LIKELY QUESTIONS: CHILDREN'S LITERATURE



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COHORT II WITH ANSWERS






LIKELY QUESTIONS

1. Discuss three distinguishing features of children's literature  6mks
b. Enumerate three benefits if teaching literature in basic schools in Ghana   14mks

2. How would you describe illustrations to your basic school learner?  3mks
b. Examine three benefits of illustrations in literature.      17mks

3. Define children's literature    4mks
b Ascertain the importance of children's literature in the learners language development


COHORTS I


OBJECTIVES WITH ANSWERS



 MARKING SCHEME: CHILDREN'S LITERATURE(MID-SEM)




UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION STUDIES

SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND OUTREACH

INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

 

COLLEGES OF EDUCATION

FOUR-YEAR BACHELOR OF EDUCATION (B.ED)

FOURTH YEAR, SECOND SEMESTER MID-SEMESTER QUIZ, SEPTEMBER 2022

 

MARKING SCHEME

 

                                   CHILDREN’S LITERATURE 

 

Answer ALL the questions.

[20 MARKS]

 

1. All the following are the roles children’s literature play in the language classroom except the enhancement of …………….. skills

A. aural

B. labelling

C. oral

D. perception

 

2. Identify the odd item on the list.

A. Drama.  

B. Fiction.

C. Mother goose rhyme.

D. Traditional literature.

 

3. Which of the following books would you select for your young learners to read? A book that is/has ……………..

A. captivating.

B. enjoyed by the teacher.

C. plenty words.

D. voluminous.

 

4. When you ask your young learners to narrate the events of a story, you are basically teaching them to present the …………….. of the story.

A. characters     

B. plot

C. subject matter    

D. theme     

 

5. Which of the following is a function of illustrations? Illustrations ……………..

A. extend the mood.

B. present asides.

C. refine characters.

D. restrict text.

 

 

6. Ghana Library Board donated some books to your school and you were called to select some for the kindergarten pupils. Which of the following ideas will guide you to do the selection?

I. Age-appropriate books that have faint illustrations.

II. Books that have bold text and are humourous

III. Colourful books with strong language.

 

A. I and III only

B. I only

C. II and III only

D. II only

 

7. All the following are genres of Children’s literature except ……………..

A. drama.

B. fantasy.

C. non-fiction.

D. poetry.

 

8. All these are roles Children’s literature play in the language arts classroom except that it  enhances ……………..

A. creativity.

B. individuality.  

C. listening.

D. readability.

  

9. The J.H.S. 1 teacher wanted her students to present in order of occurrence, a narration of the events in the story. The teacher basically wanted her students to present the …………….. of the story.

A. characters  

B. conflict

C. plot

D. subject matter

 

10. When pupils analyse a story from the point of view of their personal feelings, they are actually responding to literature using the …………….. Perspective.

A. Cultural

B. Developmental

C. Experiential

D. Social  

 

11. Which one of the following examples of Folktales reveals Kweku Ananse’s true character?  …………….. Tales.

A. Cumulative

B. Humorous

C. Pour quoi

D. Trickster

 

12. Prose is presented in …………….. 

A. chapters.

B. dialogue.

C. rhymes.  

D. stanzas.

         

13. A myth is an example of a …………….. Literature

A. fantastic

B. fictional

C. non fictional

D. traditional

14. Trickster tales are examples of ……………..

A. cumulative tales.

B. fables.

C. fairy tales.

D. folk tales.  

 

15. The central idea in a story is known as the ……………..

A. plot.

B. sequence.

C. subject matter.

D. theme.

 

For items 16 to 20, write the appropriate responses in the spaces provided.

 

16. Study the rhyme below and answer the question that follows it. 1 mark

Froggie

My dilly-darling Froggie frog

I love your croaky-croaky voice

I came to say I love you frog

But heard you from the chilly stream

 

Croaky croak Croaky croak

How I know my voice is good

Croaky croak Croaky croak

Now I know my voice is sweet

 

The rhyme scheme is abac   dedf

 

17. The type of text that is set in a conversation is Drama 1 mark

 

18. Identify the rhyme scheme for the children’s poem below. 1 mark

They put me in the oven to bake.

Me, a deprived and miserable cake.

Feeling the heat, I started to bubble.

Watching the others, I knew I was in trouble

                                                                        By Shelby Greer (2014)

 

Rhyme scheme aabb

 

19. State one reason why a good children’s literature book should be well illustrated. 1 marks

Illustration establishes the setting of a text

It defines the characters

It reinforces text

It provides different view points

It provides interesting asides

It extends the plot

It establishes the mood

It draws the readers attention to the book

 

 

20. When pupils are asked to discuss the place the story took place, the pupils are basically being asked to talk about the Setting  1 mark

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