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FeaturedResources for Writing and Speaking (by Topic) – Check back for updates!
If you find this post useful, please do leave me a comment, give a ‘like’ and share with your friends! Greatly appreciated! ❤ Social Media PROS https://www.straitstimes.com/life/food/social-media-abuzz-with-support-for-elderly-hawkers-who-are-not-tech-savvy https://redcross.sg/news-stories/stories/1026-youths-raise-more-than-225-000-through-online-campaigns-for-needy-families-during-covid.html https://teamseas.org/ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211029005380/en/YouTube-Stars-MrBeast-and-Mark-Rober-To-Launch-The-TeamSeas-Environmental-Campaign https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/social-media-celebrities-helping-charities-spread-the-word-on-causes CONS https://nypost.com/article/craziest-tiktok-challenges-so-far/ https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/youth-caught-on-video-doing-backflip-in-rhino-enclosure-at-zoo-charged-with https://www.insider.com/guides/health/mental-health/how-social-media-affects-body-image Technology https://enablingvillage.sg/assistive-technologies-at-the-enabling-village/ (Assistive tech) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWQTqw-fMrc (AI, robots, new tech) https://www.schoolbag.edu.sg/story/first-person-real-issues-virtual-classroom (VR in classrooms) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHSYEH133HA (3D printed homes) https://www.tech21century.com/technology-pros-and-cons/ (Tech pros… Read more
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[VIDEO] EL: Analysing and discussing features in Visual Text
Personally, I really enjoy dissecting some of the cleverly designed advertisements, posters or webpages and using them as platforms to discuss and surface various viewpoints and beliefs that may be attributed to pop culture, traditions, history, politics, religion and values. Having an open , guided and justified discussion can help to shape youths’ broad understanding… Read more
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[VIDEOS] Science / Chemistry: How your child will be learning from me virtually
Please click on the two videos below to have an idea of my lessons. If you would like to find out more about my lessons, you may drop me an email at allformisc@gmail.com
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PSLE Creative Writing: Strategies for Designing a Good Introduction
Here are some of my students’ work to give you a clearer idea of how you can utilise each of the strategies to help you or your child build a good introduction for a narrative essay. Describe Setting Cool air brushed past my face as light slowly withdrew from the sky. Soon the surroundings would… Read more
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How I use ‘DECAL’ to help your child score in Science papers
For many learners of science, they struggle to express what they have understood of abstract science concepts into structured and congruent answers. As such, they often ended up not being able to score in examinations. To help my tutees (from primary to secondary levels), I have come up with the acronym ‘DECAL’ as a fail-proof way of… Read more
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Situational Writing: Descriptive, Informal Email on Traffic Accident
To: John Lim <johnlim@gmail.com> From: Jordan Tan <jordan.tan@gmail.com> Date: 29 July 2020 Subject: Witnessing an accident on the M5 Expressway Dear John, How are you? You won’t believe what happened two days ago. On 27 July at about 1 p.m., I was on my way to the rugby club for weekly practice when I witnessed… Read more
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Assignment for Student: Podcast Recording on ‘Travel Broadens the Mind’
In this recording, my student, Joshua, spoke about a few benefits and disadvantages of travelling. See if you can spot some of the writing strategies he had utilised in his speech to make it more interesting. If you find this post useful, please do leave me/my student a comment (I will pass it along), give… Read more
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[Personal Reflective/Descriptive Writing] Lessons learnt in hindsight
Topic: “It is easy to be wise after the event.” Describe some lessons you have learnt in hindsight. Written by Caden It has been said that “smooth seas do not make skilful sailors.” I can truly relate to this after the recent event where I was the lead member of the planning committee. One month… Read more
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Writing: Vary your sentence structures (Plenty of examples)
Do you find yourself stuck with repetitive sentences that make your writing seem monotonous or dull? Or even amateurish? i.e. following the usual [Subject – verb – object, etc] structure. For instance: The objectives of the event are to provide an enriching and fun learning experience for the students. Improved: In order to make the… Read more
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What if you could be immortal? Or that you could regenerate any part of yourself?
The mysteries of our mother earth. Here’s a cute axolotl before the videos below:
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Quote wise/inspirational/memorable words as a hook (By category; Will be updated)
These are put into categories based on commonly tested writing topics. If you wonder how you can construct a sentence with these, consider these: (i) It’s been said that “…” , … (ii) The old saying of “…” , … (iii) As the saying / adage goes, “…” i.e. The common saying of “The greatest… Read more
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[Discursive Writing] Discuss the pros and cons of social media.
If you find this post useful, please do leave me a comment, give a ‘like’ and share with your friends! Greatly appreciated! ❤ The Pros and Cons of Social Media Written by: Nicholas Edited by: Teacher Mel Social media can be defined as various online platforms that allow for people from all walks of life… Read more
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Heal in Silence. Can you?
‘Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one’, Albert Einstein once said. Buddhist teachings plainly state that our reality is just concepts in our mind. These are more often than not, scaffolded and reinforced by the bombardment of the mundane and the people and ‘the next thing’. Stoking the internal and external chaos… Read more
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Hideaway
On the other side of the glass at Library@Harbourfront It was balmy, the palm trees that lined the bank swayed idly; the bewitching emerald waters was adorned with endless tiny crystals, glinting and beckoning me to go closer. Airplanes cruised purposefully across the cerulean blue sky, drawing white trails on the seemingly blank canvas. In… Read more
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