Set work: how Paper 2 is marked is the set work for South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson does not replace that book.
3. 03 / 04
  Effect
  Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
4. 04 / 04
  Answer
  Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
5. The answer
Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
6. Check it like a marker
Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
14 · 4 Marks · Paper 3: essay and transactional texts
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Paper 3: essay and transactional texts. Give the line a marker should keep.
Notes: Audience, purpose, then one model opening that belongs to Paper 3: signing for a purpose.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Paper 3: essay and transactional texts. Give the line a marker should keep.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Paper 3: essay and transactional texts. Choose the format first. A good paragraph in the wrong layout still loses the format marks.
2. What do we already know?
Audience, purpose, then one model opening that belongs to Paper 3: signing for a purpose.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Paper 3: essay and transactional texts. Choose the format first. A good paragraph in the wrong layout still loses the format marks.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 04
  Point
  Audience, purpose, then one model opening that belongs to Paper 3: signing for a purpose.
2. 02 / 04
  Evidence
  Choose the format first. A good paragraph in the wrong layout still loses the format marks.
3. 03 / 04
  Effect
  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.
4. 04 / 04
  Answer
  Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — South African Sign Language Home Language: REFEREE, QUIET, PLAN, LETTER, ALOUD, LIBRARY. Beat two changes the place. Beat three says what the reader should take away.
5. The answer
Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — South African Sign Language Home Language: REFEREE, QUIET, PLAN, LETTER, ALOUD, LIBRARY. 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.
15 · 4 Marks · Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement. South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement. Use these five examples only. Do not import a sentence from another topic.
Notes: Rule, five examples written for this topic, one common mistake, then a short quiz.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement. South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement. Use these five examples only. Do not import a sentence from another topic.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement. A SASL sign for Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement needs a handshape, a place, a movement and a face. Miss one and the sign is a different word.
2. What do we already know?
Rule, five examples written for this topic, one common mistake, then a short quiz.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement. A SASL sign for Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement needs a handshape, a place, a movement and a face. Miss one and the sign is a different word.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 04
  Point
  Rule, five examples written for this topic, one common mistake, then a short quiz.
2. 02 / 04
  Example
  A SASL sign for Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement needs a handshape, a place, a movement and a face. Miss one and the sign is a different word.
3. 03 / 04
  Opening
  Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the sentence.
4. 04 / 04
  Delivery
  Look at example 1. Verb: NAME. Describing word: QUIET. How-word: ALOUD. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to NAME.
5. The answer
Look at example 1. Verb: NAME. Describing word: QUIET. How-word: ALOUD. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to NAME.
6. Check it like a marker
Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the sentence.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the sentence.
16 · 4 Marks · Oral: prepared speech, unprepared, listening
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Oral: prepared speech, unprepared, listening. What is the answer?
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Oral: prepared speech, unprepared, listening. What is the answer?
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Oral: prepared speech, unprepared, listening. Prepared work needs a stance. Unprepared work needs the question in front of you. Listening needs one point you can repeat.
2. What do we already know?
Stance, one example, then stop. Pace counts.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Oral: prepared speech, unprepared, listening. Prepared work needs a stance. Unprepared work needs the question in front of you. Listening needs one point you can repeat.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 04
  Point
  Stance, one example, then stop. Pace counts.
2. 02 / 04
  Example
  Prepared work needs a stance. Unprepared work needs the question in front of you. Listening needs one point you can repeat.
3. 03 / 04
  Opening
  One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
4. 04 / 04
  Delivery
  One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
5. The 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.
17 · 4 Marks · Parts of speech in an unseen text
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Parts of speech in an unseen text. Give the line a marker should keep.
Notes: Rule, five examples written for this topic, one common mistake, then a short quiz.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Parts of speech in an unseen text. Give the line a marker should keep.
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 12. 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: Parts of speech in an unseen 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
Parts of speech in an unseen text. In the unseen text, name the job of each word. A verb acts. An adjective describes. An adverb says how.
2. What do we already know?
Rule, five examples written for this topic, one common mistake, then a short quiz.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Parts of speech in an unseen text. In the unseen text, name the job of each word. A verb acts. An adjective describes. An adverb says how.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 07
  Rule
  Rule, five examples written for this topic, one common mistake, then a short quiz.
