A. STUDENT/S TO COMPLETE Module Name: LEARNING AND TEACHING IN ENGLISH Module Code: 5FHE1051 Student Name: MAYA AIRANI BINTI ASPAR Student ID Number: PLPPIP2011/102/KIC
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Due Date: 10 TH MARCH 2014
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SELECTED READING TEXT: THE UNGRATEFUL DRAGON The selected text that I have chosen is The Ungrateful Dragon. This story is suitable for standard five children because it has storyline, characters and picture which can attract them to read. The language structures are simple and complete which can easily understand. In order to, enhance their English level, the writer was provided the simple ideas and use various types of English components such grammar and vocabulary. This story is folk tales, so children can improve their imagination and thinking skills by relating this story with their daily life. The Ungrateful Dragon is a story of a dragon that live in the mountains and all the villagers afraid with his roamed. All of them was digging a deep pit to trap the dragon. The villagers left the dragon in a deep pit for a few days. One day came a traveller who passing through the area and he has helped the dragon. The dragon begged and promised that he would reward the traveller if he is helping him out from the deep pits. After the dragon had climbed out, he suddenly wants to kill the traveller because he is seeking a revenge. The traveller was shocked and wants other people judge them. Most of the judges agreed want the dragon to kill the traveller. The traveller finally safe from the dragon with the helper from wise judge. This story would appeal to children for many reasons such as the plot and the characters. There are three types of characters in this story which are human, plant and animal. Children would enjoy if there are animal and plant characters because children can easily utilize their own knowledge and imagination while reading the story. Furthermore, the story has a simple storyline and unique characters. This story uses specific names of animals and plant such as dragon, hare, ox and pine tree. All these characters are not familiar with children in Malaysia. Therefore, by reading this story they will learn new vocabulary, animals and plant. In fact, they can wider their general knowledge. The sentence and grammatical structures in this story is highly suitable for year 5 children. The writer uses complete sentence to improvise childrens English level. For example the people there were always afraid of the dragons that roamed in the mountains nearby. In this sentence there are adjective, noun and prepositions which they can use in their writing. In addition, this story focuses on speaking in term of punctuations. So, children can use this story to read aloud with correct intonations. Other than that, this story also focuses on moral values. In this story, the dragon wants to kill the traveller without judgement because of hatred towards the human. We need to thank and be grateful to people who help us in order to appreciate their kindness. Besides that, it also have values of tolerance and kindness. Tolerance shown when the dragon agreed with the travellers suggestion to get a few opinions to judge. Meanwhile, kindness had been portrayed by the travellers character because he is willing to help the dragon even he does not know who the dragon is. Furthermore, the story can be used as teaching material because it can easily be exploited. The teacher can conduct a variety of activities in class such as role play, spelling, grammar, reading comprehension and vocabulary. For instances, there are many characters in this story, so the teacher can ask students to do a role play. During the activity, teacher can correct the students pronunciations and enhance their speaking and reading skills. After role play, the teacher can give worksheet about reading comprehension. The teacher can evaluate students understanding after they complete their individual task. Teachers can conduct many activities in the classroom by using this story. The teacher can conduct readers theatre and role play to enhance students pronunciation. The children would absolutely enjoy taking a role of different animal character. Besides, the teacher can change the animal character which is close with culture children in Malaysia. Other than that, teacher can give a listening test to them which is spelling. Teacher will read the words meanwhile, students will spell the words. If the students failed to spell correctly, it implies that their listening and remembering skills are low. Another activity is discussion, teacher can encourage students to speak and think. For example teacher can ask what happen to dragon after being left by the traveller and the hare. The children will give positive feedback if the teacher knows how to tackle their attention by doing two way interactions and add humour while discussing.
Appendix THE UNGRATEFUL DRAGON There was once a village near Nagoya. The people there were always afraid of the dragons that roamed in the mountains nearby. One day, the villagers finally decided to dig some deep pits around the village to trap the dragons. Everyone in the village turned up to help. A few days later, a traveller passing through the area, heard some strange groaning sounds. He walked towards the sound and found that a dragon had fallen into a pit. When the dragon saw the traveller, it pleaded for help. I will reward you if you help me out of here. The kind traveller dragged a big tree trunk and lowered it into the pit. After the dragon had climbed out, he said, Thank you for your help, but because the humans made this trap to catch me and you are a human, I have to kill you! The traveller was terrified and quickly said, Wait a minute, Dragon-san. It is very unfair for you to kill me after u have helped you. I think we should get a few opinions to judge who is right. The dragon agreed and they both walked on till they met an ox. After listening to them, the ox said, it is the fault of the humans. They make us work. Lets go to the pine tree and see what he says. The pine tree listened to them and said, Humans cut us down for firewood. Of course they are always wrong. They are heartless! After listening to the second opinion, the dragon was ready to attack the traveller when suddenly a hare appeared. Please judge our case, pleaded the traveller. After listening to him, the hare said, before I make any judgement, I must first see the place where it happened. The traveller, the dragon and the hare went to the pit where the dragon was trapped. The hare asked the dragon to show where he was when the traveller came to rescue him. Eager to show what had happened, the dragon jumped right in. The hare asked, was the tree trunk in the pit when you fell in? No, said the dragon, so the traveller and the hare pulled it out. The hare then turned to the traveller and said, Traveller-san, you may now go anywhere you wish safely. The traveller quickly left and the hare hopped away.
From English Year 5 KSSR ( ), Title: The Ungrateful Dragon, Page 113 - 114