in class 'hypertexting'

Kecak (pronounced: /'ke.tʃak/, roughly "KEH-chahk", alternate spellings: Ketjak and Ketjack), a form of Balinese music drama, originated in the 1930s and is performed primarily by men. Also known as the Ramayana Monkey Chant, the piece, performed by a circle of 100 or more performers wearing checked cloth around their waists, percussively chanting "cak" and throwing up their arms, depicts a battle from the Ramayana where the monkey-like Vanara helped Prince Rama fight the evil King Ravana. However, Kecak has roots in sanghyang, a trance-inducing exorcism dance.[1]

Kecak was originally a trance ritual accompanied by male chorus. German painter and musician Walter Spies became deeply interested in the ritual while living in Bali in the 1930s and worked to recreate it into a drama, based on the Hindu Ramayana and including dance, intended to be presented to Western tourist audiences. This transformation is an example of what James Clifford describes as part of the "modern art-culture system"[2] in which, "the West or the central power adopts, transforms, and consumes non-Western or peripheral cultural elements, while making 'art' which was once embedded in the culture as a while, into a separate entity."[3] Spies worked with Wayan Limbak and Limbak popularized the dance by traveling throughout the world with Balinese performance groups. These travels have helped to make the Kecak famous throughout the world.

TASK 3 - Lesson Plan

Level : Form 3 (Advanced)

Time : 80 minutes

Topic: Gadgets

Theme: Science and Technology

Aims :
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to extract information from the given website and apply it in their task given. Students will be able to describe any gadgets which interest them and promote it as their own. At the end of the lesson, students must come out with an essay based on the topic given.The language focus here is to use adjective effectively.

Technical Requirements:
4 students per computer where the computer must have internet connection and web browser.

Website:
http://www.lelong.com.my/


Procedure:
1. Teacher gives an overview of what the students are going to learn for the day
2. Teacher asks students to form groups of four per computer.
3. Teacher asks students to open the website given. (http://www.lelong.com.my/)
4. Teacher distributes a strip of handout* for each group to refer.
5. Teacher gives students 20 minutes to complete the activity.
6. While doing the activity, teacher guides students all the way.
7. After all groups have done, teacher asks each group to present what they did.
8. Teacher discusses with students the activity conducted.
9.For the next task, teacher asks students to write an essay on the topic discussed for the lesson.
10. Teacher asks all students to submit their work before time.

Follow-up activity:
Teacher asks students to design an advertisement on a gadget they like and promote it.

p/s: task sheet was sent via email to Dr.Izaham

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