ENG2613 2023: Assignment 01

Unique number: 637861

Due date: 19 APRIL 2023

This assignment is based on UNIT 1 and UNIT 2 of Tutorial Letter 501. Carefully read
through and study the material in the both the units as well as the relevant sections of
your prescribed book before answering the questions.

ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES:

• The assignment is worth 100 marks and consists of two sections, Section A
and Section B. You must answer all questions properly and in full.
• When you are asked to explain in your own words, please ensure that you do
not copy and paste answers from study material, websites, or your peers.

DO NOT PLAGIARISE – you will fail the assignment.

• Remember to edit and proofread your work before submitting your assignment
on myUNISA.
• You will be marked on the relevance, structure and grammatical correctness of
your answers.
Section A: Knowledge-based Questions

Question 1
In your own words, explain why story telling – whether in oral or written form – is
important to human beings.
(5)

Question 2
In your own words, explain the difference between realism and non-fiction. (5)

Question 3
With books that are classified as ‘realism’, teachers must be sensitive to various
aspects of the text.
In a paragraph, and in your own words, name five (5) of these aspects and explain
why teachers must be sensitive to these issues.
(10)

Question 4
In your study guide, we discuss the things a teacher must consider when choosing a
book for their learners.
Write a paragraph, in your own words, in which you briefly discuss eight (8) things a
teacher must think about when they are choosing a book for their learners.
Then explain why each of these is important to the process of choosing a book.
(15)

Question 5

In your study guide, we say that ‘poetry in motion’ is taking ‘the poem’ OFF the page
when you teach it.

In a paragraph, and in your own words, discuss why this is a good way to approach
teaching poetry to younger English FAL learners. (5)

Question 6

In a paragraph and in your own words, discuss two multimodal strategies you could
use to teach one of the following poems.
(10)
Belinda’s pet dragon

Belinda lived in a small white house,

With a little black kitten and a small grey mouse.
And a fluffy yellow dog and a big, red wagon,
And a scratchy, scaly, big, green dragon.

Custard the dragon had big sharp teeth,

Spikes on top and scales underneath.
A mouth like a fireplace, a chimney for a nose,
And big sharp spiked all over his toes.

(Adapted from Ogden Nash, in Grade 4 English First Additional Language Book 1,
Terms 1-2, Department of Basic Education, 2023:64)

OR
Little train on the track

Little train, upon the track,

Travelling to town and back.
Stop for people on the way,
Going shopping for the day.
Wait for me, please do stop,
I need to go to town to shop.
Bring me back on the last train,
Or even earlier if it starts to rain.

(Adapted from ANA Grade 4 Examination 2012, in Grade 4 English First Additional
Language Book 1, Terms 1-2, Department of Basic Education, 2023:60)

Question 6

Explain the difference between a ‘literal’ interpretation of poetry and a ‘figurative’

interpretation of poetry. (5)

SUBTOTAL: 55 MARKS
Section B: Application-type questions

Please read the following poem by Fhazel Johennesse and answer the
questions that follow.

THE AFRICAN POT

it is round and fat and squat
it has no handle and the rim has no spout
at first it seems as if the colours have
no coordination and no rhythm
the yellow and brown stripes circle
the pot in quick diagonals

i puzzle over the absence of the handle

and then suddenly i think of a young woman
wearing beads walking to a river with
the pot gracefully balanced on her head

and then the colours begin to rhyme

yellow zigzagging around the top
makes me think of harvest time of golden corn
of dances around an autumn fire of ripe fruit
and of men drinking homebrewed beer

and as I stroke the brown

i can almost feel the full earth between
my fingers earth that echoes thunderous
stamp of warriors going to war earth
that offers base accompaniment to dancing feet
I can almost see an ox pulling a plough
steered by man of infinite patience
making ordered upturned loam
Question 1

In a short paragraph, and in your own words, explain how poetry is different from the
other genres you will encounter in this module. (5)

Question 2

The poet has chosen to discard some conventions of English language. As an English
FAL teacher, you must point this out to your students.

In a short paragraph, and in your own words, identify the language conventions that
have been discarded. Then explain why these rules are normally important, and why
a poet is allowed to ignore the rules of grammar.
(10)

Question 3

As an English FAL teacher, you need to identify vocabulary that you might need to
explain to your learners.

Identify 5 difficult words in this poem then tell us how you would explain the word so
your young, English FAL intermediate (Grade 4-6) learners in South Africa would
understand them. (10)

Question 4

The African pot makes the poet think of various scenes from everyday life in Africa.
Name 5 of these and explain why the poet makes the poet think of them specifically.

(10)

Question 5

The African pot reminds the poet of scenes from rural life, or the past, rather than
modern, urban African life.
In a short paragraph, and in your own words, tell us whether you think that this makes
the poem, The African Pot, irrelevant to today’s learners?
(5)

Question 6

In a short paragraph, and in your own words, tell us why YOU THINK people find
poetry difficult. (5)

SUBTOTAL: 45 MARKS

Total: 100 MARKS