  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.
2. 02 / 07
  Example
  In the unseen text, name the job of each word. A verb acts. An adjective describes. An adverb says how.
  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.
3. 03 / 07
  Mistake
  Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the 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.
4. 04 / 07
  Answer
  Look at example 1. Verb: CHECK. Describing word: CAREFUL. How-word: TOGETHER. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to CHECK.
  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.
5. 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.
6. 06 / 07
  Step F — Box the answer with its unit
  Look at example 1. Verb: CHECK. Describing word: CAREFUL. How-word: TOGETHER. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to CHECK.
  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.
7. 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: CHECK. Describing word: CAREFUL. How-word: TOGETHER. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to CHECK.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Look at example 1. Verb: CHECK. Describing word: CAREFUL. How-word: TOGETHER. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to CHECK.
6. Check it like a marker
Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the sentence.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the sentence.
18 · 8 Marks · Paper 1: comprehension, summary and language
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Paper 1: comprehension, summary and language. Read the passage written for Paper 1: observing, comprehension and language and answer in South African Sign Language Home Language.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Paper 1: comprehension, summary and language. Read the passage written for Paper 1: observing, comprehension and language and answer in South African Sign Language Home Language.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Paper 1: comprehension, summary and language. Stay inside the passage. A fact you add scores zero.
2. What do we already know?
Main idea first. Then one proof from the same passage.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Paper 1: comprehension, summary and language. Stay inside the passage. A fact you add scores zero.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 04
  Point
  Main idea first. Then one proof from the same passage.
2. 02 / 04
  Evidence
  Stay inside the passage. A fact you add scores zero.
3. 03 / 04
  Effect
  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.
4. 04 / 04
  Answer
  Main idea: COACH COMPARE MAP at HALL. Proof is the verb “COMPARE” and the place HALL. Add nothing about a reason the passage never gives.
5. The answer
Main idea: COACH COMPARE MAP at HALL. Proof is the verb “COMPARE” and the place HALL. 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.
19 · 4 Marks · Visual and advertising texts
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Visual and advertising texts. What is the answer?
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Visual and advertising texts. What is the answer?
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Visual and advertising texts. The slogan is not the whole message. Read the small line before you praise it.
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. The slogan is not the whole message. Read the small line before you praise it.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 04
  Point
  Message, then the one word or sign that does the work.
2. 02 / 04
  Evidence
  The slogan is not the whole message. Read the small line before you praise it.
3. 03 / 04
  Effect
  Colour names alone are not the message.
4. 04 / 04
  Answer
  Colour names alone are not the message.
5. The answer
Colour names alone are not the message.
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 · Paper 2: literature — novel, drama, poetry
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Paper 2: literature — novel, drama, poetry. Give the line a marker should keep.
Notes: Read the question’s verb. Stay inside Paper 2: literature in SASL. One piece of evidence for each point.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Paper 2: literature — novel, drama, poetry. Give the line a marker should keep.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Paper 2: literature — novel, drama, poetry. Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson shows how to answer. It does not replace the book.
2. What do we already know?
Read the question’s verb. Stay inside Paper 2: literature in SASL. One piece of evidence for each point.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Paper 2: literature — novel, drama, poetry. Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson shows how to answer. It does not replace the book.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 04
  Point
  Read the question’s verb. Stay inside Paper 2: literature in SASL. One piece of evidence for each point.
2. 02 / 04
  Evidence
  Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson shows how to answer. It does not replace the book.
3. 03 / 04
  Effect
  Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
4. 04 / 04
  Answer
  Point, quotation, effect. The quotation comes from the extract. The next sentence says what it shows.
5. The answer
Point, quotation, effect. The quotation comes from the extract. The next sentence says what it shows.
6. Check it like a marker
Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
21 · 4 Marks · Set work: how Paper 2 is marked
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. Answer it as literature: point, evidence, effect.
Notes: Read the question’s verb. Stay inside Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. One piece of evidence for each point.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. Answer it as literature: point, evidence, effect.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. Set work: how Paper 2 is marked is the set work for South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson does not replace that book.
2. What do we already know?
Read the question’s verb. Stay inside Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. One piece of evidence for each point.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. Set work: how Paper 2 is marked is the set work for South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson does not replace that book.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 04
  Point
  Read the question’s verb. Stay inside Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. One piece of evidence for each point.
