KURSUS PELAKSANAAN PROGRAM BACAAN

SASTERA KONTEMPORARI KANAK-KANAK

BAHASA INGGERIS TAHUN 6 SK & SJK (2006)

PUSAT PERKEMBANGAN KURIKULUM

KEMENTERIAN PELAJARAN MALAYSIA

What can we say about this book ?

Title
Characters

Messages/
Lessons learnt

Settings

Plot

Emotions
Five Senses

Characters
poor
pretty
witty
Katya
rich
boastful
doubtful

humble
simple
loving

The Czar
The Farmer /
Katyas father

Plot :
Breakthrough of
the events.

Settings:
Settings:
Country
CountryRussia
Russia
ininaafarm
farm
ininthe
thehouse
house
atatthe
thepalace
palace
Event
Event2:
2: ( 6 - 11 )
The
Thefirst
firstchallenge
challenge

Event
Event11 :: ( 1 - 5 )
Conversation
Conversationbetween
betweenthe
the
Czar
Czarand
andthe
thefarmer.
farmer.

Event
Event4:
4: ( 21 - 32 )
The
Thepromise
promise

Event
Event3:
3: ( 12 - 16 )
The
Thesecond
secondchallenge
challenge

Event
Event33:: ( 16 - 20 )
The
Thethird
thirdchallenge
challenge

Messages/Lessons
Messages/Lessonslearnt
learnt: :
One
Oneshould
shouldkeep
keepones
ones
promise.
promise.
Do
Donot
notbe
beboastful/proud.
boastful/proud.
Control
Controlyour
youranger.
anger.

Emotions
Emotions: :
angry,
angry,happy,
happy,
worried,
worried,satisfied,
satisfied,
sad
,
confident.
sad , confident.

Five
FiveSenses
Senses: :
Various
Variousplatforms
platformsfor
for
pupils
pupilsto
toexplore
explorewith
with
their
theireyes,
eyes,ears
earsand
and
hands.
hands.

PRE READING ACTIVITIES

Activity 1

Match A to B
A

Title

The name of the story

Retold by

The story was retold by

someone else

Illustrator

Publisher

ISBN

The person who draws the

pictures

The company that publishes

the book

International Standard Book

Number

Activity 2
Label the front and the back cover of the book.

Activity 3
Fill in the particulars of the book cover.

Activity 4
Discuss in groups. Answer the following questions.
How many persons do you see in the picture?
What is the girl wearing on her head?
What is the man holding in his hand?
In your opinion, is the girl rich or poor? Why?
In your opinion, is the man rich or poor? Give your reason/ reasons.

Activity 5
What does the word clever remind you of?

Clever

WHILE READING ACTIVITIES

Level 1
Write True or False
1. The Czar was riding in his coach when he saw the farmer.
2. The Czar bought some bread from the farmer.
3. The farmer baked the bread himself.

4. The farmer was very proud of his daughter.

5. The farmer and Katya hatched the eggs.

6. Katya was singing when the Czar first met her.

7. Katya won the first challenge.

8. The Czar punished Katya for her intelligence.

WHILE READING ACTIVITIES

Level 2
Study the picture given. Read the passage below and choose the correct answers to complete the
passage.

Katya was the _________________ person in Russia. She succeeded in completing the

____________tasks

(1)
(2)
given to her by the Czar. The Czar and Katya were __________. They lived happily in the ________.
(3)
(4)
Katyas father, the farmer, ____________ very happy.

1. A. clever
2. A. two
3. A. marry
4. A. palace
5. A. is

B. cleverer
B. three
B. married
B. mansion
B. are

(5)

C. cleverest
C. four
C. marrying
C. farm
C. were

D. more clever
D. five
D. house
D. was

WHILE-READING ACTIVITIES
Level 3
Based on the picture given, write five sentences. You may use the words given.

The Czar

Katya

married

happy

farmer

palace

cleverest

daughter

person

Russia

1.________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
2.________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
4. _______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
5. _______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

WHILE READING ACTIVITIES

Level 1 : Fill in the boxes with the correct adjectives.
ha__________
pr __________

st __________
po ________

cl____________

ge_______

ti _____________

fr _____________
pr________

wo _________

po _________

WHILE READING ACTIVITIES

Level 1 : Fill in the boxes with the correct adjectives.
happy
pretty
stubborn

polite

clever

gentle
timid
friendly

proud
worried

poor

bo __________
hu ___________

an _________

boastful
humorous

angry

Level 2 : Draw facial expressions to describe the following adjectives.

Write down the adjectives that are found in the story.

From page 2 to 11 :
hungry

From page 12 to 16 :
little

From 17 to 32 :
clever

POST - READING ACTIVITY 1 Part 1

( CLEVER KATYA )
Complete the boxes below.

