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10 Favours a dog asks of you
My life lasts between 10 and 15 years. Every separation from you
means suffering for me. Think about this before you decide
whether or not to take me.
Give me time to understand what you are asking of me.
Instil confidence in me. I thrive on it.
Do not be angry with me for long, and don’t lock me up for punishment!
You have your work, your pleasure, your hobbies- I only have you.
Talk to me often! Even if I don’t understand the words,
I do understand the tone of your voice.
Know that, no matter how I’m being treated,
I shall never forget it.
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Keep in mind, before you hit me, that my jaws
could crush the knuckles of your hand with ease,
but I don’t use them on you.
Before you scold me when working with me, consider first:
perhaps I am uncomfortable from digesting my last meal;
perhaps I was in the sun too long; or perhaps I have a worn-out heart.
Take care of me when I am old;
you, too, are going to be old one day.
Be with me when the going is rough -
everything is easier when you are beside me.
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Choose ONE of the following scenarios:
Your neighbours have gone away. You become aware of a faint yelping coming from their yard. On investigation, you discover that they have left their pet dog unattended. What do you do?
You receive a pet as a gift but know that you cannot fulfil the responsibility of owning a pet. How do you react?
Your girl-/boyfriend surprises you with a beautiful bunch of Arum Lilies. You know that it is a protected plant and that (s)he should not have picked them. How do you react?
Your shady neighbour’s neglected cat has given birth to a large number of kittens. You know that they are unwanted by your neighbour. You see him loading a large sack into the back of his car / digging a large hole in a vacant field across the road. What do you do?
Your friend is very excited as he and his father are going ‘trophy-hunting’ over the holidays. You strongly disapprove of this kind of ‘sport’. What do you tell him?
You are invited to go out with your friend and his family for a day’s crayfishing. You are horrified to find that most of the crayfish they take from the ocean are under-sized. How do you convince them to throw them back?
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Report back to the class on what your group decided was the most likely explanations. You can present your report back in the form of a mini play, a dialogue, an interview or in any other manner. Remember it must be fun to do and entertaining to the class. You can use props, some body paint (mud and food colouring work too)!
Ensure that each member of the group is encouraged to participate fully and divide the roles up well.
Consult the criteria below as a guideline on what to concentrate on. If you are in the fortunate position of having a video camera at your disposal, you should videotape all the wonderful skits and presentations you do at school. Memories are made of opportunities such as these. These videos can also be shown at your school’s open day. Photographs can also capture the moment and decorate your school! They can be included in the school’s annual.
Should your school not have an annual or open day, why not initiate it?
You could also appeal to your community of parents to videotape or take photographs of what you do at school.
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Write down the answers to the LISTENING COMPREHENSION:
| Learning Outcomes(LOs) |
| LO 1 |
| ListeningThe learner will be able to listen for information and enjoyment, and respond appropriately and critically in a wide range of situations. |
| Assessment Standards(ASs) |
| We know this when the learner: |
| 1.2 understands and appreciates stories, including those told by other learners; |
| 1.4 listens actively in discussion. |
| LO 2 |
| SpeakingThe learner will be able to communicate confidently in spoken language in a wide range of situations. |
| We know this when the learner: |
| 2.1 translates and interprets; |
| 2.2 interacts in additional language; |
| 2.4 debates social and ethical issues by arguing persuasively and responding critically; |
| 2.6 gives a short formal talk or presentation. |
| LO 3 |
| Reading and ViewingThe learner will be able to read and view for information and enjoyment, and respond critically to the aesthetic, cultural and emotional values in texts. |
| We know this when the learner: |
| 3.1 reads a text;3.2 understands some elements of poetry;3.4 reads for information. |
| LO 4 |
| WritingThe learner will be able to write different kinds of factual and imaginative texts for a wide range of purposes. |
| We know this when the learner: |
| 4.1 writes to communicate information; |
| 4.2 writes for social purposes; |
| 4.3 writes for personal reflection; |
| 4.4 writes creatively; |
| 4.5 designs media texts; |
| 4.6 treats writing as a process. |
| LO 5 |
| Thinking and ReasoningThe learner will be able to use language to think and reason, as well as to access, process and use information for learning. |
| We know this when the learner: |
| 5.2 uses language for thinking;5.3 collects and records information in different ways. |
ACTIVITY 1:
This again is a ‘real’ exercise and the flyers can be copied and distributed in the area.
