HOTs QUESTIONS
1. Suggest two ways to protect your country?
1. Suggest two ways to protect your country?
i) Be
patriotic.
ii)
Cherish these natural wonders/cherish the natural resources/ cherish the
history and romance as a sacred heritage for your children and your
children's children.
iii.
Be loyal to one's country.
1.
How do you feel
about war? Provide a reason to support your response.
I dislike war. Many people die in the war.
2.
Many soldiers fought for our country’s independence. Suggest two ways
we can show our appreciation to these soldiers?
We
should give them medals./The government should protect their families at home./The
government should
give them aids so that they can live comfortably in old age./A documentary can
be made on their struggles
so that the younger generation will appreciate them.
3.
How do you think soldiers feel when they go to war? Give a reason for
your answer?
They
feel afraid because they are not sure if they will survive./The feel proud
because they have been trained
to defend the country at all costs.
4.
Name one moral value you have learnt from this poem and how can it be
applied in your life?
Moral Value:
loyalty
How
to apply: I will always be loyal to my country and defend Malaysia no
matter what.
5.
Are wars worth fighting
for? Give a suitable reason for your answer.
Response: Yes, some wars are worth
fighting for
Reason: we need to fight for justice
and for our rights.
6.
Is there a better
way than going to war? Suggest a reason.
Yes. We can always have a discussion to
solve the problems rather than go to war.
7.
Do you think
following orders without questioning is a good thing? Give a reson for your
answer.
No. we must question first so that we
do not make a mistake.
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1. Where is the setting of the poem?
The
battlefield.
2. Which line in the poem tells us that the
soldiers obeyed the order without question?
"theirs
not to reason why"
3. Why do you think the line "Rode the six
hundred" is repeated many times in the poems?
To
emphasise that the 600 soldiers sacrificed their life on that day in the
battlefield
4. Give one quality that you admire about the
soldiers. Give a reason for your response.
Loyal
as they follow orders.
5. What do you think is the outcome of the battle?
Support your response with evidence from the poem.
Many
soldiers die. The phrase into the jaw of death shows that many of them will die
in the battle.
6. In stanza 1, who is speaking to the soldiers?
The
leader/captain/the commander.
7. Why do you think the persona asked whether there
was " a man dismayed"?
Some
of the soldiers are not courageous and have weak heart/ will/spirit.
8. There are many jobs today that require people to
be brave. Give another example of a job that requires bravery. Provide
reason for your answer.
Policeman.
They need to fight for justice.
9. What is the Light Brigade?
A
division in the army./A cavalry.
10. What does the Valley of Death symbolises?
A
battlefield/a place where battle/ war
takes palace/ a place where army fight enemies/ a place where armies
fight enemies and many of them die.
.