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Tuesday, December 28, 2010
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How to Access My Other Blogs
My other blogs are:
1. http://nekosan-nekosan.blogspot.com/ - nekosan's literature hq / nekosan's hq
2. http://kuronekosan-nekosan.blogspot.com/ - nekosan's second hq
3. http://nekosansclassroomlessons.blogspot.com/ - nekosan's lower secondary literature hq
4. http://kuronekosan-eigo-w.blogspot.com/ - nekosan's writing hq
5. http://kuronekosan-eigo.blogspot.com/ - nekosan's reading comprehension hq
6. http://kuronekosan-summary.blogspot.com/ - nekosan's summary writing hq
7. http://kuronekosan-no-hashi.com/ - nekosan's vocabulary enrichment hq
8. http://eikaiwas-oral.blogspot.com/ - nekosan's el oral hq
Thank you for your time.
Dolly
1. http://nekosan-nekosan.blogspot.com/ - nekosan's literature hq / nekosan's hq
2. http://kuronekosan-nekosan.blogspot.com/ - nekosan's second hq
3. http://nekosansclassroomlessons.blogspot.com/ - nekosan's lower secondary literature hq
4. http://kuronekosan-eigo-w.blogspot.com/ - nekosan's writing hq
5. http://kuronekosan-eigo.blogspot.com/ - nekosan's reading comprehension hq
6. http://kuronekosan-summary.blogspot.com/ - nekosan's summary writing hq
7. http://kuronekosan-no-hashi.com/ - nekosan's vocabulary enrichment hq
8. http://eikaiwas-oral.blogspot.com/ - nekosan's el oral hq
Thank you for your time.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
2011 - Calendar Dates for English / Literature in English (Correct as at 4 November 2010)
01. EL MRL Week 28 March - 1 April [5 days]
02. EL O Level Preparatory Oral Examinations - 18 April to 20 April [3 days]
03. EL Normal Academic / Normal Technical Preliminary Oral Examinations - 21 April [1 day]
04. Review of English Preliminary One - 1 June to 3 June [3 days]
05. Secondary 4/5 English Revision Programme - 6 June - 7 June [2 days]
06. English O Level Preliminary Oral Examinations - 8 June [1 day]
07. Secondary 3 English Revision Programme - 9 June to 10 June [2 days]
08. English N Level Oral Examinations Hot-housing - 8 July to 15 July [6 days]
09. English O Level Oral Examinations Hot-housing - 11 August to 25 August [10 days]
10. English Secondary 3 Oral Examinations - 12 September [1 day]
11. English Secondary 2 Oral Examinations - 15 September [1 day]
12. English Secondary 1 Oral Examinations - 16 September [1 day]
13. English Secondary 1-3 Oral Examinations (make-up) - 22 September [1 day]
02. EL O Level Preparatory Oral Examinations - 18 April to 20 April [3 days]
03. EL Normal Academic / Normal Technical Preliminary Oral Examinations - 21 April [1 day]
04. Review of English Preliminary One - 1 June to 3 June [3 days]
05. Secondary 4/5 English Revision Programme - 6 June - 7 June [2 days]
06. English O Level Preliminary Oral Examinations - 8 June [1 day]
07. Secondary 3 English Revision Programme - 9 June to 10 June [2 days]
08. English N Level Oral Examinations Hot-housing - 8 July to 15 July [6 days]
09. English O Level Oral Examinations Hot-housing - 11 August to 25 August [10 days]
10. English Secondary 3 Oral Examinations - 12 September [1 day]
11. English Secondary 2 Oral Examinations - 15 September [1 day]
12. English Secondary 1 Oral Examinations - 16 September [1 day]
13. English Secondary 1-3 Oral Examinations (make-up) - 22 September [1 day]
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
How does viewing this picture make you feel and think?
taken from http://www.graphic-design-blog.com/
Original Photograph and Artwork by Mark Tucker
Use the recommended structure - Identity / Activity / Purpose / Common Sense / Being Positive to scaffold what you want to say about this picture. What kind of people live here?
What do you think they would be doing for a living?
Where do they choose to live here?
What kind of a place is this?
What kinds of problems do you see living here?
What are the advantages of living here?
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Movie Time - Alien
When you need a good scare or the scare which is going to end all the rest forever.
