Hi there! The sample report, as promised 5a1-2008-situational-sample

Alex

Here’s the speech assignment situational-writing-speech

Enjoy!

Alex

common-mistakes-in-composition-writing

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Just in case you did not receive your holiday assignments from Mr. Waran(!), here it is: holiday-assignment-march-2009 :)

Do make sure you complete everything Have a good rest and see you all in Term II

God Bless!

Alex

Here are the answers to the sentence construction answers:

Exercise 104:

8. The photo that I took of you when you were staying with me has come out very well, and I’ll send you a copy if you like.

9. Please leave the key that we supplied you with at reception now, if you are unable to do so yourself, please ask a colleague to hand it in for you.

10. Dad doesn’t approve of the clothes that I wear, nor does he like the language I use.

Exercise105: (other answers are debatable)

1. Simple
2. Complex
3. Compound-Complex
4. Simple
5. Compound
6. Simple
7. Complex
8. Simple
9. Simple
10. Compound
11. Compound
12. Complex
13. Compound-Complex
14. Simple
15. Simple
16. Compound
17. Compound
18. Simple
19. Simple
20. Compound
21. Compound
22. Simple
23. Simple

Homework:

Write a short paragraph of about 100 words using simple, compound, complex and compound-complex sentence structures Indicate what structure the sentences are Base your short paragraph on what you saw on your way home yesterday

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Ok, here’s the editing exercise to be completed upon your composition “Hope”:

1. Tenses: As this is either a narrative or personal recount, please make sure your verbs are in the PAST TENSE
2. Sentence Seperation: Ensure that your sentences are not like a train (with multiple commas)… at this level, you can have at max 2 commas, and probably 1 conjunction
3. Spelling: If unsure of certain words, circle it out and REPLACE it with a word you are confident of using and spelling Then check the dictionary for the spelling and definition of the original word you wanted to use

Let’s just edit these 3 areas for now Kindly tag your previous composition (vindictive) to your new essay and hand up to Aloysius on Monday Aloysius, please collect in registry order for me Thanks!

Have a great weekend guys!

Alex

Here’s the shortened vocab list: vocab-list-02 and the starting paragraphs of our composition: dispirited :)

As I’m not seeing you all on Friday (CNY celebrations), Aloysius, kindly collect and return to me

Good stuff all!

Alex

Here’s the list of words we generated today vocab-list

Re-arrange the words from lowest intensity to highest intensity We’ll discuss in class tomorrow

Have fun!

Alex

We had a good (or great!) lesson today… am very heartened to hear all the various input from you!

I’ve attached the composition we were discussing today here: that-good-feeling. Please continue to decontruct it

Some pointers may be:

1. What is the writer actually feeling?

2. What kind of a woman is the writer’s ex?

3. Why do you think things didn’t work out between them?

4. What are some of the literary devices the writer used to create the effects in the piece?

These are all guiding questions; feel free to post your thoughts, comments, opinions, and what nots here!

Have fun!

Alex

So this is where we air our intellectual thoughts and give space to our ideas

And for starters, let’s give Descartes’ immortal quote a spin…

Comment on “Cogito Ergo Sum”. Does it hold any truth for you? If so, what? And if not, why not?

Let’s see how this goes, and we’ll tweak it along the way

I’m so very glad to be taking this journey with you all, and I’m sure we’ll all have a blast!

Alex