Literature Course Part 3 - Friday 26.3.10

Short story - Form 4 - Fruitcake special

Activity 1
1. Asks students the perfumes they wear / models / designters / smell
- students write down on Mahjung paper and pass to other gropus.
- other groups also write about the models - then pass on to other groups.
- paste the mahjong paper in front of the class - discuss ..
- tr then relates these notes to the story - perfume - smell of ... ; made of
fruitcake..

2. Activity 2
- collection of words - mind map - ask ss to make up the title, & what they think of the story by looking at the words from the short story.
- make prediction of the story
- read on to find whether their predictions are true or otherwise.

3. Activity 3 -
- give a diagram to ss.
- ss choose a character - find a quotation and write down what that quote implies.
- find other quotes.

4. Activity 4.
Students choose the character traits of each character.. tick them.


Novel - Form 1 - BLACK BEAUTY - aim of the writer - to change public's attitude of their treatment to animals.

1. Activity 1
Watch the video/ movie on Black Beauty

2. Activity 2 - List the moral values and the themes.

3. Activity 3 - Play detective - find name of author & content etc

4. Act 4 - Match titles given in bold to the clue

5. Act 5 - Sentence strip taken from a box. Rep from groups pick up one strip & read it, other groups & his group guess the place related to the phrase read. 2 pts for winning team.

6. Arranging events according to sequence (plot). The events are pasted in a small piece of paper everywhere in the room. (not more than 7 strips pls!!)


DRAMA -Moving the muscle - Gulps & Gasp.
Intro to Drama in the Classroom - refer ..guidebook.


Part 1. Warm up - ask ss to stand facing one another .. then follow insructions by doing certain ridiculous actions eg. smile, grin, on the brink of tears.... mad at somebody - show different facial expressions.

Part 2 . Pre production - Give 8- 10 situations, Plan the drama in 5-10 mins, Dramatize it... Pairwork...Dramatize in 2 min the funniest conversation..
eg. Husband & wife arguing over tv programmes each of them want to watch
Policeman stopping a driver
An employer sacking his employee
Hairdresser and her customer
Policeman in a room questioning a suspect
etc..

Part 3. Production- read the drama with correct intonation, etc - behind the board - to test throwing of voice.


That's all folks... Nite...N A B

Literature course part 2

1. Idioms uncovered - idioms related to eyes

Short Story
1. QWERTYUIOP
A. Describe synopsis/ setting / Plot / conflicts / Themes/ Characters/ Literary devices
B. Search and Match
C. Amazing Maze - matching expression with jumbled up word
- find words in crossword puzzle
d. Set induction for this short story - on the supernatural
"Do you know of anyone who has no fear of spirit"
" Relate your experience"
E. Ask ss to read certain pages eg. Pg 9-12; locate literary terms - statements,
idioms, quotations, sayings.
List them down.
List the themes in this short story.
1. determination, possessiveness, loyalty, loneliness, commitment, supernatural
Match with the quotations.
Look also at quotation & phrases - relate to moral values eg. Punctuality, determined and family love..

That's all about the course for today.. Thursday 25.3.2010

Literature course

Form 1 &4 : Poem and activities

Students can be grouped by giving each of them (in a folded piece of paper) different name of animals. They are asked to group themselves according to the animals.

1. The River
a) Sequence the strips of sentences.
b) Vocabulary exercise to expose students to the new vocabularies.
c) Sound machine - groups will read, do actions and produce sound according to
stanza allocated to them.

2. Mr Nobody
a) word association : "Do it right" - students evaluate their behavior
List in a table the Negative behaviours and Positive Behaviours

Form 4
1. In the mist of hardship

Intro - ask ss to cut pictures of disasters
- ask about their personal experience - flood / fire / landslide
- what do people do during disaster
- what they see - people /things/ places/ actions - 4 different groups
describe in detail

a) Getting-to-know-you Treasure hunt - ss walk around and find yellow notes and
fill in ex on his biography.
b) Identify emoticon to the stanzas - matching ex

c) write own poem - select a word from the poem eg. soaky; and use their acoustic
skill to write poems.
S - sadness shown
O - on their faces
A - and they neveer lament
K - Keeping their fingers cross
Y - Yet, they never regret

2. He had such quiet eyes

a) chain reading - ask each student to read one line- aim : ss aware of the
sentences in the poem.

b) Tr tells/ explain the poem

c) Change from man to woman,change pronoun to she etc / sexy eyes /

d) Bingo activity - draw 2 tables that contain words from the poem - 2 words
Tr reads the description of the words, ss cross out the words where their
meanings have been mentioned by the tr. ss slashed out the words
SS who got 3 in a line cry BINGO if there are 3 words in a line being strike
out.

e) Agony Column - letter to editor ; The editor will advice - 2 groups ; one the
girl with the problem, 2nd group the editor.

