LIFE ORIENTATION

INSTRUCTION SHEET 3: GRADE 9 SBA

NAME OF LEARNER: _________________________________________ GRADE 9___

Life Orientation Grade 9 Form of assessment: Written assignment

Assessment tool: Rubric 20 Marks
Topic: Development of Term 1. Sub-topic: Lifestyle choices and Due date:
the self in society. Task 1. Act.3 Time-management skills. 2023

Lifestyle choices

Well done, you have reached grade 9! You can now start setting goals for the future. The goals that you could set
include finding the work you want to do; the career you want to follow, deciding on future studies, and so on. If
you are going to reach these goals, you will need to make many important lifestyle choices.

Your lifestyle consists of your behaviour and habits. It reflects what you value, how you see the world around
you and your attitude to life.( Lifestyle choices.) The way you choose to live your life affects you physically and
emotionally.
As a teenager, you will face many choices. The choices you make will affect your future decisions and actions.
There are consequences for all the choices you make. Please take your life seriously at all times and commit
yourself to a positive balanced and healthy lifestyle.

Task 1. Act. 3.1. Lifestyle choices. (20)

Write a detailed assignment on lifestyle choices by highlighting positive lifestyle choices.

Write a short essay in which you describe the factors that influence your lifestyle choices. (1 page)
(media, friends &peers, environment, family, culture, religion, community)
3.1.3. Identify which single factor has the strongest influence on you.

Include applicable pictures/drawings that will support your topic. Your activity must be colourful, neat,
informative, well-organised and handed in on time.
You will be assessed with the following rubric
Name of learner: Grade 9:
LIFE ORIENTATION ASSESSMENT RUBRIC
Written assignment: Lifestyle choices and time- management skills.
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Defined Criteria Not achieved Partially achieved Achieved Outstanding
(0-1 mark) (2 marks) (3 marks) (4-5 marks)
Positive lifestyle No 1-2 lifestyle choices 3-4 lifestyle choices 5 lifestyle choices
choices. lifestyle choices listed listed listed
Some attempt of Outstanding
2.Describe the factors that Irrelevant description Good description of
description of description of
of factors that factors that
influence your lifestyle factors that factors that
influence your influence your
choices influence your influence your
lifestyle choices lifestyle choices
lifestyle choices lifestyle choices
Outstanding
Irrelevant Some attempt of Good attempt of
attempt of
3. Identify which single identification of a identification of a identification of a
identification of a
factor has the strongest single factor which single factor which single factor which
single factor which
influence on you. has the strongest has the strongest has the strongest
has the strongest
influence on you. influence on you influence on you
influence on you
Good design,
7. Design, creativity and Organised,
No creativity and no creativity and
appearance. Use of Some attempt at attractive and
drawings or pictures appearance and
drawings/ creativity outstanding.
used. use of drawings/
pictures. Visually appealing
pictures.
TOTAL: 20