Grade 12 Practical Revision en Hersiening - Perez

My learners have just finished revising the 2008 Gr 12 Perez Practical Examination paper. Here are the files for the examination, plus the PPT we used for the bits they told me they found tricky.

• Data files
• English question paper and memo
• Afrikaans question paper and memo
• PowerPoint to explain tricky bits using Office 2003

Gr 12 PAT

A PAT is the way in which the work taught in CAT is ‘applied’. It brings together all the skills taught. It is an essential part of the subject.
I am so angry. I have just finished marking Phase 3 of the Gr 12 PAT. The poor marks are not my problem. I taught the PAT well, however many learners spoke through my classes, checked e-mail while I was explaining and just ignored me.
I am going to take the points below and incorporate them in the assessment of the Gr 10 and 11 PATS. And when I make MY Gr 10 and 11 EDITED rubric I will not give ANY marks for ANY things if they are meaningless, i.e. no being nice. I am irritated by stupidity and plain carelessness.
My Gr 10 and 11 PPTs which I am using for teaching are available here.

1. The graphs must be woven into the story/discussion. The graphs must NOT be in a section on their own. The graphs must help explain the discussion.
2. A caption of a graph is not a story, and should not pretend to be a story. A caption is a ‘heading’ for an image. You talk about the evidence of the graph in the body of the text as part of the story and not in the caption.
3. Pictures, if used, must be described or referred to in the text. They should not be in a page or section on their own.
4. Tables copied from a database or spreadsheets have no place in a report. The material must be synthesized or analysed so that it gains meaning.
5. There should be no need for any material in the report to come from any web site or copied from anywhere. The report is the result of an investigation into a problem. It is the ‘result’.
6. The report should look professional! I have seen too many spelling mistakes, and the font in a document should be the same for all sections, and a heading 3 is smaller than a heading 1! Body text should be left aligned.
7. The conclusion should draw all the findings together and is a summary of all the work, and end with a final sentence giving the verdict (slotsom).
8. The conclusion must be at the end, just before the bibliography.
9. Page numbers are required if you have a table of contents!
10. The rubric/checklist must be read as a guide as to what is expected.

Gr 10 Introduction to Excel

My Grade 10s seem to have difficulty hearing / listening / following instructions. I dreaded trying to teach Excel 2007. I solved the problem by having the learners create houses using Autofill, Alignment, Fills and Borders. Without being aware of it, they learned to read the screen and the features of the formatting pane. When they started ‘real’ work on page 217 it went so well! Have look at grades 10 C and D. My time ‘playing’ has reaped results. (I have saved the files in 2003 as some schools are using 2003.)

Gr 12 Practical Revision en Hersiening - Birds

My learners have just finished revising the 2008 Gr 12 Birds Practical Examination paper. Here are the files for the examination, plus the PPT we used for the bits they told me they found tricky.

• Data files
• English question paper and memo
• Afrikaans question paper and memo
• PowerPoint to explain tricky bits using Office 2007