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https://goo.gl/forms/YXaDW3v1IsltECbE2

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Next week, we have our last 2 EL remedials:

Session 4: 25 July (Mon) 2.30pm-3.30pm

Session 5: 28 July (Thu) 2.30pm-3.30pm

Please stay in your class for all remedial sessions.

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For those of you who missed my lesson, and for your own revision.

Please don't sell on Gumtree.

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How to write "Highlights": Read What’s Fun At Marina Barrage?

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How to write "Highlights": Read What’s Fun At Marina Barrage?

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What’s Fun At Marina Barrage?
http://www.travelyourselftoday.com/whats-fun-at-marina-barrage/

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http://www.yoursingapore.com/see-do-singapore/architecture/modern/marina-barrage.html

Read this FA for more samples. Pay attention to the phrases and tone used.

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Thanks to Mrs Judy Tan, you can access more FAs to read here
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/travel-tips-and-articles

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Google says:
In American English journalism terminology, a nut graph is a paragraph, particularly in a feature story, that explains the news value of the story. The term is also spelled as nut graf, nut 'graph, nutgraph, nutgraf.

How to Write a Nut Graf That Enhances the Story

Providing Readers With the Gist of a Story Without Giving It All Away
http://mediacareers.about.com/od/glossary/g/NutGraf.htm

By Rachel Deahl

Updated June 14, 2016.

Nut graf is an editorial slang term used by editors at newspapers and magazines, as well as copy editors. The term nut graf refers to the paragraph or sentence that summarizes the essence of a story.

What Exactly is a Nut Graf?

In journalism, a nut graf puts the story in context and tells readers why the story matters. Many editors would say the nut graf is the most important section of a story, since it tells the readers why they should continue reading the full story.

As a journalist you would either hear your editor refer to your nut graf or see the word written out on one of your stories after it had been edited. You would not, however, see the term in a proper sentence.

Also spelled nut graph, nut 'graph, nutgraph or nutgraf, the term is a derivative of the expression "in a nutshell" combined with the word paragraph to explain the essential theme of the story. A writer may refer to the act of writing a nut graf as "nutshelling," while the writer is called the "nutsheller".

An article or story's nut graf serves a few different purposes, including:

Justifying the point of the story by directing readers to supporting material that helps readers see why the story is important.

Provides a transition from the lead to the rest of the story.

Tells readers why the story matters at this point in time.

How Is It Written?

In most news stories, the nut graph is written in the news style, where the essential facts of a story are included in the first sentence or two of the story (known as the lead). A good lead tries to answer who, what, when, where, why, and how, quickly and succinctly.

For example, a story about unemployment statistics written in news style might start out with a lead like: "Federal grants for new job creation in booming in Chicago, but unemployment rates are soaring, according to statistics released by the Federal Employment Agency Thursday."

However, if the same story were written in feature style rather than news style, then the story would begin in a more narrative way.

For instance, the first few paragraphs might start by introducing a local Chicago tradesman on unemployment insurance because his lack of university credentials do not qualify him for the jobs typically created by the federal grants. In the third or fourth paragraph of the story, the nut graph would be introduced to explain how the story rolls out, why it's important and would include much (but not all) of the information from the lead in order to keep the reader interested to read further.

Things to Keep In Mind

Rather than writing the whole story in the nut graf and crushing any chances for readers to read your whole story, you want to do the following:

Do not give away the ending to your story in the nut graf.

Think about some of the questions that readers might ask early on — and address the questions.

Give readers a good reason (or hook) to keep reading.

Gather your thoughts about what the story is really about and why people should read it — then use one or two sentences to type out your exact thoughts.

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http://elinchow.blogspot.com/2015/04/trip-to-gardens-by-bay-singapore-bay.html

Gardens By The Bay is undeniably one of my favorite attraction to visit while I was still in Singapore. I have visited the attraction thrice in a year before I left Singapore. The last time I was there, I was with my husband' family and that was about a year and a half ago.

Gardens By The Bay

Gardens By The Bay is one of the recent addition to Singapore's tourist attraction. Built on 101 hectares of reclaimed land in central of Singapore, Gardens By The Bay was officially opened to the public in 2012. The attraction consists of three distinctive waterfront gardens - Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden. Bay South Garden is known to be the largest among the three, spanning 54 hectares of land.

Operating Hours

The Garden By The Bay opens daily, from 5 am to 2 am. Access to the Bay South Outdoor Garden is free. You may wish to visit its official website for more information.

How To Get There

Getting to Gardens By The Bay is easy and convenient. You can do so by taking the train, bus or car.

By Train (Via the Circle/ Downtown Line)

Alight at Bayfront MRT (CE1) station and proceed to take Exit B. Follow the underground link way and exit into Marina Bay Sands.

By Train & Bus (Via the North-South Line)

Alight at Marina Bay MRT (NS27/CE2) station and proceed to take Exit A. Hop onto bus service 400 and alight 4 stops later at the bus stop along Marina Garden Drive.

By Walking (From Marina Bay Sands)

The Gardens By The Bay is sitting right next to the Marina Bay Bay Sands integrated resort, with Bayfront MRT station located just below the hotel.

----It's too long to reproduce here. Please visit the blog to read more.
http://elinchow.blogspot.com/2015/04/trip-to-gardens-by-bay-singapore-bay.html

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Feature Article Writing - 21 July 2016 (Thu)

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Today we covered feature article writing. We covered the following:
1. What is a feature article and how is it different from regular articles.
2. Examples of feature article: Gardens by the Bay, Marina Barrage to build context and example for your Sit writing assignment.
3. We went through the Feature Article Situational writing tasks. We explored what each task required and the PAC of writing FA. The notes of which are captured and reproduced here, courtesy of Solihin.
4. I also discussed how to use the essay planning form and please do complete that in point form before you actually write the essay.

Please refer to the notes here to refresh your memory.

