ON-LINE TASK 1

A Folktales

1. List some of the well-known folkstales from Malaysia.
    a) PaddyThat Turns To Gold
    b) The Cursed Princess
    c) The Curse of Batu gajah.

2. List some of the possible issues found in The Son of the Turtle Spirit.
    a) Women are naivety in the aspect of sex.
    b) Women are marginalised if having a baby without a husband.

3. Are those issues universal in nature or are they only relevant in the Chinese culture?
Those issues are universal and they are happening around the world but with the determination and courage of women nowadays, women are being more respected by the world.  But there are still some country still marginalised and oppressing their women.

Fables

4. What are the other morals that can be gotten from the other fables by Aesop? List at least two.
    a) Appearances often are deceiving
    b) Familiarity breeds contempts
    c) One person's meat is another's poison.


Myths

5. 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?
He is William Shakespeare.  The story is about two persons so much in love but their love are forbidden  by their parents.


Legends

List some of the popular legends we have in Malaysia?
    a) Hang Tuah
    b) Legends of Mahsuri

1. Who is Thomas Malory?
He is the author of Le Morte d'Arthur.  He lived at Newbold Revell in Warwickshire, England.  He served in France under the earl of Warwick and was a Lancastrian during the wars of the Roses. 

2. When was the Le Mort d'Arthur written?
Completed in 1469.

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

4. What is book 8 about?
The adventure of Tristram : his birth, coming of age and slaying of Marhaus.  King Mark's marriage to La Beala Iseult in Cornwall and Tristram's marriage to Iseult la Blanche Mains in Brittany.  His rivalry with Palomides for the love of Iseult, and his friendship with Lamorak on the Isle of Servage.

5. Who were two people having affair?
Queen Guinevere and Sir Lancelot were having an affair.

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?
The tale of the Holy Grail

7. State three well-known facts King Arthur/his time as a King.
a) The birth and rise of Arthur and the story of the Sword in the Stome called Excaliber and his teacher and mentor Merlin the magician.
b) His role as King of England and the marrige of King Arthur to Guinevere
c) The Quest of the Holy Grail.

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

1) Read the story with the students but don't show the ending.  Ask students to predict the ending.
2) Read the half of the story.  Then, give two choices to the students.  Ask them to choose one of the choices given and then reveal the ending to the students.  Let the students know what is the consequences for their choice.