1.0 HOMEPAGE October 27, 2009

This multimedia courseware (language learning program) is designed for secondary school students especially for Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) in English Literature course. The syllabus consists of literary components such as poems, short stories and novels. I named my language learning program as Poem’s World because first and foremost, I only focus to the poems, which contain of six different poems. Besides, a range of texts are offered in the secondary school curriculum and covers Malaysian, British, European, Australian, American and African works. It shows that these poems are come from different part of the world. In addition, Poem’s World also covers all literary elements about poetry such as themes, moral values, setting, synopsis and language and style. It covers the whole ‘world’ of poems. Instead of it, learners are expected to be able to follow a storyline and understand a poem and to give their own personal response to the text. The study of these texts is meant to inculcate values and broaden learners’ outlook.

Poemsworld’s consists of six different poems from different countries. Six poems that will be covered in the next lessons are:

• Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare

• Si Tenggang’s Homecoming by Muhammad Haji Salleh

• There’s been a Death in the Opposite House by Emily Dickinson

• The Road Not Taken by Robert Fros

• Monsoon History by Shirley Geok-lin Lim

• If by Rudyard Kipling 

 

Ok guys, before you start with the lessons, I suggest that you need to go to the introduction category first to get clear understanding about what is poetry and the definitions of each of the literary elements. Happy reading..

 

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2.0 INTRODUCTION October 27, 2009

Hello guys!!

As far as we are concern, the teaching and learning of Literature is not an easy as the teaching and learning of other fields in language. We need to have more practice especially in thinking skills. Literature requires learners to be more critical when it deals with the literary elements in the text. So, in the beginning of the lessons, I believe that all of you have to learn about what is poetry first. You will get clear understanding of what is poetry and the definitions of each of literary elements.

  

  

Ok guys, now I believe that all of you get clear pictures about what is poetry and literary elements. Now you can move to the lesson one about Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare.

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3.0 LESSON 1 (A) SONNET 18 BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE October 27, 2009

Hello all… In this Lesson 1 (A), you will learn about Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare. This Lesson consists of Sonnet 18 poem, and the explanation about each of literary elements that contain in the Sonnet 18 poem.

 

Below is the Sonnet 18 poem by William Shakespeare:

 

Below are the explanation about synopsis, themes, moral values, setting and also language and styles elements in Sonnet 18 poem.

 

 

 

Now, you can move to the next lesson about Si Tenggang’s Homecoming poem under Lesson 1 (B) categories.

 

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3.1 LESSON 1 (B) SI TENGGANG’S HOMECOMING BY MUHAMMAD HAJI SALLEH October 27, 2009

Here, in the Lesson 1 (B) you will learn about Si Tenggang Homecoming by Muhammad Haji Salleh. This poem is about the reflection of Si Tenggang’s return to his country after his travels around the world. Further explanation about this poem will be discussing in the next slide below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To get further information about synopsis and other literary elements of this poem, you can read the slides that provided below:

 

 

 

After you have completed with Lesson 1 (A) and (B), you can move to the Lesson 2 about the other two poems. Happy reading…

 

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4.0 LESSON 2 (A) THERE’S BEEN A DEATH IN THE OPPOSITE HOUSE BY EMILY DICKINSON October 27, 2009

Welcome to the Lesson 2 (A). Now you will exposes to the poem written by Emily Dickinson tittled There’s Been a Death in the Opposite House.

 

Below is the poem written by Emily Dickinson as your reference:

 

 

 

Now, get further explanation about literary elements in the next slide below:

 

 

Guys, now lets we move to the next lessons in order to complete our lessons in this Poemsworld’s.

 

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4.1 LESSON 2 (B) THE ROAD NOT TAKEN BY ROBERT FROS October 27, 2009

Hello all… Here, in the Lesson 2 (B) is about The Road Not Taken’s poem by Robert Fros. Briefly, this poem is about a traveller who arrives at a fork in the road and he has to decide which path to take.

 

 

Below is The Road Not Taken by Robert Fros as your reference:

 

 

 

Below are further explanations about synopsis, themes, moral values, setting and language and styles of this poem:

 

 

We have completed four poems. Now lets move to the final lessons to complete all six poems in our lessons.

 

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5.0 LESSON 3 (A) MONSOON HISTORY BY SHIRLEY GEOK-LIN LIM October 27, 2009

Hello all, in this Lesson 3 (A) you will learn about Monsoon History by Shirley Geok-lin Lim and also the explanation for each of literary elements such as synopsis of this poem, themes, language and styles, setting and moral values. Happy reading..

 

 

Below is Monsoon History’s poem by Shirley Geok-lin Lim as your reference:

 

 

 

You can get information about literary elements in this poem in the slide below:

 

 

Now, lets move to the last poem, If by Rudyard Kipling in the Lesson 3 (B) categories.

