Sec 2: Summary Review & Descriptive Writing

In-class:
- Titanic summary review and correction
- Went through DW pages 9 - 12
- Group work (describing a character)

Sec 2: Compre Review & Descriptive Writing

In-class:
- Titanic Comprehension Review

Homework:
- Descriptive writing package pages 9 - 12

Sec 3: MSND Act I Scene i (Review)

In-class:
- Went through handout on 'Hermia's options'
- Discussion on characters different viewpoints on love and marriage
- Review on Helena's soliloquy

Homework:
- Handout on significant quotes

Sec 2: Descriptive Writing

In-class:
- Spelling #3
- Went through answers in Descriptive Writing package (pages 6 & 7)
- Students worked in pairs or groups to complete page 8 (metaphors and similes)
- Students shared with their classmates the metaphors and similes that came up with

Sec 3: MSND Act I Scene i (Egeus and Hermia)

In-class:
- Students reviewed all the different types of love as seen in A1S1
- In-depth discussion on Egeus and Hermia

Homework:
- Cupid's arrow & A Promo!
- PBQ Helena's soliloquy
- Hermia's options exercise


TEST on WEDNESDAY 28 April, 2010

Sec 3: MSND Act I Scene i (Theseus & Hippolyta)

In-class:
- Re-cap on last week's lesson regarding the four main characters and review on literary devices
- Students introduced to the theme of love in MSND
- In-depth discussion on Theseus and Hippolyta's type of love


Homework:
- Helena's soliloquy due April 21, 2010 (Wednesday)
- Cupid's arrow & A Promo! exercises due April 21, 2010 (Wednesday)
- Hermia's options worksheet due April 26, 2010 (Monday)

Sec 2: Descriptive Writing

In-class:
- Students introduced to adjectives
- Students given time in class to write a short description about a friend and the class had to guess who they were referring to
- Points in Descriptive Writing Handouts were discussed (pages 1 - 3)

Homework:
- Descriptive Writing Handouts page 4: underline adjectives, and circle the nouns
- Descriptive Writing Handouts page 4: change the adjectives to describe the woods as an eerie and mysterious place
Descriptive Writing Handouts page 4: highlight or underline adjectives in the descriptive passages
- Vocabulary book (at least 10 spelling words should be written for Tuesday's class)

NOTE: Please change the 15th word to CHOROGRAPHY instead.

Sec 3: MSND Act I Scene i (4 main characters)

In-class:
- Students given time to complete fill-in-the-blanks exercise on plot summary for Act I Scene i
- Discussion on the different types of love seen between the four main characters
- Lysander and Hermia: a 'perfect', yet difficult and challenging type of love
- Helene and Demetrius: an unrequited and obsessive love
- Discussion on what Helena's soliloquy reveals

Homework:
- Helena's soliloquy due 21 April, 2010 (WEDNESDAY)

Sec 2: Summary and Use Your Own Words

In-class:
- Students were given time in class to complete and hand in Turtle summary
- Students given practice peice for Use Your Own Words (Eyes of a Tourist)

Answers from Eyes of a Tourist:
1) It was first introduced when Singapore got its independence.
2) It was because the investment in sculpting the Merlionat $165000 was worthwhile [1] and it will probably generate more money [1] in the future than the original sum [1].
3) It was because the Merlion icon cannot be used for many other purposes unless there was approval from STB [1] and this limited the growth of the Merlion icon [1]
4) The reason was to allow enough space for visitors to take photographs of the baby Merlion and the giant Merlion. [2] OR The reason was that the giant Merlion was too tall to be fully captured, hence a smaller one was built for the purpose of photo-taking [2]

Sec 2: Own Words exercise

Here are the answers for the extra (optional) Use Your Own Words Exercise

1) Parents falsely believe that a child will learn a language naturally by himself
Clue: language acquistion is an automatic process. This, however, is not true.

2) Babies who have been read in the womb are likely to be smart [1], happy [1] and able to understand language songs [1].

3) A very pretty flower
Clue: visually pleasant flower

4) Sunbathers are addicted to the pleasuable feelings that they get when they tan.
Clue: This endorphin buzz may be what sun bathers are really chasing

5) "Tanorexic" means people who are obsessed with getting a tan.

6) This is because many nurses were from poor / lowly background [1] and nursing was not seen as a proper job.

Sec 3: BBC A Midsummer's Night Dream (Part II)

In-class:
- Students shared what songs they chose for different types of love
- Re-capped the previous viewing of BBC's MSND
- Students watched BBC's MSND (stopped at Act 3 Scene 2)
- Students completed supplementary questions for the movie

Homework:
- Finish reading MSND
- MSND Jigsaw QUIZ on Monday (12 April, 2010)

You'll be given either quotes or scenarios from MSND and be able to know which Act and Scene they are from.

Examples
1) "The course of true love never did run smooth" - Which Act and Scene is this from?
2) The climax of the play: the four main characters are in conflict with one another. - Which Act and Scene is this from?

Sec 2: Summary (Jigsaw)

In-class:
- Went through the points in the organizer for the Jigsaw passage
Homework:
- Complete an organizer for the Turtle passage (you may type it if you want)
- If time permits: write out the summary in a paragraph

On Friday, I'll be going through the organizer for the Turtle passage. You should have your's completed so you can check your own points.

2 Charity girls:
I understand most of you would be absent from school on Friday for various competitions, therefore, you will miss English lesson. I still expect all of you to complete the organizer and email it to me (if hand-written, scan it) by SATURDAY NIGHT 10pm (April 10, 2010).

You'll be sitting for your comprehension and summary test next week (Tues April 13 & Fri April 16), so I want all of you to practice and show me that you've done your work.

My email address is mselizabethyeo@yahoo.com.sg

Sec 2: Summary (Jigsaw)

In-class:
- Went through answers for Use Your Own Words & Language Use worksheet
- Went through Distinction in EL pages 129 - 132 on how to complete summary questions
- Compre test & Summary test changed to 4th Week: April 13th (Tue) & April 16th (Fri)

Homework:
- Complete Distinction in EL pages 124 - 125 (all four questions)
- Complete Jigsaw summary

I noticed that the model answers for the Jigsaw summar that I showed in class today was not very good. Please see the example below of how you should complete your homework:

1) Take 1 - 2 minutes to decide what the question is asking for >>> TWO things: (1) CHARACTERISTIC of jigsaw puzzle & (2) ADVANTAGES of fixing them

2) Focus on the relevant paragraphs

3) Underline or highlight key points you should include in your summary
CLICK on picture to view!



4) Write your draft (Example of answers from paragraph 2 shown in picture below)
CLICK on picture to view!


Please at least finish up the ORGANIZER! You may type it out if you wish.

Sec 3: BBC A Midsummer's Night Dream

In-class:
- Students watched BBC's MSND (stopped at Act 2 Scene 2)
- Students completed supplementary questions for the movie
- Students were encouraged to consider what are the differences between the movie and the play, and what techniques did the director employ to deal with these changes

Homework:
- Finding a love song to represent...
A) A perfect love
B) An unrequited love
C) An unappreciated or obsessive love
D) Any other types of love (Be creative!)

Theme song for MSND chosen by me is Lady Gaga's Bad Romance, what's your's?