Monday, September 6, 2010
The Kuroneko Icon
Have eyes must see
Have ears must listen
Have heart must feel
Have mind must challenge
Have hands must act
Sunday, August 1, 2010
PICTURE DISCUSSION - PHOTOGRAPH FROM BEYOND 8
Picture Discussion
1. What do you think is going on in this picture?
2. What do you think the man who is looking away from the rest is saying?
3. What do you think has happened ten minutes before this photograph was taken?
Oral Examinations 2010 - Picture Discussion - EXPLAIN AND INTERPRET
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY EXPLAIN and INTERPRET:
To say something clearly and elaborate coherently and logically. In this case, say what we see about the ACTIVITY in any given photograph clearly by linking what we CAN SEE and TALK ABOUT from the picture to what we CANNOT SEE and yet STILL CAN TALK ABOUT beyond the picture.
We explain what we can see in the picture and interpret what is going on. We stretch our COMMON SENSE to talk about what we can logically link with the picture even though what we say cannot be found in the picture.
To say something clearly and elaborate coherently and logically. In this case, say what we see about the ACTIVITY in any given photograph clearly by linking what we CAN SEE and TALK ABOUT from the picture to what we CANNOT SEE and yet STILL CAN TALK ABOUT beyond the picture.
We explain what we can see in the picture and interpret what is going on. We stretch our COMMON SENSE to talk about what we can logically link with the picture even though what we say cannot be found in the picture.
Oral Examinations 2010 - What if you are staring at a POSED picture?
Fret not. A posed photograph means that the people in it are staring into the camera lens of the photographer. There are reasons why they were photographed. Think about the range of possibilities - STAY POSITIVE.
Apply: IDENTITY - What are these people in the photograph?
What do you think they are doing here? ACTIVITY
Why are they doing what they are doing? PURPOSE
What can you say about their activity? COMMON SENSE
Be POSITIVE - give Suggestions - doing it for charity / rehearsing for a performance / wanting to give their best / posing for a souvenir photograph / publicity / publication etc.
Apply: IDENTITY - What are these people in the photograph?
Why are they doing what they are doing? PURPOSE
What can you say about their activity? COMMON SENSE
Be POSITIVE - give Suggestions - doing it for charity / rehearsing for a performance / wanting to give their best / posing for a souvenir photograph / publicity / publication etc.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
WHAT IS RELEVANT VOCABULARY?
In both PICTURE DISCUSSION and CONVERSATION, we need to take note of what to say to the examiners. We should use WORDS / PHRASES and EXPRESSIONS which clearly and meaningfully convey our thoughts in ENGLISH to our listeners, in this case the examiners.
RELEVANT VOCABULARY is RELEVANT to the context and the story which we think up to explain and interpret the PICTURE.
In CONVERSATION, RELEVANT VOCABULARY helps us carry our thoughts through VERBALISING them via our tongue and mouth. We say things meaningfully to sustain a conversation between ourselves and the examiners in this case.
So, we do not impress the examiners with BOMBASTIC words or phrases or expressions. The correct thing to do is to speak RELEVANTLY and MEANINGFULLY.
RELEVANT VOCABULARY is RELEVANT to the context and the story which we think up to explain and interpret the PICTURE.
In CONVERSATION, RELEVANT VOCABULARY helps us carry our thoughts through VERBALISING them via our tongue and mouth. We say things meaningfully to sustain a conversation between ourselves and the examiners in this case.
So, we do not impress the examiners with BOMBASTIC words or phrases or expressions. The correct thing to do is to speak RELEVANTLY and MEANINGFULLY.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
