ENG1517 JAN/FEB SUPPLEMENTARY EXAM (ANSWERS) 2025 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED

Well-structured ENG1517 JAN/FEB SUPPLEMENTARY EXAM (ANSWERS) 2025 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED. (DETAILED ANSWERS - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED!).... After you have read TEXT A, please answer Questions 1.1 to 1.5. Please note that in both Texts A and B, the English translation of Baba is ‘Father’ and that of Gogo is ‘Grandmother’. TEXT A Phama and the mealie pip Written by Margot Bertelsmann Illustrated by Chantelle and Burgen Thorne Phama planted his pip and it grew and grew. It grew so high, it disappeared into the clouds. “I’m going to climb all the way to the top,” Phama said. Baba sneered. A huge voice boomed. “Sniff-splutter-snort-fart! I smell the blood of a young upstart!” It was the nasty giant. “Catch me if you can,” teased Phama. Phama saw a magic bag. 4 Inside was all the gold the nation ever mined. Phama saw a magic singer. He knew all the songs the nation ever sung. Phama saw a magic goose. She laid enough golden eggs for everyone. “I will come back with treasure for you,” Phama shouted down to Gogo on the ground. Gogo sighed. Phama picked a ripe mealie off the stalk. He roasted it over a fire. He melted butter over the golden pips and wafted the smell up into the giant’s nostrils. “Bring me my giant toothpick,” the giant shouted. But Phama was gone. And so was the bag. And the singer. And the goose. Even the mealie stalk was gone. Phama had chopped it down, you see. Question 1.1 (5 marks) The content genre of Text A is a fairy tale. Identify three characteristics of a fairy tale in Text A. Question 1.2 (10 marks) Text A may be seen to metaphorically depict the fears or problems faced by small children in their daily lives, such as the overwhelming power and strength of problematic adults, poverty, the absence of joy or comfort in cultural wealth and the general fear of the unknown. Read through Text A again and discuss how any one fear or problem is represented in the story. State whether, in your opinion, the story effectively helps children feel better about the fear or problem represented in Text A that you have identified. Provide reasons for your answer based on what happens in the story. Question 1.3 (15 marks) ‘Glenda MacNaughton studied how, as early as preschool…girls start to see themselves as less important, less intelligent and more controllable’ (Tutorial Letter 501:32). If the character of Phama in Text A were female, explain how this would help Foundation phase readers see girls as important, intelligent and in control? Provide reasons for your answer based on what happens in the story. 5 Question 1.4 (5 marks) The source of TEXT A is an example of multimodal media, as it is available on a website, accompanied by a picture that illustrates the giant, and an audio recording of the story. However, the audio recording is not accessible in this exam paper. Briefly define multimodal media and explain why the removal of the audio recording of Text A means it is no longer multimodal media. Question 1.5 (15 marks) Explain how the artist of the visual in TEXT A uses perspective and colour, as it is discussed in your study guide, to convey the frightening qualities of the giant. As part of your answer, you must identify the colours and the kind of perspective used and specify where in the picture they are used. SUB-TOTAL FOR SECTION A: 50 SECTION B Study TEXT B below and TEXT A above and answer the essay question below. TEXT B Once upon a day so sunny, Phama’s Baba gave him money to buy some food for Phama’s Gogo and not come back until he’d done so Phama came back smiling, later, and said he’d bought something much better Magic pips, he said with pleasure that would feed them all forever Baba sneered, and Gogo cried The pips flew out the window, wide. To punish Phama for not being good, 6 to bed he went without his food. But in the night, the pips grew high into a tree that reached the sky. Up the tree, young Phama climbed and saw a giant where he dined The giant pushed his food aside and opened up his red mouth wide. “Sniff-splutter-snort-fart! I smell the blood of a young upstart!” “Catch me, catch me, if you can!” said Phama, for he had a plan. He saw the magic bag of gold, the singer in the giant’s hold, hhose songs belonged to Gogo’s past and a goose laying golden eggs to last A mielie, Phama cooked, as bait distracting the giant as he escaped. Down, down with magic bag and goose and singer, freed, following close. Then Phama chopped the magic tree so giant could not come, you see. He gave his Gogo all the treasure. The singer sang to her great pleasure. And they all lived, happily, ever, after. 7 Question 2 Write an essay in which you compare TEXT A with TEXT B in terms of suitability for teaching in the context of a South African multicultural Foundation-phase classroom. In your essay, you must: • Provide a brief summary of TEXTs A and B in which you demonstrate your understanding of the plot in both stories and the differences between them. • Discuss which version of the story is more appropriate in terms of content (that is, what happens in the story) for small children. • Comment briefly on whether the content of these stories would be understandable to a multicultural South African classroom and whether anything requires explaining. • Consider the length and vocabulary of Text A vs Text B. When discussing vocabulary, you must quote from the texts to support your argument; likewise, you must specify the length when discussing the differences in length. • Keeping in mind that verse/poetry is NOT inherently more complicated, more figurative, or more brief than prose, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of presenting the story of Phama and the magic pips in Text A vs the poem in Text B for small children. • State which text, A or B, you would select to teach based on your responses to the above. You will be assessed for content, language and structure, so ensure that you answer the questions, edit carefully, and organise your points into coherent paragraphs. Remember that you cannot answer the questions in point form (so, do not section your points into bullets; bullets were merely used above to make it easier for you to discern the points that must be included in your discussion). Rather you need to answer in an essay form in which you need to provide an introduction, a body and a conclusion.