Grade 6 Exam Guidelines November 2016

English

Afrikaans: 15 November

Writing Exam 14 November

- Bring a mind map to the exam with key

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words to help you write a story. Imagine you

are drifting on a life raft, the only survivor of
a ship wreck. Storm clouds are gathering
overhead, but at least the island is getting
closer. Only there is something very odd
about it.
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Haiku

Comprehension 16 November
- Disasters
- Always use full sentences
- Pay attention to spelling and punctuation

Antonieme en sinonieme
Intensiewe vorme
Meervoude
Negatiewe vorm
Ontkenningsvorm
Teenoorgestelde
Trappe van vergelyking
Verkleinwoorde
Verlede tyd
Voegwoorde
Voornaamwoorde
Voorsetsels
Vraagwoorde
Werkwoorde
Hoe om n Begripstoets te doen.

Language
- Main and subordinate clauses
- Simple, complex and compound sentences
- Conjunctions
- Direct and Indirect Speech
- Word definitions in context
- Punctuation

Maths: 17 November
Maths Paper 1 Common Exam
All work covered in Term 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Maths Paper 2
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Numbers, Operations and Relationships

Place value, Rounding Off, Write in words,
Write in digits, Prime numbers, Factors,
Fractions, Decimal fractions, Addition,
Subtraction, Multiplication and Division in
Vertical Columns, Problem Solving
Patterns, Functions and Algebra
Patterns, Number Sentences
Measurement
Time, Perimeter, Area, Volume, Length and
Mass Conversions
Space and Shape
3D Objects, 2D Shapes, Symmetry, Views,
Grid Location, Nets, Angles
Data Handling
Double Bar Graph

Maths Paper 3 Mental Maths

All work covered in Term1, 2, 3 and 4.

NS/T: 16 November
1. Electrical circuits, Electrical conductors
and insulators, Mains electricity,
Movement of the Earth and planets. (10
marks)
2. Electric circuits, solar system (5 marks)
3. Electrical conductors and insulators,
systems for looking into space, mains
electricity (5 marks)
4. Circuit diagrams (5 marks)
5. Solar system, the sun, planets and
asteroids (5 marks)
6. Mains electricity, renewable ways to
generate electricity (8 marks)
7. Scientific inquiry process (5 marks)
8. Systems to solve problems, using electric
circuits (3 marks)
9. Mains electricity, cost of electricity (4
marks)

Social Sciences: Hist: 14 Nov

1. Mapungubwe: An African Kingdom long ago
in SA
- Changes in societies in the Limpopo
Valley 900AD 1300AD
- Settlements in the Limpopo Valley
before Mapungubwe
- Mapungubwe: First state in SA 1220
1300
- Change and continuity in East Coast
trade with settlement inland: Great
Zimbabwe
- European explorers in Asia in the time of
Mapungubwe
2. European explorers find SA
- Reasons for European exploration
- European trade route to the East via
Southern Africa
3. Democracy and Citizinship
- Rights and responsibilities of citizens in a
democracy
- Childrens rights and responsibilities
- National symbols since 1994
4. Medicine through Time
- Indigenous healing in SA
- Some modern Western scientific medical
discoveries
- The link between holistic and western
forms of healing today.

Social Sciences: Geog; 18 Nov

1. Map skills
Latitude and longitude: from globe to
flat map, naming points on a map using
grid references, scale
2. Trade
Why people trade, what people trade,
resources and their values, fair trading
3. Climate and vegetation around the
world
Climate around the world (temperature
and rainfall), tropical rainforests, hot
deserts, coniferous forests
4. Population
People and provinces in South Africa
(population distribution, population
density, population maps), why people
live where they do (rural and urban
settlements), people around the world

PSW: 15 Nov. 2016

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Caring for animals

9. Communicable diseases
Caring for people
Nation building and cultural heritage
How cultural heritage unifies the nation
Gender stereotyping, sexism and abuse
Basic first aid in different situations
Food hygiene
Food borne diseases