Analyzing an article

Introduction

Greetings students.

For this lesson you will need to read the article given in the Task section and then analyze it with the questions provided under Process.

This lesson you will need to be able read with understanding and know key aspects of of work done in class such as punctuation, direct and indirect speech, etc.

Task

Read the following article https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-05-26-experts-suggest-limiting-gatherings-as-sas-covid-19-positivity-rate-breaches-10/ 

Questions to follow under Process will be based on the above article. Follow the link and read with understanding.

Process

Questions:

1. In the subheading of the above article, what would do to the line to show that it is written in direct speech? Show by rewriting the sentence.

2. In the first sentence of the article, "Fears of stricter restrictions... ", what other punctuation marks can be used instead of the two dash lines and what is its purpose in this sentence (in your own words)?

3. In sentence 2 of the article, what does it mean when they say "the positivity rate breached 10% on an upward trajectory"?

4. In the article there's a tweet by Dr Ridhwaan Suliman, attached is a link to his profile: https://twitter.com/rid1tweets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1396914887507562503%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.timeslive.co.za%2Fnews%2Fsouth-africa%2F2021-05-26-experts-suggest-limiting-gatherings-as-sas-covid-19-positivity-rate-breaches-10%2F 

Go to his profile and write 2 sentences describing Dr Suliman's twitter page.\

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If you need help on finding punctuation or understanding any of the concepts needed in the above questions, I have provided links for you to look at:

https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/punctuation/what/fourteen-punctuation-marks.html

 

Evaluation
Mark allocation below QUESTION 1 QUESTION 2 QUESTION 3 QUESTION 4
4       Two full sentences of anything connecting to a description of the page.
3       A full sentence of anything connecting to a description of the page.
2 Adding the correct punctuation in the correct position. Providing correct explanation for the purpose. Correct explanation of phrase in with correlation of context given in the article.  
1 Adding the correct punctuation. Adding either commas/brackets Correct explanation of phrase.  

 

Conclusion

The purpose of this lesson is to assess the learner's reading and comprehending abilities and also their language skills. 

Credits

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Chanté Williams

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2021/05/28