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Literature Module

This module aims to teach Form 1 students about The Swiss Family Robinson through four lessons incorporating listening, speaking, reading and writing activities. The module is designed for a class of 30 intermediate English proficiency students in an urban Selangor school. Through studying this literary text and completing engaging tasks, students will practice their language skills while enhancing their creativity, confidence, understanding of literature, and ability to connect personal experiences with what they read. A sample speaking activity involves students presenting artwork describing characters from the novel, allowing them to speak confidently while expressing their ideas.

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Literature Module

This module aims to teach Form 1 students about The Swiss Family Robinson through four lessons incorporating listening, speaking, reading and writing activities. The module is designed for a class of 30 intermediate English proficiency students in an urban Selangor school. Through studying this literary text and completing engaging tasks, students will practice their language skills while enhancing their creativity, confidence, understanding of literature, and ability to connect personal experiences with what they read. A sample speaking activity involves students presenting artwork describing characters from the novel, allowing them to speak confidently while expressing their ideas.

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INTRODUCTION

1.1 Module Description

Literature originally comes from a Latin word called “litteratura” which means “writing
formed with letters”. It is usually defined as a spoken and written material. Literature as well
usually refers to works of creative imagination. It comes in a form of poetry, drama, fiction,
nonfiction, journalism or songs (Naina, 2014). The establishments of early literature as a
complement to the teaching and learning of English in Malaysian secondary curricula can be
traced back to 1989. As been stated by Compendium (1989), it may be realized by the MOE that
language and literature teaching may have different goals but "using literature can help to teach
the language by providing interest, context and variety". Later in 2000, the MOE chose to
integrate literature as a tested component of the high school English education syllabus with the
aim to increase the understanding of English language learners, as it offers fun. Therefore,
literature can offer both tools to increase understanding and accuracy in language and ways of
enjoyment (Mahmud, Ong, & Ismail, 2019). Besides, it is wished that through this component,
students “would find the base for appreciation of literature in English with its concerns with
humanity, values, beliefs and customs as well as its great tradition and heights of imagination
and creativity” (Ministry of Education, 2003).

Through the literature components, students are also supposed to meet the goals and
objectives of the National Education Philosophy and Education Act 1996, aimed at maximizing
students' intellectual, emotional, spiritual and physical potential. Hence, this module is created to
be used in teaching English, which will embrace the four basic language skills; listening,
speaking, reading and writing, align with the 21st century skills; communicative, collaborative,
creativity, critical thinking, and value and ethics (4C1V), through one chosen literary text. Four
lessons are constructed in achieving the objective. The activities suggested are believed to trigger
students’ interest and maintain the students’ engagement throughout the lesson. This module
hopefully will be able to enlighten the intended students about the value of learning language
through literature.

1.2 Module Title

The Swiss Family Robinson Form 1 Module


1.3 Intended Participants

This module is prepared for a class of 30 students, aged 13, with intermediate level of
English language proficiency, in an urban area in Selangor.

1.4 Aims and Objectives

Each lesson must have aims and objectives in order to achieve the goals of learning.
Being in a classroom with no knowledge of learning goals is similar to traveling aimlessly to an
unfamiliar city. According to Dean, Hubbell, Pitler & Stone (2012), objectives are needed to be
set to ensure students’ experience with learning is purposeful. By teaching the literature to
students using this module, it can help attract students to learn literature in the most enjoyable
and effective way. Due to the fact that literature can sometimes be a tedious subject for some
students, activities created can help improve it in many aspects. Secondly, this module can help
to enhance the students’ four skills namely listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students will
be able to demonstrate their creativity, increase their confidence and test their understanding of
the literary context. Third, with the help of this module, it can help inculcate students’ interest to
read more literary texts such as novels. As we all know, students in the present day are not very
fond of reading educational texts but this will help them engage in reading as a habit. Lastly, this
module is hoped to allow students to connect with literary texts and to relate personal
experiences, feelings and opinions. Students will be able to master critical thinking easily
afterwards.