Complete your essay planning notes and actual essay over the weekend. This assignment is due on Monday, 25 July 2016.

Mr Lee

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1. Submit Holiday HW - Composition on one of the 3 topics here (with essay plan)
Q1: In what ways has technology brought about vast improvements in our daily lives?
Q2: Write about a time you were accused and what happened subsequently.
Q3. What is a good friend to you?

2. Comprehension Practice: Greenview Paper 2 Section B on Miu Miu the Cat!
Detach question papers and submit. Staple the remaining back to the same stack.

3. Comprehension Practice 2: Ngee Ann Sec Paper 2 Section B on Fatima and the Tiger (all about cats)

4. We will conduct oral exam training at the same time.

Mr Lee

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Attendance is compulsory.
Session 1: 29 June (Wed) 3.15pm-4.15pm (makeup for 4 July Youth day holiday)

Session 2: 11 July (Mon) - 2.30pm-3.30pm (lesson conducted by class, stick to 4A1 Mr Nazrul and 4A2 Ms Mavis Ho)

Session 3: 18 July (Mon) 2.30pm-3.30pm

Session 4: 25 July (Mon) 2.30pm-3.30pm

Session 5: 28 July (Thu) 2.30pm-3.30pm

Please stay in your class for all remedial sessions.

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Oral Communication Worksheets (this is no.2 of the June holiday HW)

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Oral Communication Worksheets (this is no.2 of the June holiday HW)

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For my dear students who were absent this morning, download and complete this worksheet please.

Mr Lee

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June holiday HW - and no more sloths please...

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June holiday HW - and no more sloths please...

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1. Bedok South 4NA P1 Prelims 2014 - Paper 1 Section C, Questions 1 to 3. This stack was given out to the students in Term 1. Students are to complete any 1 FW with essay plan.
Q1: In what ways has technology brought about vast improvements in our daily lives?
Q2: Write about a time you were accused and what happened subsequently.
Q3. What is a good friend to you?

2. Complete the Oral Exam PEEL paragraph writing worksheet consisting of a 3 exam practices.

Homework is due on the first EL lesson of T3W1.

Mr Lee

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Pious sloth

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Pious man

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Hi everyone, your holiday HW is to complete the essay which you have written the Intro and 2 paragraphs for. Your completed essay should have 5 paragraphs, Intro, 3 x PEEL paragraphs and a conclusion. Submit on Monday 28 Mar 2016.

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Our Remedial during March holidays 14 Mar 8-9am

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Our Remedial during March holidays 14 Mar 8-9am

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Attendance:
Bennett
Wei Han
Iman
Solihin
Jonathan
Amos
Jasmine
Zac
Crystal
Izzat
James
Edwin
Rachel
Hazel
Aziz
Peiling
Firas
Shahila

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4NA Group 2 EL Remedial during Mar holiday with Mr Lee

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4NA Group 2 EL Remedial during Mar holiday with Mr Lee

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My dear EL students,
Please attend the remedial next Mon.
Bring your holiday HW set along.
Monday, 14 Mar from 0800h to 0900h

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1.  Complete the quiz activity on Singapore’s political system -Page 16 and 17

2.  Answer the spoken interaction questions on Singapore’s Navy combat divers - Page19

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EL Contents Page for Group 2 with Mr Hosea Lee

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EL Contents Page for Group 2 with Mr Hosea Lee

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAHBUNS !!!!!!!!

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1. Ref to P1 Workbook. Bedok Green P1. Qns 2 or 3. One essay plan, one intro and two content paras.
- Qn 2: Grandparents can teach us a great deal because of their long
experience of life. What have you learned from your grandparents?
- Qn 3: Do you think physical exercise is important to you and your
family?  Why or why not?

2. Ref to P2 Workbook. Detach second half of the stack starting from Greenridge P2. Students to complete Greenridge P2 as hol assignment. The next paper ie 2015 N Level Paper to be kept for respective teachers.

Both holiday HW are due on Monday, T2W1, 21 Mar 2016.

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Scope:
1. Editing Practices 1-4 extracted from MYE papers
2. Dictation
3. Spelling
4. Visual Text Worked Examples
- Mind Champs
- Silk Air recruitment
- Vitagen
5. VT Practice 1: Little Linguist
6. VT Practice 2: Problem Gambling

HW:
1. VT Practice: Speak, Read & Write English
2. VT Practice: Don't Drink and Drive

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Dear students,
I shared with you why I come to school today and my own thoughts and feelings when I was marking your essays during CNY. Please remember that. How much you learn depends on how much effort you put in. Those wise enough to put a good effort in writing your essays will see improvement in their writing with my comments. Those foolish enough to submit rubbish essays will not learn anything.

That said, I am very happy that both Melissa and Raffisah turned up, on time for lesson today. The list of defaulters for the CNY HW are below.

Today, I returned to you the Paragraph writing assignment with the corrections marked. My promise to you remains: if you want to improve and am prepared to rewrite your paragraph again, i.e. a third draft, I am prepared to invest time in you and mark your writing. I also returned to you the marked Straits Times articles and worksheets. I expect corrections to be done.

I also returned to you your marked full essay on education. I also showed you a live demonstration of marking using Shasha (16/30m), Hanisah and Rachel Koh's script to be completed tomorrow.

What's next?
1. Live marking of Hanisah and Rachel Koh's scripts
2. Corrections for Education essay and consultation
3. Discussion CNY HW: Wk Bk Paper 2 Unit 1 - Bendemeer Section C - 1 Hour

Defaulters for HW:
1. Deyan
2. Bennett
3. Peilin
4. Shasha

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Dear EL students,
I look forward to a fruitful learning experience with you today and I hope all of you can settle down quick and focus on learning.
We are going to cover the following today:
1. Editing Practices 1 and 2 (given out to you on 3 Feb)
2. EL Filing and contents page

Homework:
1. Workbook Paper 2 Unit 1 - Bendemeer Section C - 1 Hour. Remember to analyse the questions, show workings in the unpacking of key words, and I want to see evidence of application of the 5 steps summary process.

