ONLINE TASK 4

1. Think of at least 3 benefits of using speeches by famous figures, in the classroom.

a. As a good aunthentic material in developing moral values among students.

b. Can develop in students awareness of human issues.

c. Can upsurge patriotisme among the students

2. Go to www.youtube.com and find the audio-visual on the speech. In not less than 50 words,   state would the audio-visual be of any use in helping understand the speech better? State your reasons.

Audio - visual plays an important tool to inform, educate or persuade a person or audience. Audio visual can help learners to understand the speech better because it provides opportunity for them to pick up on speech nuances such as tone and pitch. In this way they are able to process and retain information better compare to just reading the text. Using audio-visual can increase the level of understanding of the speech as well as enjoyment during the learning process.

3. Who is Martin Luther King?

Martin Luther King Jr. is a clergy, activist and was the most important voice of the American Civil Rights movement that fight for equal rights for all. He was well-known for using nonviolent method to overcome injustice, and he never give up on trying to end segregation.

4. Based on the questions below, analyse the features of the given written speech:

 

a. What is the purpose of the speech?

The purpose of this speech is to call for racial equality that demand for a fair treatment between

races and to end the discrimination.

b. What is the tone of the speech?

The tone of the speech is urgency that shows dramatic shifts that indicate enraged from cautionary to hopeful.

c. What interesting major feature(s) can you see from the speech? (i.e.Repetition of phrases, emphasis on certain things said etc)

The major features that can be seen from the speech are

ci ) Emphasizes on phrases by repeating at the beginning of sentences. 

 

Examples :  " One hundred years later............................"

                  " Now is the time.................."

cii ) Key "Theme" words are repeated throughout the speech

Examples :   freedom

                   dream

ciii ) Utilize suitable quotation or allusions

Examples :  " Five score years ago........................" refer to Lincoln's famous Gettysburg

                    Address speech.

                  " Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.............. " refer to United States

                    Declaration of Independence

civ ) Usage of specific examples to support arguments

Martin Luther King Jr uses geographic references to illustrate logical arguments

Examples :  Mississippi, New York

                  Georgia

cv ) Metaphors are used to highlight contrasting concepts

Examples : " joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity"

                " sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of

                   freedom and justice".

d. Any interesting facts that you can gather based on the background of the speech?

Some of the interesting facts are based on the background of the speech are :

i. It is only 17 minutes 

 

ii. The speech highlighted of the March on Washingt that begin at the Washington Monument

   and ended at the Lincoln Memorial.

 

iii. The speech was consider as the 20th century top speech and hasn't budged from the spot

    since August 28, 1963.

iv. Martin remixed the speech on the spot.

v. The speech has a lot of inspiration such as from Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, the Declaration  of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation, even Shakespeare.

e. Suggest a while-reading activity that can be derived from this particular speech.

Teacher gives each students a printed copy of the " I Have a Dream " speech . Teachers explains to the students that they need to look for  literary terms such as 

 

i. alliteration

ii. allusion

iii. metaphor

iv. parallelism

v. hyperbole

vi. assonance

 from the speech text. Teacher plays the video of the speech. The students will be watching, underline and label the literary terms. Teacher the instruct students to form small groups an review the examples they found and ask them to include as many nas them can.Teacher reviews the findings as a class.

ONLINE TASK 3

For this task, you are required to do something creative. You have to write a poem based on a famous figure. Before you say that writing poems is not your cup of tea, i would like to suggest a method that could help you produce a poem. When you see how easy it is to use this method, you might like to try it with your students.

The poem is a bio-poem.

For this assignment, you need to choose a famous figure to write on.
Since Nelson Mandela is featured in the module, write about him. Find more information on him and his struggle fighting against injustice.

BIO- POEM : NELSON MANDELA

Nelson Mandela, Jewel of Africa

Brave, Nice, Tolerant and Smart

Great admirer of his principles

Who loves to work hard for human being

Against apartheid, violence and cruelty

Hopes for equality, freedom and peacefulness

Resident of many living souls

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

ONLINE TASK 2

1. Do we have a canon for Malaysian literary works? Let's say we do, who do you think are in it? Consider the fact that their works are well-known and most importantly included as part of the school syllabus- (both in BM and English).

