tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811326.post-42981361873977628642007-01-13T20:40:00.000+08:002008-11-14T14:04:41.120+08:002008-11-14T14:04:41.120+08:00<span style="font-family:arial;">Recently I was browsing the Internet to find activities for my BM students (currently I'm giving BM tuition for a few UPSR and secondary students). I came across a website titled </span><a href="http://home.online.no/~anlun/gram-po.htm"><span style="font-family:arial;">Combine Your Grammar and Poetry Skills</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. I find the activity rather interesting and wanted to share with my students.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Here is one of the <em>sajak</em> written by my student, Caryn Goh, a UPSR student. I was amazed by the result and her potential. I discussed with her and suggested some new vocabulary that can be used to improve the <em>sajak</em>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Caryn's version:</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><blockquote><em><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Sang Suria,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Bercahaya dan besar,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Memberi cahaya kepada manusia,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Seperti bola yang panas,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Andainya aku seperti kamu,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Dapat membantu orang ramai.</span><br /></span></em></blockquote></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Edited version:</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><blockquote><em><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/RajgXmArdVI/AAAAAAAAADQ/yu-9B1ICzSM/s1600-h/cartoon-sun.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5019508480649426258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 129px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 113px" height="128" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/RajgXmArdVI/AAAAAAAAADQ/yu-9B1ICzSM/s200/cartoon-sun.jpg" width="159" border="0" /></a>Sang Suria,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Bercahaya dan besar,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Memberi harapan kepada manusia,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Seperti bebola yang membara,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Andainya aku sepertinya,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Dapat menerangi segenap manusia.</span><br /></span></em></blockquote></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">The following is the technique of writing (in Malay language) a five-line <em>sajak.</em></span><br /><br /><ol><li><span style="font-family:Arial;">Baris pertama - tulis <strong>satu Kata Nama</strong> (Am atau Khas atau Terbitan) pilihan anda.</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:Arial;">Baris kedua - tulis <strong>dua Kata Adjektif</strong> untuk menerangkan Kata Nama anda. Anda boleh menggunakan Kata Penguat untuk Kata Adjektif anda. Contohnya, <em>amat</em> cantik.</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:Arial;">Baris ketiga - tulis <strong>satu Kata Kerja</strong> untuk menerangkan Kata Nama anda.</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:Arial;">Baris keempat - tulis <strong>perbandingan (simile)</strong> dengan menggunakan kata-kata seperti <em>bagai</em>, <em>seperti, macam, bak, laksana</em>.</span></li><br /><li><span style="font-family:Arial;">Baris kelima - tulis <strong>impian/kehendak/keinginan/harapan</strong> anda dengan menggunakan kata-kata seperti <em>andainya, sekiranya, hanya jika</em> pada permulaan ayat.</span></li></ol><span style="font-family:Arial;">Here are five different <em>sajak</em> which I have written as examples for my students.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><p><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Peperangan,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Kejam dan tanpa kemanusiaan,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Menafikan erti kemerdekaan,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Bagai tiada masa hadapan,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Hanya jika perselisihan ini tidak lagi berterusan.</span> </span></p><p></span></p><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;">Sejarah,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;">Sukar namun penting,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;">Menjemukan segenap pelajar,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;">Laksana menonton televisyen tiada berwarna,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;">Hanya jika aku mampu mengingati segala.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;">Pahlawan,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;">Waja dan perkasa,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;">Menentang musuh yang dikecami,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;">Bagai tiada keesokan hari,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;">Andainya aku juga gagah dan berani,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;">Akanku tamatkan kekejaman ini.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;">Menara KL,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;">Tinggi dan megah,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;">Berdiri teguh di pusat bandar,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;">Laksana wawasan kita yang tak pernah pudar,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;">Andainya kejayaanku juga setinggi pencapaianmu.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;">Malam,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;">Sunyi dan berpanjangan,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;">Menenggelamkan cahaya dengan kegelapan,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;">Bagai kemuraman yang tiada berkesudahan,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;">Andainya pagi akan mendatang.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#990000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;">I have a Form 2 student who asked me if writing <em>sajak</em> is part of the PMR exam. I told her no. Instead it's part of the process of learning BM. I explained to her that learning Bahasa Melayu is more than just passing or excel in PMR. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;">Through <em>sajak</em> writing, we learn to apply <em>gaya bahasa</em> such as <em>simile, metafora or hiperbola</em> which is part of KOMSAS (<em>Komponen Sastera</em>) and <em>tatabahasa</em> (for example <em>Kata Nama, Kata Adjektif</em> and others). The process of writing a <em>sajak</em> also requires students to use different vocabulary in a creative way and construct better if not poetic sentences.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#000000;">Most importantly we learn to appreciate other writers' <em>puisi </em>by reading and conducting research to write our very own piece of <em>sajak</em>. </span>hcfoonoreply@blogger.com2