I have just finished marking
Paper 2 for the mid semester examination. I would like to focus on one of my students' answer for the Literature Text. Even though this is a Form Four paper, and the question is based on the short stories, SPM students may take this as an example for their revision.
The question:
33. The following are the short stories studied in the literature component in English Language.
Tanjong Rhu - Minfong Ho
Leaving - M. G. Vassanji
Choose any ONE of the short stories above and answer the question below.
With close reference to the text, what is the most important moral lesson you have learnt?
The answer:
Based on short story
Tanjung Rhu by Minfong Ho, the most important lesson that I have learnt is to be responsible. As for example, Mr. Li is a responsible son. He takes care of his old mother as she has given birth to him and took good care of him since he was young. Mr. Li’s responsibility to his mother inspires me to do the same. I realize that I need to take good care of my old parents as they had
sacrifived a lot for me. I will pay back their kindness to me. Besides that, when Mr. Li’s mother was sick and hospitalized, he often
visit her in the hospital and accompanies her there. He is very responsible that he doesn’t neglect and abandon his mother. His daughter, Ying is also responsible. She stays at the hospital with her sick grandmother so that she won’t be alone. Mr. Li and Ying show that we must be responsible to our old parents. They had done a lot for us and we need to appreciate it. I’d promised myself that I will be a responsible daughter and take care of my parents perfectly. I will make them proud to have me as their child.
In a nut shell, we need to be responsible and show our filial piety for our parents. They are the one who brought us into this world, so we need to pay back their sacrifice by loving them and
take good care of them.
The marking:
I gave this
10 for Contents and
4 for Language which amounts to
14 over 15.
However, she could have done better, apart from the spelling and grammar mistakes, by writing her answer in suitable paragraphs. Here is what her answer should be to get full 15 over 15.
Based on short story Tanjong
Rhu by Minfong Ho, the most
important lesson that I have learnt is to be responsible.
As for
example, Mr. Li is a responsible son. He takes care of his old mother as
she has given birth to him and took good care of him since he was
young. Mr. Li’s responsibility to his mother inspires me to do the same.
I realize that I need to take good care of my old parents as they had sacrificed a lot for me. I will pay back their kindness to me.
Besides that, when Mr. Li’s mother was sick and hospitalized, he often visits
her in the hospital and accompanies her there. He is very responsible
that he doesn’t neglect and abandon his mother. His daughter, Ying is
also responsible. She stays at the hospital with her sick grandmother so
that she won’t be alone.
Mr. Li and Ying show that we must be
responsible to our old parents. They had done a lot for us and we need
to appreciate it. I’d promised myself that I will be a responsible
daughter and take care of my parents perfectly. I will make them proud
to have me as their child.
In a nut shell, we need to be
responsible and show our filial piety for our parents. They are the one
who brought us into this world, so we need to pay back their sacrifice
by loving them and taking good care of them.
