Answer to Question #312023 in English for Sphesihle Zuma

Question

3.1 What pre-reading activities would you let the learners do before letting them read the story? (5)

3.2 What while-reading activities would you let the learners do (refer to Thabiso’s big fright)? (5)

3.3 When assessing learners, they need to be assessed at different levels of thinking. List the five

levels of thinking and formulate two questions on each level. The questions must be based on

Thabiso’s big fright. (15)

3.4 What Language Structures and Conventions would you teach by means of the above story?

How would you go about to teach them? (5)

3.5 Explain what the difference is between skimming and scanning

Answer 1

3.1

1. Brainstorming. ...
2. The title. ...
3. Story telling. ...
4. Short conversations.

3.2 

Venn diagram- Use a Venn diagram to help you organize your thinking about a text as you read it. Put differences between two books or characters on opposite sides and similarities in the middle.

Write an essay- Using one of the different rhetorical modes, write an essay in which you make meaningful connections between the text and your own experiences or other texts you have read.

P.O.V.- How would it change the story if you rewrote it in a different point of view (e.g., changed it from first to third person)?

3.3

Knowledge- Exhibits previously learned material by recalling facts, terms and basic concepts. Eg What is?, When did?

Comprehension- Demonstrating understanding of facts and ideas by organizing, comparing, translating, interpreting, giving descriptions and stating main ideas. Eg What is happening in the story?, What is the main idea?

Application- Solving problems by applying acquired knowledge, facts, techniques and rules in a different way. Eg. What interview question would you ask the characters

Analysis- Examining and breaking information into parts by identifying motives and finding evidence to support generalization. Eg. What may the conclusion be?,

What evidence can you find?

3.5

Skimming is reading rapidly in order to get a general overview of the material. Scanning is reading rapidly in order to find specific facts.