Vocabulary Exercise - Death Before Dishonour

1. Retreated (verb) - withdrew, retired, or drew back, especially for shelter or seclusion.

2. Crater (noun) – the hole or pit in the ground where a bomb, shell, or military mine has exploded.

3. Conquered (noun) – taken over

4. Poised (adjective) – (of a person) composed, dignified, and self-assured

5. Stationed (verb) – assigned a station to; placed or posted in a station or position.

6. Regiment (noun) – a unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units.

7. Experimental (adjective) –

8. Dedicated (adjective) –

9. Loomed (verb) –

10. Platoon (noun)

11. Lieutenant (noun) –

12. Cloaked (verb) –

13. Readied (verb) –

14. Ingenious (adjective)

15. Instance (noun) –

16. Undergrowth (noun) –

17. Mortar (adjective) –

18. Ambushed (verb) –

19. Disarmed (verb)

20. Mortar (noun)

21. Artillery (noun) –

22. Overlooking (verb) –

23. Ammunition (noun) –

24. Depots (noun) –

25. Repelled (verb) –

26. Grenades (noun) –

27. Lunged (noun) –

28. Combat (noun) –

29. Inspiration (noun) –

30. Launch (noun) –

31. Bayonet (noun)

32. Angered (verb) –

33. Steadfastness (noun) –

EL practice Paper 11

ludicrously

prudently

recuperating

reciprocating

lugged

shoved

whisked

instilled

scoffing

accolade

concedes

aptitude

perks (n)

incentives

concurrently

consecutively

Synthesis and Transformation 12 / Spelling and Grammar Editing 5

Complete the two tests.

S and T 12

Editing

SDL for EL Practice paper 9

As agreed in class, we will engage in SDL for the vocab questions (16 - 25). Please participate actively via the comments feature in this post.

Cheers!

SWs 5, 6 and 8

SW5 - Money Fair $ingapore

Dear Uncle

Monetary Agency of Singapore will be organising Money Fair Singapore at World Trade Centre Expo Hall 2 from 2 to 10 September 2008 (1m) to commemorate its 20th anniversary (1m). The admission to this event is free and the opening hours are 10 am to 9 pm on weekdays and 10 am to 10 pm on weekends (1m). Two main of attractions visitors could expect are Spot the counterfeit from the real one (1m) and purchase one 25cm uncut sheet of $2 notes (1m). I think you will be very excited (1m) about the Money Fair. Do attend this event with my family!

Your nephew
Daniel


SW6 - Camping on Pulau Ubin

Dear Paul

I am wondering if you would be keen to join me to a camping trip organised by the Trekking Club. The camp will be held on Pulau Ubin, North Beach campsite (1m) from 7 November 2008 to 9 November 2008 (1m). Each participant has to pay $20 (1m) which includes food and drinks. We can call Kenny at 6 885 0789 (1m) to make reservations for the camp. We have to bring along a sleeping bag, a raincoat, (1m)mosquito repellent and a torch (1m) for the camp.

Your best friend
Vincent

SW8 - Greenfield Primary School Adventure Camp


Primary 6 Adventure Camp


The Primary 6 Adventure Camp was recently held from 10 June 2008 to 12 June 2008 (1m) at Camp Stardust (1m). There were a total of 100 participants (1m) . During the camp, participants were given a map and a compass (1m) to help them in their Expeditionary Learning. At the campfire, they cooked their own dinner at the barbeque pit (1m). They also learnt how to canoe and had an unforgettable experience (1m) about it.

Synthesis and Transformation 11

S and T 11!

37 submissions as at 19 September 2011.
First to submit - Qian Ling
First to score full marks - Qian Ling

Check your answers. Look out for the alternative answers in light blue.

Synthesis and Transformation 10

S and T 10!

Be the first to respond. Be the first to do all right!

Check your answers here.
39 submissions as at 13 September 0958.
First to respond - Qian Ling
First to score full marks - Ming Quan

Spelling and Grammar Editing 4

Do this test. Be the first to respond with all the correct answers.

35 submissions as at 12 September 2011, 0910h.
Qian Ling was the first to respond.
Bhairavi was the first to attain a perfect score! Good job!

CW - 9 September 2011

There are two questions in part 2.
Answer only one of them.

Q2. Write a story based on the picture below.

For your story, make use of the points below. You may reorder the points.
- what the man, with tattoos, was trying to do
- what the elderly man did
- what happened in the end

Q3. One afternoon, you and your classmates were at a public library. While looking for a book, you heard the announcement for everyone to leave the library.

Do you agree with this parent?

Hey all, this letter written by a parent to the Straits Times forum concerns you!

