ENG1516 2022 ASSIGNMENTS
ASSIGNMENT 01
COMPULSORY: YES
MARKS: 50 WEIGHT: 40
Introduction to Children’s Literature
Refer to Units 1 and 2 in Tutorial Letter 501 (your Study Guide for ENG1516) and answer
the questions below:
Answer all the questions.
QUESTION 1
1.1 Write a paragraph about your reading profile. Present the answer in a single
paragraph using the questions below as a guide.
- What are your first memories of reading?
- Where did you read?
- With whom did you read?
- What was your favourite reading as a child?
- What, for you, are the main role and purposes of reading in your life?
You might wish to respond from the perspective of a parent or a professional. You might also
wish to include the following purposes of reading: for pleasure, religious purposes, information
retrieval, escapism, intellectual challenge, or imaginative stimulation.
[5]
QUESTION 2
Refer to pages 39 and 40 of your Tutorial Letter 501. Using the three pillars of Language and
Cognition Theories developed by Cummins, answer the following questions based on the
book cover and the brief summary of the story below:
2.1 Describe two ways in which you would activate prior and background knowledge to
introduce this story to learners.
(4)
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2.2 Explain one way in which you would scaffold knowledge to assist learners to gain
access to the message of the text.
(2)
2.3 Discuss two ways in which you would extend language skills based on the summary of
the story.
(4)
‘The Monster in my Basement’
[Author: Dave Parton. Illustrator: Heather Lyn Harris]
Dave has a monster in his basement and the monster wants him to come for dinner. Is dinner
to be had or is he to be had for dinner? Find out why Dave is going to shake shake shake shake
shake a little bit. And see the surprise ending to this melodic tale.
[10]
[https://freekidsbooks.org/the-monster-in-my-basement/]
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ASSIGNMENT 01
COMPULSORY: YES
MARKS: 50 WEIGHT: 40
Introduction to Children’s Literature
Refer to Units 1 and 2 in Tutorial Letter 501 (your Study Guide for ENG1516) and answer
the questions below:
Answer all the questions.
QUESTION 1
1.1 Write a paragraph about your reading profile. Present the answer in a single
paragraph using the questions below as a guide.
- What are your first memories of reading?
- Where did you read?
- With whom did you read?
- What was your favourite reading as a child?
- What, for you, are the main role and purposes of reading in your life?
You might wish to respond from the perspective of a parent or a professional. You might also
wish to include the following purposes of reading: for pleasure, religious purposes, information
retrieval, escapism, intellectual challenge, or imaginative stimulation.
[5]
QUESTION 2
Refer to pages 39 and 40 of your Tutorial Letter 501. Using the three pillars of Language and
Cognition Theories developed by Cummins, answer the following questions based on the
book cover and the brief summary of the story below:
2.1 Describe two ways in which you would activate prior and background knowledge to
introduce this story to learners.
(4)
12
, ENG1516/101/0/2022
2.2 Explain one way in which you would scaffold knowledge to assist learners to gain
access to the message of the text.
(2)
2.3 Discuss two ways in which you would extend language skills based on the summary of
the story.
(4)
‘The Monster in my Basement’
[Author: Dave Parton. Illustrator: Heather Lyn Harris]
Dave has a monster in his basement and the monster wants him to come for dinner. Is dinner
to be had or is he to be had for dinner? Find out why Dave is going to shake shake shake shake
shake a little bit. And see the surprise ending to this melodic tale.
[10]
[https://freekidsbooks.org/the-monster-in-my-basement/]
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