PW lesson takeaway

Triggers/ attention grabbers

1. Provoking picture (scorpion dish) - how to market such to SGreans?
Brainstorming
2. Using a soft toy (Tigger)- to conserve endangered animals

TED video: Knowledge is empowering

What does it take for an uneducated 14 year old Malawi boy to change his destiny? Channel-surfed and saw this now 22 year old man, William Kamkwamba, who built a wind turbine to generate electrical energy for his family, in a country where only 2% of its people has power generator. The power of knowledge.

SGC Draft Check

Pls check the SGC draft from 11 Nov to 27 Nov during the GP lectures on 3 and 4 nov.
No other changes will be allowed after the final check on 26 Nov.

how to be a better parent or teacher

Appreciate: look for positive, acknowledge and affirm, catch them doing good. Respect: command, not demand. Give before you get. Be aware of the example you are setting. Empathsize : Walk in their shoes, understand the background and culture, dont judge or condemn.

how to connect with youths

be friendly, firm, fair, flexible and fun! Be friendly- be approachable: smile and adopt an open mind. Be firm - set the parameters correct so that youths feel secure and safe. Be firm - so they wont climb over your head. Be fair- youths feel they have seen too much unfairness or injustice. Be flexible- respond to change. Dont overreact or too fast. Be fun- show that you can have positive fun that is safe and good. From a course by CARE Singapore

Service Recognition Award

Congrats to the following 07S3 students who will be receiving the Service Recognition Award.
Thanks for contributing so much to the school and community!

BOWLING ANNA NICOLE TAN PEI YI
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROGRAMME CHOY YONG EN CARENE
SERVICE LEARNING CLUB GOH MIN HUI
BASKETBALL (BOYS) MAJUMDAR KETAV MIHIR
BASKETBALL (BOYS) MUTHUKUMAR
WUSHU NG WAN NGEE WENDY
NEW MEDIA CLUB (INFOCOMM) ONG WEI LEE
TRACK AND FIELD TAN WEI EN GRACE
NETBALL TAY SHI YING

An inspiring teacher - Lee Xuan Man

Teacher's Day is coming up in 2 weeks' time.
The life story of my colleague, an MI Chinese teacher, Ms Lee Xuan Man, will be featured in a Teachers' Day Special Programme on Channel 8 on 01-09-09, 10.30pm.

It is a very moving and inspiring story.
Do catch it and enjoy.

CIP Records

Students please verify the CIP records by signing.You are to approach either Ms Annie Koh or Mr Nasser should there be any records that are missing or need to be updated.
The students must bring documentary evidence for record updating by Fri, 14 Aug 2009.

Wattpad

I have been raving about e-books and audio books after I bought my Nokia Xpress 5800. I can read anytime, anywhere without squeezing a bulky book in my lil' tote. My favourite site is Wattpad which has an user-friendly app. If you are sick of reading your textbooks, take some time off to read or listen to a short story. I recommend The Four Million by O Henry, who was an ex-convict. Listened to the audio version during my 11-hour bus trip back from Malaysia. Hope this will help you cope with examination stress! ^_^

Turn up on Wed 29 Jul 09 for QSC survey

It is compulsory to do the survey.
See you on Wed HT period.

ADEN ARID B MOHAMED SAMAD
ASHISH BEN
KOH KAISHENG
KUNG QING LING JOCELYN

MAJUMDAR KETAV MIHIR
MUTHUKUMAR
TAN YAN RUI
TEO KENG HEE
VIKARAMAN S/O RAJARATANAM

Quality School Survey

07S3 please report on Monday 23 July 2009
08:20 am
O Hub
Attendance is compulsory for all PU 3 students.

Payment for KS Bull

Those who ordered KS Bull, please pay $4 to me by Wed, July 22nd.
Thanks and enjoy reading!

Change in classrm on 23 July

Due to H1N1 measures which will have to be taken for the Listening Comprehension A-level Examinations, PU3 afternoon consultation classes next Thursday, 23/7, will have to be moved.
* GP: F07 to 01-13
* GP: F08 to 01-14
* GP: F09 to 02-13
* GP: F10 to 02-14
* Geog: 02-01 to 02-15
* Geog: 04-01 to 02-16

Response to Week 3 Consultation

First of all, thank you for your attendance and feedback for consultation.
Here are some responses to your feedback given.

