Kursus Pelaksanaan Program

Sastera Kontemporari Kanak-Kanak Tahun Lima SK

Pusat Perkembangan Kurikulum

Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia
 Objectives of this module:

 To help teachers use the book effectively in

the classroom;
 To exploit the text in order to teach
specific language contents such as sound
system, grammar and vocabulary;
 To instil the reading habit among pupils in a
‘fun’ environment; and
 To help teachers assess pupils’ oral skill.
 Objectives of Yr. 5 curriculum spec. in relation to
the teaching of the story:
• Talk about likes and dislikes in relation to everyday
matters and on solving matters in everyday life;
• Sing songs, recite simple poems and tell simple
stories;
• Follow simple instructions and directions;
• Ask & answers simple questions;
• Read & understand simple text, simple stories &
talk about the people and events in these stories;
• Write short paragraphs; and
• Show an awareness of moral values & love towards
the nation.
 Contents of the module

The module contains the following sections:

Section 1: Brief overview of the book

Section 2: Contents of the book
Section 3 Teaching-Learning Strategies &
Sample Activities
- Pre-reading
- While reading
- Post reading
 Section 1 : Brief Overview of the book
Activity 1- Label the book cover.choose the
correct words from the box
Author publisher title illustrator illustration
 Activity 2
Match the words with the meanings

The person who writes the book.

Title
The pictures in the book.
author
The company that produces the book.
illustrator
The name of the story.
illustration
International Standard Book
Numbers
publisher
The person who draws the
ISBN pictures.
Section 2 – Contents of the Book

Synopsis

The story is made up of two parts.

 The first part is about Turtle dropping in at

Anansi’s house. Turtle wanted to have dinner at
Anansi’s house. The second part is about Anansi
going to Turtle’s house. Anansi was invited to dinner
at Turtle’s house.
Anansi’s house was situated on a hill. The weather was
very hot. Turtle reached Anansi’s house feeling hot,
tired and hungry. At that time, Anansi was setting his
dinner table. He had prepared a delicious yam dish.
Anansi did not want to share it with anybody. He was
not happy to see Turtle. Turtle knocked on Anansi’s
door several times. Anansi did not want to invite Turtle
into his house. Finally,Turtle said he had come for
dinner. Anansi had to invite Turtle in. It was Anansi’s
culture to do so. At the dinner table, Anansi found ways
to stop Turtle from eating the yam. Many times, Anansi
made Turtle wash his hands. Quickly, Anansi ate all the
yam. Turtle did not eat the yam at all. He was
dissappointed. He thanked Anansi before going home.
Turtle was polite.
Three days later, Turtle invited Anansi to dinner.
Anansi started his journey to Turtle’s house. It was
early morning. Turtle’s house was by a river. Anansi
arrived at Turtle’s house. He was hot, tired and hungry.
At that time,Turtle was sunning himself on a rock. He
greeted Anansi. Then, Turtle dived into the river. He
wanted to prepare the dinner table. Meanwhile, Anansi
sat under a shady palm leaf. On the dinner table were
crayfish, clams, sardines,scallop, etc. Anansi dived
into the river for dinner. Each time Anansi dived, he
floated. Finally, Anansi put stones in the pockets of his
jacket. This made him sink. Anansi sat on a chair for
dinner. Turtle told Anansi about his culture. In Turtle’s
culture, Anansi had to take off his jacket for dinner.
Anansi then took off his jacket. He floated to the
surface. Turtle ate the fabulous dinner alone.
B . Characters

Anansi

Characters

Turtle
C. Events

1. Turtle went to Anansi’s house for dinner

2. Anansi went to Turtle’s house, invited for

dinner
 PRE-READING
Activity 1- Class discussion on the book
cover
1. What is the turtle holding in his hand?
2. What is the spider holding in his hands?
3. What do you think the spider is saying to the

turtle?
4. What do you think the Turtle is thinking?
5. Do you think the turtle is hungry? Why?
6. Where are they at?
7. What time of the day are they eating food?
8. Look at the frame of the picture. What do
you notice?
9.Which animals walk faster? Why
Activity 2
1. When you think about turtles, what words come
to your mind?

Turtle
When you think about spiders, what words come
to your mind?

spiders
 While READING
Activity 1 – Choose the correct answer.

• Where was Anansi’s house? It was…….

a) by the river
b) on a hill
c) in a garden

6. What was Anansi doing when he saw Turtle? He

was …..
a) cooking the yam dish
b) preparing the dinner table.
c) pulling the curtain shut
3. Why did Anansi shut the curtain? He shut the
curtain…
a) to make Turtle think he was not at home
b) because the weather outside was very hot
c) because he wanted to start eating the yam

4. Turtle reached anansi’s house. How did Turtle

feel?
a) hungry
b) sad
c) happy
5. How was the weather at that time?
a) hot and windy
b) hot and dusty
c) hot and cloudless
Activity 2
(ii) True (√ ) false (X). Pupils to answer ‘true’ or‘
false’.
• Turtle was invited to Anansi’s house for dinner.
• Turtle knocked on Anansi’s door five times.
• Anansi told Turtle that he was cooking yam.
• Anansi had a mean face when he saw Turtle.
• Turtle knocked on Anansi’s door five times.
• Turtle washed his hands three times.
• Turtle ate the last yam.
• Turtle went home feeling happy.
• Anansi invited Turtle to his house again for
dinner.
• The characters in the story are Anansi and
Turtle.
(ii) The story is about:

……….. visiting …… house to have dinner

Activity 3
Fill in the boxes below. Follow the sequence of
the story.

