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Post-examination activities - reflection time!

Dear Beloved Class,

I would like to thank everyone of you who has worked so hard this year. All of you have shown improvement in your work and most importantly, your character. Well done!

Let's move to another important topic which also requires our reflection on our school values- Compassion, Responsibility, Integrity and Passion:

Note: the best 3 entries for each of the values stand a chance to win prizes from the school. Good luck!

Compassion

- pupils are to do a bookmark using any medium

- link to video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0lynZYyshg&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Integrity

- pupils to do a bookmark using any medium to colour and decorate their work

- link

http://www.k12.hi.us/%7Emkunimit/honesty.htm
- Here's the link for the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv64DgrnISA&feature=related

Responsibility

- Pupils are required to write in their journals, 3 ways they show responsibility in school.

Passion

- complete a journal entry to link and reinforce the spirit of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG)
- Pupils are to do a Journal entry on their aspirations and what they will do to achieve it.

Deadline: 9 Nov, Friday

Best wishes,
Mr Kok

Games galore for English learning

Some games and online resources to help all of you unwind as you revise your work.

Click here

Remember to explore the different list of words and options in the website.

Enjoy and best of luck in your preparation for the SA2 examinations. I know all of you will do me proud.


Best wishes,
Mr Kok

Scholastic Books Galore! Have you placed your orders?

Dear Pupils,

Please refer to the brochures given to you for more information. Also, these are the important dates to note if you wish to make your payment:


14 Oct Thursday and 15 Oct Friday

The time is 10. 00 am to 10.35 am - during recess.


Thank you,
Mr Kok

Still hunger for more OLE?

Click here and complete the quiz.

You will learn how to write better sentences.

Burglary (Written by Gabriel 3K)

P3 Situational Practice

One hot Thursday morning, I was dismissed from school. I was surprised to see my house's door slightly ajar. I quickly ran into the house and saw my mother tied and gagged to a chair.The whole house was in shambles. Furniture were overturned and many items were broken. I then heard a rustling sound in my room. At that time, I was full to the brim with curiosity.

Full of curiosity, I peered into the dark room. What I saw astounded me. There was a humongous figure ranshacking my cardboards and looking for me. I thought to myself," What a huge person! It is better not to mess with him!" As I was about to escape, I stepped on a piece of broken glass." Ouch!!"I shouted loudly. Then I felt something hit my head.
" Where does your mother keep her jewellery?"shouted the robber in an unpleasent growl, holding a pistol to my head." It's in my mother's room, the third cabinet" I replied in a scared tone. When the robber went to look for my mother's jewellery, I realised that the robber did not tie me up properly. with immense strengh, I freed myself from the binds of the rope. I also freed my mother using a shattered glass piece from the floor. My mother immediately fished out her
handphone to call the police.

Within a few minutes, the police arrived at my house, armed. When the robber heard the wailing sirens of the police cars, he tried to escape but he was surronded by policemen at every angle, pointing their guns at him. After a while, the robber was taken away for custody. After this accident, my mother will remember to lock the door the next time.

Robberies! written by Gabriel 3K

The thief (narrative)
One humid night, Vijayan Muniandy was looking for a job. His luck dried out as nobody wanted to hire him. Vijayan emptied all his pockets to find some money. Soon, Vijayan realised he was broke. He had no choice but to rob an elderly woman. Vijayan tailed the old woman. When Vijayan knew that it was the time to strike, he asked the old woman, "Where is the MRT station?" "If you go this way, you will see the MRT station," replied the old elderly woman. Vijayan ran into the lift at the nick of time when the lift doors almost closed. "I left my ez-link card at my friend's house," Vijayan told the elderly woman.
When the old woman went out of the lift, Vijayan snatched the old woman's gold chain and rushed down the staircase. The old woman was drenched in perspiration when she told her daughter the news. Her daughter immediately fished out her hand phone to call the police.
After fifteen minutes, the police arrived at their house. The female officer asked the old woman, "What had been stolen from you?" "My gold chain," replied the old woman truthfully.
After the robbery, Vijayan's greed took over him again. He used the same method to rob another woman. This time, a necklace was successfully robbed from the old woman. After the phone call from the second victim, the police began to take action. They visited pawnshops and soon found out that Vijayan had gotten $15,000.00 from pawning the jewellery.
After the two robberies that Vijayan had committed, he decided to escape to Malaysia for at least a year. At the custom, he was stopped by some police officers. They wanted Vijayan to go to the police station with them.
"Where were you on 27 April, 10.00 a.m. asked the police officer. "I was in Malaysia," replied Vijayan with a guilt written on his face. "It's no use denying it. All the evidence we have points at you," the police officer hissed. Vijayan had no choice but to admit he was responsible for robberies. Vijayan was then sentenced to 3 years and 9 months imprisonment.

