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Re: Secondary School Literature
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2020 6:45 pm
by Snowdrift
My DS will be doing Literature for the first time in secondary school next year.
He enjoys reading, but is there anything specific he can do during the holidays to help him prepare for studying Literature as a subject? Appreciate any guidance. Thanks.
Re: Secondary School Literature
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 9:22 am
by slmkhoo
Snowdrift wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 6:45 pm
My DS will be doing Literature for the first time in secondary school next year.
He enjoys reading, but is there anything specific he can do during the holidays to help him prepare for studying Literature as a subject? Appreciate any guidance. Thanks.
In general, it's helps to go beyond just the "story". Although story is important, he can try to observe how the story is put together - there are different techniques and arrangements, and noticing them is the first step. Then he can ask himself what the effect is - how does it help or hinder the story, does he like it, etc.
Then the language - he should observe the use of language, e.g. use of dialogue, different narrative voices, metaphors, etc. He can ask himself whether he likes it or not, and the effect the author is trying for (and whether this is successful).
He can look at the various characters and themes - again, observation is the main thing, as well as having an opinion about them - effective or not, interesting or not, realistic or not, etc.
If he reads more than 1 book of the same genre, he can think about how they differ, why the author has chosen a particular way, whether he thinks it works, does he like it...
No need to actually try to study a text or write essays, or learn the jargon - these will be taught in school, and the teacher may have a preferred method of introducing these. Just focus on observation and having an opinion.
It will help if you read the same books (or at least a couple of them) so you can ask him questions to get him to think beyond just the storyline. Hope this helps.
Re: Secondary School Literature
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 11:17 am
by phtthp
Most students feel that if take Literature, can pass
but not easy to score A1 unless
your command of English is powerful and also, you are
- familiar with the plot & story-line,
- familiar & have analyzed the key main characters well inside the Upper Sec school selected selected drama or play,
- as well as the famous lines or quote spoken by the main lead character in the play
Literature involved 3 parts-
1) sustained, critical Appreciation of
the unseen poetry and prose
2) the novel or storybook Literature, selected by your school
E.g.
Animal Farm
Pride & Prejudice
Little Women
The Boys in Striped pajamas
Red Sky In the morning
Fiela's child
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
The Lighting God
Stories from the Margin
3) the play or drama itself, with all the different Scene and Acts
Eg
Lord of the Flies, Scene 1 Act 2, who are the lead character here & what did they speak ?
or
William Worthsworth Shakespeare play
E.g.
Romeo & Juliet
King Lear
Mid-summer Night dream
Julius Caesar
King Henry VIII
Merchant of Venice
Macbeth
Hamlet
Othello
The Tempest
The Sonnets
Etc
Re: Secondary School Literature
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 11:29 am
by Snowdrift
slmkhoo wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 9:22 am
Snowdrift wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 6:45 pm
My DS will be doing Literature for the first time in secondary school next year.
He enjoys reading, but is there anything specific he can do during the holidays to help him prepare for studying Literature as a subject? Appreciate any guidance. Thanks.
In general, it's helps to go beyond just the "story". Although story is important, he can try to observe how the story is put together - there are different techniques and arrangements, and noticing them is the first step. Then he can ask himself what the effect is - how does it help or hinder the story, does he like it, etc.
Then the language - he should observe the use of language, e.g. use of dialogue, different narrative voices, metaphors, etc. He can ask himself whether he likes it or not, and the effect the author is trying for (and whether this is successful).
He can look at the various characters and themes - again, observation is the main thing, as well as having an opinion about them - effective or not, interesting or not, realistic or not, etc.
If he reads more than 1 book of the same genre, he can think about how they differ, why the author has chosen a particular way, whether he thinks it works, does he like it...
No need to actually try to study a text or write essays, or learn the jargon - these will be taught in school, and the teacher may have a preferred method of introducing these. Just focus on observation and having an opinion.
It will help if you read the same books (or at least a couple of them) so you can ask him questions to get him to think beyond just the storyline. Hope this helps.
Thank you for advice & guidance! Most helpful. Important I guess is getting the basics & foundation in place. Hopefully he will pick up other skills that will come in handy for other subjects too.
Re: Secondary School Literature
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 8:54 pm
by D3@n
Snowdrift wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 6:45 pm
My DS will be doing Literature for the first time in secondary school next year.
He enjoys reading, but is there anything specific he can do during the holidays to help him prepare for studying Literature as a subject? Appreciate any guidance. Thanks.
While it helps if the student enjoys reading, it does not necessarily guarantee the ability to score well.
The student will be required to know the plot well but the paper will not test how well he knows the story. Rather, the focus is more on the effect of language use for the PBQ, and the themes and characters for the essay-type question. So your son needs to read the story, annotate, unpack it, and re-organise it to list and understand the various aspects of the text. He needs to identify the language use, analyse the evidence, then explain and elaborate it.
Also, annotation is a very important element required for Literature. Get him started on this habit for this holiday. But of course he has to own the story book before he starts making notes on it.
I hope he will enjoy reading Literature :-)
Re: Secondary School Literature
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2020 7:54 am
by PappyG
I think developing a love of reading contributes to a child's intelligence. My mother took care of my education, and as a result, I became a writer. I now write reviews on the
PickTheWriter site. Thanks to the literature I read, my reviews are colorful and informative.
Re: Secondary School Literature
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2020 7:51 pm
by phtthp
Are there tuition centre,
that offer tuition in Secondary school English Literature ?
Re: Secondary School Literature
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2020 7:56 pm
by sky minecrafter
phtthp wrote: ↑Fri Dec 04, 2020 7:51 pm
Are there tuition centre,
that offer tuition in Secondary school English Literature ?
Hi, which book, please?
Some good ideas can be found here:
https://www.wikihow.com/Study-English-Literature
Re: Secondary School Literature
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2020 8:45 pm
by Snowdrift
phtthp wrote: ↑Fri Dec 04, 2020 7:51 pm
Are there tuition centre,
that offer tuition in Secondary school English Literature ?
As different schools use different text, don't think many centres able to cater for the varied books used in different schools.
I believe it's more useful for guidance to be provided instead on grasping literary skills & techniques etc. Hopefully once correct techniques are learnt, then it can be applied to any texts, prose etc.
Re: Secondary School Literature
Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2020 9:48 pm
by Estéema
phtthp wrote: ↑Fri Dec 04, 2020 7:51 pm
Are there tuition centre,
that offer tuition in Secondary school English Literature ?
You can check out :-
1) FINDINGS @ Holland Village
2) The Academic @ Winstedt Road
(not the Academia at Sin Ming)