Online Task 1

Online Task 1

My answers:

1. List some of the well-known folktales from Malaysia.

a)      Paddy That Turns To Gold

b)      The Clever Servant

c)      The Owl Misses the Moon

d)      How Malacca Got Its Name

e)      The Curse of Batu Gajah

f)        The Cursed Princess

g)      Sang Kancil and the Crocodiles

h)      Greed Does Not Pay.

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

 Are those issues universal in nature or are they only relevant in the Chinese cultur

a)      Love

b)      Spiritual and magic.

c)      Power

d)      Adventurous

e)      Hard works pay

These universal issues which listed above are not only relevant in the Chinese culture, but also all the cultures around the world. Although different cultures have different folktales, they still reveal the issues mentioned above.

For examples, “The Empty Pot” is a folktale from China. A boy named Jun with his empty pot win the contest and become the next to wear the crown. This story reveals honesty, hard work and keeps one’s promise. “The Pied Piper” from Hamelin reveals keeps one’s promise, magic and mysterious. “Water and Salt” is a folktale from Italy which also reveals love and appreciation.

           

            Their story is different but they could not deviate from the universal issues above.

3. What are the other morals that can be gotten from the other fables by Aesop? List at least two

a) Early preparation is necessity. (The Ant and the Grasshopper)

b) One good turn deserves another. (The Ant and the Dove)

4. 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?

The story of Pyramus and Thisbe appears in Giovanni Boccaccio's On Famous Women as biography number twelve (sometimes thirteen) and in his Decameron, in the fifth story on the seventh day.

            Geoffrey Chaucer was among the first to tell the story in English with his The Legend of Good Women.

The "Pyramus and Thisbe" plot appears twice in Shakespeare's works. Most famously, the plot of Romeo and Juliet, in which the titular characters, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, fall in love at a party the Capulet family hosts, but they cannot be together because the two families hold "an ancient grudge" (which the young lovers' deaths eventually squash), and because Juliet has been engaged by her parents to a man named Paris. Romeo and Juliet may draw either from Ovid's Latin retelling in the Metamorphoses, or from Arthur Golding's 1567 translation of that work. Interestingly, most modern tales of "forbidden love" are seen as having been based on Shakespeare's play, rather than "Pyramus and Thisbe."

5. List some of the popular legends we have in Malaysia

a) “The Legend of the Two Princesses”

b) “The Curse of Mahsuri”

c) “Legend of Beras Terbakar (Burnt Rice)”

d) “The Lion City”

e) “The Dragon Of Lake Chini”

6. Legends.

1.Who is Thomas Malory?

Thomas Malory is an English author of Le Morte Darthur ("The Death of Arthur"). Even in the 16th century Malory's identity was unknown, but he is tentatively identified as a Welshman and knight who was imprisoned at various times. Le Morte Darthur (completed c. 1470) was the first account of Arthurian legend in English prose. Though based on French romances, it differs from its models in its emphasis on the brotherhood of the knights rather than on courtly love and on the conflicts of loyalty that destroy the fellowship. Only one extant manuscript predates its printing by William Caxton in 1485.

2. When was Le Mort d’Arthur written?

     Le Mort d’Arthur was written while Sir Thomas Malory was in prison in the early

     1450s and completed it by 1470.

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

    There are 8 books / parts in LMDA.

4. What is book 8 about?

     Book 8 is about The death of  Arthur: “Le Morte D’Arthur” (Caxton XX–XXI).

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

     Sir Launcelot and Queen Gwynevere.

6. 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?

  “The Noble Tale of the Sangreal”

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

a) Arthur was the son of King Uther and Igraine. 
b) Arthur was raised by Sir Ector, who had a son named Kay. 
c) Arthur was betrayed by his greatest knight, Sir Lancelot.

8. Think of 2 ways in which you can use folktales/fables/myths or legends in the classroom. Explain briefly.

a) Role playing.

First, teacher has to let their students to read and understand the folktale/ tales/ myths or legend.  Teacher has to guide their students to change the form of text into a simple dialogue. And remind their students the pronunciation and intonation for certain part of the dialogue. Then, divide them into groups and give them some time to practice. With some simple props, this activity can be done in the class. If their performance is good, they can present again during the assembly or in English Month. This activity will let students have fun while learning the folktale/ tales/ myths or legend. Some students may not good in comprehension of text, for example the legend which has lengthy sentences. Students may lose their interest in the half way. But they will understand much better by role playing the plot of the folktale, tales, myths or legend.

b) Mind mapping.

After students have understood the folktale/ tales/ myths or legend, teacher can divide the students into groups. Each group will be given a character. They have to mind map all the activities that the character involved in the folktale/ tales/ myths or legend. For example, “The Son of The Turtle Spirit”, students have to outline the turtle’s involvement in the folktale. From where the turtle came from until what had happened to the turtle until the end of the folktale. Students can use the 5W and 1H (Who, What, Where, When, Why and How) to complete the task. Then, they have to present their mind map and give some explanation. Teacher combines the students’ works to a clear and simple mind map as a whole. Mind maps are easy to review. Regular review reinforces memory. It will help students to generate more ideas, improve their memories, make more new connections that may have seemed separately and use their whole brain.