KBAT

Literature

Using Songs to inculcate HOTS(KBAT)

Learning objectives::Values: Figurative meaning:Vocabulary

Set Induction:The title- Utophia

Ask the meaning:Ss find the meaning of Utophia

using dictionary/online dictionary

Utophia meaning:

synonyms:paradise, heaven (on earth), Eden, Garden of Eden, Shangri-La, Elysium;

Antonyms: Dystopia (guess the meaning?)

Hots question:*Can you imagine the situation in Utophia?*Name a Utophian & dystophia country nowadays.

Add on activity:HOTS: imaginationDraw an Utopian place of your

ownDraw a Dystopia place of your

ownDraw a comparison between

these 2 places

Students Drawing of Utopia

Students drawing of Dystopia :

Comparison between Utopia & Dystopia

Comparison between Utopia & Dystopia

Activity 1: SongsInvolve: -Listening Skills

Ss listen to a song “Utophia”

Activity 2:Writing SkillReading Skill

Search new vocabulary and the meaning

Activity 3: InterpretationUsing HOTSTeacher asks ss using HOTS questionsStudents need to think/imagine for the answerQuestions:• What sort of activities can you see in the

video?• List the good values you can see in the

video?• Why does the persona use Utophia in the

song?

*Speaking Skill

Activity 4: I think mapStudents list the activity they

seen in the video using i-think map

Students present their findings

* Writing Skill* Speaking Skill

Activities in the video

smuggling

Snatch theft

charity

Drug trafficking

help

Immoral activity

stealing

busking

CIRCLE MAP

OUR WORLD TODAY

(Dystopia)

Deforestation

Flood

Earthquake

Killing

Robbery

War

BUBBLE MAP

OUR WORLD TODAY

(Utopia)

Green Trees

Clear River

Happy

Smiling

Giving

Cool Climate

BUBBLE MAP

Less Education

Less Religion

Less values

Immoral Activities

Activity 5: ViewHOTS questions:

What is happening in this world lately based on the video?

What values can we learn from the video?

Why the persona use ‘Utophia’ as the title of the song?

Add on exercise: Homework)EssayDescribe a snatch theft incident

you have witness.List down the disadvantages of

mobile phone.Social problems is alarming

lately. Discuss.

“In the Midst of Hardship” ( Form 5) At dawn they returned home

their soaky clothes tornand approached the stovetheir limbs marked by scratchesTheir legs full of woundsbut on their browsthere was not a sign of despair

The whole day and night just passedthey had to brave the horrendous floodin the water all the timebetween bloated carcassesand tiny chips of tree barksdesperately looking for their son’salbino buffalo that was never found

There were born amidst hardshipand grew up without a sigh or a complaintnow they are in the kitchen, makingjokes while rolling their cigarette leaves

Sample of HOTS questions in Exam

1a) Why were their clothes ‘soaky’? b) What has happened to their village? ………HOTS: Remembering

2a) What does the phrase “bloated carcasses” refer to? b) Write down two phrases from the poem which indicate injury.

          …………………………….HOTS: Understanding

3 Using a bubble map, write down the characteristics of the couple in the poem…………………………..……..HOTS: Applying

4 They came home without finding their son’s albino buffalo.  Do you think that they should be finding other ways to find the buffalo? Name one way…………………………………. HOTS: Analyzing

5 The couple went in search of the albino buffalo the whole night.  Why did they do so?........................ HOTS: Evaluating

6The poem shows that the couple is contented with their life.  Should we be contented with our life? Give a reason for your answer.

……………. HOTS: Creating 

Sample of HOTS questions in Exam“In the Midst of Hardship”: Literature ( Form 5)

I wonder why the grass is green,And why the wind is never seen?Who taught the birds to build a nest,And told the trees to take a rest?O, when the moon is not quite round,Where can the missing bit be found?Who lights the stars, when they blow out,And makes the lightning flash about?Who paints the rainbow in the sky,And hangs the fluffy clouds so high?Why is it now, do you suppose,That Dad won’t tell me, if he knows?

Sample of HOTS questions in Exam

I WONDER (Form 2)

1 a) List three things that the persona wonderb) What is hung up high in the sky?

HOTS: Remembering2 Explain why the persona asked a lot of questions

 HOTS: Understanding3 Write three things that you wonder about your

surrounding.  HOTS: Applying4 “Dad won’t tell me, if he knows” 

Why didn’t Dad tell?  HOTS: Analyzing5 The persona wonders about many things around

her.  Do you think it is good to have this curiosity, and why?  HOTS: Evaluating  

I WONDER. Literature (Form 2)

Sample of HOTS questions in Exam

Thank you…