Stage 3

Complete the table below. An example is given for you.

Place Time Events

Town of Ketari It has been raining very heavily and

continuously and Pak Kia is worried.

Town of Ketari Tenth day in the

morning
(around 7 am)

Pak Kia’s land 8 am Pak Kia hurried to check his plot of

land.

In the mosque Sergeant Mat Diah directed ___________

and __________ to see the kadi at his
office.

Court Past few days

Zaidi’s shop Zaidi will discuss with his brother to state

their decision on selling their land. When
will he tell his decision to Pendekar Atan.
Stage 4

If you were Pak Kia, will you sell your land to Tuan Pekok or will you join and help
your brother in the rubber plantation.

If I were Pak Kia, I will _________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

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Date : 4th October 2007
Time : 8.10-9.30 am
School : Sek. Men. Sri Jaya, 53300,
Sri Rampai, Kuala Lumpur
Location : Semi-urban
Form : 5 Maju
No. of students : 35
Level of proficiency : Intermediate
Subject : English Language
(Literature Component)
Topic : Setting – Time (Part 1) in “Jungle of Hope”
Prior knowledge : Students have the knowledge of time setting
from the short story “Lotus Eater” form 4.
Students are also assigned to read the novel
before hand

Curriculum specifications : 2.0) (viii) Discussing the topic with

teachers and peers and jotting down
ideas.
3.1) Language for aesthetic use (C)
Explaining the message the writer is
trying to convey and discussing how
this relates to one’s life.

General objective : To enable students to understand

the time setting (Part 1) in
 “Jungle of Hope.”

Specific objective : By the end of this lesson, students

should be able to:
1. Orally answer questions on the
changes that happened in the past
and future according to time.
2. Identify the time frame involved in this
novel.
3. Answer the questions and find the
answers in the given puzzle.
4. Rearrange the sequence of events
according to the time frame.
5. Write an essay which ends with “If only
I was given enough of time”
Focus skills : Identifying, Reading, Speaking and
Writing
Moral value : Teamwork
Teaching materials : Flash cards, mahjong paper and
worksheets.
References : Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia
(2003), Huraian Sukatan Pelajaran
Bahasa Inggeris tingkatan lima, Kuala
Lumpur; Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.

Keris Mas, Jungle of Hope (2003)

translated by Adibah Amin, Dewan
 Bahasa dan Pustaka

TIME / STAGE ACTIVITY/ CONTENT/ TEACHING/ LEARNING

AIDS ACTIVITIES/ RATIONALES

SET INDUCTION Whole Class Activity 1. Students are given

Questions: some samples of the
( 8 minutes ) old and present
1. Did time change the newspapers.
look of the 2. Students are required
newspaper? to state the difference
between the two
2. What are the newspapers.
difference between 3. Teacher responds to
the old newspaper student’s answers and
and the present introduces them to the
one? topic of the lesson
which is time setting
in Jungle of Hope.

Rationale:
I. To attract students
interest to the
lesson

STAGE 1 Whole Class Activity 1. Teacher explains to

Aid: Flash cards
( 10 minutes )
Input:
Background of the story
especially in part 1
students the definition
of time setting.
2. Teacher starts the
lesson by putting up
some flash cards on
the white board.
3. Teacher explains the
time setting involved in
part 1.

Rationale :
 I. To provide input to
students and enable
students to identify
the time setting in the
novel.

STAGE 2 Pair work Activity

1. Students are asked to
( 20 minutes ) Aids: sit in pairs.
Worksheet 1
2. Teacher distributes
Instruction: worksheet 1 to
students.
Answer the questions and
try to find the answers in 3. Students discuss the
the puzzle below.
answers and
locate the answers in
the given puzzle.
4. Teacher randomly ask
students to give their
answers.
5. Teacher responds to
students’ answers.

Rationale :

I. To develop
understanding
among
students on the time
setting in the novel.
Stage 3 Group work 1. Teacher distributes
the envelope to
20 minutes Aids:
students.
Envelopes which consist
2. Students complete the
of time setting and events
of Part one in Jungle of activity.
hope.
3. Teacher randomly asks
Instruction: students to give their
answers.
Rearrange the sequence of
events according to time 4. Teacher responds to
setting.
students’ answers.

Rationale :

I. To help students to
understand better the
time involved in each
of the events that
happened.

II. To develop students’

ability to locate the
appropriate
information to
complete the exercise.
STAGE 4 Individual Activity 1. Teacher distributes
worksheet 2.
( 17 minutes ) Aids:
2. Teacher gives
Worksheet 2
instruction to students
Instruction: on what they should
do.
Write an essay that ends
with “If only I was given 3. Students are asked to
enough of time”.
write the essay.

Rationale :

I. To provide a platform for

students to think
creatively in writing an
essay.
CLOSURE Whole class activity 1. Teacher summarizes
(5 MINUTES )
the lesson.
 Time has
changed and we 2. Teacher relates the
should follow
lesson with moral
according time.
values.
 Our thinking
must be beyond Rationale:
time but we
must not forget I. To enhance student’s
our principles understanding on the time
and values. setting.
Time is precious
and we must not
waste time.

Teacher’s comments:

Supervisor’s comments:
Stage 2

Decode the following numbers to identify the events that took place according to
their time setting. An example is given to you.
 A B C D E F G H I J K L M
1 11 18 2 24 13 3 25 4 19 14 23 5

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
20 15 6 26 7 21 16 8 12 22 9 17 10

The rain in Ketari did not stop
for _____ days.
It was a bright morning, the weather
changed and people went to shops
to buy things on the (a) ______ day.
At
(b) _____ in the morning, Pak Kia
went to see his plot of land.
Cikgu Nasir and the religious
teacher are required to see the
kadi at his office. What time
are they supposed to meet the
kadi?

(a) (b)
By_____, some of the villagers
finished signing and handing
over their land to Tuan Pekok. Zaidi worked very hard in
order to successes in his
plantation business. How
Pendekar Atan came to see many years did he take to
Zaidi to discuss the matter on see his success?
selling his land to Tuan
Zaidi told Pendekar Atan that he and Pekok. How long Zaidi did
his brother will decide whether to sell open his shop?
their land to Tuan Pekok. When did
he tell to Pendekar Atan?
Few days