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Deyan and Rachel Koh really disappointed me today with their incessant chatting which continued unabated despite receiving repeated warnings from me. They had to be asked to stay focused in a manner I dislike but which I will have to do if I am to be any good as your EL teacher. Firas was visibly unhappy about being separated from Izzat but he failed to see himself being distracted and chatting with Izzat all the time prior to his eviction. He fails to see that his forced relocation was done only for his own good.

Today, we covered the following tasks (All those absent + Vivien + Jasmine) please complete these yourself and submit to me:
1. IN Section - Pg 18 Visual Text
2. IN Section - Pg 19 Questions
3. Read IN Section Pg 2 and 4 on "Cheat Sheet"
4. Submit a minimum 100 words expression on "What bugs me" - I will help you work on interesting submissions and we send to Straits Times for competition.
5. Cut out Pg B-11 "Study shows teens' sleep habits affect grades" and read it. I will ask you to discuss and come up with 2 answers to these 2 questions which you will share in class:
- What findings of the study surprised me / challenged my understanding of how sleep affects me?
- What behavioural changes I would like to make now that I know this?
File Pg B-11 in your EL file.

I also gave out 2 handouts:
1. Editing Practices 1 and 2
2. Summary of types of texts

HW: Complete all the Straits Times activities by tomorrow and submit.

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Dear students, today I want to concentrate on using the Straits Times, and in particular, the IN Section.

We would like to use a full 1 period to go through the ST - IN section whenever there is an issue on any day of that week. We would like to dedicate 8 periods this year for the use of ST so as to maximise your learning.

We will cover the following 3 tasks:

1.Complete the visual text questions on pg 18.

2.Complete the oral spoken interaction questions on pg 19.

3.Class discussion/presentation: Students to share their answers and views.

See you later,

Mr Lee

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Today we are going to cover the following:

1. Return of PEEL paragraph and feedback - do corrections in class and submit

2. Submission of Continuous Writing essay homework - The following students did not hand up. You are to stay back today and finish the work and submit to my pigeon hole before you go home:

- Vivien, James, Pei Lin, Amos

- Melissa and Raffisah, please submit when you are back in school.

3. Giving out of Oral exam package

4. Scheduling oral remedial every Wed - Wed 3.15pm - 4.15pm: Deyan and Rachel Koh

5. Giving out of Visual Text package, EL File Contents Page, notes on building a good paragraph

6. Update your EL Contents Page - I post here for your easy reference

I have received most of the PEEL paragraph corrections, those who did not manage to complete them today please submit tomorrow.

What's next?

Feedback on Continuous Writing essay on Education.

Complete CHIJ Paper 2 Sections A and B.

Mr Lee

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Taekwondo is a Korean martial art that was developed by Korean masters of Okinawan karate, taekkyeon and other Korean traditions in the 1940s. The World Taekwondo Federation administers the Olympic competition for taekwondo. It is their rules that are used for competition.

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The national animal of singapore is the lion but did you know that the national animal of scotland is the unicorn?

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Fun Fact of the Day - Inspired by Solihin

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Fun Fact of the Day - Inspired by Solihin

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Please help me think of what "WTF" means which does not involve any vulgarities.

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Today Edwin and Pei Lin (sorry Pei Lin), and Hazel did not complete their work. They have to hand in this to me today before they go home.

HW for the weekend:

1. Complete a full essay based on your choice of Topic 1 or Topic 2. Your essay must include the following 5 paragraphs:

- Introduction (Includes Lead-in, Thesis Statement and Scope)

- PEEL 1 (re-use your paragraph homework after correction)

- PEEL 2 (re-use the paragraph hw)

- PEEL 3 (think of new paragraph)

- Conclusion (includes Summary, Thesis Statement and Graceful Ending)

This HW is due first EL lesson on Mon, 1 Feb. You know my expectations if you did not bring or complete this. I will mark your essay for you.

Enjoy!

The pic is for Mel and Pei Lin.

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Singapore has the biggest Yakult bottles in Southeast Asia!!!!

But why is the Yakult bottle so small?

It is to avoid contamination as a smaller bottle is more hygienic and if the bottle was bigger there will be a bigger risk of infection with other bacteria.Also if the bottle was exposed to air around the number of live probiotic bacteria will decrease.Thus the small bottle hahahaha

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EL Lesson on 28 Jan 2016 - Paragraph Writing Exercise 2

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EL Lesson on 28 Jan 2016 - Paragraph Writing Exercise 2

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Today we have completed all the Education notes for the readings. You are to file that notes together with your Education readings in your EL file. Read through them again before the Common Test to get content for your essays.

I also discussed with you some strategies for building good paragraphs and showed samples for your comparison.

Your HW is:

Write a total of 4 PEEL paragraphs to answer the following 2 questions on writing pad and submit tomorrow, 29 Jan 2016.

Please help remind those absent today because the world doesn't stop and they are responsible for their own learning. Friendship means you remind them, not do their work for them.

1.Write about 2 aspects of education in Singapore that you like and explain why you find it enjoyable. (adapted; 1189/2006) 2.Suggest 2 ways of making the education system in your country better for students. (adapted; 1189/2008)

What's next?

- Peer marking of PEEL paragraphs and corrections

- Choose 1 topic out of the 2 and write a complete essay on that topic over the weekend. Submission of said essay is due on T1W5 Monday EL lesson.

Have Fun!

Mr Lee

BTW, here is a pic of a Vietnamese coolie for you.

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Identify some of the aspects of the Singapore education system that aim to:
1.�develop students to be more well-rounded individuals 2. �prepare students for the future.

1. Some of the aspects that the Singapore education system aims to achieve are to develop students to be more well-rounded individuals so that it could benefit them in the future when they leave school. Apart from that, they also aim to help the individuals to learn to be more adaptable in whatever environment they are in and the environment they would be in the future.