2. 02 / 04
  Evidence
  Set work: how Paper 2 is marked is the set work for South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson does not replace that book.
3. 03 / 04
  Effect
  Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
4. 04 / 04
  Answer
  Point, quotation, effect. The quotation comes from the extract. The next sentence says what it shows.
5. The answer
Point, quotation, effect. The quotation comes from the extract. The next sentence says what it shows.
6. Check it like a marker
Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Do not retell the whole book. Stay with the text the question names.
22 · 4 Marks · Paper 3: essay and transactional texts
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Paper 3: essay and transactional texts. What is the answer?
Notes: Audience, purpose, then one model opening that belongs to Paper 3: signing for a purpose.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Paper 3: essay and transactional texts. What is the answer?
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Paper 3: essay and transactional texts. Choose the format first. A good paragraph in the wrong layout still loses the format marks.
2. What do we already know?
Audience, purpose, then one model opening that belongs to Paper 3: signing for a purpose.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Paper 3: essay and transactional texts. Choose the format first. A good paragraph in the wrong layout still loses the format marks.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 04
  Point
  Audience, purpose, then one model opening that belongs to Paper 3: signing for a purpose.
2. 02 / 04
  Evidence
  Choose the format first. A good paragraph in the wrong layout still loses the format marks.
3. 03 / 04
  Effect
  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.
4. 04 / 04
  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.
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.
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.
23 · 4 Marks · Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement. Give the line a marker should keep.
Notes: Rule, five examples written for this topic, one common mistake, then a short quiz.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement. Give the line a marker should keep.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement. A SASL sign for Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement needs a handshape, a place, a movement and a face. Miss one and the sign is a different word.
2. What do we already know?
Rule, five examples written for this topic, one common mistake, then a short quiz.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement. A SASL sign for Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement needs a handshape, a place, a movement and a face. Miss one and the sign is a different word.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 04
  Point
  Rule, five examples written for this topic, one common mistake, then a short quiz.
2. 02 / 04
  Example
  A SASL sign for Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement needs a handshape, a place, a movement and a face. Miss one and the sign is a different word.
3. 03 / 04
  Opening
  Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the sentence.
4. 04 / 04
  Delivery
  Look at example 1. Verb: NAME. Describing word: QUIET. How-word: ALOUD. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to NAME.
5. The answer
Look at example 1. Verb: NAME. Describing word: QUIET. How-word: ALOUD. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to NAME.
6. Check it like a marker
Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the sentence.
7. A trap first-timers fall into
Fix only the error the question names. Do not throw away the meaning of the sentence.
24 · 8 Marks · Oral: prepared speech, unprepared, listening
South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Oral: prepared speech, unprepared, listening. South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Signing assessment: prepared and unprepared. Open so the back of the room gets the point.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language Grade 12. Oral: prepared speech, unprepared, listening. South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Signing assessment: prepared and unprepared. Open so the back of the room gets the point.
In other words — as if you have never seen this before
Oral: prepared speech, unprepared, listening. Prepared work needs a stance. Unprepared work needs the question in front of you. Listening needs one point you can repeat.
2. What do we already know?
Stance, one example, then stop. Pace counts.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Oral: prepared speech, unprepared, listening. Prepared work needs a stance. Unprepared work needs the question in front of you. Listening needs one point you can repeat.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 04
  Point
  Stance, one example, then stop. Pace counts.
2. 02 / 04
  Example
  Prepared work needs a stance. Unprepared work needs the question in front of you. Listening needs one point you can repeat.
3. 03 / 04
  Opening
  One example is evidence. Five stories with no stance do not make a stronger oral.
4. 04 / 04
  Delivery
  Opening uses “WATCH”. One example: STATION.
5. The answer
Opening uses “WATCH”. One example: STATION.
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.
25 · 2 Marks · Paper 1: comprehension, summary and language
South African Sign Language Home Language. Paper 1: comprehension, summary and language. What is the answer?
Notes: Stay inside the passage. A fact you add scores zero.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language. Paper 1: comprehension, summary and language. What is the answer?
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 1. 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: Main idea: COACH COMPARE MAP at HALL. 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
Main idea: COACH COMPARE MAP at HALL. Proof is the verb “COMPARE” and the place HALL. Add nothing about a reason the passage never gives.