REVISION materials

Golden phrases to remember

Saw red
fished out
as mad as a hornet
as wise as an owl
as slow as a snail
darted
sprinted
suddenly
they came very quickly
cried bitterly
sobbed uncontrollably
smiled from ear to ear
as happy as a lark
worn a big smile on her face
extremely happy
burly burglar
muscular man
frail looking lady
weak looking elderly
as fast as lightning
in a flash
as fast as my legs could carry me


A crop of disappointments
A flood of pride rose in him
A glittering infectious smile
A reputation that swelled like a sponge
An albatross around my neck
An apple of his eye
Break one’s heart
By word of mouth
Crowed about
Despite bleeding profusely, she endured the pain
Eddie chickened out when the bully challenged him to a fight.
Everyone was whispering to another about the scene
felt a shiver down my spine
fished out my handphone and dialled triple nine
Flames leaped in his eyes
He was on cloud nine when he won the prize
her laughter moves like a bat through silent haunted woods
Her scream cut like a knife as the snatch thief ran off with her handbag.
His face turned red like a tomato

hollered, exclaimed, yelled, whispered, warned, advised, hissed, cried, screamed, scolded, warned, advised, replied, repeated...etc.

horsed around
I felt a shiver down my spine when I heard the bad news.
I was all thumbs with the dialling as I was feeling nervous
In the twinkling of an eye
Lend a helping hand
lightning glare
Made a beeline
mathematical precision
My friends horsed around in class when the teacher was away
My mother nagged, "Wake up, you will be late for school."
Paramedics rushed over to attend to the wounded
Passersby stood rooted not knowing what to do next.
Pay through one’s nose
Put one’s foot down
She was elated over her results
She was so embarrassed that she weeped bitterly
stung like a scorpion
The beating of her heart was like a drum
The place swarmed like a hive
the pupils roared in laughters
turned a deaf ear
When Andrew saw his results, a bitterness crept into his face.
Words as soft as rain

adjectives & Adverbs

Luckily
fortunately
immediately
unfortunately
unluckily

fierce
handsome
strong
wise
pretty
weak looking lady
frail looking lady
burly robber
kind
gentle
joval
good-looking

quickly
slowly
carefully
correctly
eagerly
easily
fast
loudly
patiently
quickly
quietly
well

Aabnormally
absentmindedly
accidentally
acidly
actually
adventurously
afterwards
almost
always
angrily
annually
anxiously
arrogantly
awkwardly


Badly
bashfully
beautifully
bitterly
bleakly
blindly
blissfully
boastfully
boldly
bravely
briefly
brightly
briskly
broadly
busily


Calmly
carefully
carelessly
cautiously
certainly
cheerfully
clearly
cleverly
closely
coaxingly
colorfully
commonly
continually
coolly
correctly
courageously
crossly
cruelly
curiously


fairly
faithfully
famously
far
fast
fatally
ferociously
fervently
fiercely
fondly
foolishly
fortunately
frankly
frantically
freely
frenetically
frightfully




reproachfully
restfully
righteously
rightfully
rigidly
roughly
rudely

Sadly
safely
scarcely
scarily
searchingly
sedately
seemingly
seldom
selfishly
separately
seriously
shakily
sharply
sheepishly
shrilly
shyly
silently
sleepily
slowly
smoothly
softly
solemnly



warmly
weakly
wearily
well

wildly
willfully
wisely
woefully
wonderfully
worriedly
wrongly


Dialogues (Know how to write dialogues correctly)

eg.

The police officer commanded, " Hands up in the air!"

"Keep quiet if not, I will kill you," the robber warned.

"Shut-up!" the gangster shouted.

The evil looking burglar hissed," I will kill you if you don't tell me where you have kept your jewellery."

Are you Ready for our MEGA AUCTION?

Dear Pupils,

I’m so glad that many of you have shown improvement in your composition writing. Well done! Many of you remembered to use many golden phrases, effective dialogues, apt adjectives and adverbs which made your stories fun to read.

These are some of my favourite phrases taken from your writing:

1) When I finally woke and regained consciousness, I found myself tied to the chair and my mouth gagged by a burglar who had many tattoos on his muscular arms. I felt goosebumps and a shiver down my spine when I saw him brandishing a sharp dagger threatening to kill us all!

2) “Put down your weapon and turn around slowly with your hands on your head!” the police officer hissed at the burly burglar.

3) My neighbour whispered, “Let’s lock the doors with these metal chains so that the burglar will be trapped inside.”

To celebrate your hard work, I went shopping at two flea markets during the one-week-break and bought many prizes for our MEGA auction at the end of the year. These are some of the prizes that you can bid for with your SUPERSTARS awards.

