(above) Official Website. Click on the graphic to link to the site.How much do you know about Roald Dahl?
Get to know more about Roald Dahl from his website.
Go to Roald Dahl museum here.
Showing posts with label English. Show all posts
Showing posts with label English. Show all posts
Monday, July 6, 2009
Roald Dahl website
(above) Official Website. Click on the graphic to link to the site.How much do you know about Roald Dahl?
Get to know more about Roald Dahl from his website.
Go to Roald Dahl museum here.
BFG ACtivities
How much do you know about BFG? Try these online quizzes to test your understanding.
Quiz I
http://www.triv.net/html/Users4/u11488.htm
Quiz II
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=8894&origin=http://www.richmond.k12.va.us/readamillion/LITERATURE/literature_lesson_plans_b.htm
Quiz III
http://www.roalddahlfans.com/games/quiz.php?quizID=4
Monsters, who are they?
Click here to read more about them.
Quiz I
http://www.triv.net/html/Users4/u11488.htm
Quiz II
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=8894&origin=http://www.richmond.k12.va.us/readamillion/LITERATURE/literature_lesson_plans_b.htm
Quiz III
http://www.roalddahlfans.com/games/quiz.php?quizID=4
Monsters, who are they?
Click here to read more about them.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Competitions : Arte(factually) Speaking Story-writing Competition
Arte(factually) Speaking is a story-writing competition based on the National Heritage Board museums' collections. This competition aims to create greater awareness and appreciation of the cultures of the many communities that call Singapore home, be it the cultures of incumbent or new Singaporeans through story-writing based on the National Heritage Board's collections. In addition, the competition also aims to improve the students' creative thinking and writing skills. ~from http://www.heritagefest.org.sg
Singapore HeritageFest 2009
“Arte (factually) Speaking” Story Writing Competition
3rd Prize Winner (Upper Primary Category)
Name: Gan Chin Lin (CH4)
Gender: Female
Age: 10-year-old
Nationality: Singaporean
School: Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School
Artefact: Headless Rider on a Winged Horse Figurine
Museum: National Museum of Singapore
Grandpa’s Horse
I stood by the rippling and shining surface of the vast river. A pebble was nestled in my palm. I
was sitting by the riverbank, my bare legs dangling in the water. In one fluid movement, I sent
the pebble skipping across the surface, making miniature splashes in the water.
The top subject in my mind was my grandfather. He had passed away the day before. His life
had evaporated as quickly as the pebble sinking below the surface of the river- without any
warning.
Grandfather had taught me many things, which were all about our ancestral homeland-Java.
"We must be proud of our true homeland, Suhato!" He had told me.
"You must keep the Javanese traditions alive. Impart them to your children, just as I am
imparting them to you."
I had mastered the art of Batik, the Keris dagger and horse-riding through him. But he had
taught me another special thing-how to make Javanese style figurines.
That was the subject he took the most of his time teaching me. It was tiring and required a lot
of patience, and I often grumbled and moaned. But soon, I could deftly arrange a few lumps of
clay and shape them into a little figurine.
I took out a figurine of a rider on a winged horse from my grass bag. I had made it myself as a
gift to grandpa's spirit. The rider was exactly like him-it was dressed like him, looked like him,
and even doing what he loved most, horse-riding. The wings on the horse expressed my hope
that grandpa will 'ride' to heaven.
Using my hands, I dug a little hole in the dirt and put in the figure. I buried it and cried out to
the heavens, "Grandpa, this is my good-bye present to you. May you have a good life in
heaven."
I bowed to the little mound of earth and strained my ears to hear grandpa's hoarse voice,
chuckling, replying to me...
(310 words)
To read the rest of the stories from the contestants, click here.
Singapore HeritageFest 2009
“Arte (factually) Speaking” Story Writing Competition
3rd Prize Winner (Upper Primary Category)
Name: Gan Chin Lin (CH4)
Gender: Female
Age: 10-year-old
Nationality: Singaporean
School: Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School
Artefact: Headless Rider on a Winged Horse Figurine
Museum: National Museum of Singapore
Grandpa’s Horse
I stood by the rippling and shining surface of the vast river. A pebble was nestled in my palm. I
was sitting by the riverbank, my bare legs dangling in the water. In one fluid movement, I sent
the pebble skipping across the surface, making miniature splashes in the water.
The top subject in my mind was my grandfather. He had passed away the day before. His life
had evaporated as quickly as the pebble sinking below the surface of the river- without any
warning.
Grandfather had taught me many things, which were all about our ancestral homeland-Java.
"We must be proud of our true homeland, Suhato!" He had told me.
"You must keep the Javanese traditions alive. Impart them to your children, just as I am
imparting them to you."
I had mastered the art of Batik, the Keris dagger and horse-riding through him. But he had
taught me another special thing-how to make Javanese style figurines.
