The story is about four friends - Amir, Farid, Yasmin and Susan - who went on a holiday to Pangkor Island. They explored the island by boat and discovered Coral Bay, which had a beautiful setting but was covered in rubbish. The friends worked together to clean up the beach, hoping to set a good example for others to keep the area clean in the future.

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CONTEMPORARY LITAERATURE COMPONENT -
SHORT STORY FOR YEAR 4 (SK)
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SYNOPSIS
The story is about Amir, Farid, Yasmin and Susan went to Pangkor Island for a holiday. They
checked to their chalets and went to the beach. They booked a boat to explore the island. They
landed at Coral Bay and found it very dirty. There was rubbish all over the beach. They cleaned
up the beach.
ELEMENTS OF THE STORY – PLOT SUMMARY
Amir, Farid, Yasmin and Susan went to Pangkor Island for a holiday. They took a bus to Lumut.
From there, they took a ferry to Pangkor Island. The four friends got ogg the ferry at the Pangkor
jetty and took a taxi to the chalets. They checked to their chalets and went to the beach. They all
went charging onto the beach and straight down to the sea, where they played around for quite
some time. Yasmin suggested that they took a boat out to sea. Then, they booked a boat to
explore the island. They landed at Coral Bay. It was a beautiful bay, but there was rubbish all over
the beach. They decided to clean up the beach. They enjoyed doing it and they hope other people
will follow their example and keep the bay clean.
ELEMENTS OF THE STORY – SETTINGS
Time : Day time
Location : Pangkor jetty
: Chalets
: Beach
: Coral bay
ELEMENTS OF THE STORY – CHARACTERS
Amir, Farid, Yasmin, Susan, Ruslan - Responsible
- Care for the environment
- Conscious
- Cooperative
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ELEMENTS OF THE STORY – THEMES
1.Explorations
To explore the island – Coral Bay
ELEMENTS OF THE STORY – VALUES
1.Cooperation
They all looked at one another, and without saying another word, they started
clearing up the beach.
2. Responsibility
“Yes, it was fun,” he said, “and we hope other people will follow our example
and keep this bay clean.”
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LESSON PLAN 1 - PLOT
L/O : 2.2 Ask questions politely to obtain information and clarification
OBJ : Pupils will be able to understand and retell the story in one‟s own words
MATERIALS : The Literature Text Book – Coral Bay Surprise, worksheets
TIME : 30 minutes
STEPS
1. Teacher introduces the title of the literature text book to the pupils.
2. Teacher asks pupils about their understanding of the title of the novel.
3. Pupils will give their responses.
4. After 15 minutes, teacher will give worksheet to the pupils to do.
5. Teacher discusses the worksheet with pupils.
LESSON PLAN 1
Activity 1
Read the passage from page 4 then fill in the blanks correct
The four friends got off the ferry at the __________ (1) and took a__________ (2) to their
resort. As soon as they had put all their things inside the _________ (3) they went off to
__________ ( 4 ) the island.
“This is great,” Farid __________ (5) excitedly, “the __________ (6) is right next to our
chalets.
They all went __________ (7) onto the beach and straight down to the sea, where they
__________ (8) around for quite some time.
“Look at us” Susan said, __________ (9). “we are all _________ (10).What do we do
now?”
“We‟ll go __________ (11) to our chalets” Amir replied. “put on some dry clothes and then
do some more __________ (12).
ANSWER KEYS – ACTIVITY 1 ( LESSON PLAN ! )
1. Pangkor jetty 7. charging
2. taxi 8. played
3. chalets 9. laughing
4. explore 10. soaked
5. shouted 11. back
6. beach 12. exploring
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LESSON PLAN 2 – SETTING
L/O : 2.2 Ask questions politely to obtain information and clarification
OBJ : Pupils will be able to recognize and identify the right place and event.
MATERIALS : The Literature Text Book – Coral Bay Surprise, worksheet
TIME : 30 minutes
STEPS
1. Teacher will give explanation about „Setting‟.
2. Teacher will put pupils in a group.
3. In the group, a worksheet on setting will be given.
4. After 20 minutes, teacher will discuss the worksheet with pupils.
LESSON PLAN 2
Activity 1
Read the sentences. Then write the page number in which the sentences can be found.
