CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE COMPONENT SHORT STORY FOR YEAR 4 (SK)

The Humble Prince

SYNOPSIS The King and Queen of Naga Pura did not have any children even though they were married for fifteen years. One day while out hunting, the King heard the sound of a baby crying. He decided to take the baby home. Announcements were made throughout the country to find the babys real parents. However nobody claimed the baby. The King, therefore, adopted the baby and named him Prince Taming. Soon after, the Queen became pregnant and gave birth to a son. His name was Prince Masri. A few months later, the Queen was pregnant again and another son was born to the royal couple. They named him Prince Kirat. Prince Taming spent most of his time with the people. Prnces Masri and Kirat, on the other hand, loved hunting. To prove that they were brave, both princes lied to the King on how they saved the lives of others. Much later, the King fell ill and needed to choose one of his sons to be King. However, it was the people who chose the next king. He was Prince Taming who was known for his kindness to the people. At the same time, the King found out that his real sons were actually liars and cowards. These two princes were then punished for their deeds.

INTRODUCTION TO STORY ELEMENTS OF THE STORY THEME

A theme is the central idea, the main message / important lessons / moral issues that you can learn from the text. It is not usually presented directly in the story. The theme becomes clear only when you have understood the story well.

Theme and Sub-Theme

Many stories usually focus on issues that are of concern to society.

To uncover the theme of a story:

Look at the title. Sometimes, it will give a clue about the theme.

Take note of any repetition. Sometimes, these will lead you to the theme. Look closely at all the details and particulars that are presented. They give a lot of clues to the theme.

Study the symbols. What are they trying to suggest?

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SETTING:
The setting is about when and where the story takes place. Setting The setting often influences the values, beliefs and attitudes of people. Mood or atmosphere Culture (the social conditions)

PLOT:
A plot tells how events are connected or how the story is told. A common pattern of a plot is a course of events in a story that contains a conflict or a problem that ends with a resolution or a turning point. In other words, a plot is a sequence of events, the why for the things that happen in the story.

Plot
Beginning Middle Elements in the Short Story; The Humble Prince SETTING Ending

1. The Kingdom of Naga Pura 2. Jungle

CHARACTERS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

The King The Queen Prince Taming Prince Masri Prince Kirat Prime Minister The Fortune teller

ruler of Naga Pura Kings wife Kings adopted son Kings and Queens first born son Kings and Queens second son did not like Taming predicted that Prince Taming brought good luck

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Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 Event 5 Event 6 Event 7 Event 8 Event 9 Event 10

In the kingdom, lived a king and queen who are childless. The king went hunting and found a baby boy. Searching fro the babys parents but no one came forward. The king adopt the baby and named him Prince Taming The queen gave birth to Prince Masri and Prince Kirat Prince Masri and Kirat lied about going hunting to the king Celebrating the Princes bravery. The king became ill Taming had to leave the palace. Taming to become the next King THEME

1. Good triumphs over evil 2. Being kind to people 3. It is considered ill mannered to pretend or making people believing something or someone that we are not. VALUES Be patient Be kind Be thankful Be honest Be truthful Be caring Be brave Be humble Be generous Be grateful Be respectful

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PLOT
LESSON PLAN 1 LO OBJ : 3.2.2 Read and learn the meaning of keywords for each topic taught. : Pupils should be able to understand the plot of the story by listening to the keywords. MATERIALS: worksheet TIME : 30 minutes STEPS: 1 2 3 4 Teacher reads the story with the pupils. Discusses with the pupils about what took place in the story. Drill the pupils by asking questions. Distribute the worksheet. Explain to the pupils what they need to do. Pupils have to give answer for the true or false questions.

LESSON PLAN 1 Activity 1 Examples of questions; 1. The king and lives in a kingdom or jungle? 2. The king or queen went hunting? 3. The kings adopted son is named Prince Masri or Prince Kirat? Instruction :- Answer (T) for True or (F) False. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. The king and queen lives in the jungle The king went hunting The queen found the baby boy The kings adopted son is named Prince Taming The Kings second son is named Prince Masri Prince Masri never lied to the King Prince Kirat save the woman The queen become ill The people like Prince Taming Prince Taming will be the next King

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PLOT
LESSON PLAN 2 LO OBJ : : 3.9 Read the story and predict the outcomes

Pupils should be able to rearrange the sentences in correct sequence. MATERIALS: worksheet TIME : 30 minutes STEPS: 1 2 3 4 5 Do a chain story telling with the pupils in the class where teacher needs to prompt those weak ones. Repeat the activity above but this time teacher gives the 1st important event and pupils say the next. Discuss with the class on the stages in the development of the plot. Teacher gives jumbled up events, where the pupils are required to arrange them into the correct sequence. Read out the events before the teacher distributes the worksheet to be completed in class.

LESSON PLAN 2 - Activity 1 Arrange the sentences in correct sequence according to the story. No a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. Text The king and queen were sad because they had no children. The queen gave birth to Prince Masri and Prince Kirat. The king found a baby boy. Prince Masri boasted he saved a drowning man. King becomes ill. Prince Kirat boasted he saved a woman attacked by tiger. The baby brought luck to the king and queen. Prince Taming becomes the next king. Prince Taming was to leave the Kingdom. Sequence

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CHARACTERS
LESSON PLAN 3 LO : 3.9.1 Read and give details about the characters in the story OBJ : Pupils should be able to describe the characters in the story. MATERIALS: worksheet TIME : 30 minutes STEPS: 1 Teacher prepares phrases or sentences (extract from the text). Get the pupils to guess the speakers of the phases or sentences read out by the teacher. This will be repeated with the other characters. Teacher will give pupils task to complete similar to this activity. 2 3 Let the pupils read a few rounds before distributing the worksheet to be completed in class. Pupils are allowed to discuss with their friends. Discuss the answers to the questions on the worksheet before the lesson ends.

