SING TO THE DAWN : CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 1 :
It was a cold morning as it was ____________ last night. Dawan woke up early
and saw her____________ sisters were still sleeping soundly next to her in their
____________. While admiring the natural waves of after-night twined around
the ____________ of before-dawn, she heard the ____________ of a roaster which
officially signs

morning.

As

she

was crawling

out,

she

saw

Kwais

head____________ from the mosquito net that he shared with the ____________ .
Both of them, ____________ to the wooden platform outside and ____________
down the ladder. Dawan raced with her brother to the ____________ of the
river. Kwai

jumped into it for a while and then sat on the middle of the

____________, with his legs ____________ over the edge. Dawan sat next to her
brother and started singing softly. Kwai threw a little ____________ into the
river and it made nice ____________. The sun arose marked that the world was
finally awake. Kwai was so curious about the examination results and urged
his sister to go home and get ready for school. It was the day that they would
know who won the ____________ and pursue study in the city. Their Teacher
always talked about ____________ and ____________ after school.

Kwai

determined to study hard so that he could teach father how to raise

____________ and use better ____________. He dreamt of

setting

up a

____________ and advised the villagers not to get easily cheated by the
____________. Father had to pay the rent for the ____________ by giving away
their ____________that were stalked up ____________ their house. Kwai was so
furious as none of the landlord had ____________ and experienced the hard
work of ____________, ____________ and ____________ the rice. Kwai advised
Dawan to ask ____________ and not to be scared of ____________ out in class.
He believed that his sister had her right to be in school even though their
parents thought that it was ____________ and ____________ to send ____________
to school. It was Kwai who insisted that his sister to be allowed to join him.
Dawan scored good marks in exams and study harder than him. She would
win the scholarship. The fact the she was a ____________

, made Dawan

____________ tight her hands over the edge of the ____________ ____________ .

Answer these questions.

a) By using the 5 senses describe setting of the village early in that morning.
i- Sound
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
ii- Touch
1. Breezes of dawn
2. Squishy and cool ground
3.
4.

iii- sight
1.
2.
3.
4.
b) List down the family members according to their age
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
c) List down things in the city as being told by Noi
a)
b)
c)
d)
Answer these questions.
a) By using the 5 senses describe setting of the village early in that morning.
i- Sounds :
1 Croaking of the bullfrogs
2 Whispery gossip of the leaves
3 First cries of small sparrows
4 Window shutters creaking

Crowing of a roaster

ii- Touch
1 Breezes of dawn
2 Squishy and cool ground
3 Fresh and cool air
4 Wet leaves

iii- sight
1 Shimmer of raindrops
2 Tender green of the new planted paddy-fields
3 Sparkle gleaming river
4 Young rice stalks gently parted and merged in the early morning wind
5 Sunglow creep over the awakening world
b) List down the family members according to their age
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
c) List down things in the city as being told by Uncle Noi
a
b
c
d

Jasmine buds are sold by the bucketfuls

Rows of animals heads hang outside the butcher stalls
Countless different kinds of coconut cakes are sold
Beautiful Emerald Temple

CHAPTER 2 : SING TO THE DAWN (page 10-19)

The teacher smiled looking at each of his students faces who were
focusing on him. He asked the students to sit down and triggered them with a
question, something ______________
_______________ their houses.
Responses

from

the

students

were

___________and_________
A boy stood up and muttered that it was _____________for the _______________
______________, a thin boy said as the landlord owned the land, they have to
pay him________
because they were _____________on his land.

Dawan raised her hand and

asked a question. The teacher then wrote a word landlord on the board and
listed 3 words _________________,

___________________, and ___________________. He took a deep breath and asked

the students about the landlord whether he worked harder than the students
father.

As

their

father

_____________rice

seedlings

all

day

and

______________furrow after furrow in the wide fields. The interest in his class
was rekindled. Most of the students shook their heads, frowning, while a few
_________________.

The teacher continued the discussion with the students

even he got an angry remarks from the students.

Then, the teacher asked Dawan if she agreed that the landlord owned
the land because he ____________it from his father. Dawan was not satisfied
with

the

statement

as

she

didnt

think

that

the

landlords

father_______________, he couldnt hand it over when he died.

Then, the

teacher informed the students that paying rent has been the ______________