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SDENG3J
Due date 5 May 2023

ASSIGNMENT 01 - ACTIVITY DESIGN

COMPULSORY FOR EXAMINATION ADMISSION

Before you attempt this assignment, please work through your Study Guide
and refer to the Pre-Assignment Tutorial Letter 102 for guidance.
Please read the text below and allow the content to ignite your imagination and
practical teaching abilities. We would like you to use the text below in your
answers to Questions 1 and 2.

Children’s Home Nurse Helps Little Boy Experience the Wonders

of the Tooth Fairy
BY TYLER LEIGH VIVIER@TYLERLEIGHV. JUN 29, 2022
The tooth fairy tale is one that brings millions of children joy each year;
Heartlands Baby Sanctuary recently bestowed that joy to a young boy in
their care.

Photo Credit: Pixels

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Somerset West, South Africa (29 June 2022)

The Heartlands Baby Sanctuary provides temporary residential care and safety for twenty-five
children and babies at any given time. One of the children in their care recently lost a tooth. A staff
nurse took a moment to share the wonders and excitement of the tooth fairy.

Many children coming from neglected homes, abuse or abandonment will never know the
excitement of the Tooth Fairy, Easter bunny or Santa. Not wanting children to miss out on the
wonders of childhood, the Heartlands Baby Sanctuary embraces these youthful celebrations so
that the children in their care have normal moments.

Little Andrew was not aware his loose tooth was anything to be excited about until a staff nurse
explained how the tooth fairy worked.

He carefully placed his successfully pulled tooth in his slipper at the side of his bed that night and
went to sleep. The next morning, he was absolutely filled with joy to see the tooth fairy had left him
some Monopoly money. Heartlands uses this form of playful currency at their coffee shop, which
allows the children to purchase a sweetie or snack without the need for real money.

Andrew already knew what he planned to spend his money on; he really wanted a packet of chips.

The simple gesture is something Andrew will carry with him for the rest of his life.

Heartlands provides individual specialised care and support to children in desperate need of care
and protection from birth to the age of six years. Children are placed at the sanctuary with a valid
court order from the Children’s Court.

After the Children’s Court proceedings are finalised, they are either reunited with their parents or
family members, placed in foster care, transferred to other long-term facilities or adopted.

You can find out more about the sanctuary via the website here.

Reference list
Vivier, TL. 2022. Children’s Home Nurse Helps Little Boy Experience the Wonders
of the Tooth Fairy. Good Things Guys’ newsletter. https://tinyurl.com/3pxehb9k
Accessed on 1 July 2022.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Read the questions carefully and follow instructions.
1. The prose text we have provided above forms the basis for your description
of the school environment in which you teach for Question 1. and for the
activity design of pre-, while and post-listening and speaking activities that
incorporate reading and writing skills.
2. Note that this assignment consists of Questions 1, 2, 3 and 4. In addition, a
mark is allocated for the overall presentation of your assignment (language,
neatness and structure, compliance with the instructions, and required
attachments).
3. The completed assignment should not exceed six (6) pages.

QUESTION 1:
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Your specific teaching context greatly influences the quality and effectiveness of
your design. Therefore, the appropriateness of the text selected for teaching is
vital.

Question 1.1
In an essay of about ONE PAGE (300 words), describe your teaching context. It
would be best to consider the following factors in your answer: the learners' age,
home background, interest, language proficiency in English as a Home Language,
First Additional Language or Second Additional Language and your school’s
teaching and learning resources.
(10 marks)
Question 1.2
You should indicate the relevant key criteria by which you choose a text for
teaching and argue why you consider the text provided above to be either suitable
or unsuitable for a Grade 11 group of learners when teaching the four skills of
listening, speaking, reading and writing.
(10 marks)

SUBTOTAL: 20 Marks

QUESTION 2: ACTIVITY DESIGN

Provide a detailed description of your activities when you were to use the text as a
starting point to teach the four skills taught in the study guide. Explain and describe
how you can use the text as a starting point in a Listening, Oral (speaking), Reading,
and Writing skills English lesson.
Guidelines:
1. Ensure that each activity is learner-centred.
2. Each description should indicate the specific language skill/s you will teach as
the outcome; the resources you intend to use; how you will engage the learners
through interaction with the text; and the assessment strategy you would utilise
to test the effectiveness of the teaching involved through either a group, peer,
and whole-class assessment or teacher observation. Be specific by providing
details such as the questions you would use to teach each skill.
3. Remember to be creative, bearing in mind your learners' age, interests,
experience, learning styles, ability and background.
4. Each activity should align with the stated outcome/s and the time allocated, i.e.,
the duration of the lesson.
Use the following headings to structure your answer for each activity:
Activity 1: Listening
1a. Duration ( 1 Mark)
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1b. Two outcomes (2 Marks)

1c. Description of the activity (6 Marks)
1d. Assessment ( 1 Mark)

Activity 2: Speaking
2a. Duration ( 1 Mark)
2b. Two outcomes (2 Marks)
2c. Description of the activity (6 Marks)
2d. Assessment ( 1 Mark)
Activity 3: Reading
3a. Duration ( 1 Mark)
3b. Two outcomes (2 Marks)
3c. Description of the activity (6 Marks)
3d. Assessment ( 1 Mark)
Activity 4: Writing
4a. Duration ( 1 Mark)
4b. Two outcomes (2 Marks)
4c. Description of the activity (6 Marks)
d. Assessment ( 1 Mark)
SUBTOTAL: 40 Marks

QUESTION 3: THEORY
It is crucial to read “STUDY UNIT 4: Approaches to teaching reading” before
responding to this question.
Intensive reading is a method of reading that is a detailed, close reading of a text
which requires the reader to reflect on what has been written. One of the phases of
teaching intensive reading is the “pre-reading phase”. In a well-structured academic
paragraph, please first define the concept of “schema-theory” and then explain its
importance in the pre-reading phase of an intensive reading lesson.
(15 Marks)
PRESENTATION (LANGUAGE AND STRUCTURE)
When answering your paragraph question, please ensure that your paragraph has a
topic sentence or a quotation in answering your paragraph question (PLEASE
introduce your reference or quotation first) as evidence from your study guide.
Explain with a close reading of your evidence how your quote makes sense. Your
ideas should be written logically, coherently and in grammatically correct language.
(5 Marks)
The length of your answer should not exceed one page.
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QUESTION 4: REFLECTION
Reflect on why learners are unwilling to speak up during their English lessons. In
your own words, please explain how you, as their teacher, can draw out the learners
more to speak up during their lesson. In your explanation, consider the benefits of
oral activities and how a good approach to error correction can contribute to
developing the fluency of your learners.
(15 Marks)
PRESENTATION (LANGUAGE AND STRUCTURE)
When answering your paragraph question, please ensure that your paragraph has a
topic sentence or a quotation in answering your paragraph question (PLEASE
introduce your reference first) as evidence from your study guide. Explain with a
close reading of your evidence how your quote makes sense. Your ideas should be
written logically, coherently and in the grammatically correct language.
(5 Marks)
SUBTOTAL: 40 Marks
The length of your answer should not exceed one page.
GRAND TOTAL = 100 MARKS
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