2. What do we already know?
Stay inside the passage. A fact you add scores zero.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Main idea: COACH COMPARE MAP at HALL. Proof is the verb “COMPARE” and the place HALL. Add nothing about a reason the passage never gives.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 08
  Step A — Read the question twice
  Slow down. Circle the word that names the unknown. Underline every number and its unit. Do not grab a formula yet — first decide what the paper is actually asking.
  Why this step: If you can say the method in a sentence, you will pick the right formula. First-timers skip this and grab the first equation they remember.
2. 02 / 08
  Step A2 — Hunt: Given, Missing, Find, Calculate
  Given: Numbers and units already in the sentence: 1. 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: Main idea: COACH COMPARE MAP at HALL. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get What is the answer.
  Why this step: Do not name the letters yet. First hunt: what already has a number (Given), what has no number (Missing), the word the paper wants (Find), and which formula still contains the missing letter (Calculate).
3. 03 / 08
  Step B — Write the given in a column
  Stay inside the passage. A fact you add scores zero.
  Why this step: A column with units stops you mixing cm with m, or minutes with seconds. Markers can also see you started correctly.
4. 04 / 08
  Step C — Name the method in words
  Main idea: COACH COMPARE MAP at HALL. Proof is the verb “COMPARE” and the place HALL. Add nothing about a reason the passage never gives.
  Why this step: If you can say the method in a sentence, you will pick the right formula. First-timers skip this and grab the first equation they remember.
5. 05 / 08
  Working
  Stay inside the passage. A fact you add scores zero.
  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.
6. 06 / 08
  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.
7. 07 / 08
  Step F — Box the answer with its unit
  Main idea: COACH COMPARE MAP at HALL. Proof is the verb “COMPARE” and the place HALL. 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.
8. 08 / 08
  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: COACH COMPARE MAP at HALL. Proof is the verb “COMPARE” and the place HALL. Add nothing about a reason the passage never gives.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Main idea: COACH COMPARE MAP at HALL. Proof is the verb “COMPARE” and the place HALL. Add nothing about a reason the passage never gives.
6. Check it like a marker
Does your answer appear as one of the options? Do the units match what was asked (m, N, J, °)? If you put the number back into the original equation, does it still hold? Estimate: is the size sensible?
7. A trap first-timers fall into
First-timers often grab the first formula they remember, mix units (cm with m, minutes with seconds), or drop a minus sign. Write the formula in words first: “this equals that, because…”
26 · 2 Marks · Parts of speech in an unseen text
South African Sign Language Home Language. Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. What is the answer?
Notes: Set work: how Paper 2 is marked is the set work for South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson does not replace that book.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language. Set work: how Paper 2 is marked. What is the answer?
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 2 is. 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: Point, quotation, effect. 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
Point, quotation, effect. The quotation comes from the extract. The next sentence says what it shows.
2. What do we already know?
Set work: how Paper 2 is marked is the set work for South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson does not replace that book.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Point, quotation, effect. The quotation comes from the extract. The next sentence says what it shows.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 08
  Step A — Read the question twice
  Slow down. Circle the word that names the unknown. Underline every number and its unit. Do not grab a formula yet — first decide what the paper is actually asking.
  Why this step: If you can say the method in a sentence, you will pick the right formula. First-timers skip this and grab the first equation they remember.
2. 02 / 08
  Step A2 — Hunt: Given, Missing, Find, Calculate
  Given: Numbers and units already in the sentence: 2 is. 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: Point, quotation, effect. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get What is the answer.
  Why this step: Do not name the letters yet. First hunt: what already has a number (Given), what has no number (Missing), the word the paper wants (Find), and which formula still contains the missing letter (Calculate).
3. 03 / 08
  Step B — Write the given in a column
  Set work: how Paper 2 is marked is the set work for South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson does not replace that book.
  Why this step: A column with units stops you mixing cm with m, or minutes with seconds. Markers can also see you started correctly.
4. 04 / 08
  Step C — Name the method in words
  Point, quotation, effect. The quotation comes from the extract. The next sentence says what it shows.
  Why this step: If you can say the method in a sentence, you will pick the right formula. First-timers skip this and grab the first equation they remember.
