Homework

1) English Practice Paper 8
2) Revise and write notes on your revision
3) Memorise verb forms for test on Tue
4) Revise for oral exam (Go through all the pics and conversation topics - Get someone in your family to converse with you; record yourself reading and see how you can improve - most of you need to work on pronouncing end consonants and being expressive)

Announcement
1) There will be a mock English exam on Monday. Study hard!

What We Were Up To

We went through Q1-50 of English Practice Paper 7 today.

We also did a Mad Lib. You can find more Mad Libs at http://www.eduplace.com/tales/. :)

Homework:
1) Vocabulary Phrasal Verbs Test 1 - 5 (p. 151-155)
2) Keep practising for the oral exam!

Today's Menu

Oral
- 5 of you read the designated passage
- We went through i-ROPE and other things to take note of in conversation. You were asked to write down your responses to "Would you like to go to an exhibition" and identify if your responses are i, R, O, P or E.

Spellcast
We watched an excerpt from Spellcast 2007. The words learnt were:
1) Mediterranean
2) Dachshund
3) Bougainvillea
4) Pronunciation
5) Mozzarella
6) Anaesthetic
7) Fluorescent

Conditional Tenses
We went through the worksheet and you did a test after that.

Homework
1) English Practice Paper 7 Q1-50
2) There is spelling tomorrow. Bring your spelling books and remember to do your corrections.
3) Hand in your storybooks and printout of the story tomorrow
4) Also, please hand in your situational writing (4) corrections tomorrow.
5) Please bring the lyrics of the Indonesian song tomorrow.

Norway

We went to Fairfield Sec today to watch a video on Norway. Some secondary school students also introduced us to Norwegian culture and famous people.

Situational Writing 4

Dear Dr Lim,

I am Alicia Tan, the person-in-charge of Best Primary School's Young Readers' Club. We would like to invite you to be our guest speaker at one of our weekly meetings on 25 April 2010 (Saturday). The talk will take place at the school library conference room.

We would like you to speak on your new titles and other books that you have published in the past. The purpose of the talk is to cultivate the love for reading. We have chosen you to give the talk as you have an interesting personality, are lively, young at heart and popular with young people.

The members of our club are between six to eleven years old. Their interests include reading storybooks, comics, watching movies made from stories, story-telling, listening to stories, dramas, poetry recitals and activities related to books.

I will be very happy if you can accede to our request as you are a renowned writer. We look forward to your favourable reply. Thank you.

Best regards,
Alicia Tan.

Pointers:
(1) Remember to introduce yourself sufficiently such that the recipient knows who you are and is able to reply you.
(2) Remember to ask for a reply politely.
(3) Paragraphing is important. Do not cram all the information into one paragraph.

Homework:
(1) Corrections for situational writing
(Write the whole letter if you scored 12 and below / Correct your mistakes if you scored 13 marks and above)
(2) Spelling on 16 April (Phrases 1-15 from "Anger" list)

What we did today

Oral

We went through tips for oral reading. Remember to pronounce all words clearly, paying attention to end consonants. Also, read expressively and fluently. Take note of speeches as that is where you can modify the tone of your voice.
The oral exam is on 20 and 23 of April, as reflected in the Newslink.

Fractured Fairy Tales

We had a trivia on fairy tales. We read from Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes and you were asked to write your own fractured tales. Please bring materials for the book creation tomorrow.

Homework
1) English Homework Book p. 51 and 52

What we did today (30 Mar)

We went to crimelibrary.com.sg to find out the penalty meted out to offenders of various crimes. Will go through some of your work tomorrow. Some of you produced very good work.

Homework for today:
1) English Practice Paper 5 (Due on Thu)

Hand in your ring files tomorrow if you haven't done so.

Yi Lin, I can't find the link for the 3rd video. Will try again when I am more free.

Nick, need to ask you about admin for the blog. Don't really understand that.

God bless you.

What we did today

Vocabulary (25 Mar, 26 Mar)

precocious: unusually advanced or mature in development, esp. mental development

Precocious Jerry started writing stories at the age of three.

forcible: done or effected by force; convincing, as reasoning (I think the answer in the book is wrong. We will discuss this on Monday.)

The robber entered the house forcibly.

forceful: full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective

Forceful measures were taken to curb the problem of smoking.

luxuriant: abundant or lush in growth

luxurious: characterized by luxury; ministering or conducive to luxury

(Meanings are all from dictionary.com)

Thank you James, Ching Wah, Ellenmae and Daniel for going through the meanings of words in Practice Paper 4 Q21-25. I was impressed that you went to look up the meanings of the words and tried to explain which answer was the best fit for each question.

Homework (26 Mar)

1) Comprehension

What We Did Today

A Picture Paints a Thousand Words

Today, we watched three clips about the parting of the Red Sea. The three clips were produced by different people / companies. You saw how the one by Dreamworks was the most impressive. The scenes tugged at the hearts of people and details such as the people's expressions and the background sounds were given attention to. You also saw how the Red Sea can be parted in two seconds in another clip. Many of you laughed at its simplicity. Let's ensure that our essays are descriptive like the Dreamworks' production and not like the simple clip we saw.

Homework update

Pupils who did not hand in their holiday homework today:
English Practice Paper 4 - Register No. *12, *17, *36, 37, 20(abs), 40(abs)
Term One Reflection - Register No. *18, *24, *31, *37, 38, 20(abs), 40(abs)
*Stayed back during recess to complete.

Medad, I don't think you've handed in your group's file, so I'm also missing your work, as well as Isabelle's , Mandeal's and Anish's work.

CA1

Summary of CA1 results:

No. of As: 23

No. of Bs: 17

Average score: 74.7%

Average for Paper 2: 69.2/95

Average for composition: 28.9/40

Average for situational writing: 13.9/15

Keep striving for excellence!

With God, nothing is impossible.

Happy Holiday

Holiday homework:

1) Vocabulary Book

(Confusing Words: Test 1-3; Word Forms Test 4-6)

2) English Practice Paper 4

3) Reflections on Term One (to be submitted on A4 paper; can present in any form - pictures, words, music, comic etc)

4) Parent's signature on CA1 Paper 1 and Paper 2 please

Use your holiday wisely! God bless you with joy, good health, discipline, wisdom and all good things!

23 February 2010

Homework:

1) English Practice Paper 3 (due tomorrow) - Please identify clues in cloze passage

2) Spelling and Dictation (on Friday)

3) Situational Writing 3 Corrections (due on 8 Mar together with writing file)

What we did today:

- Went through Practice Paper 2 (Identify clues in cloze passage; Synthesis and Grammar rules - Reported speech; Neither...nor and Either...or)

- Went through Situational Writing 3

Press on!

It's the Weekend!

Homework (Due on Monday 22 Feb):
1) Vocabulary (Word Forms Test 1-3)
2) Composition corrections
3) Practice Paper 1 corrections

Update on Haiti fund-raising
When: 10 and 11 March 2010 (recesses)
Where: Canteen
What to sell:
Bookmarks, Bottles with stars, Comics, Stories, Origami, Aeroplane or boat models etc.
Announcers: The Wees
Important Note: If you need to be reimbursed for items bought, do keep your receipt. You will only be reimbursed if a profit is made.
Let's pray that we will be a blessing to the Haitians.

CA1 is in a week's time. Please revise your notes (in your notebook and files).

Have a blessed weekend. :)