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Starting from the year 2009, the Ministry Education of Malaysia has introduced the new literature component

for Form 1 up until Form 5. For this post, I would like to outline the poems, short stories and novels as decided by the ministry for the lower secondary level. Time permits, I will touch on the upper secondary level in the next upcoming post. Form 1 Poems 1) The River - Valerie Bloom ( meaningful poem on how nature could take over our lives) 2) Mr Nobody - Anonymous ( a fun, tricky poem which touches on our inability to own up to our mistakes) Short Story 1) Flipping Fantastic- Jane Langford ( The term "handicapped' is well-defined here = You could always be handicapped emotionally and socially, not just physically) Graphic Novel 1) The Boscombe Valley Mystery- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ( in Selangor) (Sherlock Holmes' Novel) Form 2 Poems 1) I Wonder- Jeannie Kirby ( a poem which makes us think on how significant the questions usually asked by small children, but easily ignored by adults ) 2) Heir Conditioning - M SHANmughalingam ( a poem which shows us how bad it is the state of our environment) Short Story 1) One Is One and All Alone - Nicholas Fisk ( human cloning issues) Drama 1) Rumpelstiltskin - ( a fairy tale from Germany, collected by Brothers Grimm) ( the antagonist as the namesake, is actually a goblin) (* Selangor ) Form 3 Poems 1)A Fighter's Line - Marzuki Ali ( the need of the younger generation to be brave and speak up, as voiced out by the war veteran i.e the independence fighter) 2) Leisure - William Henry Davies ( the need to take our own time and look around us, enjoying our beautiful life)

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