Saturday, October 8, 2011

~ COMPOSITION ~

Composition structure:


1) Introduction (Paragraph 1)

Memorise your phrases, descriptives, etc. and paint a beautiful picture of the scene.

- When
- Where is it
- Characters in the story
- What are they doing



2) Body (Paragraph 2/3)

This is the time when you use all your idioms, your adjectival phrases, your strong vocabulary to show excitement, to show suspense, to show the characters' EMOTION/Expression, to make the story interesting !!

What is the problem? 
What is happening?



3) Conclusion ( Paragraph 4)

You can use a 1 or 2 idioms/phrases in this last paragraph to end the whole story.

How was the problem solved?
What happened in the end?
Was any lesson learnt?

~ SITUATIONAL WRITING ~

The structure that you must ALWAYS GET IT RIGHT when you're writing your letter !!!


Dear XXX,

1) Opening Sentence ( How are you? I hope you are doing fine.)

2) Purpose of the email/letter ( I am....)

3) 6 Points

4) Closing Sentence


Regards,
Shawn


- Copy the important points properly from the question/advertisement!!

- Watch out for Capital letters / small letters !!!

- Change the PRONOUNS correctly to "you" !!!

- PROPER, COMPLETE SENTENCES !!! Do not miss out "the" , "is" , " there are" ...etc. 

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

~ EL EXAM REVISION ~

Dear Angels,

You have more than enough worksheets for you to start your SA2 REVISION.

Please:

1) Revise through ALL the COMPONENTS in your Learning Sheets !! If there is anything that you're unsure, PLEASE ASK ME !!

2) Synthesis! Concentrate on the few difficult ones that I've picked out for you. These are the synthesis that many of you often make careless mistakes in.

3) Study your Spelling List for the whole year! Even Term 4! I will begin testing you randomly next week! There will be an UNSEEN DICTATION in your SA2! Words will be based on your Spelling List.

4) Comprehension... Remember all the important points to providing a correct answer! (Past/Present tense/Pronouns,etc.)

~ Wednesday ~

Dear Angels,

You have more than enough worksheets at home for revision, so please DO REVISE YOUR WORK!


Today's Fun Activities:

1) Math SA2 Revision Paper Booklet B

2) English SA2 Revision Paper 3

3) Continue memorising your good verbs, adjectival phrases, adjectives, Idioms, etc. to be put into your COMPOSITION

Monday, October 3, 2011

~ Monday ~

Dear Angels,

Few more days left to your EL Composition and Oral Examination.

How prepared are you?

Do you know how to write a good piece of letter for Situational Writing?

Do you use all of your own words to write the letter?

What can you use to help you write a better letter?

How do you score the full 6-marks for Contents?

Do you copy every single word from the "poster" ? 



Today's Fun Activities:

1) Traffic Accident Composition
2) Math Activity Book Review 2
3) Memorise the good adjectival phrases, idioms, adjectives, etc.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

~ Weekend ~

Dear Angels,

Please make sure you've done these over the weekend:

1) Science SA2 Revision MCQ Worksheet
2) Math Activity Book Symmetry and Time
3) English Situational Writing
4) English Composition
5) Study English Spelling Term 4 Week 1 and Week 2
6) Show parents Composition Workshop in October Letter