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)