 

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5.1 LESSON 3 (B) IF BY RUDYARD KIPLING October 27, 2009

Now, you are reaching the final poems, If by Rudyard Kipling. If gives an instruction in cultivating several specific traits of a good leader.

 

Below is the poem written by Rudyard Kipling as your reference:

 

 

Below are further information about synopsis, themes, moral values, setting and language and styles of this poem:

 

 

 

Congratulations!! Now you are done with three lessons in this website. To test your understanding about each poem, you can try to answer the quizzes in the quizzes categories. Wish all of you good luck..

 

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6.0 QUIZZES October 27, 2009

Here are some quizzes provided to all of you in order to test your understanding about poems. You have two ways to answer the quizzes:

1) First, you can choose from the lists here and click at the link for each quizzes:

LESSON 1:

QUIZ 1 – cloze1

QUIZ 2 – multiplechoice2

QUIZ 3 – jcloze3

QUIZ 4 – jmatch4

LESSON 2:

QUIZ 1 – jcloze5

QUIZ 2 – jquiztruenfalse6

QUIZ 3 – jquiztruenfalse7

LESSON 3:

QUIZ 1 – jquiztruenfalse10

QUIZ 2 – jcloze10

QUIZ 3 – jmatch11

2) Second, you can click at the link below and you will be linked to the www.maele.net. There have a set of same quizzes that you can answer.

www.maele.net/english/nabila

Well done guys…. I hope that you past with flying colours. If you are not statisfied with your marks, you can try it again. Don’t give up.

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7.0 LESSON PLAN October 27, 2009

A lesson plan is a teacher’s detailed description of the course of instruction for an individual lesson. A well developed lesson plan reflects interests and needs of students. It incorporates best practices for the educational field. The lesson plan correlates with the teacher’s philosophy of education, which is what the teacher feels is the purpose of educating the students.

                     Secondary English program lesson plans, for example, usually center around four topics. They are literary theme, elements of language and composition, literary history, and literary genre. A broad, thematic lesson plan is preferable, because it allows a teacher to create various research, writing, speaking, and reading assignments. It helps an instructor teach different literature genres and incorporate videotapes, films, and television programs. Also, it facilitates teaching literature and English together. School requirements and a teacher’s personal tastes, in that order; determine the exact requirements for a lesson plan.

Below is a sample of lesson plan for teachers in order to help you to plan your lessons systematically.

 

LESSON PLAN

 

LESSON TOPIC	Poem’s World
TARGET LEARNER	Form 4
PROFIENCY LEVEL	Intermediate
DURATION	One hour and 30 minutes
VENUE	Computer laboratory
LITERARY SKILLS	Identifying literary elements
LITERARY TEXT	Sonnet 18

OBJECTIVES OF LESSON:

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1)      Have clear understanding about what is poetry

2)      Understand the synopsis (content) of Sonnet 18 poem

3)      Identify and understand the literary elements (theme, setting, moral values, tone and mood, point of view,  

          language and style)

4)      Identify and understand the differences between ‘metaphor’ and ‘simile’ in the poem

5)      Reciting poems with expression and feeling.

ACTIVITIES:

Number	Activities	Duration
1	Teacher chooses one students to read the Sonnet 18’s poem loud in front of the class	5 minutes
2	Teacher explains the definition of what is poetry based on the Tutorial Notes.	5 minutes
3	Teacher give clear explanations about the synopsis of Sonnet 18’s poem	10 minutes
4	Teacher explains about literary elements (theme, setting, moral values, tone and mood, point of view, language and style) in poem using Lesson Notes.	20 minutes

5	Students are asked to complete the Sonnet 18 exercise. Students are asked to answer the fill in gaps question first to get clear understanding about the synopsis of Sonnet 18.	15 minutes
6	Students are asked to complete the second question on multiple choice questions to test their understanding about literary elements (focus on metaphor).	10 minutes
7	Students are asked to form their groups to discuss about the answers of each exercises guided by the teacher.	10 minutes
8	Students are asked to use the useful links in the website to explore about the author of the poem, William Shakespeare and also extra information about literary elements in the poem.	10 minutes
9	For closure, students are asked to click at the useful links, and watch the Sonnet 18’s video that provided by YouTube.Lastly, students are also asked to e-mail their teacher if they have problem regarding the Sonnet 18’s poem.	5 minutes

MATERIALS:

1)      Poem’s World Website

2)      Computer

3)      LCD Projector

QUIZZES:

1)      QUIZ FOR LESSON 1

-          Fill in the gaps (JCLOZE)

-          To test student’s understanding about the synopsis

-          10 questions

2)      QUIZ FOR LESSON 2

-          Multiple choice questions (JQUIZ)

-          To test student’s understanding about metaphor

-          3 questions

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