 Some of them are :

a. Kamaluddin Muhamad- Jungle of Hope ( novel ) for SPM syllabus.

b. Lee Su Ann - The Curse ( novel ) for SPM syllabus

c. K.S.Maniam - The Return ( novel ) for SPM syllabus

d. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Haji Salleh - Si Tenggang’s Homecoming ( poem )

2. The poems by Erica Jong raises some feminist issues. What are they?

The issues raised by Erica Jong in her poems are marriage life, oppression of woman ,adultery, a man and a woman relattionship, feminist revolution and gender differences.

3. Do you think they are suitable to teach at the secondary school level?

I think the poems of Erica Jong such as "For My Husband" and "The Rose" not suitable to be introduce in the secondary school level because Erica Jong’s poem, “For My Husband” seems be lustful and provocative. It openly deals an intimate relationship between man and woman and thought of having affair. On other hand, " T he Rose" indicates theme of hunger for love . We don't students seek love during learning process that cause damage to their future. The issues that highlighted in this poem still unacceptable in Malaysian society to discuss about it openly. These poems seem suit to adult readers

4. Is Hillary Tham's poem more suitable?

I feel that Hillary Tham's poem "Becoming a Woman " is not suitable to be intoduce for secondary school level because it is directly deals with issue of various portraits of transition of woman from childhood to adulthood and women are the one face such transition. Image this poem is going to be introduce in mixed gender school. I feel that the girls will face embrassment when the teacher deals such theme. I think that such poem more relevant to adult readers. They are more mature in dealing such issue.

5.The short tale from the Native American group is about a girl who is unsatisfied with her life.How is this a universal experience? Can it teach our students anything?

This is an universal problem because many people do not satisfy with what they had . They wanted more and more and don't seem grateful with what they had. People constant complain about what is wrong with their life and made them focussed on it. This will definitely make them down.

Teacher can instill the value of gratitude to their students by indicate the importance of appreciating little things in their lives. Teacher should make them aware although life can be sometimes be tough but there is always someone that had things worse than they do. Teacher also can tell the students that nothing is perfect. Don't alway feel dissatisfied and disappoint in oneself. Give respect on the way they doing things because such things can bring positive elements to their life.

6. From internet sources find out more about Langston Hughes.From your findings about his background, tell me about the dilemma he conveys through the poem CROSS.

The poem is about a pesona who is angry and confused towards his identify. I feel that Langston wrote this poem to indicate that he understood the confusion and conflict for being bi-racial although his parents were both black. Through this poem, he is presentating a first - person point of view on what he assumes are thoughts and conflicts of another person. Symbolically, he stated that situation is really hard for mixed racial heritage during Langston time because they couldn't follow any of their parents owing the social perception of each race. In addition, the persona is a child of multiracial decent, he awares that he is nobody. He fights with his own identify by blaming his parents. He indicates that he was displaced in a community that emphasizes on "label". The Blacks weren't equal to the White during that time period and the persona was unable to decide where his life is going to take him. The Whites were more privilage compare to Black where they were sidelined because of slavery.

7. I find "Dinner Guest: Me" laden with irony and sarcasm. Briefly state if you feel the same.

I also feel same when I read the poem "Dinner Guest: Me". I think that the African- Americas always had to face the problem for being a Negro and to overcome this problem they need to wait for the solution. Although on surface , it seems that being Black, its not so bad as assumed by the White and the White seems assuage for their guilt by welcoming the persona to the dinner but the White seems do not want to find the solution to allow the Blacks to participate equally in society. Although during the era, it was totally impossible for a Black to have to be "wined and dinner" in a restaurant, the persona was able to do it. The persona seems rebel against the White . It indicates that eventhough some aspects have changed but other aspects like racism still exists. The persona feels that he is physically distanced from the racial inequalities although he been treated so well.

8.The experience in the poem Harlem is one that is true for many people. Do you agree?

