CAD1501 Assignment 5 Portfolio Semester 2 Answers 2026 - Due 16 October 2026

CAD1501 Assignment 5 Portfolio Semester 2 Answers 2026 - Due 16 October 2026 CAD1501/102/0/2026 9. THE CASE: The Mahlangu family of Emthonjeni Emthonjeni is a fictional township on the East Rand in Gauteng, made up of RDP houses, backyard shacks and a small informal settlement. Many residents came from rural KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape to find work. Read the exhibits below and then answer the questions. Exhibit 1: Family and community profile Lwazi (boy) 5 years 10 months. Grade R at Sikhulile Primary. He starts Grade 1 next January. Home language isiZulu. Gogo Nomsa (68) Lwazi’s grandmother and main daytime caregiver. Receives the older person’s grant. Left school in Grade 4. She is a storyteller and sings clapping songs with the children. She has hip pain and walks slowly. Zanele (32) Lwazi’s mother. Works as a cashier in a shopping centre 40 km away. Leaves at 04:30 by minibus taxi and returns after 19:30, six days a week. Very tired on weekends. Wants Lwazi to “go to a good English school and not suffer like me”. Themba (35) Lwazi’s father. Works as a security guard in Rustenburg and visits twice a year. Sends money irregularly. Lwazi calls him “uBaba wasefoni” (Dad on the phone). Bongani (10) Lwazi’s brother, Grade 4 at the same school (see Exhibit 6). Thandi (15) Lwazi’s sister, Grade 9 at the high school 3 km away (see Exhibit 7). Home A two-room RDP house with a backyard shack rented to a tenant. Five family members share the main house. One outside tap. Prepaid electricity and regular load-shedding. Gas stove for cooking. Exhibit 2: Extract from the Grade R teacher’s report (Ms Khumalo, September) “Lwazi is a bright, curious boy who loves songs and stories. He runs, jumps with two feet and hops a few times on one foot. He holds his pencil in his fist and struggles to cut on a line. He counts objects to ten and asks many ‘why’ questions. In English he follows one-step instructions but often looks lost with two steps, then answers in isiZulu. He cannot yet retell a story in order. He recognises the first letter of his name and the Coca-Cola logo. He cries at the school gate when Gogo leaves and sometimes hides under the table when there is a loud noise. He usually plays next to other children rather than with them, except with his friend Aphiwe. He is bossy in games and shares only when I ask him. He is sleepy on some mornings and has come to school without breakfast. In a class of 42 I cannot give him the individual time he needs.” Exhibit 3: Field worker’s play vignette (Lwazi at home, Saturday, 40 minutes) Lwazi and Aphiwe build a “taxi” from a milk crate and bottle tops as money. Lwazi insists on being the driver and says, “You are the conductor, you must do what I say.” He announces, “The moon is following our taxi because it wants to go to Joburg.” Gogo pours juice for the boys. Lwazi points to the tall thin glass and says, “Aphiwe has more,” although both glasses were filled from the same jug. He sorts the bottle tops by colour but is puzzled when asked to sort them by colour and CAD1501/102/0/2026 SECTION A: Lwazi and school readiness [60] Question 1: Developmental domain analysis [48] Use Exhibits 1–5 to comment on Lwazi’s school readiness in each of six domains: physicognitive, language, emotional, social and moral (5 marks per domain). For each domcomplete the table: (a) Define the domain in your own words with a reference. (2) (b) Apply theory. Use Piaget’s stages to explain Lwazi’s functioning. In the moral domain, applKohlberg’s levels (and Piaget’s heteronomous morality where helpful). (2) (c) Give two pieces of evidence from the case (state the exhibit) showing what Lwazi is able tdo, has not yet accomplished, or should develop. Circle which of the three each is. (2) (d) Compare Lwazi with what literature says is expected of a child of this age in this domain. ( Question 1.1: Physical development [8] (a) Definition (2) (b) Piaget and Kohlberg (2) (c) Evidence 1 and exhibit (2) Type: circle one Can do / Not yet accomplished / Area for development (c) Evidence 2 and exhibit (1) Type: circle one Can do / Not yet accomplished / Area for development