Vinh city teacher decodes 10th grade Literature exam questions

Teacher Duong Tham Nga is a teacher with many years of experience teaching Literature at Dang Thai Mai Secondary School - Vinh City. Commenting on the Literature exam, she affirmed: This year's exam questions are clear, basic, focused, yet still differentiate and evaluate students' abilities.

Teacher Duong Tham Nga. Photo: PV

The structure of the topic follows a concentric circle of youth, which is the summer of youth, the passion of youth, and the beautiful and responsible way of life of youth towards the country.

The message of the topic is towards a beautiful way of life and the burning desire of youth when entering a new journey.

Literature exam. Photo: My Ha

Going deeper into the analysis of the topic, teacher Duong Tham Nga added:

In the reading comprehension section, the question presented a poem about the beauty of a summer painting. The text was good and clear. In this section, the question tested basic knowledge at two levels: recognition and understanding.

Therefore, for questions a and b, students get full marks because of basic knowledge.

In question c, students will be able to ask rhetorical questions when reading the poem carefully to place the two verses in the emotional flow of the poem.

The first candidates completed the Literature exam at the Ha Huy Tap High School exam site. Photo: Duc Anh

The rhetorical question evokes the poet's deep, poignant emotions about the summer of life and youth.

Question d is an open question, students are allowed to freely express their feelings about the passing summer of their childhood.

In the social discussion section, the discussion topics are suitable for the psychology of 9th grade students. They have the opportunity to express their thoughts and concerns about their own passions. At the same time, they know how to follow the example of young people who have succeeded thanks to their passion.

The problem of the topic is suitable for final year secondary school students when they are about to enter a new horizon. From there, it requires them to burn themselves out with passion to freely fly high with youthful aspirations.

Candidates review the Literature exam. Photo: Duc Anh

Teacher Duong Tham Nga also believes that to get a high score in the social essay section, students must focus on analyzing and explaining the necessity of nurturing passion, essentially stating the meaningful role of passion:

"I want to talk about focus, because there are candidates who do a mediocre job on many issues without getting to the main point. In addition, they must cite typical examples and be critical, express concerns, and revolve around the issue to create depth for the article."

In the literary essay section, the topic is to choose a basic, central excerpt that converges the ideological theme of the work The Quiet Sapa and the characteristics of the main character, the young man.

Students of all abilities can establish and develop a system of arguments. However, to achieve high scores and help the examiner differentiate students' abilities, it requires students to know how to extract and analyze evidence, and to select evidence that appears in the excerpt to highlight the beauty of the character, for example, the beauty of love for the profession, responsibility for work, love for life, love for life.

Literature is tested in essay form. Photo: My Ha

Note 2, students know how to evaluate, generalize and improve the problem: From the beauty of the young man in the story, we can see the beauty of many working people in the construction of socialism in the North.

Teacher Duong Tham Nga also added that this question is not surprising to teachers or students. At first glance, it seems long, but in fact, whether it is long or short depends on the student's ability.

After the Literature exam, candidates will take the second exam, which is a Foreign Language. Photo: My Ha

The layout of the test is suitable for a 120-minute exam and the longer the data in the Literary Essay section, the more evidence students have to present.

According to the Department of Education and Training, after the first exam (Literature), the entrance exam for grade 10 of the 2022-2023 school year, the whole province had 139 absent candidates and 3 candidates violated the exam regulations, no teachers violated the exam regulations. At the exam sites, there were no unusual incidents. The exam took place safely and in accordance with regulations.