5. 05 / 08
  Working
  Set work: how Paper 2 is marked is the set work for South African Sign Language Home Language, Grade 12. Read the copy your school prescribed. This lesson does not replace that book.
  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.
6. 06 / 08
  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.
7. 07 / 08
  Step F — Box the answer with its unit
  Point, quotation, effect. The quotation comes from the extract. The next sentence says what it shows.
  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.
8. 08 / 08
  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
Point, quotation, effect. The quotation comes from the extract. The next sentence says what it shows.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Point, quotation, effect. The quotation comes from the extract. The next sentence says what it shows.
6. Check it like a marker
Does your answer appear as one of the options? Do the units match what was asked (m, N, J, °)? If you put the number back into the original equation, does it still hold? Estimate: is the size sensible?
7. A trap first-timers fall into
First-timers often grab the first formula they remember, mix units (cm with m, minutes with seconds), or drop a minus sign. Write the formula in words first: “this equals that, because…”
27 · 2 Marks · Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement
South African Sign Language Home Language. Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement. What is the answer?
Notes: A SASL sign for Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement needs a handshape, a place, a movement and a face. Miss one and the sign is a different word.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language. Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement. What is the answer?
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: no numbers yet — only a name, a diagram, or a worded unknown. 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: Look at example 1. 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
Look at example 1. Verb: NAME. Describing word: QUIET. How-word: ALOUD. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to NAME.
2. What do we already know?
A SASL sign for Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement needs a handshape, a place, a movement and a face. Miss one and the sign is a different word.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Look at example 1. Verb: NAME. Describing word: QUIET. How-word: ALOUD. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to NAME.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 08
  Step A — Read the question twice
  Slow down. Circle the word that names the unknown. Underline every number and its unit. Do not grab a formula yet — first decide what the paper is actually asking.
  Why this step: If you can say the method in a sentence, you will pick the right formula. First-timers skip this and grab the first equation they remember.
2. 02 / 08
  Step A2 — Hunt: Given, Missing, Find, Calculate
  Given: Numbers and units already in the sentence: no numbers yet — only a name, a diagram, or a worded unknown. 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: Look at example 1. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get What is the answer.
  Why this step: Do not name the letters yet. First hunt: what already has a number (Given), what has no number (Missing), the word the paper wants (Find), and which formula still contains the missing letter (Calculate).
3. 03 / 08
  Step B — Write the given in a column
  A SASL sign for Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement needs a handshape, a place, a movement and a face. Miss one and the sign is a different word.
  Why this step: A column with units stops you mixing cm with m, or minutes with seconds. Markers can also see you started correctly.
4. 04 / 08
  Step C — Name the method in words
  Look at example 1. Verb: NAME. Describing word: QUIET. How-word: ALOUD. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to NAME.
  Why this step: If you can say the method in a sentence, you will pick the right formula. First-timers skip this and grab the first equation they remember.
5. 05 / 08
  Working
  A SASL sign for Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement needs a handshape, a place, a movement and a face. Miss one and the sign is a different word.
  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.
6. 06 / 08
  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.
7. 07 / 08
  Step F — Box the answer with its unit
  Look at example 1. Verb: NAME. Describing word: QUIET. How-word: ALOUD. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to NAME.
  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.
8. 08 / 08
  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: NAME. Describing word: QUIET. How-word: ALOUD. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to NAME.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Look at example 1. Verb: NAME. Describing word: QUIET. How-word: ALOUD. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to NAME.
6. Check it like a marker
Does your answer appear as one of the options? Do the units match what was asked (m, N, J, °)? If you put the number back into the original equation, does it still hold? Estimate: is the size sensible?
7. A trap first-timers fall into
First-timers often grab the first formula they remember, mix units (cm with m, minutes with seconds), or drop a minus sign. Write the formula in words first: “this equals that, because…”
28 · 2 Marks · Paper 3: essay and transactional texts
South African Sign Language Home Language. Paper 3: essay and transactional texts. What is the answer?
Notes: Choose the format first. A good paragraph in the wrong layout still loses the format marks.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language. Paper 3: essay and transactional texts. What is the answer?
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: 3. 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: Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. 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
Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — South African Sign Language Home Language: REFEREE, QUIET, PLAN, LETTER, ALOUD, LIBRARY. Beat two changes the place. Beat three says what the reader should take away.