I agree with the experience in the poem. Harlem is one that is true for many people because we usually had dreams in our life. Sometimes we are unable to achieve our dreams because certain circumstance that make the dreams to put on hold. Later the dreams can't be achieve or affected with unnecessary negative elements. That makes us to abandon the dream. Life is full of uncertain things that one's dream face obstacles in achieving it. So if one's face obstacles during their life in achieving their dreams, face the obstacles and don't give up. Strive very hard to achieve the dream.

9. Langston Hughes fights for the voice of his people. What is the movement called?

    The movement is called as Harlem Renaissance.

 

ONLINE TASK 1

Folktale
1.List some of the well-known folktales from Malaysia .
a. Bawang Putih and Bawang Merah
b. Si Badang
c. Mat Jenin
d. Si Tanggang
e.Pak Pandir 
 
2. List some of the possible issues found in The Son of the Turtle Spirit

Some of the possible issues that can be found in The Son of The Turtle Spirit are "do not believe strangers ", "consider all aspects before take action", "believe in oneself", "love conquers everything" and " fate has its own destiny".

3.Are those issues universal in nature or are they only relevant in the Chinese culture?
Basically I feel that all the isssues that I indicate suit to all the culture and not only suit to the Chinese culture. For example, the issue "do not believe the stranger", the maiden make friend with the spirit of turtle without knowing who is he really. The issue " believe in oneself", although many people underestimate the son of the turtle spirit when he said that he can swim deep in the river, but he determine to do it because he believe in himself. Another issue is " love conquers everything " , love has the power to make anyone to follow what their heart desires for. For example, the spirit of turtle takes the form of human being to be with his ladylove.


Fables
 4.What are the other morals that can be gotten from the other fables by Aesop? List at least two

   a.The Ant and the Grasshopper  

•      emphasizes on ambivalent moral lesson about the value of hardwork and preparation for the  future.  

   b.        The Fox and the Crow      

•      a warning for do not listen to flattery

   c.        The Lion and the Mouse 

•     The moral of the story is that mercy provides its reward and that there is no issue for being so small that it        cannot help a mighty

Myths

5.One well-known literary figure from the Elizabethan age used Ovid’s Pyramus and Thisbe as a model to one of his famous plays. Who is he and what is the play? 
 

He is William Shakespeare. The play is Romeo and Juliet

Legends
 
6. List some of the popular legends we have in Malaysia
 

No	Popular Legends
1	The Legend of Mahsuri
2	The Legend of Princess Sa'adong
3	The Fairy Princess Of Gunung Ledang
4	The Dragon Of Lake Chini
5	Kedah's Legendary Fanged King

7. Answer these questions

a. Who is Thomas Malory?

    Sir Thomas Malory (c. 1405 – 14 March 1471) was an English writer, the author or compiler of Le Morte d'Arthur

b. When was Le Mort d’Arthur written?
    Malory might started work on Le Morte d'Arthur while he was in prison in the early 1450s and   completed it by 1470

c. How many books/ parts are there in LMDA?
    Originally written as 8 books

 d. What is book 8 about?
    The death of King Arthur

e. Who were the two people who had an affair?
     The affair between Lancelot and Guinevere
     The affair between Trystram and Isode

f.Book 6 has a strong connection to a popular modern fiction which is now a movie. What is the
   title of the popular modern fiction?

           The Tail of the Holy Grail

7. State three well-known facts about King Arthur/ his time as a King

• King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table that emphasizes on the concept of Equality.
• King Arthur and the sword of Excalibur
• fame as a warrior battling the Germanic invaders of the late fifth and early sixth centuries 
   

8.Think of 2 ways in which you can use folktales/fables/myths or legends in the classroom. Explain briefly.

A. First way

• tool for fictionalizing personal acquaintances or experiences in stories.

• students take turn to read variety fables.
• work in group and examine the animal character by recording their list of traits share the response and discuss how the trait develop the character.
• help students discover ways to fictionalize experiences in future stories. help students discover ways to fictionalize experiences in future stories.
• create a list of real people and assign an animal to best represent the person's character trait.

B. Second way

• Read the story for two times and ask questions.
• Provide children opportunity to retell the story.
• Ask them how the characters probably felt.
• Ask them to make their own mask and retell the stories
• Do again retell story.
• Ask them to hold suitable mask to represent appropriate feeling.