1.5 Literary Text

The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

1.6 Synopsis

1.7 Justification

1.8 Description of the Product


THE ACTIVITIES, LESSON PLANS & TEACHING METERIALS

2.1 Activity 1 (Listening)

2.2 Activity 2 (Speaking)

Description of the activity

This activity is focusing on speaking skills in which the students are required to present
their artwork to the class. The students will be given materials required in completing the task
given.

The purpose of this activity is to encourage the students to speak and gain confidence
level when they are presenting their work. This activity also allow the students to use their own
creativity and working in group in completing the task given.

The material used in this activity is easily available and affordable. The teacher also may
use the materials for other activities related with the student.

Sample of Lesson Plan

Class : Form 1
Level : Intermediate
Date : 1st July 2020
Time : 2.00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m.
Duration : 60 minutes
Topic : The Swiss Family Robinson
Learning : By the end of this lesson, students will be able to;
objective 1. Discuss on making a wise choice whom they would be
shipwrecked on a desert island with
2. Present the character traits in The Swiss Family Robinson
graphic novel
3. List 10 items that you would bring if you were stranded on
a dessert island.

Main Skill : Speaking


Integrated skills : Writing
Educational : 1. Critical and Creative Thinking Skills (CCTS)
Emphasis 2. Creativity and Innovation
3. Value: Be creative
Key concept / Key : Pictures, Characters, Scene
vocabulary
Materials : Mah-jong papers, marker pens, worksheets
Procedure : Set Induction (5 minutes):

1. Teacher recalled what they have learned and done in the


previous lesson.
2. Teacher randomly picks 2-3 students and asks for their
thought about the short story.

Main Activities:
 Activity 1 (Group Work)(15 minutes)
1. Students are divided into groups of four members.
2. Teacher asks the students to discuss the following
questions in small groups:
If you could choose four other people i.e. doctor,
lawyer, imam/priest, carpenter, to be shipwrecked
on a desert island with, whom would they be?
Each group must agree on their list and have
reasons for choosing each person.
3. Teacher elicits the lists from each group and the
reasons and decides which list is the best.

 Activity 2 (Group Work)(20 minutes)


1. Students remain in the same group. Each group is
assigned with a character in The Swiss Family
Robinson.
2. Groups are instructed to describe character traits
that they are assigned by the teacher by providing
textual evidence in the graphic novel of The Swiss
Family Robinson.
3. Each group presents their character traits in front
of the class.
4. The class then discussed their most favour
character in The Swiss Family Robinson graphic
novel.

 Activity (Individual)(15 minutes)


1. Teacher asks the students to imagine if they were
stranded on a desert island, and they could only
bring ten items along in your backpack or suitcase,
what would you bring and why?
2. Students list the ten items that they would bring if
they were stranded on a desert island.
3. Teacher randomly selected few students to present
their 10 items together with the reasons.

Closure (5 minutes):
1. Teacher will evaluate the students based on their creativity
in completing their artwork and students performance
during their presentation.
Teaching Materials

Character Traits

Mr. Robinson
What Would You Bring?
If you were stranded on a desert island, and you could only bring ten items along in your
backpack or suitcase, what would you bring?

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.
2.3 Activity 3 (Reading)

2.4 Activity 4 (Writing)


REFERENCES

Dean, C. B.,Hubbel, E. R., Pitler, H. & Stone, B. (2012). Classroom Instruction That Works,

http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/111001/chapters/Setting-Objectives-and-
Providing-Feedback.aspx

Mahmud, Ong, & Ismail (2019). Aligning the Teaching of English Literature in Malaysian

Context : A Narrative Review, 2(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.9734/AJL2C/2019/45029

Naina, K., 2016, What is literature? Retrieved on https://www.quora.com/What-is-literature-4

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