Mid term break

Question A
A
-poet is anxious
-this can be seen from ‘counting bells knelling classes to a close ‘
-usually when u kneel u are praying
-the poet hopes that the lesson would end soon
B
-poet is shock
-he is shocked that father has cried in a funeral
-usually he would ‘take funerals in his stride ‘ in stanza 2
-he is shocked that his father would react so negatively to this funeral as he normally does not .
C
-poet is embarrassed
-he is embarrassed that his neighbors came to shake his hand
-this can be seen from ‘ By old men standing up to shake my hand ‘

Question B
A
-use of Irony
- the poem is called 'Mid -Term break
- sounds like a vacation or holiday
- not a holiday but leaves because brother dies
-this can be seen from 'Mid -Term break '
B
-Metaphors are used
-like 'cough out tearless sigh' stanza 5
-shows that mood is extremely sad but helpless in the house
-mother cries so much
-until she cannot cries ,she felt she could no loger do anything to help
C
-personification is used
-like'snowdrops and candles soothed the bed side 'in stanza 6
-shows the mood is calm and relaxed

Done by : Joel Koh (13) , Alexander ( 1) , Cheng Tong Wen ( 5 ) , Wallace Lim ( 28) and Fan Pu ( 33)

Poem of famous people

A is for Albert Einstein, he is smart;
B is for Brad Pitt, he likes to go to the mart;
C is for Cameron Diaz, she is a girl;
D is for David Beckham, who likes to twirl;
E is for Elton John, who likes a specific song;
F is for Fernando Torres, who plays all day long;
G is for George Bush, he is like a lord;
H is for Henry Ford, he discovered Ford;
J is for Johnny Depp, he loves to wear bags with sling;
K is for Katie Parry, she loves to sing;
L is for Lance Armstrong, his handicapped at a glance;
M is for Michael Jackson, he just loves to dance;
N is for Nick-Falbo, who has a voice that is low;
O is for Oprah Winfrey, who has her own show;
P is for Paula Abdul, she is good in English;
Q is for Queen Latifah, I do not think she is good in Spanish;
R is for Roger Federer, he likes tennis if you cannot tell ;
S is for Simon Cowell, judging is his hobby if you know him well;
T is for Tiger Woods, must I tell you who he is;
U is for Usher Raymond, well you should know this.

My own Poem(Back in Primary school)

I could still remember
My days in primary school...

Everyday,there will be 4 bells ringing
Before school ends

The first bell rings everyone is in class
The second bell rings everyone is in the canteen
The third bell rings everyone is back in class
The last bell rings everyone is at home

Ah!How I wish i could listen
To these bells ringing
Ah!How I wish I could
Be back in Primary school

Favourite poem

If You Forget Me

I want you to know
one thing.

You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.

Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.

If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.

If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.

But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine

My Reflection

In this poem, a lot of figurative languages has been used.
Hyperbole: "in me ......""in me nothing is ""ah my love""ah my own"
Personification: "and my roots will set off"
Metaphor:of the heart where I have roots
Simile:none
Symbolism:"you forget me"
"do not look for me"
"for I shall already have forgotten you"


In my opinion, I like this poem as it shows the how she would react if someone forgets her like for example this line"If suddenly, you forget me,do not look for me,for I shall already have forgotten you." and this line "Well,now,if little by little you stop loving me, I shall stop loving you little by little."The poem also uses alot of figurative language.Therefore,this is why I enjoyed this poem so much

Trip to Little India

Overall,I feel that the food was a little spicy.I enjoyed the speech given by the famous ,Chef Devagi Sanmugam, who wrote 17 recipe book.She said that Indians eat food with their right hand and use their left hand to do chores,etc.I enjoyed the rice,chicken and the chapatti.If I have another chance to go back to "The Spice Queen" , I would definitely order the same food to eat.Now i deffinitely apprciate the Indian culture.My favourite dish is the rice as it had alot of different spices in it.

Urban and Rural differences

Urban Rural
1.Have formal doctors 1.No formal doctor
Evidence:There is a hospital in Alibagh.pg155
2.Have policmen 2.Have no policemen
Evidence:The policemen stood chewing his moustache uncertainly.pg169
3.Have high rise buildings 3.Have thatched hut
Evidence:The hut should have been re-thatched years ago.pg5.
4.Have alot a technology 4.Have very little technology
Evidence:But here there was everything at once as if all the traffic in the world had met on the streets of Bombay.pg115.
5.Role of men and women are not clearly stated 5.Role of men and women clearly delineated.
Evidence:To Hari's utter amazement, all the people marching in it were women.pg118.
6.Some are poor 6.Some are rich
Evidence:Once it is in the sea, it will fetch fifty thousand rupees a day, at least.pg46.
7.Less green 7.More green
Evidence:The paddy fields will be bulit over by factories,house and streets.
8.More pollution 8.Less pollution
Evidence:They were walking down the beach to the three rocks that stood in the sea.
9.Not much Bargaining 9.Alot of bargaining
Evidence:Three rupees.Five.pg28.
10.Most of the items are not free 10.Most of the items are free
Evidence:She promised to bring them flowers for their hair too.pg52.
11.High crime rates 11.Low crime rates
Evidence:The policemen stood chewing his moustache uncertainly.pg169
12.Have educaion 12.Not much education
Evidence:"Go on ,go ,on,you are late," Hari shouted, raising his switch.pg9.
13.Have elctronics 13.Do not Have elctronics
Evidence:But here there was everything at once as if all the traffic in the world had met on the streets of Bombay.pg115.
14.Play indoors 14.Play outdoors
Evidence:Bela and Kamal were still skipping and playing .
15.Some people are kind 15.Some people are rude
Evidence:Other peoplpe have come to Jagu for help.

Village by the sea presentation.

I am presenting on Mr de silva.As you know from the book, Mr de silva helped Lila as he brought Lila's ill mother to the hospital and paid all the medicine bill.He also helped Hari as he gave Hari his address to become a car cleaner if he came to Bombay.He also told Hari to bring his father to him so that he could give Hari;d father a job.However,Mr de silva despise some of the drunken villages like Hari's father as he think that these people are hopeless,useless and cannot earn a living to support their family.Lastly, Mr de Silva is very rich.He have many servants,a cook and an ayah to wash all his family's clothes.He lives in Mon Repos, a big and beatiful bungalow.