1) Suggestion to practise Paper 1 and Paper 2. Mock exam. Improve time management.
Go through answers immediately in 2nd half of consultation period.
- Definitely will have timed practice. Be prepared.
- Paper 1 need time to mark so it is difficult to give immediate feedback
- Application of Paper 2 skills - please bring SSQ notes
- Time yourself using an alarm clock, like what I do in class.

2) Reinforcement of skills
- Practise, correction, consultation.

3) In-depth elaboration about marker's comment.
- Fix 1-to-1 personal consultation time with either marker or tutor. Subject to available slots and initiative.

4) Go through entire essay. Going through what or why went wrong.
- It is very draining and taxing to go through the entire essay for each student for a class in 3 hours, although I aim to do so as far as possible. Hence, today's consultation was focused on improving introduction and argument construction, and I have given personal consultation to every student.
- Understand the marker's comments and do your corrections to close the learning gaps.

5) Go through answering the essay question
- Have done that during question analysis session earlier. Handout given and gone through. Where were you?

6) Go through how to construct topic sentences.
- Since the essay is already written, it is best that you correct the topic sentences written, ask yourself if it answers the question, then seek peer or tutor's feedback. If your question analysis is wrong in the first place, your TS will most probably be wrong too.

7) Devote 1 hour to skill revision and discussion. More interaction
- Correction is considered as skill revision?
- Definitely will have time for skill revision, see 1)
- Discussion about what? Issues? We have done topical discussion for the past 2 years. Please get back to me on this.
- Interaction in terms of? Debate? Group work? 7 more weeks to end of Term 3.

8) Content for less popular topics
- Content lectures were postponed due to HINI so perhaps you can read up on the topics that you are interested in from the recommended websites earlier.

9) 2 periods of consultation only
- Not within my control.

My observations are some students are still not giving their best despite the urgency towards A Levels, as they are not focusing on their tasks, long and frequent breaks and poor attendance. So much so as I can give you professional guidance, it is your future at risk so it is your choice to decide what warrants your focus.

07S3: Bring $33

For 07S3 students:
Please bring $33 CASH for Edusave co-payment by Wed

Temperature taking procedure

(1) Morning temperature-taking:
* Home Tutors to conduct in the home room at 8am;
* Fill in the pink form (will be placed at Irene's counter, where you write your daily temperature);
* Submit to personnel on-patrol by 08:15am.

(2) Afternoon temperature-taking:
* Subject Teachers to conduct at 11:55 am (before period ends);
* Fill in the pink form (you may want to keep some extra pink forms with you);
* Teacher/Student submit to General Office by 1pm.

Class Photo-taking

It's the annual class photo-taking session!
Argh, I can't wear eye make-up >_<"
Anyway, here are the details
07S3 15-JUL [wed] 12 40

This year we shall try something slightly different ->
- class gets to choose from 3 locations
- class can bring some props/items that give a class identity (in informal shots only) e.g. posters with big letterings etc.

Kindly inform Class Reps of the following:
Duties of Class Reps:

* Ensure class is Punctual, Properly Attired [FULL UNIFORM + PIN], QUEUE up according to HEIGHT
* Inform photographers of the chosen location [STADIUM or ART GALLERY or POND]
* co-ordinate class effort in bringing of props/items that give class identity in INFORMAL shots
[ NO OFFENSIVE SIGNAGES/GESTURES etc , else ONLY Formal shots will be on sale for that class]

Do statistics mean anything?

There is a question about statistics in the 2008 Paper 1 and I didn't have much content about it until I read this article.

30 Rock

Do you watch 30 Rock? This award-winning American situational comedy is a must-watch. Watch this clip of Season 3 finale, insanely funny.

Listverse

Students always ask, "Where can I find concrete examples?" They are everywhere in your life, the things you read, discuss and experience but the key is not how much you know but how you apply them hence the significance and meaning of the concrete examples must be related to the question, showing explicitly the link.
One of the problems with the examples cited in the essays are insignificant or anecdotal so the task is to cite relevant and important examples. I came across a website that creates Top 10 lists of almost everything. Fed me, the info-addict, a lot of trivia. >_<"
Oh, with regards to the question, "How important are dreams?" Here is a list of Top 10 Amazing Facts about Dreams (literally)