English Grade 9 Part 2

TASK 8 Sto-Reteller In three to four paragraphs, write your own synopsis of Thank you, Ma’amusing any of the following literary devices:• Foreshadowing • Flashback• Media Res YOUR DISCOVERY TASKSTASK 9 Cross OverTask 9.1 Think back of how Rudyard Kipling in his poem If inspired us in lead-ing a life with purpose (Module 1 Lesson 6). Imagine that Roger in Thank You,Ma’am and Rudyard Kipling meet. If the two spoke about how to work well withothers, what could be the topic of their conversation? Now, create a dialoguebetween Rudyard Kipling and Roger about helping other people no matter whatthe consequences are.TASK 10 Conditional LogicTask 10.1 Complete these lines to create PRESENT conditional sentences.1. If Mrs. Jones (be) more assertive, …2. If Roger (steal) more often, ...3. If they (go) speaking with me, …4. If he only (know), …5. If the author (be) alive, …Task 10.2 Complete these lines to create PAST conditional sentences.1. If all men had counted on you...2. If you had forced your heart...3. If you had made one heap of all your winnings…4. If you had waited…5. If you had kept your head… 225

Task 10.3 Make five (5) syllogisms using the following concepts/ideas:1. Rudyard and Roger2. kindness and cooperation3. pickpocketing, lying4. man and son5. teaching, helpingTASK 11 Hippity-Hoppity-ToeRead the synopsis of George Miller’s Happy Feet and accomplish the task thatfollows. Happy Feet George Miller Deep in Antarctica is a community of penguins. They are used to culturesand traditions which they have inherited from their forefathers. They may all beflightless birds, but they are all superb song birds. In that great nation of singing penguins, you’re nobody unless you can sing -- which is unfortunate for Mumble,who is the worst singer in the group. His being different can be traced back during the time of his incubation. Memphis, Mumble’s father, accidentally let go of him and exposed him to ex-treme temperature. When all the eggs of his batch hatched, Mumble is the onlypenguin born dancing to his own tune - tap dancing. Though Mumble’s mom, Norma Jean, thinks this little habit is cute, his dad,Memphis, says “it just ain’t penguin.” Besides, they both know that without aHeartsong, Mumble may never find true love. As fate would have it, his one friend, Gloria happens to be the best singeraround. Mumble and Gloria have a connection from the moment they hatch,but she struggles with his strange “hippity-hoppity” ways. Mumble is just too different -- especially for Noah the Elder, the stern leader of Emperor Land. Just as when the ocean which gave them all the food they needran out of fish, Noah casts him out of the community thinking that Mumble is cursed and he is the one who brought such plague in the village. Away from home for the first time, Mumble meets a posse of decidedly un- Emperor-like penguins -- the Adelie Amigos. Led by Ramon, the Adelies instantlyembrace Mumble’s cool dance moves and invite him to party with them. 226

In Adelie Land, Mumble seeks the counsel of Lovelace the Guru, a crazy-feath-ered Rockhopper penguin who will answer any of life’s questions for the priceof a pebble. Lovelace, whose neck is trapped in a soda carrier, showed Mumble the placewhere he got the trap. Upon reaching the place, they were beckoned by hugefishing vessels. Mumble thought that these vessels are the ones taking their fish. They waited until the ship sets back to US. Mumble only has one thing in his mind, to followthe vessel and bring back what the vessels have taken from them. Together with Lovelace and the Amigos, Mumble sets out across vast land-scapes for some epic encounters to investigate why the ocean is running out offish and of course, to prove himself that he is worth something. In his quest to find out what causes the problem, a group of fishermen caught them and placed them in a zoo. Bored with such limited place and things to do intheir cage, Mumble finally communicated with a child who was then viewing him from a deck. He tapped his feet to call the attention of the child and eventuallycalled the attention of all the people in the zoo. Mumble’s dancing called the attention of the media and triggered a discus-sion amongst the leaders of the United Nations. Mumble was finally sent back to Antarctica. The moment he set foot on his village, he immediately encouragedhis family and friends to tap dance and sent human beings a statement – thatthey inhabit the land and humans should stop taking all their fish. The United Nation then banned fishing in the area to protect the ecosystem of penguins and other organisms that greatly depend on the resources of the ocean. Mumble and his friends proved that by being true to yourself and workingwith others, you can make all the difference in the world.Guide Questions1. Describe what each character looks like and how each differ from the others.2. Describe the characters’: a. Voice b. Actions c. Facial expressions d. Thoughts and feelings e. Personality – angry, happy, accepting etc 227

