ACW152 (STADIO) Assignment 1 (QUALITY ANSWERS) Semester 1 2024 - DUE 22 April 2024

This document contains workings, explanations and solutions to th eACW152 Assignment 1 (QUALITY ANSWERS) Semester 1 2024 - For assistance call or Whats-App us on 0.6.8...8.1.2...0.9.3.4...... Question 1 is based on an academic article titled: “Studying stepfamilies, surfacing secrets: A reflection on the private motivations behind efforts to humanize family complexity” by Caroline Sanner, published in June 2023. The article will be uploaded to CANVAS and shared. Please ensure you critically read the article in preparation for Question 1. Question 1 (25 marks) Reading Comprehension Please answer the following questions based on the above-mentioned article: 1.1 What was the narrator’s relationship with her grandmother like and how did it evolve? (3) 1.2 Who is Don, and what do we learn about his relationship with the narrator’s grandmother? (2) 1.3 True or False: The unframed photo next to the grandmother’s bed cannot have any legal significance in cases involving evidence or property law. (1) 1.4 True or False: The legal implications of the grandmother’s early life challenges during the Great Depression are unrelated to financial contexts within the field of law. (1) 1.5 True or False: The close relationship between the narrator and her grandmother has no academic or legal value within the realm of legal ethics and attorneyclient privilege. (1) 1.6 True or False: The grandmother’s decision not to remarry and her secret relationship with Don do not relate to family law and its societal implications in terms of marriage and divorce law. (1) 1.7 True or False: Don’s role as a married man involved in a long-term relationship with the grandmother raises desultory legal issues related to extramarital affairs and family law. (1) 1.8 What are the main topics that the author, as a family researcher, is interested in, and how do they relate to larger cultural forces? (2) 1.9 How did the co-parenting dynamics of the author’s parents differ between households? (1) 1.10 How does feminist theory emphasize the understanding of families within larger social contexts? (2) ©STADIO Assignment – 2024 Semester 1 ACW152 Academic and Creative Writing Page 4 of 5 1.11 What are the two main motivations that drive the author’s work regarding complex families, and how do they differ? (3) 1.12 Provide a reference list entry of the case study according to the STADIO referencing guide. (7) Question 2 (25 marks) AI-Generated Academic Essay Analysis This exercise requires you to source an AI-generated academic essay using an AI tool (ChatGPT, Bard, Bing, etc.). Analyse the academic argument and essay format of the AI-generated essay. Use an AI tool to generate an essay based on an academic topic of your choice. Use the following requirements as part of your prompt to the AI tool. The essay must: Follow an academic argument. Have a title. Be less than 300 words. Use in-text academic sources later than 2021. Use South African examples. 2.1 Copy and paste the AI-generated essay, do not change the text formatting. You will receive marks according to the criteria above. (5) 2.2 Copy one (1) sentence/statement with an in-text reference from the AIgenerated essay. (2) 2.3 Research the source stated above. Does the source exist in real life? Why do you say so? (2) 2.4 True or false: I can use this source in combination with the sentence statement because it correlates with the context. Why do you say so? (2) 2.5 Research and provide a new source for the sentence/statement. Provide the author's name (or initials) and surname, the webpage link where the article can be found and the year of publication, only. (3) 2.6 Provide an in-text reference for the new source. (2) 2.7 Provide a reference list entry for the factual source. (It MUST be presented in accordance with the STADIO referencing method). (5) ©STADIO Assignment – 2024 Semester 1 ACW152 Academic and Creative Writing Page 5 of 5 2.8 Essay analysis and opinion: Write a brief paragraph in which you elaborate on your final opinion of the generated essay. Comment on its strong and weak points and whether you would make any changes. Your opinion should emphasise the importance of fact-checking and evaluating AI-generated content and must be your own. (4) Question 3 (25 marks) Creative Writing Write a descriptive essay of 300 words about your life. Reflect on your life’s defining moments, personal growth, and future aspirations. Do not make use of AI as you will receive no marks if it is detected. You will receive marks for the following: Introduction (5) Body (10) Conclusion (5) Language (5) No marks will be awarded if AI usage or plagiarism is detected in this task.