Childrens Literature

Group members:
Farhana Zawawi
Nur Adibah Roslin
Nuraina Mohd Rizal
Nur Raihana Abdul Ghani

Teddy Goes Flying

Suitable to stage 2 (4-7 years
old)
Genre: Picture story book

Themes
Curiosity
Effort in doing
something
Brave to try new things

Characters
Teddy Bear
-Love to explore
-Has high curiosity
-Caring
-Imaginative

 Mummy Bear
-Loving mother
-Patience

Uncle Sailor Bill

-Caring
-Intelligent

Setting
Place: Teddys house,
playground, Honey pot
Hill
Time: Morning
Social: Animal

Playground
Honey pot
Hill

Teddys
house

Tone
Humorous and happy

Moral values
Never give up.
Dont afraid to try.
Believe in yourself.

Plot

on

act
ion

Ris
ing

cti
ga
llin
Fa

Teddy climbed up to the top of Honey pot Hill

and wanted to jump.
He fell into a muddy stream at the bottom
Uncle Sailor
Climax
Teddy tried everything in order
Bill came with
fly.
a navy
helicopter and
asked Teddy
to hauled up
Exposition
on
a rope
Resolution
towards the
Teddys
helicopter.
Teddy saw a bird and started to
wish com
urious on how bird can fly. He asked
true. At last, he abl
is mom why he cannot fly.
to fly by Uncle Bills
help.

Discuss what role do

parents, teachers,
peers and siblings
play in motivating or
demotivating reading
among young
learners

How they motivate children to

Parentsread? Teachers
Peers
Parents need
to surround
young learners
with literature
rich
environment.
Bedtime
stories
Choose
appropriate
reading
material for
children.
Parents as the
role model for
children.

Give books as
present in
order to
motivate
children to
read.
Provide
opportunities
for children to
self-select
books that
they want to
read.
Reading
corner in
classroom.
Encourage
read-alouds

Sharing and
exchange
books among
peers.
Social
interaction
about books
(book
discussion
club,
reading group)
Peers can
make others
excited about
their new
favorite book,
and influence
everybody to

Siblings
Older siblings
can teach
children to
read books.
Read together
with children.
Tell story from
books to
younger
siblings.
Older siblings
must show
good example
to children as
children learn
behaviors
from their
siblings.

Roles in demotivating children in read

Parents
Parents
cannot
provide
books for
children
(poor,
busy)
Parents
who do
not read
cannot
motivate

Teachers
Wrong
choice of
books.
Teacher
does not
introduce
various
genre of
book to
student.
(only
suggest

Peers
Not
supportiv
e ( keep
teasing
when
their
friends
started to
read)

Siblings
Older
siblings
have less
interest
and
reading.
Ignore
childrens
interest in
reading
books.

References
http://www.readinggroupchoices.com/
http://www.parenthood.com/article-topics/the_influen
ce_of_older_siblings.html
http://www.bodyinfo.co.za/articles/read/6
Tomlinson, C. M. & Lynch-Brown, C. (2005).
Essentials of Childrens Literature. United States of
America: Pearson Education
Storey, P., & Spurgeon, M. (2004). My Book of
Stories & Rhymes. England: Brown Watson