3. Where in the text do we see representations of multiculturalism?4. Is one species of penguin superior to another? Where can we see evidence of this?TASK 12 ElementalsComplete the chart below using George Miller’s Happy Feet. Elements of the StoryCharacters Setting Conflict Climax DenoumentFlat Characters Round characters Man vs man Man vs himself Man vs natureTASK 13 Post It!Task 13.1 Scan the posters of well known movies below. Based on the imagesand details in each poster, what could the movie be all about? ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ _____________________________________________ 228

______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________Task 13.2 Organize information about the movies mentioned earlier using thediagram below. UPHARRY EPICPOTTERTASK 14 Working in ContextAs a teenager, what is your stand on each of the following issues? How can youwork with others to help support these concerns? 229

YOUR FINAL TASKTASK 15 A Piece to ReadCompose a short prose piece for a Readers Theater or Chamber Theater usingappropriate and creative use of adverbs and conditionals:Main topic Main idea sen- Main idea sen- Main idea sen- Main idea sen- tences are clear, tences are either tence are unclear tences are unclear correctly placed, unclear or incor- and incorrectly and incorrectly and are restated rectly placed, and placed, and restat- placed, and are in the closing sen- are restated in the ed in the closing not restated in the tence. closing sentence. sentence. closing sentence.Supporting Paragraph(s) have Paragraph(s) have Paragraph(s) have Paragraph(s) haveSentences one supporting no supporting three or more sup- two supporting sentence that sentences that relate back to the relate back to the porting sentences sentences that main idea. main idea. that relate back to relate back to the the main idea. main idea.Elaborating Each supporting Each supporting Each supporting Each supporting sentence has sev- sentence has at sentence has one sentence has noDetails least two elab- elaborating detail elaborating detail eral elaborating orating detail sentence. sentence. sentences. detail sentences.Coherence Ideas are very Ideas are quite Ideas are fairly Ideas are not clear. clear.Mechanics clear. clear.and Gram-mar Paragraph has no Paragraph has one Paragraph has Paragraph has six errors in the use or two adverbs, three to five ad- or more adverbs, of adverbs, con- conditionals, verbs, condition- conditionals, ditionals, punctu- punctuation, als, punctuation, punctuation, ation, capitaliza- capitalization, and capitalization, and capitalization, and tion, and spelling.  spelling errors. spelling errors. spelling errors. 230

TASK 16 Grand PerformanceYou will deliver your written piece for a Readers Theater or Chamber Theater.Listen to your teacher’s further instructions. Let the rubrics below be your guidein performing the culminating activity. Chamber Theater Presentation 4 3 21 Mark Beginner Satisfactory Proficient Excellent Little verbalVocal/Verbal or vocal use. Occasionally Demonstrates DemonstratesExpression demonstrates Expression variety in one variety in variety in monotone or or two of the difficult to criteria. volume, tone, volume, tone, hear. Expression is pitch and voice pitch and voice mostly under- standable. quality. quality ap- propriate to Expression is character. interesting and understand- Expression en- able. hances charac- ter/ situation.Effect on Audi- Audience is Audience Audience Audience isence confused. follows clearly enjoys deeply en- performance performance. gaged, eager toFocus politely. follow per- formance andEnunciation Performance Performance Flashes of responds enthu-And Volume inconsistent. mostly consis- spontaneity siastically. tent and rela- and style Words are tively smooth. enliven solid Performance not clearly performance. is alive and enunciated. Some words explores the are clearly Most words bounds of form. enunciated. are clearly enunciated. All words are clearly enunci- ated. Presentation Some of the Most of the Presentation is is incompre- presentation presentation easily under- hensible. is comprehen- is comprehen- stood. sible. sible. Voice is inau- Volume projects dible. Volume is too Volume is ade- well. low. quate All audience members can easily hear the presentation. 231

Preparedness Students Students have Students have Students are have not practiced and practiced and well prepared.and Profession- practiced a general out- the outlinealism and/or line with some is clear and It is obvious planned details are in ordered. from the polish presentation place. and ease of the thoroughly. Most details performance Attendance are planned that much prac- Attendance for every ahead. tice and plan- for rehearsals rehearsal and ning has taken and perfor- performances Attend nearly place. mances con- late at times every rehears- sistently late als and every On time in all or not at all performance rehearsals and performancesTotalCOMMENTS:Each category is worth up to 3 points for a maximum of 15 points totalBeginniner: 2.00Satisfactory: 2.25Proficient: 2.50Excellent: 3.00 MY TREASURE Lord Alfred Tennyson once said, “I am a part of all I have met.” What you are and what you will become, therefore, is significantly linked with the people you worked with.My journey through this lesson enabled me to learn...It made me realize that...I therefore commit to... 232