Preparation for Term 3 Week 5 & 6

S4-06

T3W5 Lesson 1 (50 min)

Feedback for Writing Test on Family and Young People. Please bring your LD. 

T3W5 Lesson 2 (40min)

Do the Yishun Town Sec Sch paper distributed in class, mark your work using the answer scheme found here, and complete the feedback survey found here by 28/7 (Tue) 9pm. 

T3W6

No preparation required. Lessons in T3W6 will be used to do feedback for the comprehension paper you submitted for marking this week. We will also need to spend time preparing you for the GCE O-Level Oral Examination. The oral examination for your class will start on the last day of Prelim. So we cannot wait until after prelims to prepare for oral. You will need your LDs for lesson in T3W6. 

S4-08

T3W5 Lesson 1 (50min)

As previously mentioned, bring your LD to class with your holiday homework mindmaps on Family and Young People. Ensure that you have at least 2 free mindmaps on Mindmeister. Bring writing paper as well.

T3W5 Lesson 2 (40min)

Do the Yishun Town Sec Sch paper distributed in class, mark your work using the answer scheme found here, and complete the feedback survey found here by 28/7 (Tue) 9pm. 

T3W5 Lesson 3 (40 min)

Feedback for Writing Test on Family and Young People done during Lesson 1. Please bring your LD. 

T3W6

No preparation required. Lessons in T3W6 will be used to do feedback for the comprehension paper you submitted for marking this week. We will also spend some time doing early preparation for the GCE O-Level Oral Examination. Please bring your LDs. Your class will have your Oral Examination after the Prelims and we will have time to do more preparation then. 

Preparation for Term 3 Week 4

Assignment Deadline

You are to complete the comprehension paper given out early this week and submit it to my pigeon hole via your EL rep by recess on 20 Jul (Mon).

Preparation for S4-06

Lesson 1

For questions which you did not attempt for Term 3 Week 3's planning test, analyse all the questions and do essay plans for them. This lesson will be used for feedback for the planning test done in Term 3 Week 3.

Lesson 2

Bring your LD to class with your holiday homework mindmaps on Family and Young People. Ensure that you have at least 2 free mindmaps on Mindmeister. Bring writing paper as well.

100min lesson

As mentioned last week, the required preparation for the 100 min lesson in Term 3 Week 4 can be found here. Draw up essay plans for all the Situational Writing papers  found in the folder. There are a total of 7 papers, and it should take you under 2 hours to complete the planning.

Preparation for S4-08

Lesson 1

As mentioned last week, bring your LD to class with your holiday homework mindmap on Environment. Ensure that you have at least 1 free mindmap on Mindmeister. Bring writing paper as well.

Lesson 2

For questions which you did not attempt for Lesson 1's planning test, analyse all the questions and do essay plans for them. This lesson will be used for feedback for the planning test.

100min lesson

As mentioned last week, the required preparation for the 100 min lesson in Term 3 Week 4 can be found here. Draw up essay plans for all the Situational Writing papers  found in the folder. There are a total of 7 papers, and it should take you under 2 hours to complete the planning.

Early Prep for Term 3 Week 5

Bring your LD to class with your holiday homework mindmaps on Family and Young People. Ensure that you have at least 2 free mindmaps on Mindmeister. Bring writing paper as well.

Preparation for Term 3 Week 3

Lesson 1

For questions which you did not attempt for Term 3 Week 2's planning test, analyse all the questions and do essay plans for them. This lesson will be used for feedback for the planning test done in Term 3 Week 2.

Lesson 2

This lesson will be used for feedback for the ACS (Barker) 2015 MYCT paper. You are to mark your answers using the answer scheme found here. The question paper is also found at the same link for those of you who did not receive the paper. You are to complete the survey for the paper found here by 2100h on 13 Jul (Mon)

Lesson 3

S4-08, Lesson 3 will be on 21 Jul (Tue) for your class

Bring your LD to class with your holiday homework mindmap on Environment. Ensure that you have at least 1 free mindmap on Mindmeister. Bring writing paper as well.

