Creative Arts Grade 8 Term 3 2018 Question Paper

CHOOSE A WORD FROM THE LIST TO FILL IN EACH BLANK IN THE PASSAGE. WRITE ONLY THE CORRECT ANSWER NEXT TO THE NUMBER IN YOUR ANSWER BOOKLET.

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Over several years pupils at #Your School Name# have been learning about freedom icon Nelson Mandela, and next week they will bring their school lessons to the (3.1.1). Pupils, many of whom are in matric this year, will relive historic events surrounding Mandela in the play ‘The Spear, the Nation, the Future’ on July 21. The production includes Sastri College alumni, and celebrates 100 years since the birth of Madiba. “We are reviving (3.1.2) Magic,” said Habi Singh, chairperson of the Sastri Alumni Association. The theme of Mandela Day this year is #BeTheLegacy, which is meant to spur youth into becoming heroes themselves through social development work. At (3.1.3), dozens of pupils broke out into song and dance, each learning what freedom songs stood for. Singh said: “Many of the pupils acting here, including our lead actor and actress in the roles of Mandela and Winnie are in Grade 12 and have sacrificed important (3.1.4) time to bring this play to life.” The (3.1.5) and theatrical performance has a cast of 50, including dancers, (3.1.6), and a videographer who had put together multimedia packages to enhance scenes such as the icon 1994 freedom moment and Madiba’s wedding to Winnie. “The (3.1.7) will be treated to (3.1.8) and modern dance forms together with a sequence of actions that marked Madiba as a ‘wanted man’. His capture will be dramatized as the introduction to the (3.1.9) Trial and his 27 year imprisonment,” Singh said. After Mandela’s death in 2013, Singh felt pupils lacked knowledge about apartheid (3.1.10). “We hope this play will grow our pupil’s understanding of the contribution by struggle heroes to our freedom,” he added. Before the play, a garden tea and talk by John Samuel, the former chairperson of the Mandela Foundation is set to take place at the Sastri College Convention Centre.