Monday, January 03, 2011

REVIEW OF TWO STORIES


i would give five star to this short story. Credit to Sheena Knowles for the amazing masterpiece of writing. the moment Dr Jaya introduced the story, i already astonished with the pictures. flipping through all the pages, ensure readers a real enjoyment to see various colours and pictures beautifully illustrated by Rod Clement. i do sure, students will love it.

Besides, the used of rhythm to tell the story portrays creativity which can develop sense of literature to the children. An early exposure to literature may cause interest to read. Wonderful!

i found difference by the way Sheena Knowles teaches readers the moral value. Of course the ending is nice but i like part where she started to find suitable job. in that, the sympathetic emotions evoked me everytime i saw her capability had been under estimated by human. Therefore, i noticed, not only female should realize that family is apparently vital but as human, never say bad to others. We are having the equal rights but choose only the rights.


Hoho, THE GRUFFOLO is an intelligent story reminded me of Malay fable, Sang Kancil dan Sang Buaya. Like the story Edwina the Emu, both stories used animals to portray values to the readers. Plus, this story also had rhyme in every lines. It is true that children would engage to the text better when they see cute pictures like animals.

one thing i found unique was the imagination of the gruffalo suddenly existed. Unlike other short stories there was a twist. As a reader, I also felt shocked, and thought the mouse would pay for all his lies. However, Axel Scheffler saved the atmosphere by giving insight to the mouse to escape from the gruffolo.

The tricks were brilliant and i love the ending whereby the mouse managed to fool around his enemies by using gruffola and managed to fool around the gruffolo by using his enemies. Splendid work!

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