Early Prep for 100 min Lesson in Term 3 Week 4

For those of you who want to prepare ahead, the required preparation for the 100 min lesson in Term 3 Week 4 can be found here. Draw up essay plans for all the Situational Writing papers  found in the folder. There are a total of 7 papers, and it should take you under 2 hours to complete the planning. 
 

Preparation for Term 3 Week 2

100min lesson

You need your LDs for this lesson. S4-08, please note that you will have visitors from New Zealand observing your class. 

All files needed for this lesson can be found here. You will need this link during the lesson as well. In addition, ensure that you have your mind map on Sport done for your holiday homework for this lesson. 

1. We will be working on the question below for this lesson. You are to individually analyse the question and come up with a plan of the essay with at least 3 points. Upload your individual essay plans in the relevant folder found here. Name your file as follows: Index No._Name_title of essay. Deadline: 2200h the day before this lesson. 

 

Is it realistic to expect fair play in sport today?    

2. As a group, select your focus for the lesson by choosing one set of articles found here. No more than 2 groups may choose the same set. Comment on this post with your group number and choice of set. First-come-first-served.

3. For the focus chosen by your group, each individual is to do your own research to find more examples. Place the link to your research in the file below beside your name. Note that antisocial students who attempt to freeload will be barred from the file. Deadline: 2200h the day before this lesson.

S4-06 sharing

S4-08 sharing

1st 50 min lesson of the week

No preparation required. 

2nd 50 min lesson of the week

Ensure that you have completed the Bukit Panjang Govt High Prelim 2014 paper given out this week and mark your work using the answer scheme found here. Complete the survey here by 6 Jul (Mon) 2359h.

Use of Mindmeister for sharing of mindmaps

In preparation for the GCE O-level Oral Exam and essay paper, we will be building up your content knowledge as a class. I have created a new folder where materials will be added gradually. The folder can be found here. 

We will be using Mindmeister rather frequently but you are not required to purchase the license for the app. I will convert all mindmaps produced by the class into images and upload them on the folder above. 

However, please note that you are only given 3 mindmaps for the free account. Therefore, you are required to ensure that by Friday each week, you have at least 1 free mindmap available for your SST email account. I will be using this account to invite you to collaborate on the class mindmap. 

Preparation for Term 3 Week 1

Survey on holiday homework

Please complete a very short holiday homework survey found here by 29 Jun (Mon) 2359h.

Lesson 1

Bring your LD to class with your holiday homework mindmap on Science and Technology. Bring writing paper as well. 

Lesson 2

Ensure that you have completed the ACS (Barker) Prelim 2014 paper given as holiday homework and mark your work. Complete the survey here by 29 Jun (Mon) 2359h. 

Lesson 3

No further preparation needed

June Holiday Homework and Project Ace reminder

Project Ace reminder

You are reminded that Project Ace is due this weekend as mentioned in the blog post here. Those taking the MTL exams, you may submit on Wed after your exams.

As instructed in class, you are to make use of the skills learnt in Creative Persuasion this week (see slides here) to improve your essay. You should at least aim to make your introduction and conclusion interesting, and have a 12 word persuasion to end your essay. If you need to revise the basics of writing introduction and conclusion, click here. If you need to revise the creative methods taught just before you mid year exams, click here. 

June Holiday Homework

1. Comprehension Practices

I have distributed 10 sets of comprehension practices in class. You are to complete all 10 sets during the holidays and mark your own work (do 1 comprehension paper every 3 days). The answers can be found here. 

2. Mindmap

The objective of this project is to prepare you for some of the common essay and oral topics that are tested in the GCE O-level examination. Your detailed mindmaps will help you to deal with any questions in the prepared topics if they are tested.They will help you cut down on thinking time needed and help you to generate ideas. Please refer to the instructions found here. 

3. Project Beta (Second Submission) 

The second submission for Project Beta is due in Term 3 Week 1. Please pay attention to the instructions found here, particularly point 3, 4 and 5 (which were often ignored), and point 7 (which I just added). Upload your completed essay to the relevant folders found here. Note that
(a) you are not allowed to change the question you wrote for your first submission.
(b) you are to work on the feedback given for your first submission and make improvements. Failure to do so may result in your essay not being marked.
(c) students who did not submit the first time round should choose a question and submit for this submission.