Lesson 4: 2 Session-EALE

General parts of an academic assignment brief: Assignment Questions

​•        Brainstorm to gain ideas and then identify the most important ideas for answering a specific question

• Answer a question in the form of a reflective paragraph

​Video

Multiple Choice

Based on the video, how to go about identifying the parts and what you could do with the identified information?

• Highlighting key information

• Brainstorming

• Search the internet for information

• Start writing his essay

Multiple Choice

What is the second step of his process?

• Highlighting key information

• Brainstorming

• Search the internet for information

• Start writing his essay

​Instruction words (action verbs):

Explanation: In this step, you need to identify the instruction words by looking for action verbs. These are verbs that indicate that you have to DO something.

 

Some examples of action verbs include discuss, compare and contrast, evaluate, explain

What is the importance of academic literacy in preparation for study at university?

Multiple Choice

Discuss the impact of social media marketing on consumer behavior

• Impact

• Discuss

• Social Media

• Behaviour

Draw

Underline the instructional word for each topic

​Explanation:
Content words are words that have to do with the topic and question/focus of your assignment instructions. It is a good idea to try to identify which works have to do with the broader topic and which words have to do with the specific focus or question. Steps 1 and 3 in this process can help you with that.

Multiple Select

what are content words in this topic?. What is the importance of academic literacy in preparation for study at university?

• Preparation

• Study

• University

• academic literacy

• Importance

Multiple Choice

identify the content words: How useful is the knowledge of academic skills in preparation for study at university?

• Knowledge & academic skills

• Study & University

• How useful

• Preparation

​Explanation Restricting words are words that indicate a scale of degree of importance. This can help you to know how different parts of the topic relate to one another

e.g. all, some, the majority of; references to time, place(s) and/or specific group(s)

Multiple Choice

Pick a restrictive word: Students who stay in Brandwag are more prone to violence than those in universitaas

• Students & Brandwag

• Students & Universitaas

• Violence & Students

• Violence

Draw

Highlight the instruction word, content words and restricting word

Open Ended

Write down what you think needs to be done for this topic: Discuss the marketization of education.

Open Ended

Write down what you think needs to be done for this topic: Critically assess South Africa’s problem of gender and culture discrimination in the workplace

​Common problems to address with students’ writing
• Not addressing the topic
• Addressing only one part of the prompt.
• Not using the thesis statement
• Making statements without supporting what they said with any example, evidence giving reason after reason
• Not taking a position when the prompt requires it.
• Not including the different parts or attachments of their assignment

​Reflect on the usefulness of unpacking assignment briefs/analysing questions. Why/why not?






Due: 6th March 11:59am

​Activity