Activity 2: Listen for information and give a summary

First person is the person speaking. Second person is the person spoken to. Third person is the person spoken about.

Now give one sentence in each of the three tenses.

Subject-verb agreement

Subject-verb agreement means that the subject and verb have to agree with each other. If the subject is singular, then the verb should be singular. If the subject is plural, the verb should also be plural, for example: Naledi watches the television programme. Naledi and his friends watch the television programme.

Give four sentences making sure the subject-verb agreement is correct.

1. Discuss the meaning of the words in the vocabulary box.

2. Your facilitator will read the headline of a newspaper article to you. Try to predict what the article will be about.

3. Listen as your facilitator reads the article to you.

4. Ask questions about any of the aspects of the article of which you are unsure.

5. Jot down notes as your facilitator reads the article a second time.

6. Read the questions in the study guide before your facilitator reads the article to you a third time.

7. Answer the questions in your exercise book. Write only the number and the letter of the answer, for example 6f.

8. Your facilitator will give you the answers, allowing you to mark your own work.

Content questions

1� The heading tells me the article will be about:

a) Racial stereotypes b) Gender stereotypes c) General stereotypes (1)

2� Where did Laura Bates (the writer) see the comment that made her write her blog?

a) Facebook b) Instagram c) Twitter (1)

3� What age was the child who was asked to do research on a scientist or inventor?

a) Seven b) Six c) Ten (1)

Study Guide

G06 ~ English Home Language

Unit 1

4� Choose the two words that made the blogger think this homework was sexist?

a) He, they b) He, family c) He, wife (1)

5� In what way is this stereotyping? The question assumes the inventor or scientist is:

a) Female b) Male c) Either one of the two sexes? (1)

6� What do you think the parent’s tweet to Twitter looked like?

a) Can you name any female inventors or scientists? b) Can you name any male inventors or scientists? c) Can you name any inventors or scientists? (1)

7� Does the study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research suggest that gender bias in primary school:

a) Has no effect on children as they are growing up b) Has a long-term effect on children as they grow up c) Only has an effect on girls? (1)

8� When the maths tests were marked without the markers knowing the names of the learners:

a) The boys outperformed the girls b) The girls outperformed the boys c) The results were the same in both (1)

9� Which of these does the blogger blame for influencing stereotypes?

a) Books b) Television c) Conversations i) a and c ii) a and b iii) all of them (1)

10� Is the blogger optimistic that change is taking place?

a) Yes b) No c) Undecided. (1)

Subtotal: [10]

Language and general questions

Discuss these language questions with your facilitator.

a) Acronyms are words formed from initials, for example RAM – Random Access Memory. Did you find an acronym in the text? What is it?

b) Write the word that two of the letters stand for.

c) In literal language the words mean exactly what they say, for example spill the beans means that we drop some beans. In figurative language the words have a deeper meaning and do not mean what the words literally say, for example spill the beans means to tell someone some secret information. Do you think jumped out at me is literal or figurative?

d) Break the word stereotypes into syllables.

e) Give the following sentence in the past tense. Each individual incident is easily dismissed as harmless.

f) What is wrong with this sentence? A parent have shared a photograph of her sixyear-old child’s homework.

g) What do you think of gender stereotyping?

h) Do you think gender stereotypes are found frequently in your circle of friends? If so, state in which ways; if not, give reasons why you think so.

i) Do you think that the information from this source is valid? Give reasons for your answer.

j) How do you think people can be encouraged to discard and not continue stereotypes?

Write a summary of no longer than 90 – 110 words of the passage on gender stereotypes that your facilitator read to you in rough. Use the words in the box to help you write your summary. You do not have to use all the words. Study the rubric at the back of your study guide so that you know how you will be assessed. Read the summary to your facilitator.

Subtotal: [10] Total: [20]

blog, gender, stereotypes, parents, Twitter, types of questions, reinforce, boys, portrayed, inventors, scientist, mathematics, sciences, girls, Tests, not necessarily, passed on, media, advertisements, television programmes, conversations, author, challenge stereotypes, change, children, stand up, gender stereotyping

SECTION 2

SECTION 2: READING AND VIEWING

Activity 3: Read newspaper headlines

Vocabulary in context

Obesity: being overweight Ban: forbid something

Volunteer: somebody who works without being paid Bogus: fake, fraudulent (intended to deceive)