KURSUS PELAKSANAAN PROGRAM BACAAN SASTERA KONTEMPORARI KANAK-KANAK BAHASA INGGERIS TAHUN 6 SK & SJK (2006)

PUSAT PERKEMBANGAN KURIKULUM

KEMENTERIAN PELAJARAN MALAYSIA

Title
Characters: Katya poor, witty, intelligent, pretty Czar rich, doubtful, boastful. Farmer (Katyas father) poor, humble, simple, loving.

Settings Country: Russia in the farm in the house at the palace Plot : Breakthrough of the events. Pages 1- 5 : Conversation between the Czar and the farmer. Pages 611: The first challenge Pages 12 16: The second challenge Pages 16 20 : The third challenge Pages 16 32: The promise

Messages/Lessons learnt : One should keep ones promise. Do not be boastful/proud. Control your anger.

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

Five Senses : Various platforms for pupils to explore with their eyes, ears and hands.

PRE READING ACTIVITIES Activity 1

Match A to B
A
Title

B
The name of the story
The story was retold by someone else

Retold by

Illustrator

The person who draws the pictures

Publisher

The company that publishes the book

ISBN

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. B. B. B. B.

cleverer three married mansion are

(5)

C. C. C. C. C.

cleverest four marrying farm 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 palace

Katya cleverest

married daughter

happy person

farmer 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 timid

gentle

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.
In return, Katya gave him _____________ to be made into a ________________.
5

The Czar of Russia met ________________. He gave him _______ __________ baked by Katya .

Katya tricked the Czar in return by saying that _______________ can grow as quickly as ____________. 3

The Czar gave the farmer ____________ eggs. He wanted Katya to _______________ ________________. 2

Then, the Czar gave Katya ____________ wool to be made into ________________ ________________.

POST READING ACTIVITY 1 Part 2 (CLEVER KATYA)

The Czar kept his _________. He and Katya lived ________ _____________. 8
10

The Czar again challenged Katya to fill _________________ ____________ from the sea.
6

Katya asked the Czar to make a _______ before agreeing to ______ him.

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 sentences with the correct words.
Eg. 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.

The farmer Gender male

Katya 1. ____________

The Czar 2. __________

Personality
Place of stay

3. ___________
5. _________

4. ____________
farm

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

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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

L O R U S S I

S N A E B F Z

W A K K A E E

O E L R T B C

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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 Capital City People / Nationality Currency

e.g.

Russia

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 Capital City People / Nationality Currency

e.g.

Russia

Moscow

Russian

roubles

Sweden Britian France Ukraine Slovakia Slovenia

Stockholm London Paris Kiev Bratislava Ljubljana

Swedish British French Ukranian Slovakian Slovenian

krona pound euro hryvnia koruna tolar

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

2 3

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2 0

2 6

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A 1

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C 3

D 4

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F 6

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J 1 0

K 1 1

L 1 2

M 1 3

N 1 4

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P 1 6

Q 1 7

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