Congratulations!

Mr Kok

Thank you for your many sweet dedications

Dear beloved pupils,

Thank you so much for the many dedications posted online. I was informed by some pupils that some dedications even appeared in the Straits Times. WELL DONE! You have made me proud.

Here's another chance for you to share sweet memories online. Simply go to iremembermyteacher.com and who knows, your story could be selected for publication again!

Have fun,
Mr Kok

Thank you for making Teachers' Day so special!

Dear beloved pupils,

Thank you so much for your wonderful cards and tokens of appreciation. Frankly, it is my privilege to have such teachable and wonderful pupils like you. Thank you for giving me such a memorable Teachers’ Day!

I wish you success in life,

Mr Abel Kok

Confusing pairs- Homophones

Do you know the difference between peace and piece? How about knight and night? How about when and went?

Try to learn these homophones and avoid making mistakes in your writing.

Click here

Have fun!

Reminders T3W9 starting 23 August

OLE 19-20 August 2010

Dear pupils,

Please click here to access the P3 Level Blog.

You may also want to log into http://www.hongwen.moe.edu.sg/ to access to other activities. For example, hongwen yuan di.

Not forgetting www.brainpop.com

Have fun!
Mr Kok

• EMILY
• STANLEY

Congratulations to Emily and Stanley, both of you have been chosen to be our class's

NE Ambassadors

Mdm Winnie Wong, Teacher in charge, will be giving you more information in the coming weeks.

Your new duties include:

The NE ambassadors will go through training to be more aware and help to advocate the 6 NE messages among their peers. Your duties would include doing presentations as part of the pre-assembly programs and assisting NE committee members in executing NE programs.

National Education Messages

1. Singapore is our homeland; this is where we belong.
   We treasure our heritage and take pride in shaping our own unique way of life.
   
   
2. We must preserve racial and religious harmony.
   We value our diversity and are determined to stay a united people.
   
   
3. We must uphold meritocracy and incorruptibility.
   We provide opportunities for all, according to their ability and effort.
   
   
4. No one owes Singapore a living.
   We find our own way to survive and prosper, turning challenge into opportunity.
   
   
5. We must ourselves defend Singapore.
   We are proud to defend Singapore ourselves, no one else is responsible for our security and well-being.
   
   
6. We have confidence in our future.
   United, determined and well-prepared, we have what it takes to build a bright future for ourselves, and to progress together as one nation.

I believe both of you will meet the expectations of a NE ambassador.

Also, the training will be held on 8 September, Wednesday, from 12.45 – 1.45 pm. Lunch will be provided for pupils who are involved earlier in the morning for SOCC practice.Let me know if you are.

Have fun,

Mr Kok

Let's show our appreciation to the Teachers

Dear Pupils,

Let's commemorate Teachers' Day and to thank the hardworking teachers for their hard work. I would strongly encourage you to thank Ms Joanna Khong, Mr Jason Tan and your respective Chinese Teachers for their hard work. Both Ms Khong and Mr Tan have spoken well of you and believe that the class will do well if we work together as a team.

There are two publicity posters pasted in the canteen and outside the Staff Room. Do take a look and find out more.

You could show your appreciation by sending in a special dedication or video. Just log on to teachersday.sg and tell what makes your teacher special, in 150 characters or less, before 31 August 2010. As a bonus, selected dedications will be published in the Straits Times on 1st September 2010, which is, of course, Teachers' Day.

Have fun,
Mr Kok

Reminders T3W8 starting 16 August

The boy who has so much PASSION. Do you?

The boy who was mentioned by Mrs Sim today...enjoy the story.

This 12-year-old boy wearing an orange t-shirt and blue shorts left everyone wondering, "Who's that boy?".

Reason? He ran close to 15km in the rain, alongside bearers of the Youth Olympic Flame torch, as it made its way through Sengkang, Punggol and Hougang.


Clad in slippers and clutching a digital camera - which got soaked in the rain as well, the student from Compassvale Primary School told reporters from the Straits Times that his run wasn't planned.

He said he just wanted to catch a glimpse of the flame and follow it, as he "may never see it again".

Reminders T3W7 starting 9 August

Happy National Day- If you want a preview...watch this

Dear Parents and Pupils,

I would like to wish all of you a fruitful National Day and do remember to celebrate our Nation's 45th birthday as One People One Nation!

For Journal writing, you may want to share with me which part of the National Day Parade attracts you the most. TOPIC: NATIONAL DAY PARADE

Yours Truly,
Mr Abel Kok

P.S. Oh ya, have a great long weekend and see all of you back in school on Wednesday. Do remember to bring Unit 10 WS.