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FORMAT OF FORMAL LETTER
2004 - Informal letter. 2005 - Speech. 2006 - Report. 2007 - ?. Many schools are banking on a formal letter this year. So you have to know the format very well. Please look through your red and blue books too on how the other types of letters are written.
I've done a formal letter format that is meant for a general Q asking you to choose the best of 3 options and propose it to your Principal (something like that). Hope this will help you be clear.
Formal letter format.doc
SOCIAL STUDIES - ASEAN
Here is the set of notes on the latest developments in ASEAN as promised :
Term 4 Week 3
Here's the report for 2006.
GCE O - EL 1127 Report (Nov 06).pdf
19 Sep 07
I have given you privileged access to many schools' papers. My promise to the owners is that it is only for your use and should not be passed to others.
Please keep our class wiki password confidential and do not allow your friends from other schools to access it. If this privilege is abused, I have no choice but to delete all links to the papers and deprive you of this privilege. Understand that I have ways to find out. Thank you.
Term 4 Week 2
Lesson 1 : Talk by VP
Lesson 2 : This is our topic of discussion today.
In memory of an ex-CHRian ...
Lesson 3 : Script Checking & Results
Lesson 4 : Prelim 2007 EL Sample 1 P1
Prelim 2007 EL Sample 1 P1.pdf
Term 4 Week 1 :
The prelims are over but it's not time for rejoicing yet. You have 14 days in Sep (wef Mon 17 Sep) and 28 days in Oct to prepare for your EL paper on 29 Oct 2007. Not much time.
This week we will do the following :
Lesson 1 : Prelim Paper 2 Compre Questions
Lesson 2 : Prelim 2007 EL Sample 1 P2
Prelim 2007 EL Sample 1 P2.pdf
Week 9 : It's prelim week and most of you are taking your 'O' level oral this week. We'll go through again our oral tactics and make sure the strategies are imprinted in your grey matter.
Week 8 : This is a very bad week for us as we miss 2 lessons because of your Science Practicals. We'll be going through the mistakes you made for the letter-writing. There'll be revision on oral too as we study the trends of the past 3 years oral examination questions (2004 to 2006).
Remember that your prelims are coming soon - much sooner than you think - NEXT WEEK!!
Geraldine shared with me the following link to 6 interesting essays written by students. You'll know why it's hot when you read the first essay, so be on your way...
This is HOT! Thanks, Geraldine.
Week 7 : We will be doing 2005 Comprehension passage this week as we could not finish it last week.
Gazelle
Prep for Oral Exam in Week 8
I have uploaded some past year passages for you to practice at home for your oral next week.
The least you should do is go through Oral 2 to 4; Oral 1 I have already done with you.
Remember to use the guides in Oral 1.
I will NOT accept any essay (2005 paper) after 8 Aug 2007 as 0808 (8 Aug, get it) is a lucky number and accepting any overdue work after 0808 is considered unlucky, not to mention it being bad for my health. Well, I won't be collecting your long-overdue essays after 0808 , so you are unlucky and what I said is indeed true!!
See yourself in class :
An example of a "heartfelt prayer" (refer to 2001 Paper 2 Q7) :
"Book God, give me the strength to hold up this story book."
The Awakening
Week 6 : The third and last instalment of the ST Horror Series - The Decidely Not Divine Miss P.
Have you met a Chin Huat before? What was your reaction?
We are doing 2005 Paper 1 and 2 this week. Make sure you have your TYS bible with you at every lesson.
Assignment 1 for Week 6 : This is actually Week 5's work that you owe me. Please hand in 2004 Paper 2 (Qs and Summary) by Wed 1 Aug 2007. That's when we will do peer making.
Assignment 2 for Week 6 : Pick a topic from 2005 Paper 1 and write the essay. Hand in to me on Monday, 6 Aug 2007 (Week 7).
These are snippets from your survey. They are your responses.
We are now into Week 5. This is the second horror story published in the Sunday Times. It might be confusing to some but it's the sentence structures that I want you to concentrate on.
There are 3 articles on Muay Thai (Thai Boxing) that you must read as well as the article on fair play.
Your assignment this week is to :
1. Read all 4 articles. With reference to S/No 3 below, comment on the styles of the writers by highlighting how they write their sentences, giving examples of sentences that you like. See if you can spot any errors.
2. Type your comments on Muay Thai wikipages and the Fair Play wikipage.
3. Division of labour :
Index 1 to 10 : Muay Thai Article 1
Index 11 to 20 : Muay Thai Article 2
Index 21 to 30 : Muay Thai Article 3
Index 31 to 37 : Fair Play
Thank you.
mr b tan
23 Jul 2007
This was the story I was telling you about. It's good. Read and learn from it.
Here are some helpful hints from RGS on handling the EL papers.
I've experimented with a new tactic on Sec 5/2 Rudy's work to try and help him (and any of you who are interested) by editing his/your writing.
