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https://goo.gl/forms/1FJuRpmzvU3oTEaE2

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1. You need to find a group and a topic will be assigned to you.
2. You need to collect your resources/ materials needed for the presentation throughout your 14days in Singapore.
3. You will be given time to have group discussion in order to better plan and prepare your presentaation. This is a required group discussion on 25th, 29th and 30th November 2017.
4. You need to do the research and work together to assemble your presentation.
5. Prepare your presentation using Google Slides.
5. You need to present your findings to the class. You will have 10-15 minutes to present, it is a compulsory for every member in the group to present.
6. On the presentation day, you need to submit your Powerpoint files by uploading it to this link.

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Can you solve the river crossing riddle?

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https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_language_and_thought

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Group 1-  Singapore, A Melting Pot of Culture
Group 2- Singapore, A Green City
Group 3- Singapore, An Advanced Nation
Group 4- The Tourism Industry of Singapore
Group 5- Singapore, A Globalised Nation
Group 6- 12 days in Singapore - What did I learn?

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design by Dóri Sirály for Prezi
Purpose:
Enhancing reading skills and develop crucial comprehension abilities
GROUP WORK
READ TO UNDERSTAND
The body
(symbolises)
Singapore's humble beginnings as a fishing village when it was called Temasek, meaning 'sea town' in Old Javanese.

Its head
(represents)
Singapore's original name, Singapura, or 'lion city' in Malay.

Today, you can
(glimpse)
this legend at Merlion Park. Spouting water from its mouth, the Merlion statue stands tall at 8.6 metres and weighs 70 tonnes.

This icon is a 'must-see' for tourists visiting Singapore, similar to other
(significant)
landmarks around the world.
UNDERSTANDING TEXTS - LONG & SHORT
Objectives:
1. Locating the main points
2. Interpreting the points
3. Understanding English expressions
4. Processing and Evaluating Information

OUTCOME:
Students are able to comprehend the different types of text, and infer the passages' content and meaning.
Why learn this ?
What do I need to understand when I read?
1.
Main ideas -
What is the text trying to tell you?
2.
Supporting details
- What are the evidences/ examples?
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Title:_______________________________________________

Gardens by the Bay brings to life the National Parks Board Singapore's vision of creating a City in a Garden. The Gardens
captures the essence of Singapore
as the premier tropical Garden City with the perfect environment in which to live and work - making Singapore a leading global city of the 21st century.

In January 2006, an international master plan design competition was launched to seek world-class design ideas for Gardens by the Bay. It drew more than 70 entries submitted by 170 firms, from over 24 countries, including 35 from Singapore.

An 11-member Jury comprising local and international experts shortlisted eight teams and two winners were announced in September 2006; namely Grant Associates for Bay South and Gustafson Porter for Bay East, both from the UK. A decision was made to develop Bay Central later.

A public exhibition of the master plan concepts and models of the winning teams was held in September 2006 at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Over 10,000 people visited the exhibition and over 700 gave their feedback. An overwhelming majority 85% of those surveyed liked the features in the master plans and over 97% said they would visit the gardens.

Gardens by the Bay broke ground in November 2007, signalling the commencement of the Gardens' development. Subsequently, development of Bay East Garden also commenced. It was developed as an interim garden to be used as a staging site for some of the rowing and canoeing events of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in August 2010. Following the YOG, Bay East underwent reinstatement works and was open to the public in October 2011.

A special preview of Flower Dome was held in November 2011 in conjunction with the World Orchid Conference (WOC). Some 300,000 members of the public visited both WOC and Bay South Garden.
HUDDLE In
TITLE:
WHAT IS IMPORTANT/ NECESSARY/CENTRAL?
THE MAIN IDEA IS....
WHAT ARE THE SUPPORTING DETAILS ?
THE MOST IMPORTANT SENTENCE IN THIS PASSAGE IS...
COULD BE SUMMARIZED AS...
Think about what YOU are reading
PURPOSE
Purpose:
Type of text:
Detail 1:
Detail 2:
Detail 3:
Detail 4:
VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT
Vocabulary Strategies
Prefixes
Letters that come before a word that change or
add to its meaning. For example, the prefix "un-
" means not, "non-" means not, and "re-" means back or again.
Appositives

The author defines the vocabulary word or
phrase within the sentence.
Outside Resources (Dictionaries and
Glossaries)

If you cannot figure out a word's meaning in
context, always turn to a dictionary or glossary
to determine its meaning.
Examples:
My shoe laces are (
untied)
.

The laces are not tied in this example sentence.
Context Clues

Sentences or words that come before or after a
word that give you a clue to its meaning.

Example:

My room is (chaotic). It is messy because I have
not cleaned it in weeks.

The sentence after chaotic gives you context to
understand that something that is chaotic is
messy.

Contrasting Statements

Statements or sentences that tell you the
opposite meaning of the word.
Example:
The water is now (tainted), but it used to be clean
enough to drink.

In this sentence clean is the opposite of tainted.
"But" gives you a clue that there is a contrasting
statement in the sentence
Example:

I (injured), or hurt, my knee at the soccer game.

In this example, hurt defines injured in the
sentence.

- DRAW THE MEANING -
INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Students will be working in groups to complete this task

2. Each group would be given 4 descriptive texts and students would need to
draw what they understood from the text they have read
.

3. Each group will then present their drawings. Students will need to explain the strategy used to understand the the passage.
-Ms.Chong-
THE WOMAN ON THE ROOF... ...

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design by Dóri Sirály for PreziPurpose: Enhancing reading skills and develop crucial comprehension abilities GROUP WORK READ TO UNDERSTAND The body (symbolises) Singapore's humble beginnings as a fishing village when it was called Temasek, meaning 'sea town' in Old Javanese. Its head (represents) Singapore's original name, Singapura, or 'lion city' in Malay.