2. To prepare students for the future, new programmes are instilled such as not only will they be concentrating on the academic aspect, the emphasis would also be on developing the ability to work in teams and to have an innovative mindset. Communication skills would be exposed and taught to the individuals. New ways of thinking and the love for life long learning is also aimed to be instilled in the individuals' hearts. Aside from the previous points, Singapore's education system also aims to preserve the sense of curiousity.

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GROUP C) some of the repercussions that south Koreans face are that they have one of the highest suicide rate in the workforce due to the amount of stress they face in the workforce. It is also stated that they lacked creativity and it needs a change. 

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GROUP C) some of the repercussions that south Koreans face are that they have one of the highest suicide rate in the workforce due to the amount of stress they face in the workforce. It is also stated that they lacked creativity and it needs a change. 

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2) The possible drawbacks of a stressful education are that students might not do as well as they thought they would and it would also worsen their health as it is stated that students who are stressed out since young would not have healthier body when they are an adult

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1.The Myanmar military government is not providing enough subsidies for the children to go to school and parents also do not earn much. Moreover, due to lack of financing, schools are poorly equipped and academic resources and materials are often outdated.

2.Myanmar parents prefer to send their children to Singapore to study because Singapore schools charge lower fees still much cheaper than fees levied by Western international schools in Yangon, which charge yearly fees of at least US$8,000.

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1.Identify some of the aspects of the Finnish education system that resulted in its extraordinary success. 2.What has caused the Finnish education system to become less successful in the PISA tests in recent years?

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1.What are some repercussions of South Korea’s high achieving education system? 2.What are the possible drawbacks of a stressful education system?

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1.What are some problems in the Myanmar education system, according to the articles? 2.Why do Myanmar parents prefer to send their children to Singapore for an education?

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Identify some of the aspects of the Singapore education system that aim to:
1.�develop students to be more well-rounded individuals 2. �prepare students for the future.

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Today Melissa was absent again. I hope she comes to school. Jing Sheng probably had too much to party. Kudos to Raffy for coming to school on time. To all the rest of my dear students who have always been well behaved, do my work and come to school on time, THANK YOU!

We covered the 5 steps summary technique today and we talked about examination strategies for scoring (always aim for 8m Content and 4m Language to score 12/15m) as well as desperate measures in examination for summary (focus on content points when desperate).

There is no homework today except for my students who did not submit their work.

See you tomorrow.

Mr H Lee

(Guess what this pizza means. I will share with you the next time.)

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Today we completed filing and continued our discussion of Compre Practice Paper Yishun Town 2014 Prelims.

Next Lesson:

1. Comprehension Yishun Town 2014 Prelims

Homework:

1. Complete reading Set A - Focus is on Education

2. Answer the following question in 1 PEEL paragraph (submit on a piece of foolscap paper): How important are academic results to you in today's society?

Use the information in the articles in Set A to help you think of ideas to answer this question. Write 1 well-elaborated paragraph with PEEL (Point, Elaboration, Example and Link).

Due Date: Monday, T1W3, 18 Jan at 0800h (1st period EL)

Additional reading: Today article "Going beyond exams in educating a nation"

http://www.todayonline.com/daily-focus/education/going-beyond-exams-educating-nation

Bring:

1. EL File with all the worksheets given

2. Notebook present

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Copy everything and file nicely people.

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We are going to start with 2 holiday HW issued to you last year:

1. Situational Writing - Speech

2. Comprehension practice paper (Yishun Town Prelims 2014)

I will mark your SW and discuss paper 2 in class.

Please come prepared with the following materials:

1. Blue EL ring file

2. Notebook present I gave all of you

3. Writing pad

4. Red and green pens

5. Your tent card

See you soon!

Mr Lee

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EL Defaulters for EL HW Kingsway pg 90-98

1. Samuele

2. Firas

3. Akid

4. Jing Sheng

5. Jonathan

6. Adam

7. Imran

8. Eugene

Corrective action: stay back in school to complete Kingsway pg 90-98. Show me your completed work in the Hall at 3.30pm to retrieve your handphones and EZlink cards if you have surrendered them to me.

Mr Lee

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Homework for the National Day Weekend is:

1. Complete the Paper 2 exercises from pages 90 to 98.

I expect everyone to bring their completed Kingsway book to school on Tue, 11 Aug 2015.

No excuses.

Remember, remember, the fourth of November.

Mr Lee

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1. EL CA4 - Discursive Essay Writing on this Friday, 31 Jul 2015. Please come prepared and do your mother proud!

2. Makeup EL Oral Exam for absentees: NExt Tue, 4 Aug 2015. - Aisyah, Izzat, Peng Hwee,

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Kingsway pg 90 - Section C Comprehension on Online Gaming - Complete everything, including Summary

EL Defaulters for Discursive Essay

1. Samuele Tan - Late

2. Izzat - submitted on 30Jul15

3. Firas - submitted on 30Jul15

4. Eugene Chua - submitted on 30Jul15

5. Imran submitted on 30Jul15

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Absentees: Akid,

Shasha - Late

, Melissa,

Adam - Late,

Rafissah

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Homework for T3W4: Discursive writing essay

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Dear students, please complete a discursive writing essay over this long weekend and enjoy your Youth Day!

1. Refer to worksheets - on page 1, complete the EOT circle by answering the questions within each section of the circle.

2. Read the articles on pages 5, 6, 7 and 8.

3. Refer to the essay structure on page 9. Remember to include 3 main PEEL paragraphs in your essay: here, 2 values and 1 skill or vice versa.

4. Complete writing the essay, and the topic is posted here again for your reference: "What are some values or skills that students learn in school which would enable them to excel in their future jobs?"