Anansi cooked Turtle arrived at Anansi did not

…………………. ...... want to
share……
…………………. …….. Turtle was
hot………………… ………………….
………………….
…………………… …………………..
Every time Then, Turtle Turtle knocked
Turtle wanted said he…………… on Anansi’s
to eat, ………………………. . door…………………….
Anansi......... Anansi invited …………………………..
……………………….. Turtle………......
………………….........
………………………. ………………………
…………………...
In the end, only Turtle felt……………......

Anansi………………………… Before going home

………………………………………. Turtle…………………

……………………………………… .....................................

The End
Activity 4
i. Choose the correct answer from the boxes.
Complete the sentences.
In the river invited Anansi for dinner

on a hill sunning on a rock

exhausted, thirsty and very, very hungry

1. Why was a messenger sent to Anansi’s

house?
It was because Turtle………………………………. .
1. When did Anansi go to Turtle’s house?
Anansi went to Turtle’s house………………………….

3. Where did Turtle live?

He lived ………………………………………………………….. .
5. How was Anansi when he arrived st Turtle’s
house?
Anansi was …………………………………………………….. .
7. What was Turtle doing when Anansi arrived?
Turtle was ………………………………………………………. .
Activity 5
(i) Match box A with box B. make complete sentences
from the story.

Box A Box B
2. The journey to turtle’s • he floated each time he
house dived.
3. Turtle dived into the • the guest had to remove
the jacket before having
river
dinner.
3. While waiting for
• to prepare the dinner
Turtle to call him to
table.
eat
 Box A Box B
4. Anansi felt d. he ate all the clams,
frustrated because crayfish, eels, sardines,
5. Anansi put stones in scallops, watercress and
his pockets fiddle ferns.

6. In Turtle’s culture c. he suddenly floated.

7. Anansi was unable d. Anansi sat under a palm

to eat the eels leaf.
because e. to make him sink.
8. Turtle had a f. took anansi the whole
fabulous feast day.
because
ii. The story is about:

inviting to his house for

dinner.
Activity 6
Rearrange the sentences to make the story.

a. Anansi floated up and Turtle ate all the fabulous food

alone.

b. Turtle poked his head out of the water and invited

anansi to dinner.

a. When Anansi arrived Turtle was sunning on a rock.

d. Anansi dived three times but he kept bobbing up.

e. Turtle then dived into the river to prepare the dinner

table.

f. Anansi ast down and waited under a shady palm leaf.

g. Anansi filled his jacket pockets with stones.

h. Then anansi had to take off his jacket.

i. He sat by the bank of the creek and thrw stones into the
river.

j. Anansi took a whole day to arrive at Turtle’s house.

k. He sank into the river and sat on the chair at the

dinner table.

l. Turtle invited Anansi for dinner on Sunday, at seven

o’clock.
Activity 7
Comparisons- Similarities and Differences
a) Find the similarities when Turtle went to Anansi’s
house and when Anansi went to Turtle’s house.

Similarities
1. E.g. both of them went for dinner on a hot
day.
2
3
4
5
 b. Find the differences when Turtle went to Anansi’s
house and when Anansi went to Turtle’s house.

Differences

Turtle went to Anansi’s Anansi went to Turtle’s

house house,
1. e.g. Anansi was setting Turtle was sunning on a
the dinner table. rock.
2

3
Activity 8

Pair the words with the same meanings taken

from the story.
Example:

bobbed
floated

famished
scrumptious

hungry delicious
6. In Anansi’s culture, when the guest says that
he comes for dinner, Anansi has to invite him
into the house for dinner.
What is Turtle’s culture?

7. What are the Malaysian cultures? Can you

name a few?
8. “Why it gets so cool in there that you might
freeze!”
Can you complete these sentences?
i. Why it gets so hot in there that you might

ii. Why it gets so windy in there that you might

iii. Why it gets so cloudy in there that you

might

iv. Why it gets so wet in there

ENRICHMENT

1. (Please refer to module).

2. Find out how these things look like; Clam,
crayfish. Sardines, scallop,eels.
Watercress and fiddle fern. Draw and
label them.
3. Can you name other animals that look like
turtles?
4. Can you name other animals that have
eight legs like the spider?
 5. Before eating you must wash your hands.
What must you do and must not do while
eating.

i. Example:
I must chew my food.
iii. I must
iv. I must
v. I must not
vi. I must not
 SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES

1. Pick out the dialogues in the story, improve on

them and role play.
2. Dramatise the 2 events in the story.
3. Encourage the students to come up with
different endings to the story.
4. Find suitable wise words that can conclude the
story.
5. E.g. yuu try to outsmart someone, tou may be
outsmarted instead
6. Grouping words with similar sounds.
7. Vocabulary activities: grouping words according
to categories and making small words from big
words.
8. Students to tell stories that involve two
animals.
9. Design a poster for the film” anansi and Turtle
share Dinner”.
10 Write an invitation card for dinner/lunch /
breakfast/party.
1. Design a card to reply to the invitation
2. Pretend you are Anansi. Tell about Turtle’s
visit and vice-versa.
3. Find recipes that use either yam, scallop,
sardines, crayfish, eels, watercress, clam and
fiddle fern.
Pretend you are the chef and you are shown
on television.
 GRAMMAR ITEMS

 Articles
 Prepositions
 Common nouns
 Proper Nouns
 Personal pronouns
 Simple past tense
 Subject verb agreement
 Conjunctions
 Simple sentences
 Punctuation
 Interrogative pronouns
 Comparative forms
 Superlative forms
 Positive statements
 Negative statements
POST READING

1. Anansi’s favourite time is dinner time.

what is your favourite time? why?
2. Do you like Anansi? Why?
3. Do you like Turtle? Why?
4.What type of friend do you like? Why?
5.Are you a good friend? Why?
6. Anansi likes to eat yam.
Turtle like to eat crayfish, sardines,
scallops, eels, watercress and fiddle ferns.
What do you like to eat?