SING TO THE DAWN : CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 1 :
It was a cold morning as it was ____________ last night. Dawan woke up early
and saw her____________ sisters were still sleeping soundly next to her in their
____________. While admiring the natural waves of after-night twined around
the ____________ of before-dawn, she heard the ____________ of a roaster which
officially signs

morning.

As

she

was crawling

out,

she

saw

Kwais

head____________ from the mosquito net that he shared with the ____________ .
Both of them, ____________ to the wooden platform outside and ____________
down the ladder. Dawan raced with her brother to the ____________ of the
river. Kwai

jumped into it for a while and then sat on the middle of the

____________, with his legs ____________ over the edge. Dawan sat next to her
brother and started singing softly. Kwai threw a little ____________ into the
river and it made nice ____________. The sun arose marked that the world was
finally awake. Kwai was so curious about the examination results and urged
his sister to go home and get ready for school. It was the day that they would
know who won the ____________ and pursue study in the city. Their Teacher
always talked about ____________ and ____________ after school.

Kwai

determined to study hard so that he could teach father how to raise

____________ and use better ____________. He dreamt of

setting

up a

____________ and advised the villagers not to get easily cheated by the
____________. Father had to pay the rent for the ____________ by giving away
their ____________that were stalked up ____________ their house. Kwai was so
furious as none of the landlord had ____________ and experienced the hard
work of ____________, ____________ and ____________ the rice. Kwai advised
Dawan to ask ____________ and not to be scared of ____________ out in class.
He believed that his sister had her right to be in school even though their
parents thought that it was ____________ and ____________ to send ____________
to school. It was Kwai who insisted that his sister to be allowed to join him.
Dawan scored good marks in exams and study harder than him. She would
win the scholarship. The fact the she was a ____________

, made Dawan

____________ tight her hands over the edge of the ____________ ____________ .

Answer these questions.

a) By using the 5 senses describe setting of the village early in that morning.
i- Sound
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
ii- Touch
1. Breezes of dawn
2. Squishy and cool ground
3.
4.

iii- sight
1.
2.
3.
4.
b) List down the family members according to their age
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
c) List down things in the city as being told by Noi
a)
b)
c)
d)
Answer these questions.
a) By using the 5 senses describe setting of the village early in that morning.
i- Sounds :
1 Croaking of the bullfrogs
2 Whispery gossip of the leaves
3 First cries of small sparrows
4 Window shutters creaking

Crowing of a roaster

ii- Touch
1 Breezes of dawn
2 Squishy and cool ground
3 Fresh and cool air
4 Wet leaves

iii- sight
1 Shimmer of raindrops
2 Tender green of the new planted paddy-fields
3 Sparkle gleaming river
4 Young rice stalks gently parted and merged in the early morning wind
5 Sunglow creep over the awakening world
b) List down the family members according to their age
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
c) List down things in the city as being told by Uncle Noi
a
b
c
d

Jasmine buds are sold by the bucketfuls

Rows of animals heads hang outside the butcher stalls
Countless different kinds of coconut cakes are sold
Beautiful Emerald Temple

CHAPTER 2 : SING TO THE DAWN

The teacher smiled looking at each of his students faces who were
focusing on him. He asked the students to sit down and triggered them with a
question, something ______________
_______________ their houses. Responses from the students were
___________and_________
A boy stood up and muttered that it was _____________for the _______________
______________, a thin boy said as the landlord owned the land, they have to
pay him________
because they were _____________on his land. Dawan raised her hand and
asked a question. The teacher then wrote a word landlord on the board and
listed 3 words _________________,

___________________, and ___________________. He took a deep breath and asked

the students about the landlord whether he worked harder than the students
father. As their father _____________rice seedlings all day and
______________furrow after furrow in the wide fields. The teacher provoked the
students, saying that the landlord needed more as he had a
______________,_______________ and _________________. However, the students
protested and they started to make noises in the class. The teacher had to
calmed them down and posted another question. When it came to the word
Inheritance, ___________gave its definition. Dawan disagreed with the
meaning of it. Then, the issue of fairness was raised by___________. The
students agreed to changes the system in their village. One of the
suggestions was to __________the land from the landlord.
___________complained immediately. Kwai gave another suggestion which was
____________________________________________.
The lively discussion continued, until the headmaster passed by.
Everybody was quiet and the teacher quickly changed the topic. After the
headmaster observed the lesson for a while, he finally stole away. The
teacher then announced the best student who was qualified for the
____________and would get a ___________in the big______________. The teacher
announced the winner of the scholarship. _____________ got the scholarship.