5. I will post here a video resource on discursive essay writing which will help you to write your essay, so do view it.

6. Remember to bring your Kingsway book next week

See you on Tuesday,

Mr Lee

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Raffy in deep thoughts

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1. Reading Aloud Passage for "Where Young People in your neighbourhood meet."

Go to www.elportals.sg and log in with your NRIC and password (its your NRIC also), go to Speaking and Representing and record.

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It's Darius's birthday today! Happy birthday old boy!

Melissa is absent today.

Eugene submitted his holiday HW today.

For Oral Communication, we completed RS 5.3, RS 5.8 and WS 6 today.

Next lesson we are going to the Comp lab 4A to do Reading Aloud.

Mr Lee

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Dear students, for you. Hope you learn how to manage your time better.

Slides are created by PRSS CCE Student Development Team.

Mr Lee

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Today Melissa submitted her extra work. Holiday HW was not completed but she is to complete and submit today.

Eugene did not complete his holiday HW again and he is to complete by Mon, if not, he promises detention himself.

Completed review of holiday HW.

Start on Oral communication.

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JUNE 23, 2015BY KIRSTEN HANIN TOC REPORTS

http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2015/06/amos-in-remand-a-mothers-perspective/

By Kirsten Han

Supporters and journalists who showed up at the State Courts early Tuesday morning expecting a sentence and closure to the Amos Yee saga found themselves bitterly disappointed. There was a two-hour wait with little to do but watch both the prosecution and the defence go in and out of chambers to speak with the judge. There were the brief glimpses of Yee, shackled and clothed in prison garb, shuffling meekly from holding to the witness room.

By the time District Judge Jasvender Kaur entered the courtroom, it was fairly clear that things weren’t going to go very well for the 16-year-old video blogger.

The report assessing his suitability for reformative training said that Yee was both mentally and physically fit for a stint at a Reformative Training Centre (RTC), but psychiatrist Dr Munidasa Winslow had observed that Yee might be suffering from autism spectrum disorder.

Judge Kaur thus ordered for Yee to be remanded for two weeks at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for another psychiatric assessment, after which she would decide between sentencing options such as reformative training or a Mandatory Treatment Order (MTO).

Everyone filed out of the courtroom, bemused by yet another delay. But there was no one more dismayed (with the possible exception of Yee himself) than his mother, Mary Toh. “They always want to paint him as mentally unsound,” she commented with a frown.

Lost and confused by legal proceedings she found difficult to understand, Toh had flitted back and forth from her seat to the holding room to speak with her son, trying to get as much information as she could on the best course of action.

“I thought the three weeks of remand [which the judge ordered on 2 June] was for a full assessment. Why is he in for another two weeks now?” she asked as we left the building.

It’s been a difficult time for Toh ever since her son was arrested on 29 March, the day of Lee Kuan Yew’s state funeral, for posting his YouTube video criticising both the statesman and Christianity. Apart from the media attention and the rampant online speculation, she’s had to grapple with criminal procedures and make decisions in stressful situations. She’s also had to visit Yee while in remand, keeping him up-to-date with developments and trying to look out for his welfare as much as possible.

Yee has already gone through 39 days – albeit not continuously – in remand. But it’s his experience of the past three weeks that has worried Toh the most.

“I used to see him about once or twice a week, but tried to see him three or four times a week when I saw that his condition was getting worse,” she told The Online Citizen. “He has rashes, and he says his whole body itches.”

Toh said that Yee is kept in a “special room” every time he’s in remand: the lights are on 24 hours a day (although dimmed a little in the night-time), and the cell is under round-the-clock surveillance via a CCTV camera.

“It seems like he’s the only one who must be in this special room, which can hold up to four people. When he’s there they sometimes transfer two to three cellmates there to join him. They aren’t really happy about it, because the room has CCTV,” she said. “I’m not sure why he’s in this room. I guess to [the authorities] it’s more like protecting him.”

Individuals in remand spend 23 hours a day in their cells. For the remaining hour they are allowed to go to a bigger space that Toh describes as a “basketball court type of place” where they can play games and socialise.

It’s the only break from the monotony of each day, but Yee had told his mother that for the first two weeks of his last period of remand, his hour of “yard time” was often taken up by his sessions with experts assessing his condition (according to Toh Yee was not very clear on whether they were doctors, psychiatrists, counsellors or prison staff, but said he had met about five different people), answering the same questions and repeating the same statements over and over again.

The most distressing incident came when Yee expressed suicidal thoughts to a prison psychiatrist. According to both Toh and information Human Rights Watch obtained from his lawyer, Yee was strapped to a bed for a day-and-a-half.

“Why did they need to strap him? There was already CCTV in his cell,” Toh said. It was after that incident, she added, that Yee’s condition appeared to deteriorate.

“He used to read a lot of books, and it helped to pass the time. But after that he didn’t read any more. He told me, ‘You don’t have to bring any more books, I’m not reading.’ I think he was traumatised,” she recalled. “It was like he went through every day in a daze.”

Yee’s changed demeanour in court was not lost on his mother. While photos of him at previous appearances show a cocky, even smug, teenage boy, on Tuesday morning Yee sat in the dock, head bowed. “He’s usually smiling and cheerful, but today it’s different.”

“He feels tired, but he can’t sleep, and this worsens his health,” she said. “It’s partly because of the emotional issues, and also the light in the cell.”

Yee had believed that his long wait for his punishment had come to an end at last, and that he would finally know his fate. “The waiting is the most difficult for him,” Toh said. “He thought today would be the sentence, that the case would be closed.”

Thinking that he could get bail pending an appeal of his conviction, Yee had asked both his lawyer and Toh if he could go home. Instead, he was led out of the courtroom, still in shackles, for yet another period of remand.

Apart from finding out when – and how often – she can visit her son at IMH, there is little more that Toh can do.

She frowns. “They say he might have Asperger’s, but you cannot cure autism. So if they give him an MTO, what treatment are they going to do?” she said.

