Phrasal Verbs

Dear all,

With reference to our companion booklet 4, this web link is about the phrasal verb turn.

Recall a phrasal verb is a verb + preposition.

And a preposition is a word that tells someone about the location of an object in relation to another object.

Click on the links below to find out more!

Phrasal Verb - turn

Phrasal Verb - look

Phrasal Verb - take

Prepositions 1

Prepositions 2


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Nice short little stories to enjoy!

Dear all,

These are nice little short stories for all to enjoy!

Take your pick from the following website:

http://www.kidsworldfun.com/shortstories.php


In addition, how about a recap on the story of  `If you give a mouse a cookie'.

If you give a mouse a cookie

Pointers to question yourself is `am I like that mouse to my parents?'



Enjoy!! ^.^

Improving our writing 2 :)

Dear all,

Check out the following of your choice and explore the writing lab website. It offers really good and practical advice for improving our writing. You may wish to test these ideas by writing out a random composition. Perhaps try writing about friendship.


Your resources:

On developing characters

5 Ways to Make Your Characters More Interesting

Create Characters Your Readers Will Care About


On developing story plots

Control Your Reader's Imagination with Powerful Descriptions

How to Make Your Fiction More Exciting

How To Make Your Story More Interesting

Tips for young writers to make your story more interesting


On using dialogues and thoughts in your stories

How to write dialogue that works

More on Writing Dialogue

How to Show Your Characters' Thoughts


Writing from different points of view

Writing stories from different points of view

Improving our writing 1 :)

Dear Class,

The links below are related to writing. Pray it will be of good help to you during this short period until your examination.

Do open the link below to visit the web page which tells us which qualities help make a good story.

Knowing these qualities allow us to write better stories.

Hope it helps.

http://angiesdiary.com/articles/storytelling/the-essential-qualities-of-a-good-story/


This was shown in class today.

View the video for 4 common ways to write a hook for a narrative essay.

As discussed in class, we normally write a hook at the beginning of the story.

With reference to the video (found in the link below), there 4 ways are:

1.  Questions
2.  Imagery / Senses
3.  Quotations
4.  Facts / Statistics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OyieD4ffYw

Photography

My Ideas about Photography

     Photography is the art of taking pictures. It is about capturing sweet moments such as the growing moments of a sweet little girl. It is about using light to capture precious moments for eternity or for future generations to enjoy.

     Photography is fun to some people because they like to take pictures and share with their friends. To some people, taking pictures excite them. To some other people, photography is an avenue for them to unleash their creative expressions such as taking selfies.

     The result of photography is always encapsulated in a photo. Yet, how do we take good photographs? There are some pointers we need to be mindful of when taking photographs.

     The first pointer to be mindful of is the surrounding light of the subject. If the subject is standing in a very dim place, there may be a need to use flash. What if we wish to take a close up shot instead? Then we might need to move closer to the subject or use a zoom lens to zoom in on our subject. We also need to be mindful if we have shaky hands. If we do, using a tripod might be helpful.

     Although taking pictures is fun, there are some challenges to taking good pictures. Firstly, we may not be able to find a good subject to represent our idea. For example, we wish to take a photo of a dandelion flower but, all the dandelion flowers have withered. In such a scenario, we will encounter a challenge.

     Another challenge is to capture the moment. Suppose I wish to capture a person's bright smile. The challenge to be able to snap that picture with the person smiling in the exact moment as when a person smile, it could only be for a couple of seconds. Missing that moment, we may not have a second chance to capture that person's bright smile.

     In summary, despite the challenges present to take a good photo, I still jump with great joy when I overcome those challenges and captured wonderful precious moments. These awesome photos taken give me great satisfaction and pride. It makes me happy and it is an absolutely thrilling experience to capture that moment.



The above article was written with references taken from:

http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=14382.0;wap2

http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/photography/articles/127653.aspx?cid=parsely_rec

http://mabelkwong.com/2013/11/28/the-asian-obsession-with-taking-photos/

http://www.prospects.ac.uk/photographer_salary.htm

A procedure to study better

A recap from today's lesson in class, we covered the following:

a) A procedural text has 4 main portions. Namely,

     -- A title

     -- A goal

     -- Materials / Ingredients needed

     -- A series of steps to achieve the goal


b) A class constructed procedural text on how to study better

Title:  How to study better

Goal:  to study better

Materials needed:

-- Concentration / Focus

-- Books to study

-- Stationaries

-- A notebook to take good notes

-- Soothing music to help studying

-- No distractions


Steps / Instructions

First, clear your desk of all distractions.

Secondly, set on your table neatly the needed books to study, stationaries you will use and a notebook to take good notes.

Next, play some soothing music to aid with studying. [This step is optional.]

Finally, give your fullest concentration to master the concepts and ideas you are reading and learning from your books.

How to study better

Dear all,

This was the video which highlighted 6 very useful tips to study better.

Pray you will find it useful.

Excellent Tips to study better

I would like to highlight 2 key tips:

a) Taking good notes

b) do homework as soon as possible

However, how should we take good notes?

View this video to see how to take good notes.

How to take good notes video

Features and Purpose of a procedural text

A Procedural Text

A procedural text is meant to show a series of steps to achieve an objective.

For example, an article on how to create a blog as set out in your companion booklet 3.

Or how about a recipe on how to cook a bowl of delicious Laksa?

In essence, a procedural text has the following features found in the links below.


Features of a procedural text 1

Features of a procedural text 2

Enjoy! ^.^

A Guide To Choosing a Good Camera

Dear all,

Please see the following articles by their respective sites on good and excellent information on how to choose a good camera.

Camera Guide video CNET

Camera Guide from PCMag

Camera Guide seen in class


Pray you benefit much from all these articles.

Soothing music for your liking

Dear all,

Click on the links below to explore more on these genres of music for your liking.

Joe Hisaishi - 29 Song Golden Collection

Study Music Project 2 Hour Long Piano Songs

11 Good Tips to stay positive

Dear all,

Click on the link below to find out more on how to cultivate a positive mind and environment!

Let's all be positive about things! :)

11 good tips to stay positive

The Mental Games 4

Dear all,

Have fun with the Mental Games Online practice 4.

^.^

The Mental Games Online 4

The Mental Games 3

Dear all,

Click on the link below for more practice on The Mental Games.

Have fun! =)

The Mental Games Online 3

Features of a personal recount, First, Second and Third Person Personal Pronouns, and Connectives

Dear all,

These are the references for your studies.

Features of a personal recount

Personal Pronouns

A Comprehensive List of Connectives / Connectors / Conjunctions

About Sportsmanship and dealing with Nervousness

Dear all,

These were the articles we read briefly in class today about Sportsmanship.

Attached below are the articles for your leisure reading.

Sportsmanship from Wikipedia

Sportsmanship from Kids Health


Also attached below is a web article on managing your nervousness.

This article might of use to some of you.

Dealing with Nervousness

Have a glorious day!

Understanding Late but not Last

Dear all,

Please click on the link below to access the guiding questions to better understand the text.

There is not need to copy out the question, but do label your answers well.

Hope these guiding questions prompt you to think deeper about the text and better understand it.

All the best!!

Understanding Late but not Last

The Mental Games 2

Dear all,

This is another practice session for you.

Click on the link below to access it.


The Mental Games Online 2


Have fun!

The Mental Games 1

Dear all,

Click on the link below to access the video.

I have converted the format and upload it as a video on YouTube instead for easy access and viewing on mobile platforms like your smartphones and tablets.


The Mental Games Online 1


Hope it helps you and have fun!