Dear readers, I hope that you have enjoyed your last week, because I had a mixture of both happy and unhappy events on that week. At the beginning of the week it was tough but at the end of it was very 'slackish' and relaxing.
During Monday and Tuesday, the alarm clock was not ringing at it's usual time, 6:40 (I could walk to school) but instead it rang at 7:30, not because I did not set it, but because it was IT home-learning days! If you have seen my previous blogs, you can see that it was more busy than normal school days but gave us a chance to be more independent. (It is still very busy)
For the next few days, it was as panic-stricken as the end of the world. Because of many 'holidays', we have missed many test papers and the results was flooding in. I had some which are good, while some are bad. So far so good as I fave not have any failures yet, (please stay that way) and learnt a many good lessons and tips to do well next time.
All bad things must come to an end, and god things will follow. Friday may be considered a bad bay for some of you, but it was a fantastic day for me. For starters, we did not have lessons on that day, we had EOTA (End of term Activities) for our whole consortium classes (My school was divided into four consortium, I will explain later). Secondary one had Amazing race, secondary three had archery while secondary four had PAINTBALL (OMG), secondary two was not too bad, we had bowling, which is also the first time I bowl, so it was quite an experience.
We were split into groups of four and started to bowl. My score was not too bad, considering it was my first time and it was fun. Even though many of us had Co-Curriculum activities later, thanks to our seniors achieving fantastic results in the 'A' level examination, we got a 'half day', which means if we got permission from our teachers, we don not have to go to our CCA. Our teacher gave us permission, so we can rest at home and I do not have to face push-ups and physical training from my CCA.
That is basically all the interesting events that happen last week, I wanted to share with all of you my fantastic week. Hope you enjoyed it!
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Old books,new experience (significant post)
Dear readers, I am sure that everyone will know that I am currently a secondary two student and studying in the prestigious Hwa Chong Institution after I have type finish this message. Last year's Language Art lesson, we are compulsory to read and understand three books, they are: 'Village by the Sea' by Anita Desai (the picture on the left), 'Nothing but the Truth' by Avi (the picture on the 
right) and 'Little Ironies' by Catherine Lim (the picture on the bottom left).
These books are essential for worksheets, assignments, and exams. We change books when we change terms, for example term 1 we used 'Little Ironies' and so on. These books were very interesting as it teaches us what is happening in the real world and the behaviors and environments of certain people and places.We are required to bring these books every Language Arts lesson. These books may have seemed random in the beginning but at the end of the year I have realised that these books have helped us in our basic common sense and knowledge of the world. For more information, I suggest you read them yourself, it can also be used to kill time like I did. You can also borrow from me if you can!
They are not very pricey so I suggest you get yourself one, hope you enjoy reading them!
BYE!!
Monday, March 1, 2010
LA home-learning homework(Part 2)
Hi again everyone, sorry for the delay but I have worked hard for this second part of the ‘LA home-learning homework’. Whoo! Hoo!
If you have seen my first part, you can see that I am a naturalist and very intrapersonal. For this post, I shall answer a question based on my character.
The question is: ‘Who would you want to be friends with in the novel? Explain.’
Based on my own thoughts, I would most probably want to be friends with Atticus Finch, the father of Scout Finch and Jem Finch.
Atticus Finch was a respected and hard-working lawmaker and was then reelected without opposition many times. His wife died of a heart attack two years after Scout was born. Atticus is brutally honest, highly moral, a tireless ‘crusader’ for good causes, a virtual pacifist and, for the most part, devoid of any racial or class prejudices afflicting the other citizens of Maycomb. He goes to great pains to instruct his children on the importance of being open-minded, judicious, generous neighbors and citizens. He is eventually revealed to be an expert marksman, but he had chosen to keep this fact hidden from his children so that they would not in any way think of him as a man of violence. He was once the best shot in Maycomb County, but quit shooting because he felt he had an unfair advantage. Physically, he is described throughout the novel as a tall, middle-aged man with glasses to correct his failing eyesight, and hair slightly graying at the temples.
I would like to be friends with Atticus as I could be under his influence and become a better man. I could learn from his bravery, honesty, constantly help the poor as much as possible and of course, not to become a racist and treat everyone with respect. This can be shown when Atticus help defend the innocent Tom Robinson from going to jail and prove his innocence.
That is all I’m going to be sharing today, hope that everyone can leave a comment below to tell me your thoughts. Thanks!
If you have seen my first part, you can see that I am a naturalist and very intrapersonal. For this post, I shall answer a question based on my character.
The question is: ‘Who would you want to be friends with in the novel? Explain.’
Based on my own thoughts, I would most probably want to be friends with Atticus Finch, the father of Scout Finch and Jem Finch.