1. Last week, he went to Pangkor Island for a holiday with his friends Farid, Yasmin and
Susan. ___________________
2. At 8 a.m the four friends took the bus to Lumut. ________________
3. The four friends got off the ferry at the Pangkor jetty and took a taxi to the chalets.
___________________
4. The group got into the boat and Ruslan took the boat out to the sea _______________
5. A few minutes later Explorer 11 landed at Coral Bay. __________________
Answers key – Activity 1
1. Page 1
2. Page 3
3. Page 4
4. Page 7
5. Page 11
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LESSON PLAN 3 - CHARACTERS
L/O : 3.5 Read and understand the meanings of words by guessing the character
OBJ : Students will be able to identify the characteristic each character in the literature
text book
MATERIALS : The Literature Text Book – Coral Bay Surprise, worksheet
TIME : 30 minutes
STEPS
1. Teacher will ask pupils how many characters are in the literature text book.
2. Pupils give their responses.
3. Teacher recalls the characteristic of each character in the literature text book.
4. Teacher gives worksheet to pupils which is to be done in pairs.
5. Teacher discusses the answer with pupils.
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LESSON PLAN 3
Activity 1
In pairs pupil A reads the sentence and pupil B guesses the character (pg. 8,10)
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate sentences.
1. Pupil A : Why are there so many fish right here?
Pupil B : ________________________________
2. Pupil A : Wow, look at them going after the bread.
Pupil B : ________________________________
3. Pupil A : How do they know we‟ll feed them?
Pupil B : ________________________________
4. Pupil A : Perhaps we‟re going to feed some sharks.
Pupil B : ________________________________
5. Pupil A :I don‟t think we‟ll find sharks here.
Pupil B : ________________________________
6. Pupil A : We‟re going to Coral Bay. It‟s on a very small island. We can go swimming and
snorkelling.
Pupil B : _________________________________
ANSWERS KEY – ACTIVITY 1 ( LESSON PLAN 3 )
1.Amir
2.Susan
3.Yasmin
4.Farid
5.Ruslan
6.Ruslan
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LESSON PLAN 4 – THEMES
L/O : 2.5 Talk about the people of the story heard.
OBJ : Pupils will be able to identify and recognize the themes in the literature text
book
MATERIALS : The Literature Text Book – Coral Bay Surprise, worksheet
TIME : 30 minutes
STEPS
1. Teacher explains to the pupils about what is “Themes‟‟ by giving some examples.
2. Teacher will ask pupils about the themes in the literature text book.
3. Pupils will give their responses.
4. Teacher gives a worksheet on themes to pupils to work in groups.
5. Teacher discusses the answers with pupils.
LESSON PLAN 4
Activity 1
Put a tick to the saying that describes the themes shown in Coral Bay
Surprise
1. Never give up. ( )
2. Do things fast at the right time. ( )
3. Two heads are better than one. ( )
4. Strike while the iron is still hot. ( )
5. Forgive and forget. ( )
6. Slow and steady wins the race ( )
7. Explorations
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LESSON PLAN 5 – MORAL VALUES
L/O : 2.5 Talk about the people and the moral values of the story heard
OBJ : Pupils will be able to talk about people and the moral values they have
learnt from the literature text book
MATERIALS : The Literature Text Book – Coral Bay Surprise, worksheet
TIME : 30 minutes
STEPS
1. Teacher asks pupils to recall what they have learnt from reading the text.
2. Pupils retell the story.
3. Teacher asks students about the moral values they have learnt.
4. Pupils give their responses.
5. Teacher gives some examples of the moral values in the text.
6. Teacher gives the worksheet on moral values.
7. Teacher discusses the answers in the worksheet with pupils
LESSON PLAN 5
Activity 1
The TASK - In groups, (a) discuss the impact of a dirty beach.
(b) State what your responsibilities are regarding this matter.
(c ) Write down your answers on a piece of manila card.
(d) Present to the class.
Answers key – Activity 1
Accept any reasonable answers.
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