ENG1516
ASSIGNMENT 2 2024
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ASSIGNMENT 02: Educators and Children’s Literature
This assignment is based on Unit 3 Tut Letter 501, pp 78 – 86 in Evans and Unit 4, pp 111 -
128 Tut Letter 501. Work through these two units before you attempt the assignment.
Answer the questions below in full sentences.
Question One
1.1. What is the purpose of an illustrative book? Mention two clear purposes. (2)1.2. A Very
Important Tree by Liam Longland, Heni’Z Creative Studio and Elana Bregin (the book is
available as a pdf file on myUnisa) is considered a picture book. What would you add to the
book to make it an illustrative book? (2)
1.3. Look at the image below, taken from A Very Important Tree. In a paragraph of about
five sentences, discuss what this image tells you about what the characters are doing and
why? Do the two images relate? What factors tell you this? (5)
From A Very Important Tree by Liam Longland, Heni’Z Creative Studio and Elana Bregin, available on
BookDash, https://bookdash.org/, and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The image appears here unaltered.
1.4. Mention four categories that picture books have been divided into. (4)
(13)
Question Two
Carefully read the Ghanaian folktale, Anansi and Wisdom written by Wiehan de Jager. It is
found on MyUnisa and provided below. Write 2-3 paragraphs where you analyse the
purpose of this folktale. What are the traditional values of the Ghanaian culture portrayed in
the story and what makes this suitable for children? (10)