Unique: Sentence and Examination
ASSIGNMENT 01
DUE DATE: 12 August 2013
UNIQUE NUMBER: 204488
COMPULSORY: YES
INSTRUCTIONS: Read through your Study Guide and answer the following questions.
Section A: Thinking
Use your journal to answer the following questions (this is a reflection exercise. Do not submit)
Activity 1
What is motivation?
Activity 2
What motivates you to do things (money, success, future, your peers, your family, the past)?
Activity 3
Have you ever been demotivated? How did you deal with it?
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Activity 4
a. Write a list of the things you want to achieve in life (in relationships, work, studies, community work, your social life).
b. Rank your goals in order of importance. What timeframes do you attach to these goals?
c. How will you achieve these?
Activity 5
Compare your responses with those of your study group members.
Section B: Language (Submit)
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
1. I was born in the heat of South Africa’s political strife in the year 1976. I was raised in a big family with sisters, brothers, grandparents, aunts and uncles. Times were tough, resources and opportunities limited. Still my parents, a teacher and a nurse, provided not only for their children, but also for the extended family. Because of these shared resources, my four siblings and I did not have the luxury of attending affluent schools.
2. We were lucky to have had the opportunity to go to school at all. While my paternal grandparents had also been part of the fortunate few educated, my maternal grandparents did not have any formal education. They tried, (Q.10), to give their children
(my mom and her siblings) the best education they could. The eagerness with which my parents studied inspires me even today. From the limited access to educational facilities, both my parents studied to honours level and, at their age, they are still engaged in postgraduate studies.
3. Very much like my parents, my schooling was not always easy. The
DUE DATE: 12 August 2013
UNIQUE NUMBER: 204488
COMPULSORY: YES
INSTRUCTIONS: Read through your Study Guide and answer the following questions.
Section A: Thinking
Use your journal to answer the following questions (this is a reflection exercise. Do not submit)
Activity 1
What is motivation?
Activity 2
What motivates you to do things (money, success, future, your peers, your family, the past)?
Activity 3
Have you ever been demotivated? How did you deal with it?
22
Activity 4
a. Write a list of the things you want to achieve in life (in relationships, work, studies, community work, your social life).
b. Rank your goals in order of importance. What timeframes do you attach to these goals?
c. How will you achieve these?
Activity 5
Compare your responses with those of your study group members.
Section B: Language (Submit)
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
1. I was born in the heat of South Africa’s political strife in the year 1976. I was raised in a big family with sisters, brothers, grandparents, aunts and uncles. Times were tough, resources and opportunities limited. Still my parents, a teacher and a nurse, provided not only for their children, but also for the extended family. Because of these shared resources, my four siblings and I did not have the luxury of attending affluent schools.
2. We were lucky to have had the opportunity to go to school at all. While my paternal grandparents had also been part of the fortunate few educated, my maternal grandparents did not have any formal education. They tried, (Q.10), to give their children
(my mom and her siblings) the best education they could. The eagerness with which my parents studied inspires me even today. From the limited access to educational facilities, both my parents studied to honours level and, at their age, they are still engaged in postgraduate studies.
3. Very much like my parents, my schooling was not always easy. The