That was the subject he took the most of his time teaching me. It was tiring and required a lot
of patience, and I often grumbled and moaned. But soon, I could deftly arrange a few lumps of
clay and shape them into a little figurine.
I took out a figurine of a rider on a winged horse from my grass bag. I had made it myself as a
gift to grandpa's spirit. The rider was exactly like him-it was dressed like him, looked like him,
and even doing what he loved most, horse-riding. The wings on the horse expressed my hope
that grandpa will 'ride' to heaven.
Using my hands, I dug a little hole in the dirt and put in the figure. I buried it and cried out to
the heavens, "Grandpa, this is my good-bye present to you. May you have a good life in
heaven."
I bowed to the little mound of earth and strained my ears to hear grandpa's hoarse voice,
chuckling, replying to me...
(310 words)
To read the rest of the stories from the contestants, click here.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Post-exam Activities 2
1. Hangman game on Guess the Country here!
2. Different types of online Grammar & Vocabulary Games. I enjoy the Matching Game the most. How about you?
3. How do some words come into existence? For example 'in the red'. What does it mean? You can read the Word & their stories here.
4. BBC website (above) which has many interesting activities on different subjects.
5. Learning spelling with music!
6. Save the Kingdom by answering correct parts of speech.
7. British Council website for a variety of learning resources for you. Have fun.
Popular Cereal is a drug?
"Based on claims made on your product's label, we have determined that your Cheerios Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal is promoted for conditions that cause it to be a drug," the FDA said in a letter to General Mills which was posted on the federal agency's website Tuesday.
Cheerios labels claim that eating the cereal can help lower bad cholesterol, a risk factor for coronary heart disease, by four percent in six weeks.
Citing a clinical study, the product labels also claim that eating two servings a day of Cheerios helps to reduce bad cholesterol when eaten as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, the FDA letter says.
The above text and image are taken from http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20090513/tts-health-us-food-medicine-972e412_1.html
To read more, click on the link.
Do you think claims on advertisement and food packaging boxes are misleading consumers like you to buy them?
Monday, May 18, 2009
Post-exam activities
You must be elated that examinations are over. However, you should not stop learning. To start off, let's have fun with music using your keyboard!
2. http://kids.aol.com/KOL/2/Games/FlashHolder/KOL-Fun-Wordz
3. Read stories from children who won prizes from the Young Writers and Illustrator's Contest by Reading Rainbow. Click here to read all entries by Third Graders 2008.
4. Learn the words that imitates natural sounds from this online activity!
5. Word Search on Noah's Ark here!
6. Many word games here at Funbrain.com!
7. Search for the treasure in Tomb of the Unknown and read about related news on Egypt, Ten Cool Archaeological Sites and mummy!
8. How much do you know about water? Take a quiz here at National Geographic website.
9. Spell a new from a given word. Challenge yourself against the time! Click here.
10. Word Games for you.
11. A list of all-time favourite books which you can read online! Grab one now! You can also use the Vocabulary Finder on the same website to list the vocabulary in the book you read.
12. This will never fail to satisfy your curiosity of the world. Go now!
13. Brain teasers here.
14. Guess the word before the house is burnt down in this 9-1-1 Emergency Puzzle.
15. Tease your brain with a Frog Leap Brain teaser game here.
16. REBUS game here.
3. Read stories from children who won prizes from the Young Writers and Illustrator's Contest by Reading Rainbow. Click here to read all entries by Third Graders 2008.
4. Learn the words that imitates natural sounds from this online activity!
5. Word Search on Noah's Ark here!
6. Many word games here at Funbrain.com!
7. Search for the treasure in Tomb of the Unknown and read about related news on Egypt, Ten Cool Archaeological Sites and mummy!
8. How much do you know about water? Take a quiz here at National Geographic website.
9. Spell a new from a given word. Challenge yourself against the time! Click here.
10. Word Games for you.
11. A list of all-time favourite books which you can read online! Grab one now! You can also use the Vocabulary Finder on the same website to list the vocabulary in the book you read.
12. This will never fail to satisfy your curiosity of the world. Go now!
13. Brain teasers here.
14. Guess the word before the house is burnt down in this 9-1-1 Emergency Puzzle.15. Tease your brain with a Frog Leap Brain teaser game here.
16. REBUS game here.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Spelling City in Term 2
Hi Hum 3
You can learn the new words in Term 2 using the Spelling City here.
Once the page has loaded, key in PHPP3 in the box besides ENTER SEARCH TERM.
Make sure that the radio button beside USERNAME is clicked.
You can learn the new words in Term 2 using the Spelling City here.
Once the page has loaded, key in PHPP3 in the box besides ENTER SEARCH TERM.
Make sure that the radio button beside USERNAME is clicked.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Class Library Book!
Remember to bring the class library book on this coming Monday (23 Feb) for the first exchange!
If everyone were to have theirs on Monday, you will receive a new copy as soon as possible.