2. What do we already know?
Choose the format first. A good paragraph in the wrong layout still loses the format marks.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — South African Sign Language Home Language: REFEREE, QUIET, PLAN, LETTER, ALOUD, LIBRARY. Beat two changes the place. Beat three says what the reader should take away.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 08
  Step A — Read the question twice
  Slow down. Circle the word that names the unknown. Underline every number and its unit. Do not grab a formula yet — first decide what the paper is actually asking.
  Why this step: If you can say the method in a sentence, you will pick the right formula. First-timers skip this and grab the first equation they remember.
2. 02 / 08
  Step A2 — Hunt: Given, Missing, Find, Calculate
  Given: Numbers and units already in the sentence: 3. 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: Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get What is the answer.
  Why this step: Do not name the letters yet. First hunt: what already has a number (Given), what has no number (Missing), the word the paper wants (Find), and which formula still contains the missing letter (Calculate).
3. 03 / 08
  Step B — Write the given in a column
  Choose the format first. A good paragraph in the wrong layout still loses the format marks.
  Why this step: A column with units stops you mixing cm with m, or minutes with seconds. Markers can also see you started correctly.
4. 04 / 08
  Step C — Name the method in words
  Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — South African Sign Language Home Language: REFEREE, QUIET, PLAN, LETTER, ALOUD, LIBRARY. Beat two changes the place. Beat three says what the reader should take away.
  Why this step: If you can say the method in a sentence, you will pick the right formula. First-timers skip this and grab the first equation they remember.
5. 05 / 08
  Working
  Choose the format first. A good paragraph in the wrong layout still loses the format marks.
  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.
6. 06 / 08
  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.
7. 07 / 08
  Step F — Box the answer with its unit
  Model opening: name the idea in sentence one. Beat one can use this picture — South African Sign Language Home Language: REFEREE, QUIET, PLAN, LETTER, ALOUD, LIBRARY. 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.
8. 08 / 08
  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 — South African Sign Language Home Language: REFEREE, QUIET, PLAN, LETTER, ALOUD, LIBRARY. 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 — South African Sign Language Home Language: REFEREE, QUIET, PLAN, LETTER, ALOUD, LIBRARY. Beat two changes the place. Beat three says what the reader should take away.
6. Check it like a marker
Does your answer appear as one of the options? Do the units match what was asked (m, N, J, °)? If you put the number back into the original equation, does it still hold? Estimate: is the size sensible?
7. A trap first-timers fall into
First-timers often grab the first formula they remember, mix units (cm with m, minutes with seconds), or drop a minus sign. Write the formula in words first: “this equals that, because…”
29 · 2 Marks · Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement
Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement. What is the answer?
Notes: Rule, five examples written for this topic, one common mistake, then a short quiz.
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: Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement. What is the answer?
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: no numbers yet — only a name, a diagram, or a worded unknown. 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: A SASL sign for Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement needs a handshape, a place, a movement and a face. 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
A SASL sign for Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement needs a handshape, a place, a movement and a face. Miss one and the sign is a different word.
2. What do we already know?
Rule, five examples written for this topic, one common mistake, then a short quiz.
3. Which method — and why this one?
A SASL sign for Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement needs a handshape, a place, a movement and a face. Miss one and the sign is a different word.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 08
  Step A — Read the question twice
  Slow down. Circle the word that names the unknown. Underline every number and its unit. Do not grab a formula yet — first decide what the paper is actually asking.
  Why this step: If you can say the method in a sentence, you will pick the right formula. First-timers skip this and grab the first equation they remember.
2. 02 / 08
  Step A2 — Hunt: Given, Missing, Find, Calculate
  Given: Numbers and units already in the sentence: no numbers yet — only a name, a diagram, or a worded unknown. 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: A SASL sign for Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement needs a handshape, a place, a movement and a face. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get What is the answer.
  Why this step: Do not name the letters yet. First hunt: what already has a number (Given), what has no number (Missing), the word the paper wants (Find), and which formula still contains the missing letter (Calculate).
3. 03 / 08
  Step B — Write the given in a column
  Rule, five examples written for this topic, one common mistake, then a short quiz.
  Why this step: A column with units stops you mixing cm with m, or minutes with seconds. Markers can also see you started correctly.
