Sharing of ideas for situational composition on 23 April 2007

It was a Saturday morning. You were in your bedroom when suddenly you heard a loud scream coming from the kitchen. You quickly ran out of your bedroom and went to see what was happening.

• what happened immediately after that
• who screamed and why
• what did you do
• how you felt
• what happened in the end

Sharon:

I saw my aunt taking a cup of water from the kitchen and pouring it over the cupboard because many ants were found on it.

My aunt screamed because she was very scared of the ants.

I woke my father up and asked him to do something about it.

I felt disgusted at the sight of so many ants.

My father sprayed the insecticide on the cupboard. The ants died soon after. I felt ...

Lokamitra:

I dashed into the kitchen.

My mum was screaming because she had burnt her hand.

I called for an ambulance.

I felt worried for my mother.

Her wound was dressed in the Accident and Emergency department in the hospital.

A few hours later, she felt better. I was glad her burnt was not very serious.

Vanessa:

I saw a thief.

My mother screamed because she was scared.

I called the police immediately. As I was calling the police, the thief ran away.

I was scared and worried for my mother.

The thief was arrested by the police. We got the money back.

Shani:

I dashed to the kitchen

My mum was screaming because she accidentally cut her finger.

I quickly took the first-aid box, disinfected the wound, applied some medicine and placed a plaster around her finger.

I felt worried as my mother was in pain.

I made a cup of coffee for my mother and comforted her. I hope she would recover soon.

Good phrases from compositions written on 18 April 2007

Good phrases for composition writing

I stood rooted to the ground in fear when the police questioned me.
(Evelyn)

She scampered out of the shop.
(Pearlyn)

I walked to her and whispered, “Why did you take the pen?”
(Yuwenxin)

She thanked me for being so understanding and my willingness to help her.
(Lin Yuan)

My classmate was so touched that she gave me a big hug.
(Lin Yuan)

She was touched and gave me a big hug.
(Jia Ying)

Soon, she started behaving suspiciously.
(Jia Ying)

After much consideration, I decided to hide the truth.
(Jia Ying)

… she quickly took another three rulers and stuffed them into her bag.
(Jing Ting)

However, Algssa paid no attention to what I was saying.
(Jing Ting)

Instead of heeding my advice, she was unrepentant.
(Jing Ting)

She shouted at me furiously before walking away.
(Jing Ting)

I heaved a sigh of relief but Cyrille was paralysed with fear.
(Natalie)

I immediately ran to her and gave her a piece of my mind.
(Kavitha)

Squares and Rectangles

Hi 4 Faith,

I found these online and thought they are useful in helping you to understand our next Maths unit; Squares and Rectangles.

http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/Geometry/Geoboard.shtml
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/topic_t_4.html

For the second weblink, select 'Geoboard' to start creating squares and rectangles.

Enjoy :-)

Sharing of ideas for situational composition on 18 April 2007

One day after school, you and your classmate decided to go to a neighbourhood book shop to buy some stationery. While you were browsing through the stationery, you noticed your classmate slipping a black pen into her schoolbag stealthily.

Why your classmate slipped the pen into her bag stealthily
What happened immediately after that
How you reacted and what you did
How you felt
What happened to you and your friend in the end


Diwa and Achaiya
She liked the pen so she slipped the pen into her bag stealthily.
I persuaded her to return the pen to the rack before the shop keeper found out.
I felt embarrassed and tried to dissuade her from stealing the pen.
My friend did not return the pen and was caught by the shop-keeper for stealing it.
She was brought to the police station and convicted of shoplifting. We did not talk much after the incident and after a few years, we no longer kept in touch with each other. It was a loss of friendship which …


Wai Chin
She had no money to buy the pen.
She ran out of the shop.
I was angry with her.
I informed the owner about what my friend did.
I warned my friend not to do it again.


Wei Lin
She forgot to bring her pocket money.
The sensors sounded loudly.
I was shocked. I was upset with my friend.
I told my friend not to do that again.
The owner of the shop let her off after a warning.


Natalie
My classmate slipped the pen into her bag because she had not enough money to buy the pen.
When my friend and I went out of the shop, the sensor sounded.
I was shocked.
My friend was brought to a police station.
My friend’s parents had to …

Good phrases from compositions written on 4 April 2007

Good phrases for composition writing

The tension in my muscles eased.
(Nihmah)

As I was sorting through a stack of letters, I came across a letter which said “Thank you”.
(Natalie)

With tears of joy streaming down her cheeks, she gleamed at me and thanked me profusely.
(Natalie)

It was a rainy day. Lightning struck and thunder roared.
(Jia Ying)

Without thinking, I grabbed the phone immediately and scrambled off the bus.
(Jia Ying)

… tears trickled down her cheeks.
(Jia Ying)


She stared at the phone with her misty eyes and nodded her head.
(Jia Ying)

She was beaming with joy as she took the mobile phone from my hand.
(Jia Ying)

As I stood at the bus-stop, looking at the teenager fading into the distance, I was elated that I made a decision to seek out the owner of the mobile phone.
(Jia Ying)

Mary heaved a sigh of relief.
(Wai Chin)

From that day onwards, we became bosom friends.
(Wai Chin)

I was glad that I had done a kind deed by returning the phone to its rightful owner.
(Wai Chin)

She gave a broad smile.
(Kavitha)

Tonga

Hello, I just prepared the PPT on Tonga and thought I would post the information on the group work you need to do before our lesson tomorrow. Anyway, this is my first posting on this class blog. Although you are not able to post any entry on this blog but you can leave your comments. Hope to hear from you. Check back at this blog for interesting web links and games. :-)

Group work:
To submit one poster per group on Tonga and 2 questions with answers on the poster on separate piece of paper by 4 April 2007

How to find information on Tonga:
(1) Log into primary.asknlearn.com and search Britannica
OR
(2) Go to the library to look for information


Ms Teo ('',)