PICTURE DISCUSSION - PHOTOGRAPH FROM BEYOND 7
1. Why are these people gathered here?
2. Explain why the woman in the picture is smiling?
3. What do you think will happen after this?
PICTURE DISCUSSION - PHOTOGRAPH FROM BEYOND 6
1. Explain what is happening here.
2. The man is writing something on his notebook. What do you think he has been doing before this?
3. What do you think the person standing with his back against the noticeboard is thinking at the moment?
PICTURE DISCUSSION - PHOTOGRAPH FROM BEYOND 5
1. Compare the people who are standing with those who are seated.
2. What do you think the second boy on right might be thinking?
3. What do you think will happen to those people who are standing in the next half an hour?
PICTURE DISCUSSION - PHOTOGRAPH FROM BEYOND 4
1. What is the aim of this group of people?
2. What do you think the boy in the centre of the picture is thinking at the moment?
3. What do you think is going to happen next? / What do you think has happened five minutes ago?
Monday, July 12, 2010
Sunday, July 4, 2010
PAPER 3: ORAL COMMUNICATION EXAMINATIONS SCHEDULE 4D.2010
EXAMINATION DATE: 8 JULY 2010 (THURSDAY)
St. Hilda's Secondary School
Teachers' Team is F012
12080036 Abdullah B Shaik Lebbai
12080037 Alphonsus Chia Yan Hwee
12080038 Amanda Ng Huiting
12080039 Benjamin Ann Zheng Hao
12080041 Chan Wai Meng Gabriel
12080042 Choo Xin Hong Arella
12080043 Chua Guang Zuo Wien
12080044 Daryl Ian Neo Zuo Yuan
12080045 Desmond Lim Wei Sheng
12080046 Eng Ronggui
12080048 Jazreel Soh
12080049 Jeevanjot Singh Narula
EXAMINATION DATE: 9 JULY 2010 (FRIDAY)
St. Hilda's Secondary School
Examiners' Team is F012
12080050 Jiang Ming Jun Nathanael
12080051 Joel Yeo Wei Xiang
12080052 Kenneth Tham Zhenjie
12080053 Kenny Yeo Yu Siong
12080054 Kum Junxiang
12080055 Lee Qicheng
12080057 Lin Zhengheng Leon
12080059 Ong Lian Hao Brian
12080060 Ong Ye Jie Eleazar
12080061 Viknarajah
12080062 Say See Chian Brendan
12080063 Sean Ng
EXAMINATION DATE: 12 JULY 2010 (MONDAY)
St. Hilda's Secondary School
Examiners' Team is F012
12080065 Stanley Ng Ding Feng
12080066 Tan Bo Yu Daniel
12080068 Tay Daniel
12080069 Wiskilver John Saberon Bitoon
12080070 Wong Zuo Wei
EXAMINATION DATE: 13 JULY 2010 (TUESDAY)
St. Hilda's Secondary School
Examiners' Team is F012
12080040 Chan Jun Heng Joshua
12080047 Goh Si Yun Vivian
12080056 Lim Jia Qi
12080058 Ong Jian JIe Mervin
12080064 Sheikha Ummairah Bte Zulkiffle
12080067 Tan Kai Xiang
St. Hilda's Secondary School
Teachers' Team is F012
12080036 Abdullah B Shaik Lebbai
12080037 Alphonsus Chia Yan Hwee
12080038 Amanda Ng Huiting
12080039 Benjamin Ann Zheng Hao
12080041 Chan Wai Meng Gabriel
12080042 Choo Xin Hong Arella
12080043 Chua Guang Zuo Wien
12080044 Daryl Ian Neo Zuo Yuan
12080045 Desmond Lim Wei Sheng
12080046 Eng Ronggui
12080048 Jazreel Soh
12080049 Jeevanjot Singh Narula
EXAMINATION DATE: 9 JULY 2010 (FRIDAY)
St. Hilda's Secondary School
Examiners' Team is F012
12080050 Jiang Ming Jun Nathanael
12080051 Joel Yeo Wei Xiang
12080052 Kenneth Tham Zhenjie
12080053 Kenny Yeo Yu Siong
12080054 Kum Junxiang
12080055 Lee Qicheng
12080057 Lin Zhengheng Leon
12080059 Ong Lian Hao Brian
12080060 Ong Ye Jie Eleazar
12080061 Viknarajah
12080062 Say See Chian Brendan
12080063 Sean Ng
EXAMINATION DATE: 12 JULY 2010 (MONDAY)
St. Hilda's Secondary School
Examiners' Team is F012
12080065 Stanley Ng Ding Feng
12080066 Tan Bo Yu Daniel
12080068 Tay Daniel
12080069 Wiskilver John Saberon Bitoon
12080070 Wong Zuo Wei
EXAMINATION DATE: 13 JULY 2010 (TUESDAY)
St. Hilda's Secondary School
Examiners' Team is F012
12080040 Chan Jun Heng Joshua
12080047 Goh Si Yun Vivian
12080056 Lim Jia Qi
12080058 Ong Jian JIe Mervin
12080064 Sheikha Ummairah Bte Zulkiffle
12080067 Tan Kai Xiang
Saturday, July 3, 2010
READING ALOUD IN CLASS - 3
There is, moreover, direct evidence that infections and parasites affect cognition. Intestinal worms have been shown to do so on many occasions. Malaria, too, is bad for the brain. A study of children in Kenya who survived the cerebral version of the disease suggests that an eighth of them suffer long-term cognitive damage. Diarrhoea strikes children hard. It accounts for a sixth of infant deaths, and even in those it does not kill it prevents the absorption of food at a time when the brain is growing and developing rapidly.
