KBSM Literature (Form 4)
Poem : In The Midst of Hardship
Level : Form 4 Economic
Time : 10.45 a.m. to 11.55 a.m.
Aim : To practice writing a diamante shape poem and post the poem on the student’s blog.
Technical requirements:
1. One computer for each group of 4 or 5 students.
2. Internet connection, blog and email address.
Websites:
1. http://www.slideshare.net/fadzleen/in-the-midst-of-hardship
2. http://www.heartwoodethics.org/2-teaching/act_diamonte.asp
Preparation:
1. Plan the lesson before the class.
2. Write a lesson plan.
3. Locate the significant website before the class begins.
4. Check the target website before the class begins to avoid any inconvenience caused during the lesson.
Procedures:
1. Teacher asks students to look at the picture of a hardship old man at the paddy field on the screen.
2. Teacher encourages students to respond to the picture.
3. Teacher instructs students to read the poem in the literature book on page 3.
4. Teacher divides the students into groups where each group consists of 4 to 5 students in a group.
5. Teacher instructs students check the online Website: http://www.slideshare.net/fadzleen/in-the-midst-of-hardship to find the meanings of some difficult words found in the poem and fill in worksheet A.
6. Teacher tells the students that they are going to write a diamante shape poem to explain the hardship of an old man.
7. Teacher instructs to send students to the Website: http://www.heartwoodethics.org/2-teaching/act_diamonte.asp to look at the example of a diamante poem.
8. Teacher asks students to choose a word from worksheet A and compose a diamante shape poem to describe the people hardship creatively. Teacher instructs the students to type the poem in MS-Word.
9. Teacher tells each representative of the groups to present their diamante shape poem in front of the class. Teacher instructs students to use the computer and LCD projector to do the presentation.
Level : Form 4 Economic
Time : 10.45 a.m. to 11.55 a.m.
Aim : To practice writing a diamante shape poem and post the poem on the student’s blog.
Technical requirements:
1. One computer for each group of 4 or 5 students.
2. Internet connection, blog and email address.
Websites:
1. http://www.slideshare.net/fadzleen/in-the-midst-of-hardship
2. http://www.heartwoodethics.org/2-teaching/act_diamonte.asp
Preparation:
1. Plan the lesson before the class.
2. Write a lesson plan.
3. Locate the significant website before the class begins.
4. Check the target website before the class begins to avoid any inconvenience caused during the lesson.
Procedures:
1. Teacher asks students to look at the picture of a hardship old man at the paddy field on the screen.
2. Teacher encourages students to respond to the picture.
3. Teacher instructs students to read the poem in the literature book on page 3.
4. Teacher divides the students into groups where each group consists of 4 to 5 students in a group.
5. Teacher instructs students check the online Website: http://www.slideshare.net/fadzleen/in-the-midst-of-hardship to find the meanings of some difficult words found in the poem and fill in worksheet A.
6. Teacher tells the students that they are going to write a diamante shape poem to explain the hardship of an old man.
7. Teacher instructs to send students to the Website: http://www.heartwoodethics.org/2-teaching/act_diamonte.asp to look at the example of a diamante poem.
8. Teacher asks students to choose a word from worksheet A and compose a diamante shape poem to describe the people hardship creatively. Teacher instructs the students to type the poem in MS-Word.
9. Teacher tells each representative of the groups to present their diamante shape poem in front of the class. Teacher instructs students to use the computer and LCD projector to do the presentation.
10. Teacher instructs students to search the answer from the related Website to answers worksheet B.
Follow-up :
1. Teacher gives a stanza for each group of students to predict the meaning.
2. Teacher tells the student to practice the actions of the stanzas given to them.
3. Teacher asks the students to recite for each stanza to enable them to get attached with the poem.
Follow-up :
1. Teacher gives a stanza for each group of students to predict the meaning.
2. Teacher tells the student to practice the actions of the stanzas given to them.
3. Teacher asks the students to recite for each stanza to enable them to get attached with the poem.
Group name :
Date :
Form :
Worksheet A:
EXERCISE 1: Find the meaning of these words from the dictionary.
1. Midst –
2. Hardship-
3. Stoicism-
4. Dawn-
5. Soaky-
6. Stove-
7. Brave-
8. Horrendous-
9. Carcasses-
10. Albino-
Worksheet B:
EXERCISE 2: Answer the below questions.
1). From the title, what do you think the poem is about?
2). What do you think the occupation of the people in the poem?
3). What do you think happened to these people in the poem?
4). Are these people living in hardship? If yes, provide some examples of the hardships.
5). How many stanzas does this poem have?
6). Based from your own understanding, elicit the moral values from the poem by Latiff Mohidin?
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