Today is the start of the very first day of the Youth Olympic Games! I am very excited about this event as it is the first Youth Olympics and it is going to be held in Singapore! I am very proud of Singapore as it is going to be hosting a very big global event! Hosting this global event will allow us, youths to experience new insights. The Youth Olympics brings many youths from around the world to participate in competitions, we are able to make new friends from different countires. I feel we are very lucky to get to host the first Youth Olympics Although most of us are not participants of the Youth Olympics, we will benefit alot from this event. I had heard about a boy, Wei Jie who is very enthusiastic about the Youth Olympics. He had been following the Olympic flame and taking photos of it as it was passed to different people since it had arrived in Singapore. The press had noticed that Wei Jie had been following the torch and there even was a newspaper article about him. I admire his anthusiasm very much, he now has the chance to carry the torch! I hope to be able to watch the different events!
Friday, August 13, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
National Day Holiday
The national day holiday was really nice! We had a long weekend which allowed us to take a break from the four tests last week! Yesterday which was Monday, there was the National day parade which was telecast on the television in the late afternoon. I found the celebration very exciting and fun. Every year I would always look forward to National day! I love the atmosphere during National day! I still could remember the year that I went to the National day parade rehearsal, it was the year 2008. I went to Marina Bay with my classmates to watch the rehearsal! It was really fun as I had never been to a live National day performance before. But of course all good things come to an end, I have to start preparing for the Humanities test which is this week after the long weekend!
Thursday, July 29, 2010
LANGUAGE ARTS ONLINE LESSON: T3 Wk 5
Poem: Snapshotland
In Snapshotland everyone is happy all the time.
It is the promised land where people sit with flasks of tea
on smooth sand by a flat sea and smile and smile and smile.
The sun shines all day long and every day in Kodachrome
or sepia on sandboys and sandgirls who never
stop smiling from the time they first appear, with buckets,
in crisp, gingham pinafores and bonnets on the sea-shore.
Lovers stay in love forever; married couples never
grow tired of each other; everything is always just right.
The dolphins know exactly when to leap into the air
and stay there for the permanent delight of passengers
aboard the pleasure-boat which never passes out of sight.
Nobody in Snapshotland grows old unless they want to,
judging by the way they go on smiling so, in deck-chairs,
on the beach, or in old-fashioned gardens with lavender
and grandchildren here and there - and no one dies, ever.
Even if they don't appear later, the people are still
always there, smiling through the lavender and dolphins
and the buckets full of pebbles on the same sea-shore.
By
Sylvia Kantaris
Step1: Forget what the poem may or may not mean, or what it may be about.
Step 2: cameras, pictures. a unique place, a moment, flash, certain time.
Step 3: Read the poem once quickly, and then several times more slowly. Try to hear the poem aloud in your head. DO NOT recite the poem aloud in class; if you must hear it aloud, read it quietly to yourself.
Step 4:
Promised land
Kodachrome
Sepia
in crisp gingham pinafores and bonnets
all the time
forever
stay there
permanent delight
never passes out of side
always
Step 5: Every stanza has only one or two full stops.
There is alot of use of adjectives and adverbs.
Step 6: The words that describe never happening or happens the whole time
are "all the time", "forever", "stay there", "permanent", "never" and "always".
Step 7: Every sentence describes a place.
Step 8: The poem means that photos always depict a scene and the scene will never change. Photos will bring back memories.
Step 9:
a) Persona
b)The audience are people who like photos.
c)He is friendly and showing his liking to photos.
d)He is friendly to the audience, he wants eveyone to treasure the photos.
e) It wants to show the different scene and moments in photos such as happy moments.
f) It is to help me understand more about the poem.
Step 10:
I guess he hoped to tell everyone that photos were very precious as they could depict the wonderful moments of the past.
In Snapshotland everyone is happy all the time.
It is the promised land where people sit with flasks of tea
on smooth sand by a flat sea and smile and smile and smile.
The sun shines all day long and every day in Kodachrome
or sepia on sandboys and sandgirls who never
stop smiling from the time they first appear, with buckets,
in crisp, gingham pinafores and bonnets on the sea-shore.
Lovers stay in love forever; married couples never
grow tired of each other; everything is always just right.
The dolphins know exactly when to leap into the air
and stay there for the permanent delight of passengers
aboard the pleasure-boat which never passes out of sight.
Nobody in Snapshotland grows old unless they want to,
judging by the way they go on smiling so, in deck-chairs,
on the beach, or in old-fashioned gardens with lavender
and grandchildren here and there - and no one dies, ever.
Even if they don't appear later, the people are still
always there, smiling through the lavender and dolphins
and the buckets full of pebbles on the same sea-shore.
By
Sylvia Kantaris
Step1: Forget what the poem may or may not mean, or what it may be about.
Step 2: cameras, pictures. a unique place, a moment, flash, certain time.
Step 3: Read the poem once quickly, and then several times more slowly. Try to hear the poem aloud in your head. DO NOT recite the poem aloud in class; if you must hear it aloud, read it quietly to yourself.
Step 4:
Promised land
Kodachrome
Sepia
in crisp gingham pinafores and bonnets
all the time
forever
stay there
permanent delight
never passes out of side
always
Step 5: Every stanza has only one or two full stops.
