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= ETL 501 Pathfinder = Welcome to Your HKDSE Elective Learning English Through Poems and Songs Pathfinder! Let's get started!

As you know for the HKDSE at Form 5 level, you have to study four of the electives and complete various tasks assigned by your teachers. Here are the instructions on how to complete your __//**POEM AND SONG JOURNAL**//__. The outline provides instructions and suggestions on how to accomplish your goals are for the independent learning activity for this elective.The following pages also contain links to materials and sites that you may find useful.

Poem and song journal The purpose of this journal activity is to encourage you to access poems and songs as an __//**independent language learning activity**//__. In parallel to what you will be doing in class for the module, collect __//**five pieces of work**//__ __//**(including both poems and songs)**//__ that you like and give your //**personal response**// to them. You can choose your own items or you can use the online resources that direct you to poems and songs.
 * 1) Include the following in the journal for each of the five poems or songs:
 * The poem or the song lyrics


 * A description of the theme of the poem or song

(e.g. vocabulary, metaphors, similes, expressions)
 * Language that you have learned from it

(e.g. Do you like it? Why or why not? What does the poem or song mean to you?)
 * Your personal response to the poem or song

2. By the end of the module, you will need to select **ONE** of the five songs or poems and give a presentation of it to your classmates.
 * Your presentation should include:

- //**the poem/song lyrics and the writer/singer**// - //**a brief description of what the song/poem means to you**//

//-// // (e.g. this song helps me to feel better when I am lonely; the poem reminds me of my school friend who left Hong Kong last year; // // I listen to this song when I am working out because it gives me the strength to keep going). //   - //**the various aspects of what you have learned throughout the module**// ( __**you will need to determine what area you should focus on, e.g. the theme, rhyme scheme, use of language **__)


 * Consider using various means such as a __//**poster or powerpoint slides**//__ to make your presentation interesting and effective. If you prefer, your presentation may also include your recitation/singing of the poem/song.

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