Still, she hopes that the next two weeks will benefit her son in some way. “I don’t mind if he is in IMH for these two weeks receiving proper treatment and care. I just don’t want it to be wasted time just sitting in remand again. He’s already been there for so long.”

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Welcome back to EL Lesson - 29 June 2015 (Mon)

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Welcome back to EL Lesson - 29 June 2015 (Mon)

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ST Reading Programme: IN Section page 18-19

EL Holiday HW defaulters:

1. Rachel Koh - Done

2. Deyan - Done

3. Rafissah - Done

4. Melissa - Not done on 30 June - Double work

5. Shasha - Done

6. Joel - Work completed, submit extra work tomorrow

7. Sialah Akid lah - Done

8. Samuele - Work completed, submit extra work tomorrow

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For anyone who needs this to download here. This is the VT insert.

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Submit on 1st Day of school in Term 3 on Monday 29th June

1. Answering Inferential Questions Comprehension Exercise

2. Comprehension Paper 2 - PRSS 2014 S3NA EOY Paper 2 "Smoking is suicidal".

This picture is dedicated to Darius Hue again.

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Dear passenger 15A,

You do not know me but I was seated in front of you during the flight from Singapore to Sydney on April 12th.

What I had initially thought to be a routine flight turned out to be a once in a lifetime experience – and it was all because of you.

I am writing this letter to thank you personally.

Being the cheapskate Asian that I am, I did not pay extra for a seat next to the emergency exit.

Though it offered more legroom, I couldn’t be bothered to read the special safety procedures. The last thing I would want is to compromise the lives of all the innocent passengers because I do not know how to open the airplane door.

Despite my common economy seat, you offered me a full back massage by repeatedly kicking the back of chair.  To date, I have yet to regain full mobility of the lower half of my body. But since I am single, I suppose I don’t have much use for it anyway.

I did not pay for the in-flight entertainment package and I was worried that I might get bored. But my concerns were unnecessary. You were talking so loudly, as if your friend was seated in the cargo hold rather than right next to you.

Perhaps she’s hard of hearing? This might strike you as odd but for the first time in my life, I wished I had a hearing impairment too.

Also, could you tell me where you bought those obnoxious snacks? I assume that they must have been delicious cause you rip one open every 30 minutes.

Thanks for the loud rustling and chewing ambient sounds!

At this point, I thought, “It can’t get any better than this.” But what I had meant as a rhetorical question, you took as a challenge.

For immediately, my nose was assaulted by a putrid smell of death and decay.

The stench was so strong that I turned to check if the old lady seated next to me was still breathing.

It was so nice of you to take off your shoes and put your feet between my seat and the plane window. It must have taken considerable effort – it was a small space but you stuck it as close to my face as you possibly could.

Your kindness moves me.

The sun is rising above the horizon; the sky is bleeding crimson and gold. But I cannot turn to gaze at this everyday miracle because every time I do, I smell the anus of Satan.

I had half the mind to pull down the oxygen mask above me. But then I remembered that I was flying on a budget airline, so I’d probably have to pay extra for that.

Did you know that you have made me a more religious person?

I have said more prayers in that eight-hour flight than I have in my entire life.

I was torn between asking God for strength to endure the rest of the journey and,

“SWEET GUAN YIN MA, TAKE ME HOME!”

This experience has been so memorable that I am writing this from my therapist’s office. I have also signed up for ten more sessions to talk about it.

Thank you once again.

Insincerely yours,

Passenger 14A
Article by Mun Yee for SGAG

http://sgag.sg/posts/dear-passenger-15a

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Singapore teen guilty of insulting Christians in video blog

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By JEANETTE TAN | Associated Press – 10 hours ago

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/singapore-teen-guilty-insulting-christians-ex-leader-lee-093106539.html

SINGAPORE (AP) — Teen blogger Amos Yee was found guilty Tuesday of insulting Christians in a video monologue and of distributing an obscene image of Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew with former British leader Margaret Thatcher.

The 16-year-old Yee had faced three years in jail but instead will be put on probation. He was released on a bail of 10,000 Singapore dollars ($7,500) and probation officers will now interview him and his parents to determine what kind of probation he would receive and how long it would last. The result would be announced June 2.

Asked how he felt about the verdict, Yee — who was wearing a navy T-shirt and khaki shorts — told reporters: "I don't know. I can't decide. I don't know if I should celebrate my release or mourn my sentence."

District Judge Jasvendar Kaur rejected Yee's defense that he did not intend to insult Christians. She also noted she was concerned by the effect on teenagers that the image of the faces of the two leaders superimposed on the drawing of two figures engaged in sexual activity would have.

"The question I had to ask myself was: would any right-thinking parent or teacher approve of their children or students seeing it at home or in the school library? The answer is no... (They would register their) strongest disapproval," she said.

Yee posted the video blog laced with expletives as Singapore was mourning Lee's death on March 23. In the eight-minute clip that he posted on YouTube, Yee said Lee and Jesus Christ were "both power-hungry and malicious," among other derogatory comments mostly targeting Lee.

Such open criticism and lampooning of leaders is rarely seen in Singapore, where laws are strictly enforced. The government of the multiethnic city-state says the enforcement of the letter of the law is necessary to maintain order and stability among the various races and religions.

Kaur also said prosecutors had proved beyond reasonable doubt that Yee had intended to denigrate both Lee and Jesus Christ. She added that the lack of reactions to his comments stemmed from the fact that they were "not made by someone who is learned or who exerts special influence," but instead by a person who "plainly has a lot of growing up to do."

As part of the guilty verdict, Yee will have to remove the two posts.

Yee's parents said they will discuss with lawyers whether to appeal.

According to court documents shown to The Associated Press, Yee told police that he was raised Catholic but turned atheist by mid-2013.

