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Form: 4 Bestari

Topic: Tanjong Rhu (Short story by Minfong Ho)


Objectives: At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
1. (3.1.a) retelling the story in ones own words (Level 1: iii)
2. (3.1.b) describing the place and time the story took place (Level 2:
v)
Specific objectives: During the lesson, students will be able to:
1. retelling the story in their own words,
2. identifying at least 3 places (settings) where the events take place,
and
3. arranging the storyline according to its chronological order.
Values: Family bonds and respect.
Background knowledge: NIL
Teaching aids: Handout and worksheet.
Time/Stages
Set Induction
(5 minutes)

Presentation
(25 minutes)

Practice
(20 minutes)

Teachers Activity
1. Teacher
introduces
the short
story.
1. Teacher
asks the
students to
tell about
the story
briefly.
2. Teacher
discusses
the storyline
and settings
with
students.
1. Teacher
asks
students to
get into
group of
four.
2. Teacher
gives
worksheet
to the
students

Students Activity
1. Students
listen to
teachers
explanation.
1. Students
share about
the story
briefly.
2. Students
participate
in the
discussion.

1. Students
get into
group of
four.
2. Students
complete
the task
given.
3. Students
discuss the
answer with

Remarks

Worksheet and
handout.

3.

Production
(20 minutes)

1.

2.

3.

Closure
(10 minutes)

1.

and asks
them to
arrange the
storyline in
a
chronologic
al order.
Teacher
discusses
the answer
with
students.
Teacher
distribute
worksheet
to students.
Teacher
asks them
to fill in the
settings or
the event(s)
based on
the
information
given.
Teacher
discuss the
answer with
students.
Teacher
recaps the
whole
lesson and
asks one
student to
share the
synopsis
briefly in
his/her own
words.

teacher.

1. Students
take one
worksheet
each.
2. Students
complete
the task
given.
3. Students
discuss the
answer with
teacher.

1. Student
shares the
synopsis
briefly.

Worksheet.

Tanjong Rhu by Minfong Ho


Synopsis
Mr T. W. Li, a successful businessman, has just lost his mother. As he mourns
her death, he recalls some important events before her demise, most significantly
revolving around a pair of binoculars. He had bought his mother a pair of binoculars
so that she could see farther as she had cataracts. However, his mothers only
concern was to see Tanjong Rhu, a place where they used to live while he was
growing up. His father owned a small shipyard there before it was torn down about
thirty years ago.
When Mr Li finally convinced his mother to use the binoculars, he was upset
that she still could not see the ships at the harbor, in front of his office. Instead, in
her minds eye, she saw Tanjong Rhu in the past, back when Mr Li was still a young
boy accompanying his mother digging for crabs along the beach. He became
impatient with his mother who seemed adamant to hold on to the past and had no
interest in the present. He refused to listen to her stories.
Back in the present, Mr Li regrets his actions as now he too long to go back to
his childhood in Tanjong Rhu. He finds that his memories are vague and there are
many things that he does not remember clearly. Unfortunately, there is no one to
answer his questions as the person who shares the memories with him, his mother,
has passed on.

Arrange the storylines in its correct order.

He brought her mother to his office to see Tanjong Rhu by using the
binoculars he bought for her. Unfortunately, she could not see
anything and the memories from the past appeared in her minds
eye. Mr Li refused to listen to her when she tried to talk about it.
Mr Li regrets his actions for not listening to his mother stories of the
past. However, his memories of the past are vague and he does not
remember clearly and the only one that shares the memories with
him has passed away, there is no longer anyone that can answer his
questions.
Mr Li recalls some important events before his mother died and it
revolves around a pair of binoculars that he bought for her.

In her mind, the memories seemed very vivid. Mr Li and his mother
used to live at Tanjong Rhu, where his father owned a shipyard. Mr
Li used to accompany her at the Tanjong Rhu when he was a little
boy. They would dig for crabs along the beach.

Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.

Place

Key Events
Ah-Ma visits this office to try and
see Tanjong Rhu where her children
grew up.
Mr Li presents the new binoculars to
his mother in the garden.

The altar room

The hospital room

Mr Lis father worked in the


shipyard building fishing
boats.
Ah-Wah played one the beach,
went for walks with his mother
and dug for crabs.

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