Online Task 4

Question:
1. Think of at least 3 benefits of using speeches by famous figures, in the classroom.
a) These type of speech texts are very useful in the classroom because they are free of grammatical errors and well prepared.
b)These type of speech texts always reflex higher level of critical thinking skills. The students will be exposed to the use of critical thinking skill.
c) Students will be exposed to persuasive speech which can be used in real life. The students will be motivated and inspired through these type of speech texts.

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.
Using audio-visual is an interesting way to make the students to understand the speech better. It can be used for all levels. Students will be motivated to see the audio-visual of the speech rather than reading the speech. Students will be more focused using the audio-visual and will help the students to understand the speech better.

3. Who is Martin Luther King?
He is a minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death. His leadership was fundamental to that movement's success in ending the legal segregation of African Americans in the South and other parts of the United States. He is promoting nonviolent tactics such as the massive March on Washington (1963) to achieve civil rights.

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 the speech is to motivate people to be friendly and generous to the needy. He also encourages the people to share what they have and at least sacrifice a little to the needy. He also emphasize about human rights between northern white people and southern white people sharing church and shops.

b. What is the tone of the speech?
Martin Luther King's speciality in delivering his speech is the tone of the speech. He uses various tones to highlight the messages of his speech. His modulation of voice is the strenght of his speech. He is capable to modify the tone based on the importance of the points he is going to deliver. He also uses the repetition tone in his speech.  

c. What interesting major feature(s) can you see from the speech? (i.e Repetition of phrases, emphasis on certain things said etc)
The interesting major features in the speech is the repetition of the words as below:
“be satisfied" - repeated five times
 “negro” - repeated fifteen times 
 “freedom” - repeated nineteen times 
“I have a dream” - repeated eight times
d. Any interesting facts that you can gather based on the background of the speech?
He is very energetic in delivering his speech with a voice from the bottom of the heart to the people and for the African people who lives in America. It shows the importance of human rights to the people of Africa.The "I Have a Dream" speech was only 17-minutes long.  “I Have a Dream” has been ranked the top speech of the 20th century and hasn’t budged from that spot since it was delivered on August 28, 1963. Its influence and impact also led to Dr. King becoming the youngest recipient and the second Black winner of the Nobel Peace Prize one year later. The speech was watched by between 200,000–300,000 people and millions more viewed it live from home. 

5. Suggest a while-reading activity that can be derived from this particular speech.
Students are to underline the repeated phrases in the text and write the meanings.

Online Task 3

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.

Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in Transkei, South Africa. He became actively involved in the anti-apartheid movement and joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1942. For 20 years, he directed a campaign of peaceful, non-violent defiance against the South African government and its racist policies. In 1994 he was inaugurated as the country's first black president.

A Bio-poem.

Title : A Man In Black

You are a man in black,
Who always care for the blacks,
Everyone wants to have you back,
To fight for the rights which are always lack,

You are always strong and dare,
And the blacks are taken good care,
With all means which no one dare,
And make you very rare,


You are a person who always been admired,
And make the blacks to be always inspired,
You are a chosen one who is specially required,
To bring peace which always been desired.
By: Hema

Online Task 2

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)
Yes, we do have canon for Malaysian literary works. Some of the recipients are as follows:
1981 - Kamaluddin Muhamad (Keris Mas)
           'Jungle of Hope' (novel for SPM Form 5)
1986- Datuk A.Samad Said
           'The Dead Crow' (poem for PMR FORM 1)
1991- Prof.Dr.Muhammad Haji Salleh
          'Si Tenggang's homecoming' (poem for SPM Form 4)

The poems by Erica Jong raises some feminist issues. What are they?
Her works always touches about the conflicts arising in women in today's world, of womanhood, femininity, love, one's quest for freedom and purpose.She is an outspoken and thought-provoking. She is very bold in delivering her messages on women issues.

Do you think they are suitable to teach at the secondary school level? Explain.
I think her poems such as "For My Husband" and "The Rose" are not suitable to teach Malaysian students because it touches about women's freedom towards man and women's desires which is not suitable for Malaysian culture. Her thinking and messages are more suitable western culture. 

Is Hillary Tham's poem more suitable?
Hilary Tham is a local Malaysian writer. Therefore, her poems are more suitable for our eastern culture and they can be taught at the secondary school level because the use of language in her poems are more moderate and her poems often deals with common female issues. 

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?
"Don't Judge The Book By Its Cover". You can ignore or let go a person by just looking at their looks. Good heart and good behaviour are much more important than the appearance. These are the important things that the girl failed to see in a person. The girl's problem is not only experienced by native Americans but it is a universal experience. Girls nowdays always end up with problems in relationship because they only see the outer look of a person and not their actual attitude. They are not satisfied with simply things in life but end up with worst things in life. They must be happy with what they have and try to adapt themselves with the situations. This will give them peaceful in life and their life will be meaningful. Always remember that god has given us the best in life and try to appreciate every single things in life. 

