Grade 12 English Paper 2

[UltimateWarez]

So Guys

which poems are you guys focusing on? Im sure your teachers at school recommended certain poems to learn

For me , its

Preludes
To Autumn
Sonnet 104
Ozymandias

Whats did your school tell your'll?

Also what about Afrikaans Paper 2 Poems??

Lets share knowledge and do well in these Literature Papers

[mr.sniper]

well it depends is this home language, 1st or 2nd additional language?

[MissM]

When I was in matric (not so long ago ) we had different poems..old syllabus. hehe. Sonnet 116..."Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments..." lol.

They always tend to put that one in the paper. Easiest one imo. Do u still do this one?

[FuNkEr]

..old syllabus.

Those were the days

[MissM]

yeah! This new syllabus just confuses me! lol

[scotty777]

any tips for poetry?

[ToxicBunny]

Yeah.... give up.. they mean nothing.

THey're the useless ramblings of drugged up hippies, oh and they're written in the evil language of the colonialist oppressors

[scotty777]

Yeah.... give up.. they mean nothing.

THey're the useless ramblings of drugged up hippies, oh and they're written in the evil language of the colonialist oppressors

you see, if that were true, then it would be easy ,

the only reason why I score marks is because the poems often have big, seldom used words, and I know what the words mean, so questions like "what does the poet mean by "the capricious glimmers of light on the water" ", I'll know what the word capricious means and i'll say "a whimsy changing of light reflecting off the water" (I know this isn't the best example, but was the 1st to come to mind, and yes, many people don't know what capricious means).

Stupid bloody language papers... I also always seem to get 30% for the summaries!? and It's not only me, there were 6 guys in my class that got 3/10 (not 4/10, not 2/10, but 3/10).

[noswal]

So Guys

which poems are you guys focusing on? Im sure your teachers at school recommended certain poems to learn

For me , its

Preludes
To Autumn
Sonnet 104
Ozymandias

Whats did your school tell your'll?

Also what about Afrikaans Paper 2 Poems??

Lets share knowledge and do well in these Literature Papers

For English, pay attention to spelling, punctuation and grammar

For me , its .... comma after word, no space
your'll is not a word
whats should be what

[ToxicBunny]

Ah, the grammar nazi's seem to be rearing their little heads.

Great, this could now get very interesting.

*Sits back with some popcorn*

[scotty777]

For English, pay attention to spelling, punctuation and grammar

For me , its .... comma after word, no space
your'll is not a word
whats should be what

Surely "whats" should by all means mean "what's", or "what is"

[UltimateWarez]

scotty777 here are some tips for summaries.

i always score 8+

1) Read The Instructions - see the purpose
2) Do not give a title unless they ask you
3) Write 1 paragraph unless otherwise stated ( read instructions)
4) Focus on main issues
5) Only in reported speech - No direct speech at all!!
6) No statistics , percentages , added information
7) If you go over number of words stated then its minus -1 mark

Check your style , tone , register and spelling!

[Zewp]

Our school didn't even do poetry with us this year. They just told us not to choose the poetry question in the exams.

Edit: To add to the summary advice, always ensure that you write it in the right format. If they ask you for a paragraph and you write all the keypoints underneath each other with bullets or numbers, it doesn't get marked and you lose all those marks.

[ph4t3]

Knowledge4Africa.com is a good place for thought provoking questions on the prescribed english home language poems.

[reedOsama]

So Guys

which poems are you guys focusing on? Im sure your teachers at school recommended certain poems to learn

For me , its

Preludes
To Autumn
Sonnet 104
Ozymandias

Whats did your school tell your'll?

Also what about Afrikaans Paper 2 Poems??

Lets share knowledge and do well in these Literature Papers

dude... im basically doing all of them but Sonnet 104, Ozymandias, Sunstrike and I think its called Madonna and child is what we did for mocks.