Sec 3: An Introduction to A Midsummer's Night Dream

In-class:
- Students watched several trailers of MSND as an introduction to the play
- Students given time in class to read MSND



Homework:
- Finish reading MSND
- Creative homework: please choose one to complete
A) Pick a quote from pages 58 - 59 (under KEY QUOTES) and represent it with an illustration. Include who says it, and which Act, Scene and Line it's from.

B) Bring a picture of a hollywood actor / actress to represent one of the four main characters in MSND (e.g. Jeanette Aw for Hermia, Dai Yang Tian for Lysander, etc)

C) Bring pictures to represent Athens, the forest, or the fairy world

Sec 2: Use Your Own Words & Summary

In-class:
- Went through answers for 'Job' comprehension passage
- Students taught explicitly the steps to answer Summary Questions (Distinction in EL pages 118 - 123)

click on the pictures to enlarge
(credits to Ms. Wendy Ng for the ppt slides)

Homework:
- Complete Distinction in EL pages 124 - 125 (questions #1 & #2)
- Complete handout on Use Your Own Words and Language Use questions

Sec 3: An Introduction to William Shakespeare

In-class:
- Introduced who's William Shakespeare
- Students given time in class to complete corrections for Act 1 Scene 1 Quiz

Homework:
- Complete handout on Act 1 Scene 2

Sec 2: Use Your Own Words

In-class:
- Went through answers for Insect Comprehension


Homework:
- Job Comprehension due Monday 29 March, 2010
- Please complete the FOUR steps for Use Your Own Words questions


Example

Step One - Finding the answer from the passage and write it out

Step Two - Underline or circle the key ideas or words

Step Three - Brainstorm words, phrases or expressions to replace the key words/ideas

Step Four - Refine and rewrite your answer in a complete sentence

Sec 2: Use Your Own Words & Language Use

In-class:
- Students practiced Use Your Own Words question (tiger question)
- Students taught explictly how to answer Language Use Questions from Distinction in EL book (pages 29 - 30)

Homework:
- Distinction in EL (pages 37 - 39)
- 'Insect' Comprehension handout
- Phrase book (510 words)

DUE: Friday, March 26, 2010.

Sec 2: Use Your Own Words

In-class:
- Students taught explicitly the steps to answer Use Your Own Words Questions from Distinction in EL book (pages 23 - 27)
- Students worked on Exercise 4 (pages 27 - 28), and answers were discussed

Sec 3: MSND quiz & SAN review

In-class:
- Students sat for MSND quiz (15 marks)
- SAN review

Homework:
- Study for test on IRONY
- TEST on Wednesday 24 March, 2010

Sec 2: English file

Thank you Ayana for providing your EL file for me to share with your friends =)

Please arrange the content pages alphabetically, except Miscellaneous, which should be the last content page in your file. Please fill in the appropriate columns on the content pages as well.

1) Comprehension & Summary
- 4 items (CLICK HERE to view the 4 items)

2) Essay and Functional Writing
- 0 items

3) Handouts*
- 4 items (I only returned you 2 items but you should document all 4 on your content page)

4) Spelling Tests
- 2 items (CLICK HERE to view the 2 items)

5) Misc.
- 1 item

Sec 2: March Holidays Assignments

1) Anti-Drug ESSAY or POEM

ESSAY (500 - 600 words, no more than 600 words!)

Either
An essay with the theme - The Deadly Trap of Drug Abuse

Or
An essay beginning with one of the following phrases:
(a) Glue sniffing was a mistake from the start..."
(b) "I/He/She lost the most important thing/person in the world when I/he/she started to abuse drugs..."

POETRY (4 - 6 stanzas or more if you like!)
You are invited to write a poem about glue-sniffing / drug abuse with one or more of the following themes:
a) Peer Pressure
b) Family
c) Loss
d) Regret
e) Destruction

Preferably submit your entries type-written with the word count indicated at the end of the entries.

Criteria:
- Engagment of Drug Awareness Issue 40%
- Creativity / Originality - 30%
- Diction / Expression - 30%

Additional Information:
- You're encouraged to submit DRAWINGS or SKETCHES to complement your essay or poem, and also to give a TITLE to your work

DUE: MARCH 22, 2010 (Monday)


2) Commonwealth Essay Competition (optional)
Write an essay or be creative and compose a story, a poem, a film script, a play... the possibilties are endless!