Do you agree with him?

Are you able to solve the Maths problem he mentioned in the letter?

I am interested to hear from you.

EL Prelim Booklet A answers

Answer Key for EL Prelim Booklet A

1       (3)	6       (3)	11       (3)	16       (4)	21        (2)	26       (3)
2       (2)	7       (3)	12       (4)	17       (2)	22        (1)	27       (2)
3       (3)	8       (4)	13       (1)	18       (3)	23        (4)	28       (2)
4       (4)	9       (4)	14       (3)	19       (4)	24        (4)	29       (2)
5       (4)	10     (3)	15       (4)	20       (3)	25        (3)	30       (1)

Spelling and Grammar Editing 3

Dear all

Complete this test by tomorrow (6 September 2011).

Yours
Mdm Toh

Check your answers.
As at 7 September 0721, 33 submissions.
First to respond was Devesh. All his answers are correct. For question 10, 'shouting' and 'shout' (v1 o v2 structure) are accepted.

Synthesis and Transformation 9

Let's see who will be the first to get full marks in this S and T!

I received 26 submissions. For those who have not responded, please do so.

Devesh has got all the right answers.

Welcome Kai Sheng to learn with us!

Check answers here.

Presidential Polling Results

The 7th president of Singapore is Dr Tony Tan. He defeated Dr Tan Cheng Bock marginally by a sheer 0.38%. Read all about PE here.

Our Class Polling Results:
Dr Tony Tan  50%, Dr Tan Cheng Bock 20%, Mr Tan Jee Say 15%, Mr Tan Kin Lian 15%

Spelling and Grammar Editing 2

Complete this test. For Spelling and Grammar Editing 1, Ming Quan was the first to score full marks. Well done, Ming Quan.

27 submissions as at 1 September 0635. First to submit is Jin Kang. First to score full marks is Xin Hui.

If you have not responded, please do so.

Check answers here.

Polling Day - Who will be our next President?

How much do we know about the four candidates running for presidential election? Who will be the nation's choice?

The four candidates and what they said.

It's an election like no other. Find out why here.

If you are eligible to vote, who will you vote for? Why? Take part in the polling here.

Spelling and Grammar Editing 1

Get all the ten marks. You are allowed to google or use the dictionary (online or your thick dictionary) to check the answers.

Here's the test.

30 submissions as at 0640h 1 September 2011. First to submit is Devesh. First to score full marks is Ming Quan.

If you have not completed this task, please do so.

Check answers here.

Prelim - CW, Compre OE and S&T

Continuous Writing (40)

Class Mean - 26.64
Class Highest - 34
Class Lowest - 14

1 RAINER ONG ZHEN WEI*
2 GOH JIN KANG
3 KHOO XIN HUI
4 JONATHAN YEO EE CHERNG
5 PEH QIAN LING
6 TAN JIA LE IVAN
7 AHMAD TIRMIZI B SELAMAT
8 DEVESH LOGENDRAN
9 MAISARAH BTE ABDUL LATIFF
10 MATTHIAS YEO EE LIANG
11 CHAN JIA YUN
12 MARCUS CHAN KAI JET
13 CHUA WEN XUAN
14 BHAIRAVI BUDDHAMURTHY
15 CHIA JAE SHIN
16 TAN JING SHEN
17 CHOW MING QUAN
18 HENNY MAHERAH BTE HUZAINI
19 YONG KEAN SIN
20 BERWYN LOW ZONG XUN
21 LEONA ANG YI XUAN
22 LOON JIA WEI
23 CELINE PEH FANG JING
24 KEANE TAN HONG JIE
25 NG ZI SHENG AUGUSTINE
26 QUAH KIAN YANG
27 RAFI AHAMED AYISHA FARHANA
28 TAN BING ROU, VALENCIA
29 SEE JIAN RONG BEN
30 TIA CAI LENG
31 TING SHU RUI, JACQUES
32 KOH NA ZHEN
33 NG WEN QI
34 KYAN TAN KHENG FONG
35 LOH XIAO XI, ADA
36 TANG TE SONG, BRIAN
37 LOI SHI MIN
38 LER JUN KAI GREGORY
39 MARIANNE LEE YI LIN
40 LOO JIA LIN
41 TNG JIA SHENG
42 HO SI EN

Compre OE (20)