Atticus Finch was a respected and hard-working lawmaker and was then reelected without opposition many times. His wife died of a heart attack two years after Scout was born. Atticus is brutally honest, highly moral, a tireless ‘crusader’ for good causes, a virtual pacifist and, for the most part, devoid of any racial or class prejudices afflicting the other citizens of Maycomb. He goes to great pains to instruct his children on the importance of being open-minded, judicious, generous neighbors and citizens. He is eventually revealed to be an expert marksman, but he had chosen to keep this fact hidden from his children so that they would not in any way think of him as a man of violence. He was once the best shot in Maycomb County, but quit shooting because he felt he had an unfair advantage. Physically, he is described throughout the novel as a tall, middle-aged man with glasses to correct his failing eyesight, and hair slightly graying at the temples.
I would like to be friends with Atticus as I could be under his influence and become a better man. I could learn from his bravery, honesty, constantly help the poor as much as possible and of course, not to become a racist and treat everyone with respect. This can be shown when Atticus help defend the innocent Tom Robinson from going to jail and prove his innocence.
That is all I’m going to be sharing today, hope that everyone can leave a comment below to tell me your thoughts. Thanks!
LA home-learning homework(Part 1)
I am now writing from my beloved home, the Hwa Chong Institution Boarding School. The reason for me writing now and not going to school is because it is IT home-learning! For LA lesson, we have to pick 2 task according to my learning profile (which I will show you later) and pick one question to answer for each task. This LA homework is about the contents of the famous novel, ‘To kill a mockingbird’.
According to my obvious profile, my two tasks are Naturalist and Intrapersonal.
In this blog post, I shall be sharing about my task as a naturalist.
The question is ‘Do a research on the natural habitat of mockingbird. In your research, include the kind of flora and fauna you think exist in Maycomb and explain why the mockingbirds live in Maycomb.’
According to my research, the ‘mockingbird’ in the novel ‘To kill a mockingbird’ refers to a Northern mockingbird which has came to Maycomb, Alabama which is located in SOUTHERN America because of harsh weather at that time and migrate to southern places.
According to the novel, Miss Maudie explains to Scout the importance of not shooting a mockingbird. She said that the mockingbird does not disturb us and sing their hearts out for us to hear. This fact is also true in real life and they only attack us when we disturb them.
Year-round the Northern Mockingbird is found in areas with open ground and with shrubby vegetation like hedges, fruiting bushes, and thickets. When foraging on the ground, it prefers grassy areas, rather than bare spots. Common places to find Northern Mockingbirds include parkland, cultivated land, suburban areas and in second growth habitat at low elevations.
According to my research, I think that the trees and fauna which grow in Maycomb are the maple trees and oak trees. I think that the citizens of Maycomb grow maple trees. I also think that they grow oak trees as there is a forest behind Maycomb. I also think that grow rice plants as Maycomb is rather isolated and there are fertile land which they can grow wheat to harvest crops like the Cunninghams in the novel.
As there are insufficient space (for my opinion) and I dislike long essays, I will post my other task on another post, so be sure to look out for it!
Bye readers!
(P.S my computer does not have the snipping tools fuction so I could not upload the picture, sorry for any inconvenience caused)
According to my obvious profile, my two tasks are Naturalist and Intrapersonal.
In this blog post, I shall be sharing about my task as a naturalist.
The question is ‘Do a research on the natural habitat of mockingbird. In your research, include the kind of flora and fauna you think exist in Maycomb and explain why the mockingbirds live in Maycomb.’
According to my research, the ‘mockingbird’ in the novel ‘To kill a mockingbird’ refers to a Northern mockingbird which has came to Maycomb, Alabama which is located in SOUTHERN America because of harsh weather at that time and migrate to southern places.
According to the novel, Miss Maudie explains to Scout the importance of not shooting a mockingbird. She said that the mockingbird does not disturb us and sing their hearts out for us to hear. This fact is also true in real life and they only attack us when we disturb them.
Year-round the Northern Mockingbird is found in areas with open ground and with shrubby vegetation like hedges, fruiting bushes, and thickets. When foraging on the ground, it prefers grassy areas, rather than bare spots. Common places to find Northern Mockingbirds include parkland, cultivated land, suburban areas and in second growth habitat at low elevations.
According to my research, I think that the trees and fauna which grow in Maycomb are the maple trees and oak trees. I think that the citizens of Maycomb grow maple trees. I also think that they grow oak trees as there is a forest behind Maycomb. I also think that grow rice plants as Maycomb is rather isolated and there are fertile land which they can grow wheat to harvest crops like the Cunninghams in the novel.
As there are insufficient space (for my opinion) and I dislike long essays, I will post my other task on another post, so be sure to look out for it!
Bye readers!
(P.S my computer does not have the snipping tools fuction so I could not upload the picture, sorry for any inconvenience caused)
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Happy reading!
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Happy reading!
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