ACTIVITY 2:
If there are recurring issues in the community, you could perhaps work these in here and so help the learners think about them and come up with solutions or new approaches e.g. the perlemoen poaching along the Cape coast.
ACTIVITY 3:
Encourage the learners to use their imaginations and to come up with really well thought out stories.
ACTIVITY 4:
When reading the story for the first time, explain any difficult words.
It is very important that you read the story at a comfortable pace, and with variation in tone.
Read the story through once and then read through the questions giving the mark allocation.
Now read the story a second time and then ask the questions one by one as the learners answer them in the spaces provided.
This can be included in the Oral / Spoken word section of the portfolio.
How Leopard got his Spots, Zebra his Stripes and Why Hyena remained Ugly
One day Hyena, for no apparent reason beyond ingrained ill-nature, put Tortoise up into the fork of a tree, and he could not get down because it was so high! Leopard passed by and saw him: “What are you doing in a tree, Tortoise? I did not know that tortoises climb trees.”
“It was Hyena who put me here, and now I can’t get down, no matter how hard I try.”
Leopard remarked, “Hyena is a bad lot, but I will help you”, and he took Tortoise out of the tree.
Out of gratitude for his rescue, Tortoise offered to make Leopard beautiful. He did so by painting him with spots, saying as he worked, “Where your neighbour is all right, you will also be all right”. When Leopard loped off, he met Zebra, who admired him so much that he wanted to know who had made him beautiful, and then he, too, went to Tortoise for help. In this way he was given his stripes. So Leopard and Zebra both looked beautiful in their new colours!
When people hoeing in their gardens saw them, they exclaimed,” Oh, the big beauties! Let’s catch them, domesticate them and keep them!” When Leopard and Zebra heard this, they fled into the bush, where they have remained ever since. This accounts for how they became wild animals.
Zebra then met Hyena. Hyena was impressed by how beautiful Zebra looked and asked him, “Who beautified you?” and Zebra replied, “It was Tortoise”. So then Hyena said, “I wish he would beautify me too,” and went away to Tortoise to ask him, “ Please make me beautiful too!”
“Come,” said Tortoise, but he remembered what Hyena had done to him and so this time he said, “Where your neighbour is a bad lot, you will also be a bad lot!” and then said, “You must go to the place where people are hoeing”. So Hyena eagerly approached the people, but at the sight of Hyena, they said, “What an ugly thing! Oh, what an ugly thing! ”And Hyena turned tail and fled into the bushes and shouted, “I want to find Tortoise to punish him for doing this to me!” But Hyena found no sign of Tortoise, who had quickly fled down a hole. And to this day, people in villages still laugh at Hyena.
The moral of the story is: good deeds are rewarded, while one evil follows upon another.
(Adapted from “Africa” by Alice Werner)
LISTENING COMPREHENSION: QUESTIONS
1. Where did the hyena place Tortoise? (1)
In the fork of a tree.
2. What did Leopard think when he saw Tortoise there? (1)
He wondered whether tortoises had learnt to climb trees.
3. Why did Hyena do this? (1)
For no real reason other than having a spiteful / mean character. (Being ill-natured.)
4. How did Tortoise show his gratitude towards Leopard? (1)
He painted him with beautiful spots.
5. Why did Zebra want to visit Tortoise? (1)
He also wanted to be beautiful.
6. What were the people doing in their gardens? (1)
They were digging / tilling / hoeing.
7. How did the two animals become wild animals? (2)
The villagers wanted to keep them as pets, as they were so beautiful, but as they did not want this, they escaped into the wild.
8. What did Tortoise do in response to Hyena’s request to be beautified, and why? (1)
He made him look ugly – to punish him.
9. When did Hyena realise what Tortoise had done to him. (1)
When the villagers called him ‘an ugly thing’.
10. Why was Hyena looking for Tortoise now? (1)
He wanted to find Tortoise to punish him.
11. Why could he not find Tortoise? (1)
Tortoise had escaped down a hole.
12. What is the moral of the story? (2)
Good deeds are rewarded and evil deeds make you ugly.
13. Can you think of another moral that might be appropriate for this story? (1)
One should not envy others. (any acceptable answer)
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