Taken from The Economist, July 3 - 9 2010
Taken from The Economist, July 3 - 9 2010
READING ALOUD IN CLASS - 2
The brains of newly born children require 87 percent of those children's metabolic energy. In five-year-olds the figure is still 44 percent and even in adults the brain - a mere two percent of the body's weight - consumes about a quarter of the body's energy. Any competition for this energy is likely to damage the brain's development, and parasites and pathogens compete for it in several ways.
Taken from The Economist, July 3-9 2010 pp. 71
Taken from The Economist, July 3-9 2010 pp. 71
READING ALOUD IN CLASS - 1
Human intelligence is puzzling. It is higher, on average, in some places than in others. And it seems to have been rising in recent decades. Why these two things should be true is controversial. A group of researchers at the University of New Mexico propose the same explanation for both: the effect of infectious disease. If they are right, it suggests that the control of such diseases is crucial to a country's development in a way that had not been appreciated before. Places that harbour a lot of parasites and pathogens not only suffer the debilitating effects of disease on their workforces, but also have their human capital eroded, child by child, from birth.
taken from The Economist, July 3 - 9 2010, pp. 71
taken from The Economist, July 3 - 9 2010, pp. 71
Friday, July 2, 2010
PICTURE DISCUSSION - PHOTOGRAPH FROM BEYOND 3
[b] What do you think the woman at the right of the picture will be doing next?
[c] What is the man on the left hand side of the picture thinking at the moment?
Monday, June 28, 2010
PICTURE DISCUSSION - PHOTOGRAPH FROM BEYOND 2
[1] What is happening in the photograph?
[2] Who do you think is the man in the centre of the photograph?
[3] What do you is going to happen next?
PICTURE DISCUSSION - PHOTOGRAPH FROM BEYOND 1
[1] Why do you think these people are gathered here?
[2] Who is the woman on the right of the picture?
[3] What do you think happened before this picture was taken?
Saturday, June 26, 2010
PICTURE DISCUSSION - FIVE BASIC THINGS TO COVER
ALWAYS REMEMBER TO :
REMEMBER - Use the FIVE in any order you need, but always identify the people and explain the activity first. If there is something VERY STRIKING in the photograph, identify it FIRST.
- give the IDENTITY of the person/people you see in the picture
- explain the ACTIVITY the people are involved in
- suggest the PURPOSE and explain why
- use your COMMON SENSE to support the WHOLE QUESTION and the EXAMINATION
- keep your attitude POSITIVE and say only positive things.
REMEMBER - Use the FIVE in any order you need, but always identify the people and explain the activity first. If there is something VERY STRIKING in the photograph, identify it FIRST.
PAPER 3: THE THREE QUESTIONS
Although I have repeatedly mentioned in class that in the PICTURE DISCUSSION component, the THREE questions asked are going to be MAINLY the following three,
the element of UNCERTAINTY still remains. So, it is better to be prepared for any changes in the way the above questions are farmed out to you during the EXAMINATIONS.
BRING YOUR EARS AND PATIENCE along with you: ALWAYS LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION BEFORE YOU SPEAK UP.
- Why do you think these people are gathered here?
- What do you think any one of the particular characters is thinking / doing / feeling at the moment?
- What do you think is going to happen next? / What do you think has happened before this scene?
SHSS STAFF RETREAT 2 JUNE 2010 at Bollywood Veggies
BRING YOUR EARS AND PATIENCE along with you: ALWAYS LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION BEFORE YOU SPEAK UP.