Arrested and charged in March, he was bailed out by a stranger, then defied one of his bail conditions — refraining from posting any public material online — and jailed again.
When he re-entered custody on April 30, Yee was slapped in the face by a stranger outside court. The 49-year-old man, who was charged with voluntarily causing hurt, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, and will spend three weeks in prison. He faced up to two years in jail.

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Compare and Contrast Opinions: Amos isn't so bad!

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Compare and Contrast Opinions: Amos isn't so bad!

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My students, I would like you to read this opinion piece and later contrast this with an opposing opinion. Then tell me which one you agree with more, and why. Pay attention to the personal expository style of this opinion piece.

COMMENT: A conversation with Amos Yee and family

Alfian Sa'at is a writer, playright and poet based in Singapore. He is the resident playwright at W!LD RICE. The views expressed are his own.

By Alfian Sa'at

I wasn't planning on writing about Amos Yee, but I'm quite upset by the way the media is painting him—with insinuations that he might fall within the autism spectrum, that he is so psychologically disturbed that he needs psychiatric evaluation, that there is something about his behaviour that might be 'abnormal'.

I had the pleasure of having supper with Amos and his family. The mother, Mary Yee, is a twinkly-eyed lady who would lean in to listen to you speak. She looked perpetually curious and attentive, her head craning around even as she hugged her floral tote bag close to her. One could speculate that she's passed on some of that inquisitiveness to her only child.

"You know Amos wanted to change his name?" she told us.

"Why?"

"Because his full name is Amos Yee Pang Sang. And in school the kids used to tease him and called him 'Anus Yee Pang Sai'. You know 'pang sai' in Hokkien means to 'pass motion'."

I wanted to ask if he had wanted to change the name 'Amos', or 'Pang Sang', or both. But I took a quick glance at Amos, who was scowling, and spotted the thought bubble over his head that said, 'Mum, please, don't embarrass me in front of these people'. So I left it at that.

The father, Alphonsus Yee, was a bit more reserved, a burly man who rides a motorcycle and who would stand around with his arms crossed, palms cupping his elbows. It seemed to me that the mother still thought of her son's antics as an enduring source of mystery, whereas the father had reached his limit with such unsolvable enigmas. I tried to break the ice with the father by saying, "I think your son is very intelligent."

And the father said wearily, “Yes, he's intelligent. But he's not wise.”

And what about Amos himself? He's a waif of a teenager, very pale, with painfully narrow shoulders, and it seemed as if his shock of unruly hair was an attempt to add some mass to a wispy frame. He had a habit of stroking his chin before he spoke, which I found quite endearing, because chin-stroking is the aspirational gesture of kids who want to be taken seriously—as intellectuals. I asked Amos who his favourite film director was.

“I love Stanley Kubrick,” he said.

“Yeah? He’s good, but I wasn’t too sold on Barry Lyndon,” I said. “It’s too mannered for me.”

“Oh, but have you watched it twice?”

“So it rewards repeat viewing?”

“I guarantee.”

Amos has very strong opinions; and honestly he reminded me of a precocious teenager—self-possessed, intensely loyal to things he loved, but not to the point where he would shut himself from discovering other works.

“If you love 2001: A Space Odyssey,” I said, “You should check out Solaris by Tarkovsky.”

“You mean there’s a sci-fi film that’s as good as Space Odyssey?”

“Maybe even better. I guarantee.”

He nodded, and stroked that chin again. And then we got to the subject of the video. I told him, “I agreed with what you said about LKY, but did you really have to mention Christians? You could have made your point just by saying that those fawning and swooning over him acted like they were part of a cult.”

“But all religions are cults.”

“Okay, then why pick on Christians? You could have said something about religious fervour without being so specific about it.”

“But Christianity is the religion I know best.”

And there it was. ‘But’, the favourite word of any mouthy teenager who thinks that adults, with their unexamined conventions, are vaguely ridiculous. “And how about all that swearing,” I said, putting on my fuddy-duddy hat. “What if it turned people off from the substance of what you were saying?”

“But that’s just how I express myself. I'm being true to myself.”

“You have to ask yourself if it’s essential to your message. I think you make your videos to communicate something to your audience. I understand your need to be authentic, but sometimes your audience trips up on the expletives and they’ll stop listening.”

“But sometimes swearing is the message itself.”

“Yes Amos, I’ve watched enough Scorcese and Tarantino to know that.”

“And those are great examples!”

I smiled and didn’t tell him that he was as far away from a gangster or hitman as anyone could imagine. And then the subject turned to remand and jail.

Amos said, “Why should we worry about jail? Look at Mandela, he fought for a righteous cause and he went to jail too.”

At which point Ivan Heng, who was at the table, rolled his eyes and said, “Darling, you’re not Mandela. So in the meantime you just stay out of trouble.”

Amos looked a little chastened, and I could see that he was aware that the analogy he offered risked making him out as someone with delusions of grandeur. Glen Goei, who was at the table as well (supper was on him), said, “Maybe you’re not afraid for yourself. But think about your parents. Don’t you think they’ll worry if you go to jail?”

“But we can’t always live our lives based on what our parents might think of us.”

“We’re just asking you to put yourself in their shoes,” Glen said.

Amos stroked his chin again. I could see a retort simmering—“if I were a parent I’d want my child to act according to his conscience…to live as a free and principled human being…to have the moral courage to stand by his actions.” But Amos held his peace.

So here’s my take on this whole absurd affair: Amos Yee, as a teenager, is as normal as they come. They chafe at authority, will always look for wriggle room and bargaining leverage, have a sharp instinct for pointing out adult contradictions and hypocrisies, and speak in a language of ‘but’s’ and ‘why not’s’ that are designed to try your patience. Any attempt to 'discipline' him becomes a contest of wills; you can slap bail conditions on him but if he thinks they are unfairly punitive (even before any conviction) then you can expect brinksmanship and defiance. With teenagers like these, you can try reasoning with them but you must also be prepared to confront the idea that your reason is actually unreasonable. What is abnormal is that because of the charges against him, all this is being played out on a much larger stage. And this I think is the tragedy of the whole thing: when a brat acts up—and of course Amos can be taunting and bratty—the best thing that you can do is to ignore him and let him exhaust himself.

