The Literature Component for Secondary School textbooks (for Form 1 to 3 and Form 4 to 5) are in schools now. These should be used for the teaching of the literature component in the English classroom next year.
Here is the breakdown of the poems, short stories and drama that are included in the textbooks, respectively:
Form 1 to 3:
Here is the breakdown of the poems, short stories and drama that are included in the textbooks, respectively:
Form 1 to 3:
PoemsForm 4 to 5:
Short Stories
- I Wonder – Jeannie Kirby
- The River – Valerie Bloom
- Mr. Nobody – Unknown author
- Heir Conditioning – M SHANmughalingam
- A Fighter’s Lines – Marzuki Ali
- Leisure – William Henry Davies
Drama
- Flipping Fantastic – Jane Langford
- One Is One and All Alone – Nicholas Fisk
- Rumplelstiltskin – Angela Lanyon
Poems
Short Stories
- In the Midst of Hardship – Latiff Mohidin
- He Had Such Quiet Eyes – Bibsy Soenharjo
- Nature – H.D. Carberry
- Are You Still Playing Your Flute – Zurinah Hassan
Drama
- QWERTYUIOP – Vivien Alcock
- The Fruitcake Special – Frank Berman
- Gulp and Gasp – John Townsend