Puisi Tradisional...Pantun

Pantun adalah karangan berangkap yang menggunakan bahasa yang indah dan mempunyai maksud tersurat dan tersirat. Pantun dikategorikan berdasarkan fungsinya, iaitu pantun kanak-kanak, pantun budi, pantun sindiran, pantun jenaka, pantun nasihat, pantun teka-teki dan sebagainya.
Pantun terbahagi kepada pantun dua kerat, empat kerat, enam kerat, lapan kerat, sepuluh kerat, dua belas kerat dan pantun berkait.

Antara pantun popular di kalangan rakyat Malaysia:

Dua tiga kucing berlari,

Mana nak sama si kucing belang,

Dua tiga boleh ku cari,

Mana nak sama cik adik sorang.

Buah cempedak di luar pagar,

Ambil galah tolong jolokkan

Saya budak baru belajar,

kalau salah tolong tunjukkan. 

Siakap senohong,

Gelama ikan berduri,

Bercakap bohong,

lama-lama mencuri

Sorong papan tarik papan,

Buah keranji dalam perahu,

Suruh makan dia makan,

Suruh mengaji dia tak mahu.

Sebab pulut santan terasa,

Sebab mulut badan binasa.

Antologi Dirgahayu Bahasaku

PANTUN ENAM KERAT

Putik kelapa menjadi muda,

Kelapa muda jadi kemirau,

Sudah kemirau menjadi kotai,

Hati luka pura tiada,

Rasa pedih buat tak hirau,

Ibarat kaca jatuh ke lantai.

Ambil galah jolok kedondong,

Galah pendek buluh sumpitan,

Buluh bersisip tali jerami,

Bukan salah ibu mengandung,

Sudah takdir sudah suratan,

Sudah nasib jadi begini.

Sarat bermuat ikan cencaru,

Gelama tidak berumpan lagi,

Kali tersangkut di tepi batang,

Sudah dapat orang yang baru,

Yang lama tidak berkenan lagi,

Ibarat melukut di tepi gantang.

MAKSUD

Rangkap Pertama

Seseorang yang sedang kecewa tidak menunjukkan kesedihannya itu dihadapan orang lain.

Rangkap Kedua

Nasib yang menimpa seseorang bukan disebabkan oleh faktor keturunan.

Rangkap Ketiga

Seseorang dilupakan apabila kekasihnya mendapat teman baru.

Tema

Untung nasib manusia di dunia ini yang adakalanya mengalami nasib tidak baik.

Persoalan

1. Orang yang suka memendam perasaan.
2. Nasib baik atau buruk yang dialami oleh seseorang.
3. Kesedihan yang ditanggung oleh seseorang yang ditinggalkan oleh kekasihnya.

Nilai Murni

1. Kesabaran dalam menghadapi masalah atau penderitaan hidup.
2. Mengenang jasa ibu yang telah melahirkan kita.
3. Reda / Tabah menerima suratan takdir.

Pengajaran

1. Kita hendaklah bersabar apabila menghadapi masalah.
2. Janganlah kita suka menyimpan perasaan sedih kerana akan menggangu urusan kehidupan.
3. Kita haruslah memilih pasangan yang setia agar tidak dikecewakan.

Peribahasa Lambang Budaya

Disini Nadi Bidang Bahasa ingin kongsikan beberapa peribahasa nilai murni yang pelajar-pelajar boleh pelajari dan fahami maksudnya. Diharapkan perkongsian ini akan banyak membantu pelajar memahami peribahasa melayu yang sering diungkapkan dan digunakan di dalam penulisan, pemahaman dan perbualan. Banyak lagi yang akan dikongsikan pada masa yang akan datang.

Tema: Baik Hati / Berbudi Bahasa / Berhemah Tinggi

• Baik membawa resmi padi daripada membawa resmi lalang - Merendah diri lebih baik daripada bersikap sombong.
• Buat baik berpada-pada, buat jahat jangan sekali - Melakukan kebaikan biarlah berpatutan tetapi elakkan daripada berbuat jahat.
• Hancur badan dikandung tanag, budi yang baik dikenang juga - Seseorang yang berbuat bakti dan jasa akan sentiasa dikenang walaupun telah meninggal dunia.
• Hidup kayu berubah, hidup manusia biar berjasa - Berbuat baik semasa hidup untuk diri sendiri dan masyarakat.
• Kalau asal benih yang baik, jatuh ke laut menjadi pulau - Orang yang berketurunan baik, ke mana-mana dia pergi akan baik juga jadinya.
• Umpama minyak setitik, di laut sekalipun timbul jua - Orang yang baik biar di mana-mana sekalipun akan dimuliakan juga.

New Literature SPM Format

This is the latest from Education Ministry which it is about the format for 1119 English Paper 2, section D dated 26th January 2011 based on Surat Pekeliling Ikhtisas Bil. 7/2000, Pertukaran Teks Komponen Sastera (KOMSAS) where they have decided about the examination format for this section. I hope this news will really help our teachers in giving and teaching also to the students in preparing themselves to do the best in their SPM examination.