Class C: Born May 2, 1996 - May 1, 1998 (word count: 500 - 700)
Class B: Born May 2, 1994 - May 1, 1996 (word count: 1200 - 1500)

Topics:
a) What technological invention(s) would most improve life in your community?
b) The mad scientist
c) What positive steps can you or I start to take to tackle climate change?
d) The day the computer started misbehaving.
e) "Science never solves a problem without creating ten more" (Geroge Bernard Shaw)
f) An adventure in space.
g) What is knowledge? Who owns it? How can it best be taught or transmitted?
h) A 'eureka' moment.
i) Is your generation wiser than your grandparents' generation?
j) Welcome to my Utopia!

DUE: MARCH 29, 2010 (Monday)*
Deadline has been extended from March 23 to March 29


3) Phrase Book (total: 510)
- Read girls, read!!!

DUE: MARCH 22, 2010 (Monday)


4) English file
- I'll be checking your EL files, please document and file all EL materials properly

DUE: MARCH 22, 2010 (Monday)

Sec 3: Irony

In-class:
- Irony handout was distributed
- Irony as a literary device was introduced
- Situation irony and verbal irony were highlighted to be the most important types of irony in Literature
- Students listened to "Ironic" by Alanis Morrisette: task was to identify appropriate "Situational" and "Verbal" ironies in the song


Homework:
- MU: read pages 110 - 119
- Task 1: Complete IRONY(2) worksheet
- Task 2: pg 115 - 116 complete questions #1 & #3
- Task 3: pg 118 complete all questions

EXTRA LESSON on IRONY either on Friday (12 March, 2010) or Tuesday (23 March, 2010).

Please make it a point to attend either Friday or Tuesday's class as there will be a TEST on Wednesday (24 March, 2010).

Sec 2: Compre Review

Dear girls:
I promised to provide the model answers for the Distinction in EL Compre passage (pg 68) on my blog. However, due to copyright issues, I don't think it is possible for me to post it up on my blog. I will provide the answers to your EL rep - please check the answers with her.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused!

Regards,

Ms. Yeo.

In-class:
- Students confirmed and signed their PPR marks
- Students were given the topics for their March holidays assignment (anti-drug essay/poem): due on March 22, 2010 (Monday)
- Students were given time in class to complete Compre passage pg 68)
- Students worked on extra vocabulary words from Compre passage (pg 68)
- Spelling test returned to students
- Readers Digest (March edition) distributed to students

Homework:
- Be prepared to sit for Comprehension Test #3

Sec 3: Test Review (SAN)

Dear girls:

As promised, here are the slides from the ppt =)
They are image files, so please click on them to enlarge if the words are too small.

Sec 2: Spelling & Compre Review

In-class:
- Spelling Bingo
- Students given back their grades for Speech Delivery ( /20)
- Students checked their grades for PPR
- Distinction in EL Compre Passage (pg 68)

Homework:
- Complete Reading Comprehension Passage (pg 68)

Sec 3: Tragedy

In-class:
- Wrapped up Tragedy in Of Mice and Men
- Went through individual test (SAN) answers

Homework:
- Complete IRONY (1) worksheet: give your OWN examples of one situational irony and one verbal irony (you may copy the example given for dramatic irony)
- MU: read pages 114 - 117 (The Teacher by Catherine Lim)


As promised, I'll be posting some of the ppt slides that had extensive materials to be copied. However, I left the ppt file in school so I'll only post it up on Tuesday. I appologize for the delay!

Sec 3: Test (SAN)

Homework:
- Please re-read the passage and choose one question to complete (it can be typed if you wish)
- You should give yourself 25 - 30min to complete the question
- Find the dictionary definition of "feeling" and give me 5 examples (e.g. anger)
- Dateline: Monday (8 March, 2010) at 7:55am

If you do not meet the dateline, you'll have to stay back on Monday after school. There will be NO GRACE period.

Sec 3: Comedy & Tragedy

In class:
- Finished up discussion of MU questions #1 - #3 (p101 - 102)
- Went through answers from MM Exercise 16A (A Dog's Life)
- Started discussion on tragedy
- Students watched video segments of Of Mice and Men (barn scene)
- Students read Chapter 6 of Of Mice and Men

Homework:
- What is your impression of George in Chapter 6?
- Read MM pages 186 - 189 (Tragedy)
- Complete MM Exercise 16B questions #2 - #3

Sec 2: Persuasive Speech (Delivery)

In-class:
-Students presented their speech

Homework:
- Work on the 15 spelling words (to be checked on Friday)

Sec 3: Humour

In-class:
- Watched a short clip (FRIENDS)
- Discussion of the effects and use of humour in Literature
- MU 94 - 95: Discussion of Of Mice & Men
- MU 101 - 102: Students completed questions #1 & #3 in class

Homework:
- Read MM Chapter 16 (181 - 186)
- Complete Ex 16A #2 & #3