Homework

Practice Paper 9 (Due on Wed)
Practice Paper 8 is to be used as a mock exam next Tue

What to Hand in on Monday

On Monday, please remember to submit:
1) Situational Writing (5)
2) Vocabulary Builder if you have not already done so

Have a good weekend.

Vocabulary Grabber

We went to the lab and learnt new words like "abdicate".
Please complete and hand in the vocabulary worksheet by Monday.

Homework:
1) Situational Writing 5 (Letter of Complaint)
2) Spelling tomorrow. Bring spelling book, do your corrections.

Conditional Tenses Revisited

We went through the answers to p. 85, 86. Please complete p. 86 and 87 for homework today.

I learnt about the annoying orange today! It's amazing how a little orange can entertain the whole class so much. Gives me an idea for a lesson......... if only I have 30 hours a day.

Please submit your compositions tomorrow. Don't forget that there is spelling on Friday too.

Groups that have not submitted the printouts of your stories, please do so asap. This includes Groups 1, 4 and 8. I am very impressed by the stories I have read so far. I am thinking of compiling them into a book. Will discuss more in class.

Good evening.

Oral, Punctuations and Other Matters

Oral
In class, we saw how a simple picture could be elaborated on. Any logical inference will be accepted, so do not be afraid of saying too much.

The pupils who sat for the oral exam today performed acceptably, but I feel there is room for improvement, given your usual eloquence and intelligence.

Points to note:
- Two pupils forgot to greet me.
- Do make extra effort to pronounce all the words carefully and do not be afraid of reading expressively.
- The picture discussion was quite well-done, but there was still more description than interpretation and personal opinions. Some of you used appropriate words such as "encasement", "fragments", "brute force" etc. That was commendable.
- Eye contact is important during the conversation segment. Please try to speak animatedly too.
- Thank the teacher after the exam.

Punctuations
We also attended a course on punctuations conducted by the Master Yoda. I hope you earthlings will remember never to connect two complete sentences with commas.

E.g.
Wrong - It was a fine Friday, I skipped happily to school.
Correct - It was a fine Friday. I skipped happily to school.

Remember how important punctuations are:
A panda eats shoots and leaves.
A panda eats, shoots and leaves.

A woman, without her man, is nothing.
A woman: Without her, man is nothing.

Please bear the rules of punctuations in mind whenever you write.

Other Matters
Please hand in the corrections for Practice Paper 7 tomorrow.

Homework:
1) Composition (Practice 4 Composition B) - due on Thursday

Rest well.

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!

Friday the 16th and Batam

We had spelling on Friday and a huge number of you did not do your corrections.

We also had a battle of "wits" between the boys and girls and the girls won! The quiz contained many simple questions (like "What does the acronym DIEO stand for?") and it showed who have been revising his / her work and have been paying attention in class. Do keep doing both. For the oral exam this week, look through all the handouts that have been given. They contain many precious tips.

You did well during the Batam trip. I was happy to see many people trying very hard to make friends with the orphans even though communication was not easy. You included them in the planned activities. I hope they had fun. Keep shining.