Secondary School Literature

[autumnbronze]

MintLeaf:

autumnbronze:

Hi MintLeaf,


Perhaps this might help ...

http://nsinte1.moe.edu.sg/project/db/atl/db_puatl.nsf/AboutATL/O%20&%20N%20Level%20LIST/$FILE/Production%20ATL%202007%20Internet%20Public%20administration%20module.pdf

Thanks Autumnbronze! This is exactly what I am looking for. Appreciate your help.

No worries MintLeaf.

Glad to be of help :celebrate:

[autumnbronze]

Hi Fairy,


Have PM you

[mum2010]

Hi, my kid in sec 1 too.

His literature book is "Flight of Fancy 1".
Does anyone has kid using this book, it not one of those books mentioned here?
Wonder is it a new book introduced this year or it’s not so popular in good school. Is there any guide book for this?
Thanks.

[autumnbronze]

mum2010:

Hi, my kid in sec 1 too.

His literature book is \"Flight of Fancy 1\".
Does anyone has kid using this book, it not one of those books mentioned here?
Wonder is it a new book introduced this year or it's not so popular in good school. Is there any guide book for this?
Thanks.

Hi mum2010,

The schools have their discretion to choose which Lit text they want to use for a particular year. Some schools do away with Lit texts and compile their own material for lower sec level.

Flights of Fancy 1 has been around. I am not sure if there is a guide book for it as I did not see it in the popular outlet near my place.

Hope this helps

[lovejoypeacce]

My dd in Sec 1 are using Romeo & Juliet, Chinese Cinderella and another book that I am not sure of the title at this moment. Why so many different books and genre at Sec 1. Do most Sec 1 find it hard to cope?

[mrswongtuition]

When I was schooling in S1, I did ‘Rice without Rain’, same author as ‘Sing to the Dawn’ - Minfong Ho. Very good book, simple and direct. I got to understand poverty and desperation to survive through this book. We are all so sheltered and never go to see poverty in our faces. This book inspired me to take on mission work, travelling to Thailand to help poor families and many children.


Then in S2 we did ‘Red Sky in the Morning’. Can’t remember the author but I feel that it’s a great book about a family’s struggle with society’s rejection because the youngest in the family has a birth defect (hydrocephelis, enlarged and swollen brain, causing the head to be extremely big). The baby died eventually but the story continued on how that experienced impacted the main character into caring for another child with disabilities (down syndrome). This book changed my perspective of children with special needs. Maybe this is why I chose to be trained in special needs.

S3 was Mockingbird (talks about racial discrimination which is very apt for Singapore because we got to learn how the African Americans were bullied and my teacher pulled in alot of National Education during lessons).
The other book was Julius Caesar, I WANTED TO DIE. The language was confusing for me but I liked the plot (got a ‘translated’ study guide and read it from cover to cover). My class even did a mini skit on it for Teacher’s Day.

I feel that even if your child’s school is not using ‘Rice without Rain’ or ‘Red Sky in the Morning’, they should read it in their free time. Parents can also read with them and discuss about the story. Very good for moral education and personal development.

If they are not taking Lit at upper sec, then Mockingbird is a good read. If they don’t understand the show, there’s a B&W movie on it. Not exactly following the book, but the main gist of the story is there.

Now that I’m typing out all these, I’m starting to think that my teachers chose those books for a reason. To inculcate values and morals at the same time.

[autumnbronze]

mrswongtuition:

Now that I'm typing out all these, I'm starting to think that my teachers chose those books for a reason. To inculcate values and morals at the same time.

True, mrswongtuition ... one of the reasons ...

They also want to ensure that pupils can relate to the themes eg, bullying, sense of identity, angst etc.. in the stories that they are teaching.

[autumnbronze]

lovejoypeacce:

My dd in Sec 1 are using Romeo & Juliet, Chinese Cinderella and another book that I am not sure of the title at this moment. Why so many different books and genre at Sec 1. Do most Sec 1 find it hard to cope?

Hi lovejoypeacce,

Is the Lit teacher going thru all the books concurrently?? Perhaps they are focusing a book at a time ie on a termly basis??

[csc]

autumnbronze:

Thank you Fairy,


They don't look familiar to me. Nonetheless, will go and check it out during the wkend.

But I don't think your DD's teacher will be going through all the stories rite?? Correct me if I am wrong :?

I don't think it's possible to do all the stories. Think my son only did 2 - the two more interesting ones, Samphire and Flowers for Algernon.

Afterwhich, he decided to call his pet hamster, Algernon. :lol:

[Fairy]

csc:

I don't think it's possible to do all the stories. Think my son only did 2 - the two more interesting ones, Samphire and Flowers for Algernon.

Afterwhich, he decided to call his pet hamster, Algernon. :lol:

Hi csc,

Did your son find Samphire interesting? :?

I found it quite boring, though not as bad as some of the other stories.

Flowers of Algernon is a very good read. I borrowed the original book from the library more than a year ago.