Fwd: Preparation for Term 2 Week 5

Reading Tasks

In view of the upcoming MYCT, Reading Tasks will be temporarily suspended.

Editing Practice

Please complete the following Editing Practices by 2300h on 20 Apr (Mon).

Editing Practice 2

Editing Practice 3

Editing Practice 4

Editing Practice 5

Lessons

We will do feedback for Project Ace and the CHIJ St Joseph's MYCT 2014 Paper 2 which you just submitted this week.

Those who did not submit Project Ace are to submit your work here. I will only mark these late work after the deadline for the second submission is over.

Those who have not completed the comprehension, ensure that you have done so by the second lesson of the week. 

Disciplinary actions will be taken against the recalcitrant. 

Preparation for Term 2 Week 4

Comprehension Practice

The full comprehension practice distributed in class is due on 14 Apr (Tue). The EL rep is to collect the comprehension as a class and submit it to my pigeon hole by the end of recess. 

First 50 min lesson

No preparation needed. I will share another useful skill for the spoken interaction component of the oral exam. You need to bring your LDs. You also need to make sure you have at least 2 free mindmaps on mindmeister under you SST account. You can check by clicking here. 

Second 50 min lesson

Lesson on  Attitude & Tone which you already prepared for Term 2 Week 3. 

100 min lesson

1. Balancing the essay - Read the handout found here and prepare your answers for all the practices. Upload your preparation in the relevant folder found here.

2. Tools for Writing Intro & Conc - Read the handout found here and analyse all the samples given. Upload your preparation in the relevant folder found here.

3. Do complete essay plans for the following questions and upload your plans here:

(a) Parents often believe it is better to be safe than sorry. Do you consider young people to be too protected? (Cam 2013)
(b) 'The way we dress reveals who we are.' What are your views? (Cam 2013)

NOTE: For all the work you upload as preparation for lessons, please ensure you use "Shift Z" to park the same set of notes in your Personal Electronic File. 

Preparation for Term 2 Week 3

Reading Task

For this week's reading task, read the second article given out during morning assembly. The title of the article is "Survey of Talent" and the article is about meritocracy. Answer the application question at the end of article and upload your response in the relevant folder here. 

Lesson 1

No preparation needed. Continue with oral practice. You need to bring your LDs. 

Lesson 2 & 3

Complete the worksheets below in the given order.

1. Figurative Language

2. Irony & Paradox

3. Attitude & Tone

Upload your preparation in the relevant sub-folders found below. 

S4-06 Preparation

S4-08 Preparation

Project Beta (Due on 6 Apr, Mon)

This is Part 1 of your homework this weekend. Part 2 will be out by tomorrow. 

I have consolidated the work done in class this week for reflective writing to create two sample plans (incomplete ones) and two sample paragraphs. They can be found here.  

The instructions for Project Beta can be found here. 

Preparation for Term 2 Week 2

Reading Task

The reading task instructions were given earlier in the week. They can be found here. 

Preparation for Lesson 1 (50min)

For each question below (discussed this week during lesson), write one content paragraph (or maximum two paragraphs) which addresses all the requirements in the question, and which displays your understanding of the concepts taught this week (such as the DeFEACCA model). Upload your individual preparation in the "Individual Prep for Paragraph Development" folder found in you respective class folders here. 

(1) Describe some of your experiences in food courts and hawker centres. How important are these places in your life as a teenager in Singapore? (Cam 2013)

(2) What do you consider to be your greatest achievement? Why does it mean so much to you? (Cam 2013)

100 min lesson

100 min lesson this week will be done in class. We will be preparing for your Prelim Oral. No preparation is required but you will need your LDs.

Preparation for Lesson 2 (50min) - Applicable only for S4-06

Complete only Section B of the ACS (Barker) MYCT 2014 paper 2 found here. Upload your preparation for lesson here. 

Term 2 Week 1 Reading Task

As a tribute to our founding father Mr Lee Kuan Yew, answer the following application question for your reading task this week. 

Which aspect of Mr Lee Kuan Yew's life do you find the most inspiring, and why? (adapted from Cam 2014)

You may draw from any of the reading articles handed out in class this week or any other source of information you have come across. If you feel strongly about what you have written, you are also encouraged to post your tribute to Mr Lee Kuan Yew on http://www.rememberingleekuanyew.sg/share-your-thoughts/

Preparation for Term 2 Week 1

Lesson 1

Read the handout found here and analysis all the samples found here on your own. Upload your personal preparation in the relevant folder found here. 

Lesson 2

Do a detailed essay plan using the skills you have been taught in Term 1 for the following questions and upload your plans in the relevant folder found here. An acceptable plan for one question should run into about one full page. 

(1) Describe some of your experiences in food courts and hawker centres. How important are these places in your life as a teenager in Singapore? (Cam 2013)

(2) What do you consider to be your greatest achievement? Why does it mean so much to you? (Cam 2013)

Lesson 3

No preparation required.