Literature :Poems and novel learnt in Secondary School

I find these websites very useful to learn the poems
 1.  Form 5 : Poem : Nature

 2.  Form 5 : Poem : Nature (different version)


 3. Form 1 Poem :    The River 

4. Form 5 :Catch us if you can 

5. Form 2 : Heir Conditioning






Thank you to  the teachers and students involved in the making i.e. Teacher Nuha  , learnteachlove   , sweetchav  , M SHANmughalingam etc for the videos ... Thank you..

Teaching "ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR FLUTE? "

Here's the easiest and fastest way to teach your students this poem.. Make sure they understand these points..

ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR FLUTE?

By Zurinah Hassan

Are you still playing your flute? When there is hardly time for our love I am feeling guilty To be longing for your song The melody concealed in the slim hollow of the bamboo Uncovered by the breath of an artist Composed by his fingers Blown by the wind To the depth of my heart. Are you still playing the flute? In the village so quiet and deserted Amidst the sick rice field While here it has become a luxury To spend time watching the rain Gazing at the evening rays Collecting dew drops Or enjoying the fragrance of flowers. Are you still playing your flute? The more it disturbs my conscience to be thinking of you in the hazard of you my younger brothers unemployed and desperate my people disunited by politics my friend slaughtered mercilessly this world is too old and bleeding

Masihkah kau bermain seruling walau waktu telah terlewat untuk kita bercinta aku semakin terasa bersalah melayani godaan irama lagu yang tersimpan pada lorong halus buluh dikeluarkan oleh nafas seniman diukir oleh bibir diatur oleh jari dilayangkan oleh alun angin menolak ke dasar rasa. Masihkah kau bermain seruling ketika kampung semakin sunyi sawah telah uzur waktu jadi terlalu mahal untuk memerhatikan hujan turun merenung jalur senja mengutip manik embun menghidu harum bunga. Masihkah kau bermain seruling ketika aku terasa mata bersalah untuk melayani rasa rindu padamu di kota yang semakin kusut dan tenat adik-adikku menganggur dan sakit jiwa bangsaku dipecahkan oleh politik saudara diserang bom-bom ganas dunia sudah terlalu tua dan parah. Di sinilah berakhirnya percintaan kita kerana zaman sedang menuntut para seniman hidup di luar dirinya. ~ Zurinah Hassan http://zurinahhassan.blogspot.com

Questions :

1.       What is the persona feeling guilty of?

2.       Where does the persona live? What about the flutist/ her boyfriend?

3.       What is considered a luxury by the persona ?

4.       Why is the village so quiet and deserted?

5.       Why is the rice field sick?

6.       What are the problems/hardships mentioned ?

       The village is quiet and deserted. The paddy fields looked barren. 

       The ‘luxuries’ here refer to " watching the rain, gazing at the evening rays, collecting dew drops and enjoying the fragrance of the flower"   and all these luxuries can be enjoyed in the rural areas and not in the city where everything is so busy, everybody leading a hectic and busy life. 

      The persona and her boyfriend, the flutist live in two different "worlds" .. The persona's lifestyle and way of thinking is now different from her boy friend's. 
    
      She feels guilty -       when she misses / or longs for the beautiful melody of the bamboo flute played by her beloved long ago
      because her conscience tells her that it is not a right thing to do/feel.

      She cannot  accept the fact that while  the village is  under populated and the paddy field in a deplorable state, her lover can still play the fluteand not thinking of the situation, or at least feeling bad about not being able to do anything about it..
 
s    She also feels guilty to be thinking of their love at their difficult times. The hardships portrayed here are unemployed young men, people disunited by politics and a ‘dying’ world.


 Edited by MDMNOR
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      Themes/ Moral values

T    Themes

·         Adapting to changes. This is inevitable. We need to adapt to all kinds of social, economic and political changes. In this poem, the flutist is aloof to changes happening around him.  

·         Love and appreciate the arts.

·  

Moral Values

·         Aware of your family commitment.

Everyone needs to take responsibility to the changes that take place in life and act accordingly. The flutist does not succumb to the changes around him. He clings on to his roots. He is not aware of his family commitments. The persona, his former lover has progressed in life while he still leads his conventional lifestyle.  

·         Get your priorities right.

Eg: Village nowadays is left quiet and deserted. Rice fields are left barren, but the flutist continues to play his flute. He needs to realize there is time to play and time to work. Hence, one must get his priorities right.

    Source : 

C   Curriculum Development Division.

just read this comment somewhere...
http://zahuren.wordpress.com/poems/are-you-still-playing-flute/#comment-1778

zurinah hassan Said:

on October 22, 2010 at 3:15 pm

I am the poet mentioned here. Sorry to say that there has been a misprint. Look at the last paragraph. In the hazard of you should be in “the hazard of this city”.
What can I do about this mistake? I was not called to proof read.

 





 

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Improving your English the organised way....

There are many websites that can help you improve your English.  Among them are

a)  Basic Sentence Structure in English

b)  Ten quick tips to improve your writing

Modules

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Grammar - part 2 : The Tense System

After memorising the different parts of verbs, get to know the different verb forms in the tense system.

