The literature test spreads the spirit of ‘Living beautifully’ from the Thanh Nien Newspaper contest

Accordingly, the literature test of Minh Duc Secondary School (District 1) used 2 texts:

Document 1: “Living beautifully” writing contest organized by Newspaper Youth Organized as a highlight, a cool flow, creating many beautiful emotions. The most conveyed content in the “Living Beautifully” writing contest is the faces of volunteers, those who volunteer to build a bridge, extend their hands to unfortunate lives, and rush to disadvantaged areas. They are, first of all, very normal people, even with many physical defects, like Ms. Nguyen Thi Nhung, leader of the Paper Crane Volunteer Group (in the article People who carry paper cranes everywhere by Lien Lien – Ha Noi), like Ms. Ba Dua rowing a boat in Soc Trang (in the article Simplifying the Pain of Aries – Soc Trang) like Quang Dinh Hau in Quang Ngai (in the article Hau’s Chariot by Vu Minh Huy – Quang Ngai). .. Their actions, in some respects, are extremely extraordinary.

…There’s much more, it seems like each character “reveals” to us a strange story, a special way of life, beyond the common denominator of success, the warm beauty of the soul. . There is no common definition of “Living beautifully”, but it simply comes from compassion, sacrifice, and the spirit of “love, love, love” that is passed down through generations of the Vietnamese people. Living beautifully is not an empty morality or show-off, but a commitment to action, turning all emotions and ideas into concrete actions, even the smallest.

(Source: To live is to give, Writer Tran Nha Thuy, Tre Publishing House. 2022)

Text 2: Among the hundreds of entries for the third season of “Living Beautifully” with the theme: “Loving heart, warm hands”, there are countless moving articles and energetic stories of people in need. lucky but always choose to live “Reaching towards the sun”. That is the character Le Thi Linh, despite having osteoporosis, she still teaches herself how to read, write, write poetry, publish books, learn to make paper flowers, paper paintings, and paper cards to share love with people in life. other unlucky; To turn “from impossible into possible” is Mr. Nguyen Trung Hau, a person who always labeled “impossible”, unable to walk like everyone else, unable to go to school, unable to open a company… now, in a wheelchair, he is not only the founder of Ngoi Cafe and owner of an English center, but he also supports education and sustainable livelihoods for people with disabilities. Fortunately, beautiful living portraits are like persistent fires that shine, like flowers that silently radiate fragrance, speaking up for beauty and for deep, lasting values.

… Many young people express concerns that living a beautiful life is still misunderstood, living a beautiful life needs to be recognized, or is living a beautiful life just to polish yourself? Surely this is also a question that not many people have about the words “Living beautifully” in today’s skeptical society. Writer Anh Khang replied that looking at the image of the “Beautiful Living” logo made him think of water lilies and lotus flowers – flowers blooming from the swamp or in other words, the purest and most fragrant lotus. crystallized from mud. And Anh Khang sends a message to young people that, if your mind is a lotus flower, don’t worry about the mud outside.

(Source: Loving heart, warm hands – Nguyen Ngoc Toan, Newspaper YouthTre Publishing House, 2023).

With 2 texts quoting the article about the “Beautiful Living” contest published by the Newspaper Youth The organization and exam questions not only test reading comprehension but also encourage students to express their opinions and thoughts. In a paragraph of 6 to 8 sentences, students write their thoughts on the idea that: “Living beautifully is not an empty morality or show-off, but is about engaging in action, transforming all emotions. , ideas into concrete actions, even the smallest ones.”

After completing the literature test this morning, a group of 9th grade students at Minh Duc Secondary School expressed that using language materials other than textbooks and journalistic texts helps them have a sense of reality. and be more gentle when taking the test. A life text not only has the effect of testing knowledge and skills in literature, but through reading the material to do the test, it also helps students know about the characters who have lived beautiful lives that the contest mentions. From there, students have cognitive and behavioral changes in life, no matter what situation they are in, they need to live beautifully for themselves and society. The group of students shared that they liked the way the literature questions were written in a “life and people” way.

Help students change behavior and awareness

Share with Newspaper reporters YouthMs. Nguyen Thi Thanh Hien, head of the literature group, Minh Duc Secondary School, said that with the requirement to test 3 skills (recognition, comprehension, low application) in the reading comprehension section, test takers cannot Using data sources from current textbooks and documents that have been evaluated by media agencies is the safest and most reliable source.

Besides, the use of data about the “Beautiful Living” contest of the Newspaper Youth is a form of joining hands to spread the true good things of life. That is also the purpose of education when teachers are the ones who take care of the spiritual beauty of an entire generation.

“The purpose of setting exam questions is to link good social activities with schools. Because the test evaluates students not only on academic knowledge but also on practical things in life through information channels in the press and media,” Ms. Thanh Hien expressed.

Head of the literature group at Minh Duc Secondary School added that the theme “Living Beautifully” is always a necessary message for all generations, whether old or young. However, there are specific people and jobs that are sometimes unfamiliar to students of all ages. Testing and assessing reading comprehension with specific texts on this issue is an opportunity to help students think, criticize and make correct perceptions.

Talking with Newspaper reporters YouthMs. Tran Thuy An, Principal of Minh Duc Secondary School, said that in professional meetings, the school always orients professional groups, including the literature group, when choosing texts as language materials to be of the highest quality. humane, educational, touching the hearts and thoughts of students.

“When doing homework, in addition to testing students, students need to have vibrations in their souls, not ‘strengthening’ texts. These are content that makes students feel naturally. and gently, thereby helping children change their behavior and perception in the next life after reading and doing literature exercises,” Ms. Thuy An shared.