Life Orientation
Grade 8
Covid-19 Support Booklet (Term 2)
For this Booklet you will need your Textbook and work
book to write in
Day 1: Recap and Refresh
Topic: Learning Styles
In the last week of School in term-one, we looked at learning styles on page 41
in your textbook to refresh your mind answer the following questions.
1. Describe, in your own words, what a learning style is.
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2. Name four different learning styles and briefly outline each one.
Complete the table below.
LEARNING STYLES EXPLANATION
Now that we know the four learning styles and how to describe them we are
going to roughly try and identify your learning style on page 50 and 51 in the
textbook a table with a list of statements about learning and you need to tick
the ones that describe you the best.
Now keeping the colours in mind how many statements did you tick
Red
Blue Green
Purple
For a majority of you, you will have two prominent colours, the highest is your
primary and the other you secondary. (Please look at the definitions on page
52).
Read through the tips on how to apply your learning style on page 52- 54 and
summarise your primary learning style.
Red Visual Blue Aural
Green Kinaesthetic Purple Logical
Day 2: Case Study (From Spot On)
Please complete all the questions a) to i)
Day 3
Topic: Careers
In Grade 7 you learned about you learned about career fields, this year we are
going to group the fields together according to the type of person who would
enjoy them.
The Six career categories are:
1. Investigative (to inquire intensively)
2. Enterprising (Being resourcefully)
3. Realistic (being practical or hands on)
4. Artistic (being creative)
5. Conventional (something that is generally done)
6. Social (dealing with people)
In each category you always need to consider the following 5 Aspects
1. Careers or in better words jobs
2. Subjects that you need at school level
3. Abilities or talent needed for the job
4. Interests or feeling of wanting to know more about the job
5. Thinking and learning skills (to do something well/ to be good at it)
Do Activity 11.1 in your textbook page 59.
Please know the definitions in the word boxes on page 58, 60-36
Day 4
Topic: Social and economic needs.
First we need to define the term community. It can be defined as a group of
people or a gathering of people.
Common examples are your family, neighbourhood, school province and even
your country. In each of these communities you as a person and the
community have certain needs.
The first is Basic needs: this is the basics that you cannot live without like
water food and shelter. (This is what you need to be able to survive.)
Social needs are the needs of a group of people like education, transport and
security
Economic needs are best defined as “Money” you need to have money to be
able to pay for your social and basic needs.
These needs are fulfilled or met through Goods and Services.
Goods is defined as this that get used or touched such as food and clothes
Services are linked to actions people take like cutting hair.
Please do activity 11.2 on page 64 you need to complete the table.
On the left side you will see a list of needs of a community you need to
provide at least two examples of what goods and services meet these needs
e.g. if the need is Transport the service would be Busses or trains.
Day 5
Topic: Employment and how it meets your needs
Today you need to ask yourself where money comes from to meet all the
needs we have seen yesterday. Yes the government does provide us with
certain needs.
Where does the government get the money to provide these needs?
TAX !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We all heard this term but what does it mean?
We are going to focus on three main Taxes
Income Tax- This is when you are working and earning a salary then you pay a
certain percentage of your salary to the government.
Company Tax- this works the same as income tax but now it’s the tax a
business pay to keep running.
Value-added Tax (VAT) - this tax is automatically added to anything you pay for
or buy.
All tax is paid to SARS (the South African Revenue Service.
Go through page 66 and 67 and summarise the content about how people
contribute positively to the economy.
The Word box is extremely important .
Day 6: Case Study (From Spot On)
Continue on next page.
Day 7: Identify the needs (from Spot On)
Continue on next page.
Day 8: Substance abuse
Topic: Four stages of getting addicted/ becoming dependant
Stage 1: Experimentation
You get introduced to the substance by peers or relatives.
Stage 2: Occasional User
This is when you have decided you like the effect of the substance and
use it whenever the opportunity arises
Stage 3: Regular User
You create opportunities/ find time to use the substance
Stage 4: Dependency
This is when you cannot function without the substance and will do
anything to get it.
For today’s activity you need to define the term Substance abuse and read
through pages 77 and 78.
Make a list of Substances and their possible street names, use page 81 as
guidance.
Day 9
Topic: Factors that contribute to Substance abuse.
Socially we interact and deal with people each and every day this is called your
environment and as you know the things you do and the people you deal with
have a big influence on your self- concept.
Factors that can expose you to substance abuse can be poverty, peer pressure,
unstable family background and the lack of supervision just to name a few
For today you need to do Activity 13.1 on page 78 in your textbook and write
and write your full length opinions and concerns about the bullet points in
question 2.
Day 10: Case Study (from Spot On)
Day 11
Topic: Refusal and decision making skills
Refusal skills are defined as skills that help you to avoid participating in risk
behaviours. Ideally thy ultimate goal of this is to be confident enough to say
“No” if you feel uncomfortable.
Some of the techniques include:
Make a joke about it
Make an excuse
Ignore the suggestion
But as young children that want to fit in with a group this becomes a difficult
task and we tend to fall under peer pressure this is where decision making is
the most important skill of all time.
By now you have learned the I.D.E.A.L or S.T.D.E methods of problem solving
and I want to introduce you to the 6 thinking hats by Eduard de Bono. Study
this and know what goes where.
Day 12
Topic: Long and short Term consequences
Summarise the small part about tis on page 82. Read through the picture and
add as many information as you can
Day13
Topic: Substance abuse and you future
We all can see now that the misuse of substances can have a horrible effect on
your body and future. Today you are going to use a mind-map of your choice
and link the effects substance abuse can have on crime, violence and
education. Page 82 and 83 in your textbook the following is extra information
you can add.
Day 14: Knowing the dangers and how to protect myself (From Spot On)
Day 15
Topic: Where to find help/ Rehabilitation options
Habits form easily and we all know it’s hard to unlearn this is the same for
addiction.
It involves many hours of patience, discipline, commitment, care and support.
In a fast paced world like we live in there is no quick fix for addiction otherwise
we start to run from addiction to addiction to get rid of the previous addiction.
We get many facilities and programmes that help with this process like
treatment centres, local support groups, recover houses, counselling and
medical care centres. At the end of the day the most important support you
will ever get is from your family and friends. It’s always important not to judge
them but be firm with them.
On page 84 in our textbook you will see 3 treatment programs make a list of
other possible treatment programs (at least 10)
Day 16 Case Study (From Spot On)
Day 17 Revision activity 6 (From Spot On)
Day 18 Revision activity 5 (From Spot On)
Day 19 Revision activity 4 (From Spot On)