Please see Rudy's wiki page. I would also appreciate some comments on whether you consider this helpful. Please use the "Comment" function on his page and comment there. If you like, you can email me your writings to edit. Thank you.
mr b tan
19 Jul 07
Please do this survey to help me teach you better.
Thank you.
mr b tan
11 Jul 2007
People, people ESSAY WRITING : HINT 1 When writing your essay, please do not take extreme positions. Let a sad story be just a sad story, NOT the saddest, most heart-wrenching, most miserable, most depressing story that you can possibly COOK up - which becomes a marker's nightmare. Talking about nightmares - a nightmare is just a bad dream, NOT the worst nightmare of your whole entire life (which, mind you, hasn't been very long), or of the world wide world (some even of the whole universe!!!). No - it should never ever be exaggerated to that extent. Doing so will only give you your WORST nightmare - you will get HORRIBLE marks and possibly even FAIL in your essay writing! So be forewarned!!
mr b tan
10 Jul 2007
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Dear students of Sec 4/5 (Class of 2007),
This wiki will be used for our preparation for the 2007 GCE 'O' Level EL papers.
I have create a page for each of you in our EL Class Wiki. I will use this page to monitor and record your work.
Please follow the schedule of our examination revision closely.
There will be a weekly EL revision class (after school) limited to 20 students only - 10 from 4/5 and 10 from 5/2 - first come, first served basis. I'll put up the Sign-up Form every Monday morning in class. We will practise Paper 2 (Comprehension) from 1999 down to 1993, and more if possible. I'll let you know the day and time after the new time-table for Term 3 comes up.
If you have any queries, you can e-mail me at
See you soon.
mr b tan
12 Jun 2007
Note (caa 080707) :
The following students have yet to complete their assignments :
Deanna (4) – 2 para and plan
Joo Yu (5) – 2 para
Julene (7) – incomplete plan
Abul Wahid (21) – 2 para, incomplete plan
Adriel (22) – 2 para and plan
Alvis (23) – 2 para and plan
Melvin (32) – 2 para and plan
Navidren (33) – 2 para and plan
Chee Kit (36) – 2 para and plan
2007 GCE 'O' LEVEL EXAMINATION
SCHEDULE FOR EL
English Language Oral Examination (1127/03)
Mon 13 Aug 2007 to Fri 24 Aug 2007
Starting time : 2.15pm
English Language Paper 1 (1127/01)
Mon 29 Oct 2007
8.00am to 9.45 am
1 hour 45 minutes
English Language Paper 2 (1127/02)
Mon 29 Oct 2007
10.15am to 11.55am
SCHEDULE
Term 3 Week 1 (25 Jun 07)
2000 PAPER 1 & 2
Lesson 1 : For our 1st lesson, you will do a piece of free writing of not more than 200 words on any topic that comes to mind
Homework : Your homework will be to type a short 2-3 paragraphs (of an author whose writing style you like) into your own wiki page. If all 37 of you do that, we'll have 37 different writing styles to refer to.
Lesson 2 : Peer Critique of free writing done in Lesson 1
Lesson 3 : Analysis of 2000 Paper 1
Lesson 4 : Analysis of 2000 Paper 2
Write a plan on one of the following topics (2000 Paper 1 Section 1) :
1. Winners and losers
2. Describe how a family discussion brought about a happy outcome
3. Repaying a kindness
4. Crowds are increasingly difficult to manage. What suggestions have you for controlling the behaviour of a large group of people?
5. Write a story on Either (a) Running Away
Or (b) I made a mistake in telling him (or her) my secret
Term 3 Week 2 (2 Jul 07)
2001 PAPER 1 & 2
Lesson 1 : Revision on handling Comprehension Examination. We start with a few online summary exercises.
Lesson 2 : 2001 Paper 2
Lesson 3 : 2001 Paper 1 Section 1
Lesson 4 : 2001 Paper 1 Section 2
Term 3 Week 3 (9 Jul 07)
2002 PAPER 1 & 2
Lesson 1 : 2002 Paper 1 Section 1
Lesson 2 : 2002 Paper 1 Section 2
Lesson 3 : 2002 Paper 2
Lesson 4 : 2002 Paper 2
SUMMARY
Difficulties • Competition for territory/Domination • Competition with animals • Competition for food • Impossible to master • Weather – seasons; dry season • Digging food from underground Overcame difficulties • Stay away from the animals • Look for new opportunities for better quality food • Invention of stick to dig out the food • Relied on each other • Avoiding known danger Skills • Invention of sticks and stones – dig, cut, hammer • Knowledge : make simple instruments • Knowing their habitat in detail (very well) • Stores of food – where? • Recognise habits of other creatures; turn to own advantage • Communication skills – with each other – gives them the edge over animals – how? In search of food, survival Note : The factors in “overcoming difficulties” and “skills” may be similar and you will have to decide for yourself how you can weave these into your summary.
