Online Task 1

Online Task 1

1. Folktale

a)  List some of the well-known folktales from Malaysia .

How Malacca Got Its Name

The curse of Batu Gajah

The Curse of Mahsuri

Bawang Merah Bawah Putih

The Princess og Mount Ledang

Sang Kancil And The Crocodile

b)  List some of the possible issues found in The Son of the Turtle Spirit

The issues found in The Son of The Turtle Spirit are:

-          Love – the true love between the maiden and the turtle

-          meaning of wealth - wealth is power

-          feng shui for wealth - dragon as a symbol of power and auspicious

c)  Are those issues universal in nature or are they only relevant in the Chinese culture?

The issues of love and meaning of wealth is universal in nature while feng shui for wealth is relevant in the Chinese culture only.

2.  Fables

a)  Morals that can be gotten from the other fables by Aesop

The Ant And The Dove – One good turn deserves another

The Dog And Its Shadow – Grasp at the shadow and lost the substance

The Bundle of Sticks – Union Gives Strength

The Ant And The Grasshopper – It is best to prepare for the days of necessity

3.  Myths

One well-known literary figure from the Elizabethan age used Ovid’s Pyramus and Thisbe as a model to one of his famous plays. Who is he and what is the play?

William Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet

4. Legends

List some of the popular legends we have in Malaysia

Hang Tuah	Langkawi's Legendary Brawl
Magical Lake of Pregnant Maiden	The Seven Magical Wells
The Legend of Mahsuri	Kedah's Legendary Fanged King
The Adventures of The Singing Sea Captain	The Mysterious Giant Footprint
Mystical Cave of Stories	Sri Rambai, The Magical Cannon
The Tragic Tales of Buaya Sangkut & Upeh Guling	The Legend of Princess Santubong
The Mysterious Jugra Lighthouse	The Fairy Princess Of Gunung Ledang
The Kinabalu Dragon’s Gem	The Legend of Princess Sa'adong
The Tragic Tale of a Turtle Stone	The Dragon Of Lake Chini
Monsopaid the Legendary Warrior	The Kind Princess at Princess Hill
Legend of Perhentian Island	Legend of Kota Gelanggi Cave
Perak Royalty Rituals	The Isle of The Sleeping Dragon

1.  Who is Thomas Malory?

 Sir Thomas Malory (c. 1405 -14 March 1471) was an English writer, the author or compiler of Le Morte d'Arthur.

2. When was Le Mort d’Arthur written?

Le Mort d’Arthur was finished, as the epilogue tells us, in the ninth year of Edward IV., i.e. between March 4, 1469 and the same date in 1470. Malory probably started work on it in the 1450's while he was in prison. It was published in 1485.

3. How many books/ parts are there in LMDA?

There are 21 books in Le Mort d’Arthur

4. What is book 8 about?

 It is about Sir Tristram's life.

5.  Who were the two people who had an affair?

Sir Lancelot and Arthur’s wife, Guinevere.

6. Book 6 has a strong connection to a popular modern fiction which is now a movie. What is the title of the popular modern fiction?

King Arthur (2004)

7. State three well-known facts about King Arthur/ his time as a King

-           Arthur was betrayed by his greatest knight, Sir Lancelot.

-           Arthur's sword was called Excalibur.

-      Arthur married Guinevere and got the Round table as a wedding present from her father Leodegrance.

Think of 2 ways in which you can use folktales/fables/myths or legends in the classroom. Explain briefly.

      a) Using Graphic Organizers to Generate Genre Definitions

Using graphic organizers, students create definitions of a variety of story types, including fables, fairy tales, folktales, legends, myths and tall tales.

      b) Passport to Stories Around the World

Introduce students to six tales – one from each of six continents – and ask them to fill out passports about each continent. Students worksheet provided.