Latest Format 2011.
Section D
1. Poem (any one poem either from form 4 or form 5) : 5 Marks
Structured questions.

2. Novel (The Curse) : 15 Marks
Open question

The short stories and the drama will not be tested.. Just for reading pleasure. (A good news I believe for the students...)

Summary Writing

For all my students, here I would like to share the guidelines in writing a good summary. I know it is not easy but trust me, if we keep trying and learning from our mistakes...the results will be good and perfect in the future. I hope with this guidelines, all of you can write a good piece of summary and score a good score for your summary section...GOOD LUCK

Guidelines
For the summary writing task, you are required to write a summary of not more than 130 words (including the ten words given). The summary will be based on the reading comprehension passage in Paper 2. The passage is usually between 600 - 700 words in length. You are expected to spend 40 minutes on the summary section.

1. Read the passage to understand what the passage is about.
2. Next, read the summary question carefully. Mark the specified portion of the passage which is required for the summary.
3. Study the summary questions again and underline the key words and phrases for example, 'problems', 'reasons', 'causes', 'effects', 'feelings', 'reactions', 'what the writer did', etc.
4. Read the passage again. Select the main points by underlining them or by writing short notes.
5. You should not

• include examples and illustrations in your summary.
• express your own opinions.
• use direct speech.
• copy word for word from the passage.
• exceed the number of words stated.
• spend more than 40 minutes allotted for this question.

6. Write your first draft. Keep to the number of words stipulated. try to use your own words as much as possible.
7. Edit your draft.
8. Link all your points so that they flow smoothly. Use sentence connectors such as 'besides', 'moreover', 'similiarly', 'consequently', 'however', 'then' and 'finally'.
9. Read the passage again and check on grammar.

By following these guidelines, I really hope you can write the best for your summary script. Never give up before you try. I might be very difficult for the first time....but remember, a thousand journey starts with your first step....GOOD LUCK from Nadi Bahasa VOKBET

Experience Is The Best Teacher

The competition has over....and proudly to say...Nadi Bidang Bahasa is so proud with our Choral Speaking team this year as they have performed their best in the Inter-School Choral Speaking competition in the divisional level. They have make all the teachers in charged to be proud with their performance which is much more better and has improved a lot compared to last year. Even though we didn't win the competition but we managed to improve our ranking from no 7 in 2010 to no 4....which is so closed for VOKBET team to grab the throphy for second runner up place. Never mind as "Experience is the best teacher" and that will make us to work harder and improve more for next year competition.
Here is the result for 2011 Inter-School Choral Speaking Competition, Betong divisional level. Congratulation to all the winning team...for VOKBET....we still have next year for us to prove that VOKBET BOLEH!!!!

CHAMPION - SMK BM SARATOK
1st RUNNER UP - SMK SARATOK
2nd RUNNER UP - SMK KLAKA
3rd RUNNER UP - SMV BETONG

BEST CONDUCTOR - SMK BM SARATOK

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So orange...but nice

VOKBET Conductor in action

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IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP

In The Midst of Hardship by Latiff Mohidin

At dawn they returned home

their soaky clothes torn

and approached the stove

their limbs marked by scratches

their legs full of wounds

but in their brows

there were no sign of despair

The whole night and day just passed

They had to brave the horrendous flood

in the water all the time

between bloated carcasses

and tiny chips of tree barks

desparately looking for their son's

albino buffallo that was never found

They were born admist hardship

and grew without a sigh or a complaint

now they are in the kitchen, making

jokes while rolling over their ciggarate leaves

SYNOPSIS (OVERALL)

In this poem, the poet tells of the situation of a farmer and his family. They come back at dawn after being out in the floodwater for a day and night. They are looking for their albino buffalo. They come back wet and hurt but they do not show any despair. They have been born into a life of hardship and have never complained. Now, they are in the kitchen and they joke and talk while preparing to relax with a smoke.

PARAPHRASE OF THE POEM

STANZA 1

The villagers returned home at daybreak and their clothes were torn and wet. they walked over the stove. they had scratches on their hands and their legs were full of cuts. However, they did not knit their brows to show despair.

STANZA 2

The villagers had spent a whole day and night walking through the horrible floodwater. the water was full of broken twigs, pieces of tree barks and bloated animal carcasses. They had been desperately looking for their son's albino buffalo. However they did not find it.

STANZA 3

The villagers had been born into a hard life and yet, they grew up without a sigh or complaint. Now, after that difficult day and night, they are laughing and exchanging jokes and preparing to relax with a smoke in the kitchen.

THEME

1. Life's hardship and stoicism in life.

2. Accepting, with a positive outlook, circumstances that cannot be changed.

3. Family love and care.

MORAL VALUES

1. We should learn to accept problems in life with a positive outlook.

2. We must attempt to face and solve problems.

3. Failure is part of growing up.

4. Do not despair in the face of failure.