ENGLISH

SCHOOL BASED
ASSESSMENT
2023
Topic: Teenage Pregnancy

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Candidate Name: Jade Hines

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Subject: English Language

Territory: Jamaica

Year of examination: 2023

Sub-topic: The Impact of Teenage Pregnancy on the Society

 Table of Content
Plan of Investigation:

Reflection ……………………………………………………………………….1

Reflection ……………………………………………………………………….2

Reflection ……………………………………………………………………….3
 Plan of Investigation
My topic is “The Impacts of Teenage Pregnancy on the Society.”
Teenage pregnancy also known as adolescent pregnancy, is a
dilemma that the world still faces. I selected this topic because of
the rapid increase among teenage mothers and as a student
studying English Language doing this research will help to
improve my research skills as my exploration, descriptions, and
explanations will improve dramatically as I continue to write, and
the ability to pay keen attention to details will help me to
maintain high accuracy and thoroughness when executing task as
I will be reading more. I intend to obtain the information required
for this school-based assignment by utilizing an article, poem and
a song .
 Reflection 1
In my opinion I thought teenage pregnancy had no effect upon the society
we are living in. I would only see the effects of this dilemma upon the
teenagers themselves and would imagine the impact it would have on their
lives. However, after researching and gathering information on this topic I
have found three artifacts that has given me a better understanding on
“Teenage pregnancy”.

The first artifact is entitled “teen pregnancy” an article created by Alice

Sterling Honig published online on the 27th of the 2nd 2012 this artifact
has taught me that there are many speculations leading up to why there are
so many adolescent pregnancies increasing in our society these reasons are
teenagers are having unprotected sexual intercourse some are being
sexually violated or not having the proper education needed for sexual
intercourse.

Second artifact chosen was a cartoon illustration titled “true story about
teenage pregnancy: I got pregnant at 15”by Wnews this video was released
on September 11th, 2019, I have learned that teenage pregnancy can be
sometimes unwanted or unplanned and at these times it's as important to
get maximum help from parents and to feel family support. This artifact
showed a heart melting story that was animated.

Third artifact chosen was a song entitled “teenage pregnancy” by Adidja

Azim Palmer and Kim Hamilton better known as Vybz Kartel and Gaza Kim.
This edified me on the importance of education and how a simple dilemma
could change your life forever.
 Reflection 2

In the article, “teenage pregnancy” the language was formal as was no

colloquialism was present. The manner of speaking was at a level I could
easily comprehend Which made me understand that the writer was
targeting the different causes all teenage pregnancy and what could have
been done to prevent it.

in the cartoon illustration title “true story about teenage pregnancy I got
pregnant at 15” the use of language was informal but without the use of
colloquialism. Its diction was at a level I could easily comprehend which
made me understand what the illustrators we're trying to bring across.

In the song entitled teenage pregnancy the language was informal

allowing me to understand what was being said these evoked certain
emotions causing me to reflect on my actions as a teenager and to make
wise decisions in my life.