PAPER 3: THE THIRD QUESTION in Picture Discussion
Source: The Sunday Times 27 June 2010
The THIRD question is usually a PREDICTION question: The BEFORE or the NEXT Question.
The THIRD question may be asked in any of the following ways:
- How do you think the activity will affect these people?
- What do you think has happened five minutes before this picture is taken?
- What do you think is going to happen one hour after this scene?
- What do you think is going to happen next?
- How do you think the man is going to respond?
- Where do you think the people will go after this?
- What happens if it should rain?
- What happens if the weather becomes better?
REMEMBER: Your answer to the FIRST / SECOND and THIRD questions should be a continuum - they should be linked in the sense that the MAIN TOPIC you have chosen to speak about, should be kept in focus in your discussion. PREDICTION in the THIRD question requires IMAGINATION - whether you are talking about BEFORE or AFTER; THEN or NEXT.
PAPER 3: THE SECOND QUESTION in Picture Discussion
Source: The Sunday Times 27 June 2010
The SECOND question: The ZOOM-IN / CLOSE-UP question:
The purpose of this question is to examine your ability to REPORT closely on any particular or specific aspect of the picture. So expect to be asked about
- Doing
- Thinking
- Feeling
- Happening
There is no RIGHT or WRONG answer. There is only such a thing as a REASONABLE explanation. You need to support your reasonable explanation with EVIDENCE from the photograph or IMAGINATION from your mind. Your IMAGINATION should be realistic and believable.
The SECOND question may be asked in any of the following ways:
- Who do you think is the busiest / funniest / happiest person in the picture?
- What do you think might have happened here in this picture?
- What do you think the person on the extreme left of the picture might be thinking at the moment?
- What do you think the person on the right hand side of the picture might be feeling at the moment?
- What do you think the woman in the centre of the picture is going to do?
- What do you think will happen to the people in the foreground?
DO NOT STRAY AWAY FROM THE ANSWER YOU HAVE PROVIDED IN THE FIRST QUESTION. IN OTHER WORDS, YOUR ANSWER TO THE SECOND QUESTION SHOULD BE CLOSELY LINKED TO THE ANSWER TO THE FIRST QUESTION.
USE YOUR IMAGINATION FOR THE SECOND QUESTION. IF YOU DON'T, YOU WILL HAVE LITTLE TO SAY AND NOTHING TO ELABORATE ON WHAT LITTLE YOU ARE GOING TO SAY.
PAPER 3: THE FIRST QUESTION in Picture Discussion
The following THREE prompts for Picture Description are applicable to both N and O Level Candidates
for 1189 and 1127 Englsih Language Paper 3 Oral Examinations.
The FIRST question: THE ACTIVITY QUESTION
The purpose of the first question is to ask you to speak in FLUENT and ACCURATE English, about an overall impression of what you see in the photograph. You should be able to talk broadly about the ACTIVITY that the PEOPLE are DOING. Do not stray into description of particular objects or people. If you must do so, then do so quickly and then return to the main ACTIVITY.
Always think of what you SEE in the picture first. Once you have EXHAUSTED that, use your IMAGINATION to think about things related to what you see which CANNOT be found in the picture. IMAGINATION broadens your discussion and makes the examiner aware that you are ABLE TO CARRY A MATURE DISCUSSION.
REMEMBER: THIS IS A LANGUAGE EXAMINATION COMPONENT, NOT A TEST OF YOUR INTEGRITY (HONESTY). So when you imagine something about the picture, you are not lying about it even if you have never experienced some of those things you are going to share with the examiner.
REMEMBER: IT MAY BE TERMED A "DISCUSSION" BUT YOU ARE THE CANDIDATE AND SO, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO SPEAK A LOT MORE AND TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO "DISCUSS" THE PICTURE.
REMEMBER: EYE CONTACT and CLARITY OF YOUR SPEECH are important things. The examiner needs to see you eye-to-eye when you speak. He is not looking for the RIGHT answer but for your REASONABLE EXPLANATION.
THE FIRST QUESTION MAY BE ASKED IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
- What is the aim of this group of people?
- Explain the purpose of the people here?
- What is the event that is happening here?
- Why do you think these people are gathered here?
- What do you think is happening here?
- Why do you think this event is being held here?
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