So pack your bag on Sunday night before you sleep!
If everyone were to have theirs on Monday, you will receive a new copy as soon as possible.
So pack your bag on Sunday night before you sleep!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
A bundle of activities
This is so fun! Click here to learn adjectives and see if you can catch the prize!
Do you know what is a noun, preposition, verb, adverb, adjective and article? These are parts of speech. Test your understanding in this online activity.
Do you proof-read your written work each time you claim to be have finished your work?
Do this online activity to see if you can spot the mistakes in the passages.
Text types
We discussed about non-fiction and fiction recently in Unit 2. These are the types of books we can find in the library and anywhere.
Each book or passage (can be called text) is written for a purpose. Just like when you write a letter to your friend, you have a reason to do so.
Try this online activity to be sure you know the purpose of each written text. This is also a review on letters which we have learnt in the past unit.
Do you know what are text types?
Test your knowledge in three level of quizzes.
Level 1 (on Informative texts so try this first)
Level 2 (on Persuasive texts )
Level 3
Play the game here.
Do you know what is a noun, preposition, verb, adverb, adjective and article? These are parts of speech. Test your understanding in this online activity.
Do you proof-read your written work each time you claim to be have finished your work?
Do this online activity to see if you can spot the mistakes in the passages.
Text types
We discussed about non-fiction and fiction recently in Unit 2. These are the types of books we can find in the library and anywhere.
Each book or passage (can be called text) is written for a purpose. Just like when you write a letter to your friend, you have a reason to do so.
Try this online activity to be sure you know the purpose of each written text. This is also a review on letters which we have learnt in the past unit.
Do you know what are text types?
Test your knowledge in three level of quizzes.
Level 1 (on Informative texts so try this first)
Level 2 (on Persuasive texts )
Level 3
Play the game here.
Connectors
We have been doing worksheets on Connectors (or conjunctions) for the past two units.
You may want to challenge yourself by doing these quizes!
1. Conjunction 1
2. Quiz 2
3. Quiz 3 (For this exercise, you can either write your answers on a piece of paper or answer in your mind. THen click on the button to check your answers.)
4. Conjunctions-it is pop-up!
You may want to challenge yourself by doing these quizes!
1. Conjunction 1
2. Quiz 2
3. Quiz 3 (For this exercise, you can either write your answers on a piece of paper or answer in your mind. THen click on the button to check your answers.)
4. Conjunctions-it is pop-up!
Subject-verb agreement
Some of us tend to be careless when we choose the verb for a subject.
For instance,
John and Mary is playful. [This is WRONG]
The correct answer should be John and Mary are playful.
When you see an arrow from the verb to the subject (nouns) is drawn in your worksheets with a 'SA' written on it, you know that you have made a Subject-verb agreement mistake.
Practice it here though the questions are a bit difficult.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
The following online exercises are much easier. Try it here for Quiz 1 and Quiz 2 here.
For instance,
John and Mary is playful. [This is WRONG]
The correct answer should be John and Mary are playful.
When you see an arrow from the verb to the subject (nouns) is drawn in your worksheets with a 'SA' written on it, you know that you have made a Subject-verb agreement mistake.
Practice it here though the questions are a bit difficult.
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
The following online exercises are much easier. Try it here for Quiz 1 and Quiz 2 here.
Online Reading comprehension
Test yourself to see if you really understand the passage!
There are six passages/stories and three kinds of online exercises you can do-cloze passage, comprehension and recreate the story.
Start your fun here!
There are six passages/stories and three kinds of online exercises you can do-cloze passage, comprehension and recreate the story.
Start your fun here!
Quotation marks
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Hot Chocolate Story
This is the story that was shared this morning during the morning assembly time.
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A group of graduates, well established in their careers, were talking at a reunion and decided to go visit their old university professor, now retired. During their visit, the conversation turned to complaints about stress in their work and lives. Offering his guests hot chocolate, the professor went into the kitchen and returned with a large pot of hot chocolate and an assortment of cups - porcelain, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the hot chocolate.
When they all had a cup of hot chocolate in hand, the professor said: "Notice that all the nice looking, expensive cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. The cup that you're drinking from adds nothing to the quality of the hot chocolate. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was hot chocolate, not the cup; but you consciously went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing each other's cups.
Now consider this: Life is the hot chocolate; your job, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life. The cup you have does not define, nor change the quality of life you have. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the hot chocolate God has provided us. God makes the hot chocolate, man chooses the cups. The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything that they have. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. And enjoy your hot chocolate.
Fables
Here are some links to read more fables (stories with a moral).
Some stories in Aesop Fables.com have audio so that you can listen to the stories.
Nouns
Hi all
A new website on Nouns: Common and Proper Nouns (Unit 2 of textbook) and games too.
Of course, you can learn about Concrete and Abstract Nouns, Collective Nouns and Countable and Non-countable Nouns on the same website too.
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