Chapter 1: Misty Morning

1. Dawan and her brother, Kwai, live in a village in Thailand.

Dawan is fourteen but she is in the same class as Kwai, who
is thirteen. Their parents believe that it is foolish and
wasteful to send girls to school. But they allowed Dawan
to go to school with Kwai after he insisted that she joined
him.
2. Every day, before dawn, they sit on the old wooden bridge
over the river and talk before going to school. That day, as
usual, they sit on the bridge and talk about the government
scholarship to study in the City school.
3. Kwai tells Dawan that he will study hard and improve life in
the village if he wins the scholarship.
4. Then Dawan and Kwai talk about the landlord who takes
piles of rice from the villagers as rent for their rice fields.
Sometimes, they do not have enough rice for themselves.
5. Kwai encourages Dawan to speak out in class. He tells her
that she could win the scholarship too as she studies harder
than him and always gets good marks.
6. Dawan is very sure that Kwai will get the scholarship. She
tells him that she will not get it because she is a girl.

Practice 1: Answer the following questions: (refer to page 7-8)

1. What three things does Kwai plan to do when he comes
back after studying in the City is he gets the scholarship?
i.________________________________________________________
ii.________________________________________________________
iii._______________________________________________________
2. What do the following feel about the collection of sacks
of rice as rent?
(a)Father:________________________________________________
__
(b)Kwai:
___________________________________________________
(c)Dawan:
_________________________________________________
Chapter 1: Misty Morning
7. Dawan and her brother, Kwai, lived in a village in Thailand.
Dawan was fourteen but she was in the same class as Kwai,
who was thirteen. Their parents believed that it was
foolish and wasteful to send girls to school. But they
allowed Dawan to go to school with Kwai after he insisted
that she joined him.
8. Every day, before dawn, they sat on the old wooden bridge
over the river and talked before going to school. That day,
as usual, they sat on the bridge and talked about the
government scholarship to study in the City school.
9. Kwai told Dawan that he would study hard and improved
life in the village if he won the scholarship.
10. Then Dawan and Kwai talked about the landlord who
took piles of rice from the villagers as rent for their rice
fields. Sometimes, they did not have enough rice for
themselves.
11. Kwai encouraged Dawan to speak out in class. He
told her that she could win the scholarship too as she
studied harder than him and always got good marks.
12. Dawan was very sure that Kwai would get the
scholarship. She told him that she would not get it because
she is a girl.
Answer:
1. Teach father how to raise new crops and use better
fertilizers/set up a hospital for their village/advise the
people how not to get cheated by the tax collector/landlord.
2. (a)worried that by the time he gets through paying the rent
for the rice-fields, there wont be enough rice for the family.
 (b)it is not fair that the villagers who worked so hard all year
to pay rent to the landlord who has not done anything.
(c)wants to know what gives the landlord the right to take
their rice.
Misty Morning relate to the song sang by Dawan, why sang,
happy/excited, what made her so excited, eager about the
morning.
Show students the pictures, listen to the sound in the morning.
Vocabulary
Copy to past tense