'Homeland Wharf' is a profoundly philosophical short story by the author Nguyen Minh Chau. This lesson on 'Homeland Wharf' in the 9th-grade literature curriculum below will guide students in exploring the circumstances of the character Nhi, thereby uncovering the philosophical insights about human nature and life that author Nguyen Minh Chau conveys through the work.
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1. Lesson plan #1
2. Lesson plan #2
Exploring 'Homeland Wharf' in lesson planning allows students to grasp Nguyen Minh Chau's writing style and profound life philosophies conveyed through the work. The narrative delves into the paradoxical situation of the main character - Nhị, who traveled extensively around the Earth but only discovered the simple beauty of his homeland when confined to a hospital bed at the end of his life. To gain deeper insights into Nguyen Minh Chau's themes and messages embedded in the text, students can refer to our Grade 9 literature lesson materials for this lesson.
1. Shortest Lesson Plan for 'Homeland Wharf', Sample 1 (Standard)
I. Reading – Understanding the Text
Question 1
- The character Nhị had traveled extensively across the globe, perhaps missing not a single corner,
yet towards the end of his life, Nhị found himself unable to move. It was precisely when unable to move that Nhị discovered the embankment near his home, where the familiar homeland exuded captivating beauty, stirring the hearts and yearnings of people.
- The situation is crafted to reflect the author's perspective and life philosophy: Life inevitably encounters twists and turns or hurdles
Question 2
- In the final days of his life, lying on his sickbed, Nhị looked through the window and saw the marigold flowers outside the window, reaching to the Red River with its pale red hue fading into autumn, the sky's canopy, and the embankment on the other side of the river ⟶ For the first time, Nhị recognized the beauty of those things
- Nhị longed to set foot on that beautiful piece of land, right next to where he had lived his whole life, but now he couldn't because he couldn't move, and he was about to bid farewell to life.
- That longing because Nhị had spent a lifetime searching for strange and beautiful scenes but only at the end of his life did he discover the beauty he sought was right beside him.
⟶ Awakening to the appreciation of the simple beauty of one's homeland
Question 3
The pen captures Nguyen Minh Chau's psychology in this celestial tale with great delicacy, deeply imbued with humanistic values. The characters' psychology when placed in dire circumstances left a profound impression on readers.
Question 4
- The portrayal, gestures of the character Nhị at the end seem peculiar, unfamiliar.
+ That action shows his extreme haste, urging his son to hurry lest they miss the only ferry of the day to the embankment across the river.
+ Nhị hopes the next generation will realize life's philosophy earlier, love, appreciate the true beauty, and value the genuine essence around life.
Question 5
- Image: Embankment across the river, this side of the riverbank is eroded,...
- Detail: His son gets involved in a group playing chess and might miss the ferry.
⟶ The image of the embankment across the river carries the beauty, the enduring traditional values in each individual.
⟶ Detail of his son getting involved in a group playing chess: Awakening the next generation needs to avoid life's temptations to realize the value of life around them.
Question 6
-The passage contains reflections, experiences of human beings, and life is the passage: “It turns out that my son .... never fully explains”.
⟶ The author conveys profound philosophical insights about human beings and life, awakening the appreciation of the value of family life and the simple beauty of the homeland.
II. Practice
Question 1
- The art of describing nature is subtle, impressive, and remarkable.
- The work is described in a linear order, from close to distant, creating a space that is both deep and wide (from the marigolds near the window to the riverbank, the scenery on the riverbank).
- The natural landscape unfolds before the character's eyes, intimate and familiar yet incredibly strange and new, as if this were Nhị's first discovery of the freshness and beauty of the land he lives on.
2. Lesson Plan for 'Homeland Wharf', Sample 2:
In addition to the aforementioned, students can explore further with Imagining and writing a letter to a classmate about a visit to the old school after 20 years to prepare for the content in the Grade 9 Vietnamese Language textbook.
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