But no, some people decided to get all sanctimonious, and we end up with the sorry spectacle of an adult smacking a child mercilessly in a shopping aisle. We don’t think of the child as being uncontrollable at that moment; no, it is the adult who has lost all self-control. And this is how it looks like to me—the people who filed those police reports, the 8 policemen who arrested Amos at his house, the AGC, the man who smacked Amos outside the State Courts, Bertha Henson, Lionel de Souza, the journalists who keep misreporting the case—all of you look so violent, hysterical, foolish and feeble. In trying to solve a 'problem' like Amos Yee you've only ended up displaying your own problems and neuroses--your pettiness, your cruelty, your beastliness, your insecurity--in all their garish detail.

This article was originally published as a Facebook status. It is reproduced here with the permission of its original creator.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/comment--a-conversation-with-amos-yee-and-family-090836714.html

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Absentee: Rafissah (Again? Come on, Rafissah!)

1. Returned marked formal letters with comments for corrections.

2. Discussed common errors for formal letters

- Format

- Title

- Details and examples

- Provide benefits to be persuasive

- Use of persuasive phrases

3. Went through answers for Practice Paper 2, Section A, VT

HW: Students are to complete the following after the exams:

1. Corrections for Formal Letter

2. Corrections for EL CA3 (if you haven't finished)

3. EL Paper 2 (if you haven't finished)

Good luck for your exams tomorrow!

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Answers for EL Paper 2 Practice Paper 2014 SA1 EL Paper 2

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Homework:

1. Complete corrections for EL CA3 by rewriting your essay taking into account both the red-pen comments and the printed comments.

2. Complete the entire Paper 2 Comprehension 2014 exam paper for MYE practice.

- All are due on Monday 4 May 2015.

Absentees:

1. Deyan - your Compre paper is with Rachel Koh

2. Firas - although some in class suspect that you are in the family way, you have taken the comprehension paper already.

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1. How to write lead-in (a interesting hook to the essay in the Intro paragraph)

i. Surprise the audience (e.g. warm bodies)

ii. Use a flash back or overview (recount, past memories, short story) - must be relevant to the TS if not the lead-in is useless and a distraction at best.

iii. Use a quotation (e.g. Ironman: A famous man once said, "We create our own demons." Use famous quotations. You can write a famous quotation or "as the saying goes" followed by the quotation like "Time waits for no man."

iv. Setup a compare & contrast - create a sense of curiosity, or tension to keep the reader interested to read on. The trick is to compare and contrast 2 situations or things which are similar in some ways but yet different or opposite in other ways. e.g. schools VS hell; elderly homes VS prisons; library VS maze

v. Write a short personal reflection (thoughts and feelings) about the topic. e.g. topic is toilets and e.g. is "Toilets are something we always take for granted. We expect toilets to be clean, fresh and available all the time. But have we ever stopped to think about....."

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Fly high like a duck n achieve ur dreams

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VT of the day: What is the message of this picture?

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VT of the day: What is the message of this picture?

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Post your answers here with your name.

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1. Jonathan - handed up

2. Imran - handed up

3. Deyan - 2 x extra work

4. Eugene - hand up today + extra work

5. Melissa - extra work and absent today

6. Siyi - handed up letter today. She was absent yesterday because of CO SYF.

HW:

Underline or highlight the words or phrases which the 2 writers use to be persuasive. Then write the persuasive techniques used in the WS. Due tomorrow.

What's next?

1. Corrections for EL CA 3 Personal Expositions and Discursive essays

2. Comprehension Practice Paper - 2014 SA1 EL Paper 2

3. Pray real hard for MYE

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EL Defaulters: Submission of Formal Letter, Kingsway pg 114. Change all words "report" to "letter". Use all 6 persuasive phrases, and 2 phrases each from Introduction and Conclusion phrases.

1. Jonathan

2. Imran

3. Deyan

4. Melissa

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Mr Lee trying out kendama

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Guess what this means in the context of our EL lessons

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When you ask how to write an essay the night before its due...

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50,858 points * 300 comments - Mommy! - 9GAG has the best funny pics, gifs, videos, gaming, anime, manga, movie, tv, cosplay, sport, food, memes, cute, fail, wtf photos on the internet!

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Mr Lee, by the last paragraph, does it mean the conclusion or the last PEEL paragraph?

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That looks like fun

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HW: Complete 1 paragraph writing for the writing task in your Formal Letter notes. Write on the same piece of foolscap as your persuasive phrases notes. Submit tomorrow.

EL Defaulters

1. Samuele - completed and given extra work on 22 Apr 15 (Absent)

2. Jon - completed and given extra work on 21 Apr 15 - Done

3. Darius - completed and given extra work on 22 Apr 15 - Done

4. Bastomi - 2nd offence, given 2 x extra work on 22 Apr 15 - Done

5. Alvin - completed and given extra work on 22 Apr 15 - Done

6. Akid - completed and given extra work on 22 Apr 15 - Done

7. Deyan - completed and given extra work on 22 Apr 15 - Done

8. Rachel Koh - completed and given extra work on 22 Apr 15- Done

9. Rachel Ong - completed and given extra work on 22 Apr 15 - Done

10. Hazel - completed and given extra work on 22 Apr 15 - Done

11. Crystal - completed and given extra work on 22 Apr 15 - Done

12. Melissa - completed and given extra work on 22 Apr 15 (Absent)

13. Shasha - completed and given extra work on 22 Apr 15

14. Eugene - submitted on his own accord and took extra work on 22Apr

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No doubt D is the boyfriend of my daughter, R, we need to remember that R owes me a debt of gratitude for bringing her up and she should let me have D.