The Czar of Russia met

________________. He
gave him _______
__________ baked by Katya
.

The Czar gave the

farmer ____________
eggs. He wanted Katya
to _______________
________________. 2

In return, Katya gave

him _____________
to be made into a
________________.

Katya tricked the Czar in

return by saying that
_______________ can
grow as quickly as
____________.

Then, the Czar gave

Katya ____________
wool to be made into
________________
________________.

POST READING ACTIVITY 1 Part 2

(CLEVER KATYA)

Katya asked the Czar

to make a _______
before agreeing to
______ him.
8

The Czar again

challenged Katya to fill
_________________
____________ from
the sea.

The Czar kept his

_________. He and
Katya lived ________
_____________.
10

Katya tricked him again

by asking him to _____
_________________.
7

The Czar _________

______ Katya and
ordered his servants
to ______________
_______ .
9

POST - READING ACTIVITY 2 Part 1

( CLEVER KATYA )
There are two errors in each sentence. Circle the errors. Then, rewrite the
Eg. the correct words.
sentences with
The farm had a daugter named Katya.
The farmer had a daughter named Katya.
1. The Czar of Russia asked the farmes for many bread.
__________________________________________________________________.
2. The Czar wanted Katya to catch a basket of egg.
_______________________________________________________________________________.
3. Katya told the Czar that fried beans can grow as quickly as hand-boiled eggs.
_______________________________________________________________________________.
4. The Czar gave Katya a handful of wood to be made into dresses for the palace.
_______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________ .
5. Katya then gave him a little wig to be made into a speeding wheel.
_______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

POST READING ACTIVITY 2 Part 2

( CLEVER KATYA )
6. The Czar challenged Katya to full a cup with water for the sea.
_______________________________________________________________________.
7. Katya tickled him again by asking him to jam up all the rivers.
_______________________________________________________________________ .
8. Katya asked the Czar to bake a promise before agreeing to carry him.
_______________________________________________________________________ .
9. The Czar quarelled with Katya and ordered his servants to take her shopping.
_______________________________________________________________________ .
10. The Czar keep his promise and they lived poorly ever after.
________________________________________________________________________.

Post reading - Activity 3

Look at the picture and study the information given.

The Czar
-the king
-lived in the palace
-proud

The Farmer
-poor
-stayed in a farm
-humble

Katya
-pretty
-witty
-Confident

Based on the picture and the information above, complete the table.

Gender
Personality
Place of stay

The farmer

Katya

male

1. ____________

3. ___________
5. _________

4. ____________
farm

The Czar
2. __________
proud
6. ___________

Which of the characters do you like most ? Choose a character and give you reasons for choosing him / her.
I would choose _____________ because ______________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

POST READING ACTIVITY 4

Find the words in the Word Maze below and circle them.
TWIG
GROUND
BEANS
FARMER

WOOL
KATYA
CZAR
RUSSIA

EGGS
COACH
BAKER
WHEEL

POST READING ACTIVITY 4

Find the words in the Word Maze below and circle them.
TWIG
GROUND
BEANS
FARMER

WOOL
KATYA
CZAR
RUSSIA

EGGS
COACH
BAKER
WHEEL

Enrichment Activity 1
Focus :
To enhance pupils knowledge on the background and setting of the story.
Strategies :
1. To look for the map of Russia and its neighbouring countries. From the map, identify the following
information ;
1.1 Names of the neighbouring countries.
1.2 Names of the capital cities of the countries.
1.3 Names of the nationalities and currencies of the particular countries.
Country

e.g.

Russia

Capital City

People / Nationality

Currency

Moscow

Russian

roubles

Enrichment Activity 1
Focus : To enhance pupils knowledge on the background and setting of the story.
Strategies :
1. To look for the map of Russia and its neighbouring countries. From the map, identify the
following
information ;
1.1 Names of the neighbouring countries.
1.2 Names of the capital cities of the countries.
1.3 Names of the nationalities and currencies of the particular countries.
Country

e.g.

Russia

Capital City

People / Nationality

Currency

Moscow

Russian

roubles

Sweden

Stockholm

Swedish

krona

Britian

London

British

pound

France

Paris

French

euro

Ukraine

Kiev

Ukranian

hryvnia

Slovakia

Bratislava

Slovakian

koruna

Slovenia

Ljubljana

Slovenian

tolar

ENRICHMENT- ACTIVITY 2
Decode the message correctly. Use the table below as a guide.

2
3

1
4

2
0

2
6

1
8

2
2

2
0

1
8

1
3

1
8

1
5

1
9

2
3

2
4

2
0

1
1

2
0

2
5

2
0

1
5

2
0

1
3

1
4

2
0

1
5

1
1

1
4

1
9

1
3

1
1

1
9

1
1

2
0

2
0

Enrichment Activity 2
Look at the pictures below. Use your creativity to fill in the speech bubbles.