Note :
No Afterschool EL lesson on Mon because of the MTL LC Exam. Please do 1998 Paper 2 on your own.If you need some guide, please refer to Term 3 Week 3 of Sec 5/2's wiki.
Summary Points 1999 Paper 2 done by Sec 4/5
Owners - overconfident - pride; dislike criticism - ambitious – set record; increase speed Builders/Designers - Lifeboats insufficient - Expense and trouble - overconfident Captain - safety compromised - courage - maintained speed – knowing icebergs could be encountered - postpone drill - reputation - no extra lookouts Crew - radioman – little attention to reports of icebergs - lookouts – not alert; - ship engineers – no instructions for emergencies - radio operator ignored further warnings - officers should not have reversed engines
Term 3 Week 4 (16 Jul 07)2003 PAPER 1 & 2
17 July 2007 : Mock EL Oral Examination
Lesson 1 : EL Oral Revision (prep for mock oral exam)
Lesson 3 : 2003 Paper 2 Comprehension Questions
Lesson 4 : 2003 Paper 2 Summary
Summary
- state guaranteed value
- recognised shape and design
- Strung together through hole
- encouraged increase trade, which in turn, ensured use of coins would flourish
- Banknote - state guarantee value
- Convenient form of money
- Eastern Europe - emergence of gold and silver coins
- value earned them reputation as money
- production in leading cities in eastern Europe - making them most successful trading centres
- Cheap imitations, people chip off or scrape off valuable metals from coins
- Govts forced to melt and re-issue coins of cheaper/infererior metals
- But buying power/value of inferior-metal coins and banknotes guaranteed by governments
- lead back to original Chinese model
Assignment 5 : Complete 2003 Paper 1 Sect 2 and hand up by Fri.
Afterschool EL (Mon 2.45pm to 3.45pm) : 1997 Paper 2
Term 3 Week 5 (23 Jul 07)
2004 PAPER 1 & 2
Lesson 1 : Review of "Developing Situational Writing" Part 1 (Situation 8 -13)
Lesson 2 : Review of "Developing Situational Writing" Part 1 (Situation 14 -19)
Lesson 3 : 2004 Paper 1 Section 1
Lesson 4 : 2004 Paper 1 Section 1
Afterschool EL (Mon 2.45pm to 3.45pm) : 1996 Paper 2
Sorry. I have to cancel this session as I have a meeting this afternoon.
Please do this on your own and see me if you have any queries. Thank you.
Assignment :
Do 2004 Paper 1 Section 1 on your wiki. We will do peer critique of each other's work.
Do 2004 Paper 2 as homework. We will do peer marking next Monday.
Term 3 Week 6 (30 Jul 07)
2005 PAPER 1 & 2
Lesson 1 : 2006 Paper 1 Section 1
Lesson 2 : 2006 Paper 1 Section 2
Lesson 3 : 2006 Paper 2
Lesson 4 : Revision on handling Oral Examination
Afterschool EL (Mon 2.45pm to 3.45pm) : 1995 Paper 2
Term 3 Week 7 (6 Aug 07)
2006 PAPER 1
Lesson 1 : 2005 Paper 2
As we were unable to complete this last week, we will continue with 2005 Paper 2 on Mon 6 Aug 2007.
Lesson 2 : Revision on handling Oral Examination
No Afterschool EL on Mon 2.30pm to 3.30pm - let's celebrate National Day!! Actually I have to be present for Mr Deepak's scholarship ceremony in the afternoon. Mr Deepak has been awarded a Teaching Scholarship from MOE.
Oral Exam Revision
Please practice on your own using the Oral Exam Review on the side bar at the right of this page
!
Term 3 Week 8 (13 Aug 07)
2006 PAPER 2
Week of GCE 'O' Level Oral Examination (13 to 24 Aug 2007) & Science Practical
Lesson 1 : 2006 Paper 2 Comprehension Questions
Lesson 2 : 2006 Paper 2 Summary
Lesson 3 : Practice
Lesson 4 : Practice
Afterschool EL (Mon 2.45pm to 3.45pm) : 1994 Paper 2
Term 3 Week 9 (20 Aug 07)
2006 PAPER 1
Lesson 1 : Analysis of 2006 Paper 1
Lesson 2 : Practice - details to be confirmed later
Lesson 3 : Practice - details to be confirmed later
Lesson 4 : Practice - details to be confirmed later
Afterschool EL (Mon 2.45pm to 3.45pm) : 1993 Paper 2
Term 3 Week 10 (27 Aug 07)
2006 PAPER 2
Preliminary Examinations begin
Lesson 1 : Practice - details to be confirmed later
Lesson 2 : Practice - details to be confirmed later
Lesson 3 : Practice - details to be confirmed later
Lesson 4 : Practice - details to be confirmed later
Marking
Selective marking by teacher, peer marking, teacher-marked
Combination of teacher-marked and peer-marked
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