4. 04 / 08
  Step C — Name the method in words
  A SASL sign for Pronunciation of a sign: hand, place, movement needs a handshape, a place, a movement and a face. Miss one and the sign is a different word.
  Why this step: If you can say the method in a sentence, you will pick the right formula. First-timers skip this and grab the first equation they remember.
5. 05 / 08
  Working
  Look at example 1. Verb: NAME. Describing word: QUIET. How-word: ALOUD. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to NAME.
  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.
6. 06 / 08
  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.
7. 07 / 08
  Step F — Box the answer with its unit
  Look at example 1. Verb: NAME. Describing word: QUIET. How-word: ALOUD. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to NAME.
  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.
8. 08 / 08
  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: NAME. Describing word: QUIET. How-word: ALOUD. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to NAME.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Look at example 1. Verb: NAME. Describing word: QUIET. How-word: ALOUD. Example 3 must not copy example 1. If the doer becomes plural, say what happens to NAME.
6. Check it like a marker
Does your answer appear as one of the options? Do the units match what was asked (m, N, J, °)? If you put the number back into the original equation, does it still hold? Estimate: is the size sensible?
7. A trap first-timers fall into
First-timers often grab the first formula they remember, mix units (cm with m, minutes with seconds), or drop a minus sign. Write the formula in words first: “this equals that, because…”
30 · 2 Marks · Oral: prepared speech, unprepared, listening
South African Sign Language Home Language. Oral: prepared speech, unprepared, listening. What is the answer?
Notes: Prepared work needs a stance. Unprepared work needs the question in front of you. Listening needs one point you can repeat.
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: South African Sign Language Home Language. Oral: prepared speech, unprepared, listening. What is the answer?
Before any working — hunt first
Given
Numbers and units already in the sentence: no numbers yet — only a name, a diagram, or a worded unknown. 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: Opening uses “WATCH”. 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
Opening uses “WATCH”. One example: STATION.
2. What do we already know?
Prepared work needs a stance. Unprepared work needs the question in front of you. Listening needs one point you can repeat.
3. Which method — and why this one?
Opening uses “WATCH”. One example: STATION.
4. Step-by-step working
1. 01 / 08
  Step A — Read the question twice
  Slow down. Circle the word that names the unknown. Underline every number and its unit. Do not grab a formula yet — first decide what the paper is actually asking.
  Why this step: If you can say the method in a sentence, you will pick the right formula. First-timers skip this and grab the first equation they remember.
2. 02 / 08
  Step A2 — Hunt: Given, Missing, Find, Calculate
  Given: Numbers and units already in the sentence: no numbers yet — only a name, a diagram, or a worded unknown. 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: Opening uses “WATCH”. Then substitute the given, one line at a time, to get What is the answer.
  Why this step: Do not name the letters yet. First hunt: what already has a number (Given), what has no number (Missing), the word the paper wants (Find), and which formula still contains the missing letter (Calculate).
3. 03 / 08
  Step B — Write the given in a column
  Prepared work needs a stance. Unprepared work needs the question in front of you. Listening needs one point you can repeat.
  Why this step: A column with units stops you mixing cm with m, or minutes with seconds. Markers can also see you started correctly.
4. 04 / 08
  Step C — Name the method in words
  Opening uses “WATCH”. One example: STATION.
  Why this step: If you can say the method in a sentence, you will pick the right formula. First-timers skip this and grab the first equation they remember.
5. 05 / 08
  Working
  Prepared work needs a stance. Unprepared work needs the question in front of you. Listening needs one point you can repeat.
  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.
6. 06 / 08
  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.
7. 07 / 08
  Step F — Box the answer with its unit
  Opening uses “WATCH”. One example: STATION.
  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.
8. 08 / 08
  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 “WATCH”. One example: STATION.
Copy onto your answer sheet — in this order
Answer: Opening uses “WATCH”. One example: STATION.
6. Check it like a marker
Does your answer appear as one of the options? Do the units match what was asked (m, N, J, °)? If you put the number back into the original equation, does it still hold? Estimate: is the size sensible?
7. A trap first-timers fall into
First-timers often grab the first formula they remember, mix units (cm with m, minutes with seconds), or drop a minus sign. Write the formula in words first: “this equals that, because…”