 THE TENSE SYSTEM

‘Go’	PAST	PRESENT	FUTURE
Simple	He went They went	He goes They go	He will go They will go
Continuous	He was going They were going	He is going They are going	He will be going They will be going
Perfect	He had gone They had gone	He has gone They have gone	He will have gone They will have gone

Try to use this table to write the sentences based on the time mentioned:

‘write’	PAST	PRESENT	FUTURE
Simple
Continuous
Perfect

Then make sure you understand the usage of the different verb forms.
For example - when you should use "simple past" and "simple present";
When to use - present continuous and past continuous;
and finally the difference between "present perfect" and "past perfect".

Repeat with other verbs such as : eat, finish, wash, clean etc.

Ask your teacher if you have any questions.

Happy learning!!!

Grammar - part 1 : Principle parts of verbs

To be able to write correct tense or verb forms, you have to memorise the different parts of verbs. Here are some examples of irregular verbs and the 4 parts of the verbs.

TABLE OF IRREGULAR VERBS          

 

	Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
1	arise	arose	arisen	arising
2	bear	bore	borne	bearing
3	beat	beat	beaten	beating
4	begin	began	begun	beginning
5	bind	bound	bound	binding
6	bite	bit	bitten	biting
7	bleed	bled	bled	bleeding
8	blow	blew	blown	blowing
9	break	Broke	broken	breaking
10	bring	brought	brought	bringing
11	broadcast	broadcast	broadcast	broadcasting
12	cling	clung	clung	clinging
13	cost	cost	cost	costing
14	creep	crept	crept	creeping
15	cut	cut	cut	cutting
16	deal	dealt	dealt	dealing
17	do	did	done	doing
18	dream	dreamed/dreamt	dreamed/dreamt	dreaming
19	drink	drank	drunk	drinking
20	drive	drove	driven	driving
21	fall	fell	fallen	falling
22	feed	fed	fed	feeding
23	feel	felt	felt	feeling
24	find	found	found	finding
25	fly	flew	flown	flying
26	forbid	forbade	forbidden	forbidding
27	forget	forgot	forgotten	forgetting
28	freeze	froze	frozen	freezing
29	give	gave	given	giving
30	go	went	gone	going
31	grind	ground	ground	grinding
32	hear	heard	heard	hearing
33	hide	hid	hidden	hiding
34	hold	held	held	holding
35	know	knew	known	knowing
36	lay	laid	laid	laying
37	lead	led	led	leading
38	leave	left	left	leaving
39	lend	lent	lent	lending
40	let	let	let	letting
41	lie (lie down)	lay	lain	laying
42	lie (tell a lie)	lied	lied	lying
43	mean	meant	meant	meaning
44	mistake	mistook	mistaken	mistaking
45	mow	mowed	mowed/mown	mowing
46	outgrow	outgrew	outgrown	outgrowing
47	oversleep	overslept	overslept	oversleeping
48	panic	panicked	panicked	panicking
49	pay	paid	paid	paying
50	picnic	picnicked	picnicked	picnicking
51	quit	quit	quit	quitting
52	read	read	read	reading
53	ride	rode	ridden	riding
54	ring	rang	rung	ringing
55	rise	rose	risen	rising
56	run	ran	run	running
57	see	saw	seen	seeing
58	seek	sought	sought	seeking
59	sell	sold	sold	selling
60	sew	sewed	sewn	sewing
61	shake	shook	shaken	shaking
62	shed	shed	shed	shedding
63	shine	shone	shone	shinning
64	shrink	shrank	shrunk	shrinking
65	shut	shut	shut	shutting
66	sing	sang	sung	singing
67	slide	slid	slid	sliding
68	sling	slung	slung	slinging
69	smell	smelt	smelt	smelling
70	speak	spoke	spoken	speaking
71	speed	sped/speeded	sped/speeded	speeding
72	spell	spelt/spelled	spelt/spelled	spelling
73	spend	spent	spent	spending
74	spin	spun	spun	spinning
75	spoil	spoilt	spoilt	spoiling
76	spring	sprang	sprung	springing
77	stand	stood	stood	standing
78	steal	stole	stolen	stealing
79	stick	stuck	stuck	sticking
80	stink	stank	stunk	stinking
81	strike	struck	struck	striking
82	swear	swore	sworn	swearing
83	swell	swelled	swollen	swelling
84	swim	swam	swum	swimming
85	swing	swung	swung	swinging
86	take	took	taken	taking
87	teach	taught	taught	teaching
88	tear	tore	torn	tearing
89	tell	told	told	telling
90	think	thought	thought	thinking
91	throw	threw	thrown	throwing
92	tie	tied	tied	tying
93	tread	trod	trodden	treading
94	upset	upset	upset	upsetting
95	wake	woke	woken	waking
96	wear	wore	worn	wearing
97	weave	weaved	woven	weaving
98	weep	wept	wept	weeping
99	zip	zipped	zipped	zipping