LESSON PLAN 3 - Activity 1 Read the following dialogue taken from the story and identify which characters spoke the following extract below. No 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Dialogue It was I who saved him, Father. Theres a tiger here. We shall have a child soon. Its the luck that Prince Taming had brought. Prince Masri didnt save me. Nobody is to talk about Prince Taming. We want Taming to be the new king. Your Majesty, today is Hunting Day. Character

Notes
Variation to Step 1 Teacher may do a quiz or display the lines on LCD (m/s power point) for the pupils to read and guess who the speakers are.

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CHARACTERS
LESSON PLAN 4LO : 3.9.1 Read and give details about the characters in the story OBJ : Pupils should be able to list down the words that describe the characters. . MATERIALS: worksheet TIME : 30 minutes STEPS: 1 Teacher prepares sentences (extract from the text) describing the three prince. Get the pupils to guess which prince the sentences refer to. This will be repeated with the other characters. 2 Teacher explains about the task to the pupils before distributing the worksheet to be completed in class. The pupils need to select suitable adjectives (words not sentence) to describe the prince. Pupils are allowed to discuss with their friends. Teacher will check the answers together with the pupils. Examples of sentences used to teach describing characters. 1. Prince ____________ is a humble. 2. Prince____________ is coward. 3. Prince____________ is proud.
LESSON PLAN 4 -Activity 1 Use the given adjectives words to describe the three princes characters in the story. Kind Proud Envious Patient Humble Deceitful Caring Wise coward Pretender loving truthful arrogant thankful Loyal helpful greedy generous brave respectful

Prince Taming

Prince Masri

Prince Kirat

1.______________ 2.______________ 3.______________ 4.______________ 5.______________ 6.______________

1.______________ 2.______________ 3.______________ 4.______________ 5.______________ 6.______________

1.______________ 2.______________ 3.______________ 4.______________ 5.______________ 6.______________

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VALUES
LESSON PLAN 5 LO OBJ : 3.10 Read and tell what one has learnt from the story : Pupils should be able to tell what moral lesson they have learnt from the story. MATERIALS: Worksheet TIME : 30 minutes STEPS 1 2 Teacher will discuss the values in the story and explain briefly by giving examples. After finish answering, teacher will stress on the importance to always be thankful, grateful, helpful and respectful. Teacher will give situation reflecting on values. Pupils have to match them correctly.

LESSON PLAN 5 - Activity 1 Match the values with the correct situation given. Truthful Caring Grateful 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. thankful loving respectful generous Brave Patient kind helpful honest

He fought the tiger with his bare hand. He is _______________________ Taming helps people by giving them food. He is _____________________ People will greet him wherever he goes. He is_______________________ My Father does not get angry easily. He is _________________________ My mother took good care of me. She is___________________________ We are glad nobody got injured in the accident. We are _______________

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LETS REVIEW
Part A - . List six moral values you have learnt from this story. 1. ___________________________ 3.___________________________ 5.___________________________ 2._________________________ 4._________________________ 6._________________________

Part B - . Name five characters in the story. 1.____________________________ 3.____________________________ 5.____________________________ 2.__________________________ 4.__________________________

Part C -

Where do the king and queen live? ____________________________

Part D -. Where did the king found the baby boy? ________________________

LETS PRACTICE
PRACTICE 1 Circle the correct answer.

1. Choose the statement which is true. A. Prince Masri and Prince Kirat disliked the queen. B. Prince Masri and Prince Kirat disliked Prince Taming. C. Prince Masri and Prince Kirat disliked the people. 3. We are growing old.Who said that? A. The Prime Minister . B. The King. C. The queen 10

2. He said he saved a drowning man. Who said this____________ A. Prince Masri B. Prince Kirat C. Prince Taming

4. Who becomes the next King? A. Prince Taming B. Prince Masri C. Prince Kirat

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2. Why was the king angry with Prince Taming?

3. Who told the truth about Prince Masri and Prince KIrat being coward?

4. Who tried to kill Prince Taming?

5. Why the king asked his three prince to prove their bravery?

6. Why in your opinion Prince Taming will become the next king?

ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITY 1 Teacher can change the text of the story to a drama script. Ask the pupils to role-play or act out the script. ACTIVITY 2 Teacher can shorten the story and teach choral speaking.

NOTES : Its optional for the teacher to use any activity

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SUGGESTED ANSWERS ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITY 1 Answer (T) for True or (F) False. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. The king and queen lives in the jungle The king went hunting The queen found the baby boy The kings adopted son is named Prince Taming The Kings second son is named Prince Masri Prince Masri never lied to the King Prince Kirat save the woman The queen become ill The people like Prince Taming Prince Taming will be the next King F T F T F F F F T T

ACTIVITY 2 Arrange the sentences in correct sequence according to the story. No a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. Text The king and queen were sad because they had no children. The queen gave birth to Prince Masri and Prince Kirat. The king found a baby boy. Prince Masri boasted he saved a drowning man. King becomes ill. Prince Kirat boasted he saved a woman attacked by tiger. The baby brought luck to the king and queen. Prince Taming becomes the next king. Prince Taming was to leave the Kingdom. Sequence 1 4 2 5 8 6 3 9 7

ACTIVITY 3 Refer the answers in the storybook. ACTIVITY 4 Accept any suitable and correct answers. ACTIVITY 5 Accept any suitable and correct answers.

REFERENCES Dr Zahedah Abdul Hafiz, G.K Sindhu (2004). Contemporary Literature in the language classroom Year 4. Selangor: Cerdik Publications Sdn.Bhd. Curriculum Development Division, Ministry of Education, 2009

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