From your findings about his background, tell me about the dilemma he conveys through the poem CROSS.
In the poem "Cross",Hughes touched on the psychological hardships of being a mixture of black and white descent. He didn't deny the anger that a person would feel toward his parents for creating a mixed child.  The issues facing not only African Americans but mixed Americans during the 1900s were chronic and painful.  To Hughes being mixed added on another challenge and hurdle that one had to overcome in the already prejudiced America.

I find "Dinner Guest: Me" laden with irony and sarcasm. Briefly state if you feel the same.
"Dinner Guest: Me" by Langston Hughes is full of irony and sarcasm because of the following lines:-

Stanza 1, Line 1 & 2

I know I am

The Negro Problem

Stanza 1, Line 9, 10 & 11

Of darkness U.S.A.--

Wondering how things got this way

In current democratic night,

Stanza 1, Line 14

"I'm so ashamed of being white."

I feel that this poem is about Langston Hughes being invited to a fancy restaurant by a white person and the two of them were discussing race. You can tell by the way he says 'Asked the usual questions' and how the white person is embarrassed to be white. A black person in a fancy restaurant was a big deal back in those days. Not only do they have to wait for service in the restaurant but their discussion is about the answer to race relations and in the end of the poem he says; the answer to the problem is to wait.

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

Yes, I agree.  The poem is about the unequal treatment among the blacks and the whites. The blacks are marginalized and they are treated like second class citizens. They have been looked down and treated like slaves. They are not given equal priority and had to attend poorly equipped segregated schools and settle for menial jobs.In many states, blacks could not use the same public facilities as whites including restrooms, restaurants, theatres and parks. 

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

New Negro Movement.

Online Task 1

1.Folktale    

a)List some of the well-known folktales from Malaysia.

-Puteri Gunung Ledang

- Pak Pandir

- Si Tanggang

- Pa'Kadok

    
b)List some of the possible issues found in The Son of the Turtle Spirit.

* A frog that turns out to be a man.           

* The woman's disaggrement of the affair and kill the turtle.

* To bear a child of a turtle.
* The child braveness to take the challenge.
* The boy succeed in the task given with his mother's help and support.
* Able to become the emperor at the young age because of his special strength.

 What I have realised from the story is don't underestimate anybody by looking at one's age and
 appearance. If one has the strength and braveness, nothing is impossible in life.

                   

c)Are those issues universal in nature or are they only relevant in the Chinese culture?          

Those issues are universal in nature and not only relevant in the Chinese culture. No one can bear             

with a man who is actually a turtle. But as a mother, she cannot ignore the son even though his

father is a turtle. As a mother she has given all the support and helped him to accomplished the task          

given to him. In all the cultures, mother will be always there to support their children in what so ever situations.

2. Fable

a) What are the other morals that can be gotten from the other fables by Aesop?

List at least two.        

'Androcles' - Your good deed will be rewarded one day.

'The Jay and the Peacock' - Be Ourselves and Don't Imitate Others.

3. Myths

a) 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?
Shakespeare and his play Romeo and Juliet.

                    

4. Legends
a). List some of the popular legends we have in Malaysia

-Hang Tuah 

- Mahsuri 

- Puteri Gunung Ledang

b)i. Who is Thomas Malory?

Sir Thomas Malory (c.1405-14 March 1471) was the author of the most famous work of Arthurian literature, "Le Morte D'Arthur".      

         

ii.When was Le Mort d'Arthur written?

Sir Thomas Malory  started work on Le Morte D'Arthur while he was in prison in the early  

1450s and completed it by 1470. First published in 1485 by William Caxton. It is a

compilation of Romance tales about legendary King Arthur,Guinevere, Lancelot and Knights of

the Round Table. 

                     

iii.How many books/parts are there in LMDA?

Early there were 8 books by Thomas Malory and separated into 21 books now. 

iv.What is book 8 about?

'The Death of Arthur'

v.Who were the two people who had an affair?

Lancelot and Guinevere.

          

vi.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?

King Arthur (2004) and Merlin: Lancelot and Guinevere. 

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

The Round Table- King Arthur ordered the Round Table to be built in to

order resolve a conflict among his knights concerning who should have precedence.  
All seats at the Round Table were favoured places, and all were equal. The 

Knights of the Round Table were served their food as equals and none of them  

could boast that he had a seat of higher dignity than that of any of his fellow

Knights.The Round Table was not only a physical table, but was also the

highest Order of Chivalry at the Court of King Arthur.                            

Excalibur - King's Arthur's sword.

Guinevere- King's Arthur's wife

  

5.Think of 2 ways in which you can use folktales/fables/myths or legends in the

classroom. Explain briefly.

Way 1 - Do a scrap book based on one character.

Pupils are to do a scrap book individually.

Pupils are to choose one of their most favourite character from the folktale and do a

scrap book.

Way 2 - Do Big Book

Pupils are to create a Big Book in a groups.

Pupils are to simplify the story in the fables and do Big Book.

Pupils are to draw the pictures and write in big words.