There is alot of use of adjectives and adverbs.
Step 6: The words that describe never happening or happens the whole time
are "all the time", "forever", "stay there", "permanent", "never" and "always".
Step 7: Every sentence describes a place.
Step 8: The poem means that photos always depict a scene and the scene will never change. Photos will bring back memories.
Step 9:
a) Persona
b)The audience are people who like photos.
c)He is friendly and showing his liking to photos.
d)He is friendly to the audience, he wants eveyone to treasure the photos.
e) It wants to show the different scene and moments in photos such as happy moments.
f) It is to help me understand more about the poem.
Step 10:
I guess he hoped to tell everyone that photos were very precious as they could depict the wonderful moments of the past.
Monday, July 19, 2010
LA: Listening to sounds
I heard the owls hooting in the dark.
I heard the sheep bleating beyond the hill.
I heard the the wolves howling under the full moon.
I heard the sparrows chirping in the blossomed tree.
I heard the dogs wining in the corner.
I heard the horse neighing in stable.
I heard the bulls troting in the fields.
I heard the bees buzzing by the flowers.
I heard the frogs croaking on the lily pad.
I heard the mice squeaking from the mouse hole.
I heard the roosters cock-a-doodle-do the farm.
I heard the turkey cluck in the pen.
I heard the pigeons cooing over the hedge.
I heard the ducks quaking in the lake.
I heard the pigs oinking in barnyard.
I heard the cats purring on the couch.
I heard the sheep bleating beyond the hill.
I heard the the wolves howling under the full moon.
I heard the sparrows chirping in the blossomed tree.
I heard the dogs wining in the corner.
I heard the horse neighing in stable.
I heard the bulls troting in the fields.
I heard the bees buzzing by the flowers.
I heard the frogs croaking on the lily pad.
I heard the mice squeaking from the mouse hole.
I heard the roosters cock-a-doodle-do the farm.
I heard the turkey cluck in the pen.
I heard the pigeons cooing over the hedge.
I heard the ducks quaking in the lake.
I heard the pigs oinking in barnyard.
I heard the cats purring on the couch.
Friday, July 16, 2010
LA Assignment: Poem
Life is like a journey,
that one makes in a car.
Sometimes you travel on a highway,
Sometimes on a lonely path.
The speed of one's car is ever changing,
It can be fast; it can be slow.
At times your car is plaqued by a punctured tire,
At times an engine failure.
It's up to you to fix it, and get a move on again.
Everyone drives a different car,
You decide the car you drive.
Some people take the fast lane,
Some people take the slow one.
Whether one drives a horse-carriage,
Or a Ferrari or a Lamborghini.
In the end, the car completely breaks down.
And the journey ends.
While everyone has the same destination,
your journey may well be different than mine.
that one makes in a car.
Sometimes you travel on a highway,
Sometimes on a lonely path.
The speed of one's car is ever changing,
It can be fast; it can be slow.
At times your car is plaqued by a punctured tire,
At times an engine failure.
It's up to you to fix it, and get a move on again.
Everyone drives a different car,
You decide the car you drive.
Some people take the fast lane,
Some people take the slow one.
Whether one drives a horse-carriage,
Or a Ferrari or a Lamborghini.
In the end, the car completely breaks down.
And the journey ends.
While everyone has the same destination,
your journey may well be different than mine.
LA lesson: Poetry
Yesterday, during Language Arts lesson, we learnt about poetry. We went through similes and metaphors and how they were used in poems. I wasn't very sure about what was the difference between similes and metaphors were before, but now after the explanation of similes and metaphors I am know the difference. Metaphors are a comparison of two things while simlies use "like" and "as". Let me give you an example of a simile, "His face was as pale as a ghost." I guess using similes and metaphors aren't that hard but I'll try not to overuse them. Our teacher gave us us a handout that allowed us to view more examples of similes and metaphors. I found the page titled "Funniest similes written by high school students" rather awesome. I had a good laugh reading the similes! The page after that was metaphor poems. We had to read the poem and guess what the poet was talking about. This exercise was fun as I had to think hard to guess what the poet was talking about. Our teacher left us with an assignment over the weekend. It is a complusory blogpost. We had to write a poem about about life and post it on our blog. I hope I will enjoy composing this poem!
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
home learning writing task
I Never forgot
I never forgot,
how my life in primary school was.
I never expected so much change
in expectations and environment.
During my days
as a primary schooler,
there was fun, joy and of course
challenges.
My friends and I were very bonded,
we played games together
and were always there for each other,
through good times and bad.
In no time the exams approached...
Just before the exams, the class
would dish out their subject notes with zest,
trying hard to cram last few things
at the eleventh hour.
After the exams, everyone would
go wild and there would be
huge wide smiles on their faces.
This was the best part of my primary school life.
When the exam results were announced,
some cried tears of relief,
some regret, some anger.
And this was why many never looked
forward to this moment, never.
Soon the students learnt their lessons
and continued with their life,
looking back at their experiences
promising not to repeat them.
These memories, I never forgot,
I looked back in awe,
even though where I am now
is much different from before.
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