Oral Presentation

Below are some pointers to take note:

• Remember to look at your classmates (and not the teacher)


• Speak loudly and clearly (else your classmates will start to talk)


• 'Stay' with the topic (do not go on talking about things not relevant to the topic)


• Do not have too many words in your PowerPoint slides and do not read out straight from them


• Answer your friends' questions politely

Social Studies Project 2

Just to clarify the requirements for this project:

You need to find an article (that is, words and words in passages, if possible, to have pictures) about a real natural disaster. From that article, you do a mind-map at the bottom of your workbook's page 9, similar to the one on page 8. Write down what are the impacts or how they affect humans and their activities.

It must be about a real natural disaster that has taken place in the past or present.

Print out the article and paste it on the top portion of page 9 in your workbook. If your article is from a magazine or newspapers, you can still follow the same procedures too.

Submission date is 29th Feb (Fri).

U5: Percentages

Key Learning Points:

• You can treat them as fractions that are out of a whole of 100 (that is, 58% means 58 out of 100 parts).
• This also mean that the denominator of the fraction is 100.
• If you see questions involving percentages, you can change them into fractions by removing the '%' sign, then add a denominator '100' (that is, 88% = '88/100').
• Thus if a question say 20% of 40 pupils, it will mean '20/100' of 40 pupils, or when simplified, it means '1/5' of 40 pupils.
• Alternatively, you can convert a fraction or a decimal to a percentage by multiplying it by 100%, with the '%' symbol in your working. Else the working will be marked wrong.

Homework / Tasks for T1W8

Tasks for this weekend of T1W8:

• Math Daily Problem Sums (Q32 to Q35)
  

Don't forget to study for the upcoming TESTS:

• Monday: Science Energy Test + Math Practical Test
• Tuesday: No Science Spelling/Dictation
• Wednesday: English Dictation (Unit 3 Passage 1) + Science Practical Test

Sumsing Turbo 3000

Will this invention be possible in future?

U4: Sources of Energy

Key Learning Points:

The 4 main sources (where they come from) of energy are as follow:

1. The Sun (a.k.a. Solar Energy) - Renewable Energy Resource

Most of the energy that we use comes directly or indirectly from the Sun.

2. Fuel - Non-renewable Energy Resource

When fuels are burnt, chemical energy in them are converted to heat and light energy.

3. Wind - Renewable Energy Resource

Wind is moving air and has kinetic energy.

4. Moving Water - Renewable Energy Resource

Moving water has kinetic energy.

All the above sources of energy are converted to other forms of useful energy. In this topic on Energy, you must be able to explain and identify the types of energy changes that are taking place. That is the gist of this topic.

Situational Writing

As the name goes, you are given a situation and you need to respond accordingly to that given situation. Be it a letter, an email or writing a note for someone, you must bear in mind the objectives (or aims / targets) of your writing.

• Are you trying to relay information, ask questions, send an invitation or submit a complaint?


• What do you want the recipient do?


• What is the tone of your writing? Are you polite enough (especially when you are asking for a favour)?


• Have you written down all the important 5 or 6 points given in the question? Are these points clear, specific and foolproof to the reader?


• Have you written your greetings at the beginning of your writing and sign off at the end of it?


• Lastly, re-read it again yourself. Imagine you are the recipient. Do you understand the message? Is there enough information for you to reply the sender?

Situational writing takes up 15 marks in your overall EL exam scores (upon 200 marks). This section is an easy section for you to score well so please take note of the above pointers when doing your situational writing.