ENG1516 Assignment 1 Semester 1 | Due March 2025

ENG1516 Assignment 1 Semester 1 | Due March 2025. Questions answered with references. This assignment is based on Units 1 and 2 in Tutorial Letter 501. Work through these two units, as well as pp. 1-25, 29-66 and 223-237 in your prescribed textbook, Introducing Children’s Literature: A Guide to the South African Classroom (2017) by Evans, et al. before you attempt the assignment. Answer the questions below in full sentences. QUESTION 1 1.1. In your own words, and based on what you have learned in Unit 1 in the Tutorial Letter 501, define what children’s literature is. Your definition should be presented in a short paragraph of three sentences. (3) 1.2. One of the problematic ideologies that teachers need to be mindful of as it relates to children’s literature is gender stereotyping. Name two strategies that teachers can employ, when selecting reading material for their classrooms, to counteract gender stereotyping. (2) 1.3. In your own words, name two advantages of multimodal storytelling. (2) [7] QUESTION 2 Watch the following video of the folktale ‘Ananse and the Pot of Wisdom’. The video can be accessed here: 2.1. Identify to which folktale category ‘Ananse and the Pot of Wisdom’ belongs. (1) 2.2. Based on your response in 2.1., indicate which characteristics of ‘Ananse and the Pot of Wisdom’ show that it belongs to this folktale category. (2) 2.3. In a paragraph of about four sentences, indicate whether this story is appropriate for a Foundation Phase class, including reasons as to why you think so. (4) [7] QUESTION 3 3.1. Identify and briefly discuss the three different learning styles that teachers should keep in mind when they teach. (6) 3.2. Consider the following piece of children’s literature: Miss Polly had a dolly who was sick, sick, sick. So she called for the doctor to come quick, quick, quick. The doctor came with his bag and his hat, And he knocked on the door with a rat-a-tat-tat. He looked at the dolly, and he shook his head, And he said, “Miss Polly, put her straight to bed!” He wrote on a paper for some pills, pills, pills, “I’ll be back in the morning with my bill, bill, bill.” 2 ENG1516 (Text available in the public domain) To which genre of children’s literature does this belong? State reasons for your answer. (3) 3.3. In a brief paragraph of no more than six sentences, describe three different activities that you could use in a classroom, and in relation to the above piece of children’s literature, to activate all three learning styles. (6) [15] QUESTION 4 4.1. There are various developmental theories that relate to the teaching of children’s literature. One of these is Jean Piaget’s Cognitive Theory. In a paragraph of no more than four sentences, explain what the key tenets of Piaget’s theory are. (8) Read the story ‘Jerry’s Box’ by Daniel Errico (available at the following link: 4.2. In a paragraph of about four sentences, explain how you will use the principles of Cognitive Theory in engaging learners in the above story and the potential lessons that could be learned from ‘Jerry’s Box’. (8) [16] QUESTION 5 5.1. Read through pp. 226-234 (point 10.3) in your prescribed textbook, Introducing Children’s Literature. In a paragraph of about five sentences, identify and explain which disposition you aim to prioritise and reflect in your teaching. (5) [5] TOTAL MARKS: 50