Class Mean - 18
Class Highest - 10.9
Class Lowest - 7.5

1 GOH JIN KANG
2 KOH NA ZHEN
3 MATTHIAS YEO EE LIANG
4 TIA CAI LENG
5 LEONA ANG YI XUAN
6 JONATHAN YEO EE CHERNG
7 CHUA WEN XUAN
8 LOI SHI MIN
9 YONG KEAN SIN
10 CHOW MING QUAN
11 LER JUN KAI GREGORY
12 LOO JIA LIN
13 RAINER ONG ZHEN WEI
14 TAN BING ROU, VALENCIA
15 TAN JING SHEN
16 AHMAD TIRMIZI B SELAMAT
17 BERWYN LOW ZONG XUN
18 BHAIRAVI BUDDHAMURTHY
19 CELINE PEH FANG JING
20 KHOO XIN HUI
21 LOH XIAO XI, ADA
22 PEH QIAN LING
23 LOON JIA WEI
24 QUAH KIAN YANG
25 CHAN JIA YUN
26 HENNY MAHERAH BTE HUZAINI
27 TNG JIA SHENG
28 MARIANNE LEE YI LIN
29 NG ZI SHENG AUGUSTINE
30 CHIA JAE SHIN
31 DEVESH LOGENDRAN
32 TAN JIA LE IVAN
33 HO SI EN
34 KEANE TAN HONG JIE
35 MAISARAH BTE ABDUL LATIFF
36 NG WEN QI
37 KYAN TAN KHENG FONG
38 MARCUS CHAN KAI JET
39 SEE JIAN RONG BEN
40 TING SHU RUI, JACQUES
41 RAFI AHAMED AYISHA FARHANA
42 TANG TE SONG, BRIAN

S and T (10)

Class Mean - 5.2
Class Highest - 8
Class Lowest - 0

1 GOH JIN KANG
2 KOH NA ZHEN
3 MARCUS CHAN KAI JET
4 MARIANNE LEE YI LIN
5 MATTHIAS YEO EE LIANG
6 PEH QIAN LING
7 TAN BING ROU, VALENCIA
8 TAN JIA LE IVAN
9 TING SHU RUI, JACQUES
10 AHMAD TIRMIZI B SELAMAT
11 BERWYN LOW ZONG XUN
12 BHAIRAVI BUDDHAMURTHY
13 CELINE PEH FANG JING
14 CHOW MING QUAN
15 CHUA WEN XUAN
16 DEVESH LOGENDRAN
17 HO SI EN
18 JONATHAN YEO EE CHERNG
19 LER JUN KAI GREGORY
20 LOI SHI MIN
21 LOON JIA WEI
22 NG WEN QI
23 RAFI AHAMED AYISHA FARHANA
24 RAINER ONG ZHEN WEI
25 SEE JIAN RONG BEN
26 TIA CAI LENG
27 HENNY MAHERAH BTE HUZAINI
28 KEANE TAN HONG JIE
29 KHOO XIN HUI
30 LOO JIA LIN
31 MAISARAH BTE ABDUL LATIFF
32 QUAH KIAN YANG
33 YONG KEAN SIN
34 CHIA JAE SHIN
35 LEONA ANG YI XUAN
36 LOH XIAO XI, ADA
37 KYAN TAN KHENG FONG
38 TAN JING SHEN
39 TANG TE SONG, BRIAN
40 TNG JIA SHENG
41 NG ZI SHENG AUGUSTINE
42 CHAN JIA YUN

*Blue - scoring above class mean

EL Prelim R & R (Results Released)

So, what's R and R? Rest and relax? Definitely not.

The first R stands for Recapitulation. Do go through the following two forms on Editing and Synthesis and Transformation to recapitulate on what we went through in class today.

Editing Check your answers.
Bhairavi, Celine, Devesh, Jin Kang, Jonathan, Na Zhen, Kyan, Jia Lin, Matthias, Wen Qi, Augustine, Qian Ling, Valencia and Jia Sheng are the PERFECT SCORERS!

Synthesis and Transformation Check your answers.
Bhairavi, Celine, Devesh, Jin Kang, Jonathan, Xin Hui, Leona, Gregory, Maisarah, Marianne, Qian Ling, Kian Yang, Ayisha,Valencia, Cai Leng and Kean Sin are the PERFECT SCORERS!

The second R stands for Reflection. You have seen your EL Paper 2. Are you pleased with your results? What have you done well this time? What have you not done well this time? Do you know the cause(s) of your good or not-so-good results? What will you do in these 30 over days to make sure you will be able to do much better in your PSLE? Pen down and share your reflections with me. Let me know how we can work together for the best results.

A BIG "Thank You" to Berwyn, Bhairavi, Ming Quan, Henny, Jonathan, Xin Hui, Na Zhen, Leona, Jia Lin, Matthias, Qian Ling, Ayisha, Jacques and Cai Leng for sharing with me your reflections.

Bubbls from M and M

Thank you Marianne and Maisarah for bubbling! :)