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Saturday 29 May 2010

Book review

Dear 4 Humility,

Write a book review of a book that you have read during the June holidays. Your book review should include:
  • Title of book
  • Name of author
  • Summary of the book
  • What you like or don't like about the book
  • Why you would or would not recommend the book to your friends
Post the review as a comment to this blog entry. You will also need to bring a hard copy of your book review (illustrated) to school in Term 3 Week 1.

Wednesday 26 May 2010

Remembering Dr Goh Keng Swee (1918 - 2010)

A Tribute to Dr Goh Keng Swee Pt1/6 [Ch5 English]


A Tribute to Dr Goh Keng Swee Pt2/6 [Ch5 English]


A Tribute to Dr Goh Keng Swee Pt3/6 [Ch5 English]


A Tribute to Dr Goh Keng Swee Pt4/6 [Ch5 English]


A Tribute to Dr Goh Keng Swee Pt5/6 [Ch5 English]


A Tribute to Dr Goh Keng Swee Pt6/6 [Ch5 English]


Let's reflect on the following:
If I’d had a chance to meet Dr Goh Keng Swee, what would I have said to him?
Who can I care for now? What will I do to show care ? When will I start caring for this person?

Tuesday 25 May 2010

Alliteration

4 Humility,

We had a short discussion on Alliteration earlier (page 16 - 17 of 4B textbook). You can find examples of poems using alliteration in the following link. After reading the poems, come up with one and post it as a comment to this blog entry. I look forward to reading your poems :-)

Short poems by Marinela Reka

Thursday 20 May 2010

Poems and Idioms

Hi 4 Humility,

Please post your poems as an entry to this blog entry. I look forward to reading them :-)

As shown in class earlier, this is the website on idioms. Have fun learning!
Idioms Connection

Sunday 2 May 2010

Plot Structure

Dear 4 Humility,

I know that your Paper 1 for English is over. However, learning does not cease so there is no reason to stop talking about plot structure even though your compo writing exam is over, right? :-)

Anyway, I was watching a music video over the weekend and thought that the plot structure of the story played out in the music video is interesting. Take a look at the music video and see if you can
(1) identify the setting (i.e. the context of the story e.g. who the characters are, personality of the characters) Hint: one of the characters has a medical condition
(2) Development of the story (e.g. the meeting between the man and the other characters and what happened after that) Hint: part of the rising actions leading to the climax is found between 2:32 - 2:38 (timing of the video)
(3) Climax (the most intense or "exciting" moment of the video)
(4) Falling actions (the events that happen after the climax) Hint: the duration of falling actions in this video is quite short
(5) Ending (What kind of ending is it?)



Note: The music video is that of a mandarin song. For pupils who do not understand the language, you can mute your computer / notebook and just view the story. In viewing the story, you will see a man singing. He is the singer and not part of the story.

Have fun figuring out the elements of the plot structure. Do post your thoughts of the plot structure of the video as a comment to this blog entry. I look forward to reading your comments :-)