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GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
PROGRAMME OF ASSESSMENT FOR ENGLISH HL GRADE 10 - 2025
TERM 1 Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4
Writing:
#Test 1: Language in Context
90 *Oral: Transactional texts *Oral: Comprehension, Summary and
Learner Friendly/formal letters, newspaper
Listening for Comprehension Unprepared speech Language Structures &
Mark/90*100 article, dialogue, speech, email
180-200 words Conventions
Total: 15 25 15 35
Weightings Term:16.67%/Final:10% Term:27.78%/Final:10% Term:16.67%/Final:30% Term:38.88%/Final:15%
Date Completed:
TERM 2 Task 5 Task 6 Task 7
Mid-year Examinations
Orals: Learners should do
Paper 1: Language in ONE Listening for
Context (70 marks) – 2 Comprehension (Task 1),
hours ONE unprepared speech
Comprehension (30) (Task 3), and either TWO
Summary (10) prepared speeches OR
Advertisement (10)
Writing: Essay *Oral: ONE prepared speech and
210 Cartoons (10)
Learner
Narrative, Descriptive, Prepared Speech OR ONE unprepared reading
Argumentative, Visual Stimuli Unprepared Reading Aloud Prose (10)
Mark/210/2.1 aloud (Tasks 6 and 9).
300-350 words
Paper 2: Literature – (80
marks) – 2 ½ hours End of year Examinations:
Seen poetry (20 marks) For more guidance on
Unseen Poem (10 marks) Papers 1 to 3 for the end-
Drama Essay question (25 year exam and for Papers
marks) 1 and 2 for the mid-year
Drama contextual
examinations, refer to
questions (25 marks)
Total: 50 10 150 DBE Exam Guidelines
Weightings Term:23.81%/Final:20% Term:4.77%/Final:30% Term:71.42%/Final:35%
2021 and this ATP
Date Completed:
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TERM 3 Task 8 Task 9 #Test 1 could be set out of 35 marks or, if more, should be converted
*Oral:
to 35 marks. While the Comprehension, summary, language
45 structures and conventions combination is suggested, teachers are
Literature: Prepared Speech OR
Learner
Unprepared Reading Aloud
urged to design a combination of aspects that fits the character (test
Assignment/Project
Mark/45*100 programme, time allocation, etc.) of the school. A test in the
Total: 35 10 Programme of Assessment should not be made up of several smaller
tests. Each test should cover a substantial amount of content, should
Weightings Term:77.78%/Final:20% Term:22.22%/Final:30% be set for 45-60 minutes, and should represent the different cognitive
levels as set out for exam papers.
Test 1: provide a full scale 70-mark test as follows: 1 hour
Date Completed: session testing Section A and B (40 Marks); 1 hour session
testing Section C (30 marks). Then divide by 2 to bring to a total
of 35. This is necessary if we wish to ensure that learners get
practice in answering a Paper 1.
TERM 4 Task 10 NOTE WELL:
End of the year examinations COMMENCE ASSESSMENT AS FOLLOWS:
Paper 1 –Language in context – 70 Marks – 2 hours Paper 1: as per school’s timetable – November 2025
Comprehension (3) Paper 2: as per school’s timetable – November 2025
Summary (10) Paper 3: to be written in Weeks 35 OR 36 as per
Advertisement (10) school’s/district’s timetable
Marking and Moderation MUST be as per School’s
Cartoon (10) Management Plan
EXAMS: 250 Prose/textual Editing (10)
ORALS: 50 Final Weightings
60% OF 300 Paper 2 –Literature – 80 Marks - 2½ hours Tasks 2,4,5, 7 and 8 form the SBA mark of which 40%
Seen Poetry (20) is taken for the year mark.
+ 40% OF
Unseen Poetry (10) Tasks 1,3, 6 & 9 form marks for Paper 4: Orals (50)
SBA
Drama (Essay) (25) Task 10 (250 marks) and Paper 4, the Orals (50 marks)
is taken for the year mark. This is 60%.
Drama (Contextual question) (25)
Promotion mark:
Paper 3 – Writing – 100 Marks – 3 hours SBA 40% + End of year Examinations and Orals 60%
Essay (50)
Transactional Texts (2 x 25 = 50)
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Paper 4 – Orals – 50 Orals Paper 4:
Listening for Comprehension (15) The marks attained for all the oral tasks will not form
part of the final SBA mark but will be used for the oral
examination component Paper 4 for HL.
Unprepared Speech (15)
The oral mark will still be used for term reporting but
Prepared Speech/Unprepared Reading Aloud (10)
only accrue the oral examination component as cited
Prepared Speech/Unprepared Reading Aloud (10) above.
Total: (300/3) x 0.60
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