HANG TUAH

Hang Tuah is a legendary Malay warrior from Melaka in the 15 th century. He

was born in Kampung Sungai Duyong, Melaka. His parents were Hang Mahmud and
Dang Merdu Wati. They lived a humble life in the village.

At the age of 10, Hang Tuah learned silat (Malay martial art) with his four best
friends. They were Hang Kasturi, Hang Jebat, Hang Lekir and Hang Lekiu. Hang
Tuah and his friends were taught how to defend themselves.

Many years later, Hang Tuah became the Sultan’s most trusted adviser. Hang
Tuah was wise and brave. The Sultan admired his faithfulness for the country. Hang
Tuah and his friends served Sultan for many years and protected Melaka from
enemies. They maintained peace in Melaka but one day ……

1. What do you predict will happen next?

2. How did Hang Tuah and his friends maintain peace in Melaka?

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3. What do you think will happen if Hang Tuah is a spy from other nations?

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4. How do you think Hang Tuah became a legendary Malay warrior from
Melaka?

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5. In your opinion, do you think a hero like Hang Tuah exist in this modern
world? State your reasons.

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TASK 1 (INDIVIDUAL WORK) (a)

Predicting is closely related to inferring. Readers predict actions, events and

outcomes that are confirmed or dismissed during the reading experience.
According to Cambridge Dictionary, predicting is to say that an event or action
will happen in the future, especially as a result of knowledge or experience.
According to Dalton & Smith (1986), predicting a question is also one of the ways
in Bloom’s Taxonomy. Predict often falls under the 5 th level (synthesis) in the
taxonomy. Bloom’s Taxonomy is very useful especially for teachers because it
provides us with a framework that can be used to create assessments, evaluate
the complexity of assignments, simplify an activity to help personalize learning,
design a summative assessment, plan project-based learning, frame a group
discussion, and etc. Terry (2018) also has mentioned that Bloom’s Taxonomy is a
hierarchical ordering of cognitive skills that can, among countless other uses,
help teachers teach and students learn. Based on the Bloom’s Taxonomy, I have
also designed a reading assessment for a Year 5 class based on the required
skills required for this assignment.
TASK 1 (b)

Assessment can be defined as a way to know pupils’ performance on what

has been taught. According to Linn & Gronlund (2000), it is a process of identifying
goals and determining how well pupils are meeting them. In other words, it is a
method to evaluate one’s attribute. Assessment can also be divided into three major
types namely diagnostic, summative, and formative. Teachers usually use diagnostic
assessment to help them identify their pupils’ current knowledge of a subject, their
skill sets and capabilities, and to clarify misconceptions before teaching takes place.
Summative assessment on the other hand usually takes place at the end of a course
or semester and formative assessment is a type of assessment where it takes place
as teachers teach in order to assess and monitor the pupils’ growth.

In order to give a full and thorough feedbacks to the pupils, teachers will use
letter grading as a way to show pupils’ current achievement. Unfortunately, there are
also some drawbacks of this grading system which are, generalized evaluation and
ranking system amongst the pupils. As a result, students concern themselves with
their rank rather than on learning the material and may seek alternate ways to obtain
high grades. Since "grades do not discourage academic dishonesty," students will
see cheating as a viable option [ CITATION MAM \l 1033 ]. Narrative evaluation is a
type of alternatives grading which can be used to assess the pupils. Based on the
sample of a pupil’s work, I will evaluate using the narrative evaluation method.

Based on the work sample provided, the pupil’s work really needs
improvement. For example, we can say this from the way the pupil didn’t manage to
use punctuations like comma and period correctly throughout the writing exercise
that the pupil has written. The pupil lacked the knowledge to use the punctuations.
Therefore, the pupil can only punctuate with satisfactory accuracy. We can see this
from the missing correct punctuation like commas and periods in the writing
exercise. This is based on the 3.2.3 and 3.2.4 learning standard for writing skills. The
punctuations in the bracketed sentence is the correct way. The punctuation that I
have identified wrong is the one inside the bracket.

“On Friday 10 date of April month 2015(.) year.”

 - Pupil

Next, another aspect that the pupil can improve in the future is the grammar.
In the exercise, a lot of errors can be found. For instance, “a long Jetty and there
water so blue and clear” has few errors like letter capitalization and article of “the”
should be used instead of there*. Article is a word used to modify a noun, which is a
person, place, object, or idea. Technically, an article is an adjective, which is any
word that modifies a noun. Usually adjectives modify nouns through description, but
articles are used instead to point out or refer to nouns. In this case, “the” is the
definite article but in the pupil’s writing, he/she failed to use the and used “there”
instead. The pupil did make a progress in highlighting and describing the situation
but it is only satisfactory.

After that, the pupil also showed some progress in developing the story and
his/her writing skills. The pupil managed to create an average writing product which
had a main idea and supporting details. This can be seen from the way the pupil
explained that he\she went to the Sipadan Island in Semporna and further
elaborated that the water is blue and clear. Therefore, I can see that the pupil is very
descriptive and elaborated by looking at the sample provided. However, the pupil’s
writing lacked the details necessary for a good story writing. For example, maybe the
pupil can improve on the overall organisation of ideas because judging by the
sample provided, the organisation of ideas is not clear and I have difficulty in finding
the main ideas and supporting details. It is pertinent to keep your ideas organised to
ensure that your main message can be conveyed correctly. Transition words or
phrases are needed in writing to guide the reader through your discussion or
argument.

Then, the pupil also has shown a very good accuracy in the writing itself. The
pupil managed to spell each word in his writing exercise with minimal spelling errors.
Based on the leaning standard of 3.1.1, the pupil was able to reach the performance
level of 5, which is being able to write sentences and paragraphs legibly with a very
good level of accuracy in spelling. It is important to be able to spell correctly because
Learners who feel confident with letters and word patterns are able to read and
comprehend more complex texts. They also have the necessary language tools to
better convey their own ideas through both written and verbal communication
[ CITATION Bec \l 1033 ]. Recent studies also have shown that spelling, reading,
writing and comprehension are all closely linked. A research study conducted by L.C.
Ehri for the Scientific Study of Reading found that spelling instruction improves
reading ability, as it builds a learner’s knowledge of the alphabetic system as it is
used in reading.

Based on the overall performance of the pupil’s writing, I can say that the
pupil managed to write a good story despite the errors that can be found in the
writing, the areas can still be improved in the future. The pupil did a good job in
writing and completing the exercise given. We can only improve our pupils’ level by
assessing them. Because of this, it is safe to say that assessment is a key
component of learning because it helps students learn. When students are able to
see how they are doing in a class, they are able to determine whether or not they
understand course material. Assessment can also help motivate students. If students
know they are doing poorly, they may begin to work harder. Because of this, without
assessment, our pupils will never move forward.
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