 

“ I have A Dream “

By Martin Luther King, Jr

      Martin Luther King, Jr was a famous leader in African – American  Civil Rights Movement. He was like another great leader like  Mahatma Gandhi what he did was to inspire people to change the way  they wanted to see in the world. His speech , “I Have A Dream was known one of the best of the speeches ever given. His remarkable emotion in his voice and body as he made the speech in a way demanding  a fair treatment between races and integrated like a mantra to the black community and provide similarity to the  following generation of America like the USA Declaration of Independence. In this speech, metaphor are used to dramatize ideas so that the messages able to reach the listeners. There are repetitions throughout the speech so that it looks more memorable and give effect to whom it was concerned and listen to it.  These aspect really spice up the speech and provide the speech more flavor to create an impact to the audience. Besides that, there are usage of historical documents to support the  arguments in this speech.

     This speech can be a good authentic material in developing moral values among the students. . It will provide opportunities to students to connect with their thoughts, feelings and experience of people who present outside their own surroundings For example, it can develop in students an awareness of human issues such as segregation which was unlawful and demeaning. It would let them to think and feel how that treatment could be. The students get to expose the value of volunteering which is lacking in present generation. This value can be seen in Martin Luther by  helping the community. It can also  upsurge patriotism among the students by provoking them to have dreams for the future of their nation.

  WHAT I BELIEVE

( FORSTER , E.M. TWO CHEERS FOR DEMOCRACY )

                  

    At first , I thought reading “ What I believe “ could be boring. After I read it, well it is quite interesting. Basically, this essay is on humanism. E.M. Foster’s “What I  believe” essay deals on subjects such as personal relationship, democracy, Great men, aristocracy and individualisme. There is affirmation and skepticism manner in his writing.   I like the way  E.M. Foster write about personal relationship in this essay. Foster argues that one should invest in personal relationship. There  must be reliability in the relationship with natural warmth.  A personal relationship with causes will never  work in any situations. I agree with E.M. Foster for such arguments. I feel that a true personal relationship should have affection , loyalty and sometimes sharing a common value. Without these aspects, the relationship is going to be mess. I aware that instilling  a good  personal  relationship among the students is very important because students come from different social background . By engage them in  a good personal relationship through activities and learning process, they learn to respect each other and appreciate each other strength and weakness. Personal relationship can act as a bridge to reconcile different attitudes among students. Although the tastes of students on the surface may seem varied but through good personal relationship, they can melted .This relationship is  important in creating harmony to the world around them and to the growth of the nation.  The relationship can run in tragic when social forms and edicts interfere. So the teacher should play important role in balancing such situation.

INSPIRATIONAL STORY

  Have you came across any inspirational story ? What is an inspirational story? Inspirational story is a story that motivate  one’s  to be the better  person and teach valuable life lessons.  Recently , I read an inspirational story. The story goes like this : Bryan Anderson helps an old lady to replace a flat tire in the middle of night. Bryan Anderson doesn’t want to accept any payment from the old lady  instead told her to give  a person who needed help the assistance they needed. The old lady stopped at an old café and noticed the poor condition of the café. There was  a pregnant lady who runs the dingy café. She looked very weak and worn dirty clothes. After had  her food , the old lady left the café without accepting any changes and left four more  $100 for the pregnant lady and stated  in small notes , “ Somebody once helped me out the way  I helped you. If you really want to owe me ,just do this. Don’t let this chain of love ends with you.  The pregnant lady  really need the money for the due next month .The pregnant lady was no other Bryan Anderson’s wife. It likes an old saying “What goes around comes around”. This inspirational story helps me to reflect a saying “Gratitude is the sign of noble souls from the module 3234. I notice that if we able to express our gratitude to another human being, it will definitely create harmony. It brings sense to our past, provide peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.

    This inspirational story makes me aware as human being , I also can make difference to people around me. Maybe I can start   something closer to home. By getting to know friends or fellow teacher who need support .  Neighbour  who is down and out with problem.  I can help them in   whatever  way  I able   can. Although it is not big help, but I feel  that  it will make difference  in their life  and change their  life in some way.