Reading lesson plan

Reading Lesson


TOPIC/THEME:

Social Issue – Unit 3 : Reaching Out ( Form 4)

Learning Outcomes
2.2 Process information by
a) skimming and scanning for specific information and ideas
b) extracting main ideas and details
g) identifying different points of view


Time
7.40-9.00 am


Class

4 B

Resources
1. Reading Text
2. Graphic Organisers
3. Worksheets

Procedures

A. Pre-reading
B. While reading
C. Post reading
A. Set induction

Ask students how they treat their grandparents.
1. How old are your grandparents?
2. How do you feel about having your grandparents with you at home?
3. How do you cope with your problem?
4. How old are you now?
5. Where would you stay when you get old?/ Who will you be staying with?
6. How do you think your grandchildren would feel about you?

B. Pre-reading

1. Divide students into groups of five.
2. Distribute the word-in-context organizer (GO1).
3. Display difficult words extracted from the passage.
4. Assign a word to each group.
5. Ask them to complete the graphic organizer based on their knowledge.
6. Students present their findings.
7. Teacher gives comments after each presentation. (Different group presents different word)





C. While reading

1. Distribute Context-Content-Experience Organizer (GO2) with a strong line and also the reading text.
2. Instruct students to read and understand the passage.
3. Students are asked to come up with their own definition and reason for the definition based on their understanding of the text.
4. Students also have to identify the supporting details.

D. Post Reading

Worksheet A
1. Distribute Worksheet A : Word Replacement Exercise. Students are asked to replace the underlined words in the given sentences with the words that they have learnt. (Sentences in different context)
2. Discussion of the answers.

Worksheet B
3. Teacher distributes Worksheet A. Sentence Completion Exercise. Students have to complete the sentences using the words.
4. Discussion of the answers.

Personal Connection
5. Students are asked to refer to GO2 and relate the strong line with their own experience.

E. Closure
Teacher discusses the values learnt.


Teacher’s reflection

Fire, Fire ,Fire ....everywhere

School staffroom destroyed in fire

Reference/ Edited : From The Star Online 2010/03/21


SUNGAI PETANI: A teacher's room of SMK Bedong near here was partially gutted by fire on Friday. No one was injured in the 6.45pm fire as the school was closed for holidays. A Sungai Petani Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said the affected room was on the upper floor of a double-storey building. "The classrooms and the science laboratory were not affected. The fire destroyed five air-conditioning units, books, documents and furniture in the teachers' room." The spokesman said 18 men in two engines were sent to the scene and took 30 minutes to control the blaze. Losses and the cause of the incident have yet to be ascertained.


The haze returns, blanketing Miri city

Friday March 19, 2010
MIRI: The haze returned here yesterday morning, blanketing the city and the nearby coastline in a thick veil of choking smog. Visibility was reduced to less than 2km in some coastal areas while the South China Sea was not visible even from Canada Hill 1km away. The smog blotted out the sun, making the morning and noon appear as if it was already evening. Ironically, while the city was enveloped in this thick veil of haze, the air pollutant index (API) during the early morning in Miri was only 24.


“The API at 8am was only 24 but the visibility was bad. There are currently five big fires in Kuala Baram that are still burning. “However, there is a possibility the haze may be coming in from the sea,” he said. Siva said apparently the fires in Kuala Baram had not been doused despite the heavy rain two days ago in Miri city that lasted for one hour.

A check with the Fire and Rescue Department confirmed that the wildfires in Kuala Baram district are still raging. Kuala Baram, 35km north of the city, is adjacent to the Sarawak-Brunei border. A fire department spokesman at Lopeng said the fires in Kuala Baram had burnt more than 60 hectares. The wildfires and haze had worsened the already very dry weather in northern Sarawak that was brought on by the El-Nino.