On monday, Mr chua came in and we greeted him as usual. Than he tell us today we will be going through R&J [ Romeo and Juliet ]. He then divide us into pairs by register numbers. We can chose our own partner but our partner must be in the same group of character. As we need to do some pair work. So i partner Rachel as she is one of my best friend. After dividing, he call us to sit with our partners. So, register number 1-10 occupy the first two column of table, 11-20 occupy the third and forth column of table, 21-30 ocuppys the fifth and sixth column of table, while the remaining 31-43 occupys the last column and the remaining tables. We're than told to join the table together. After all the shifting of table, Mr chua gave out a piece of woksheet to everyone. The worksheet is about CHARACTER ANALYSIS another word is CHARACTER TRAITS. After that Mr chua told us that he will be showing us the scene of movie in Romeo and Juliet which is part of our script. And he said that halfway watching the movie, we can note down the traits. The charater that I'm analysis is Romeo. After that the movie begins. The movie took about 15 plus minutes to end. i think the movie was quite nice. Than the movie ended. Than Mr chua brieftly tell us how the worksheet must be done. And he said that the answer can be found in the script. By than, there were not much time left. So, Mr chua call us to read the script and do the worksheet. While we're doing the worksheet, he went to the staff room to take some white paper for us to do our mind-maps. After his return, he showed us wat his expectation of mind-map was like. So, his expectation was nicely decorated, and the mind-maps must have 4 traits. After that, he distribute us the blank paper. And he tell us that the worksheet must be handed in on the next monday. Than the bell rang, and our lesson ended smoothly again.
On friday, it was quite a special friday this term as we have two periods of literature lesson. The first period was on 10.45 - 11.30pm while the second perid was on 3.15 - 4pm.
So,
On the first period, Mr chua and a female teacher [ trainee ] came into our class and they stand beside the door to wait for us to get ready to greet them. After we greeting, we settle down and Mr chua return us our worksheet on Wat is Mercy. As he wanted to go through the part that we write our God's mercy. He went through all 4 religion. First, he went through the Buddhist God's mercy, second the Christian God's mercy, third the Hindu God's mercy, forth the Muslim God's mercy. After going through, he gave us a piece of worksheet on IMAGERY. The worksheet was about understanding what Romeo says to describe Juliet. While going through the worksheet on imagary, Mr chua keep using himself as example. He was funny! Everyone was laughing. Than the bell rang and we are halfway finishing the worksheet. So, Mr chua rush through the paper. Than he told us to hand in the worksheet next monday with our mind-maps and character analysis. Than we greeted Mr chua and the lesson ended.
On the second period, Mr chua continued the last question on imagery. After that he told us to take our literature file and our pencil case and line up outside the classroom. After that we went to the Movers and Shakers Gallery. It is a place where we can find the history of our founding fathers. Than Mr chua tell us what to do. After telling, he call us to find a partner and sit down on the floor. Than Mr chua distributed a worksheet. And he tell us that the marks of the worksheet will be part of the report card marks. Therefore Mr chua wabt us to score as high as possibe. Than he tell us that all the answer for the question can be found in that gallery. After telling, we were out to find our answers! After finding the answers, we return back to where we are seated before dispersing. Than we seated there and waited for the rest. And when everyone finishes, we went back to the class and we packed our bag and of we go. Than the lesson ended without greeting Mr chua. :]
On monday, there's no lesson due to Chinese Lunar New Year.
On friday, Mr chua came into our class and we greeted him as usual. After that he told us that there will be a common tst soon. So he called us to take out our planner and write down the topics that will be tested. The topics are :
- Cinquians [ topics (5) , character (7) ]
- Macbeth
- Merchant of Venice [ Antonio, Portia, Shylock & Bassanio ]
- Qualities of Mercy [ Portia's speech ]
- Friendship [ between Antonio & Bassanio ]
- Revenge
- Prejudice & Racism
- Romeo & Juliet [ characters ]
- Sonnet
- Imagery
The lesson for Romeo & Juliet will start next week. After noting down the topics, our lesson on Merchant of Venice begins. Mr chua called us to take out our homework that he given last week, as he wanted to go through it. Halfway going through, he realised that some of us is writing down the answer. Than he called us to hand in the worksheet as he wanted to see how our answer is like. After handing in the worksheet, we discuss the question a while. Than there were 15 minutes left. Than Mr Chua gave us a envelope each and he call us to write our best friend address and name on it. Than after writing, go to the teacher's table to find our friendship card. and insert the card and ask for a stamp. And he said, for those who dont have the address will write down their own name and when april he will return us. I did not write my best friend address because i have alot of best friend and i can't make the decision. After every one submit the friendship envelope, Mr chua gave us a newspaper article about Buddist and Taoist leader accepts pastor's apology. After that Mr chua ask us if we will forgive or not forgive a person if he/she insult our religion. Some of us said yes while some said no. As for me, i won't forgive that person if that person insult my religion because i did not insult his/her religion and why she insult mine for no reasom. So, i won't forgive.
After that Mr chua ask us if they was right to force Shylock to change his religion. As for me, i think they should not force Shylock to change his religion even though he did something wrong. Because Shylock has his rights to chose what religion he wants to believe in. After all discussion, the bell rang and we greeted Mr chua and the lesson ended.
Merchant of Venice :
Romeo & Juliet :
On monday, Mr Chua came in our class, and we greeted him as usual. After that, he call us to hand in the friendship card and he gave us a piece of worksheet which contains a few dialogue of Shylock and Portia, and at the bottom of the paper there's 3 question. The instruction was to do the worksheet in the class, and finish in 10 minutes time. When I was doing the worksheet, I have difficulties understanding and answering the questions. 10 minutes later, the time was up, and we handed in the worksheet to teacher. After handing in the worksheet, he chose 6 people to answer those question. Each question teacher ask 2 people to say out what they had writen on their paper. Then he gave everyone another piece of worksheet. He told us to read out the passage on the paper .After that, he told us to do the first question on the worksheet. We will finish the rest at home. After that, Mr Chua used his laptop to show us the marks of our learning logs. He said those whose learning log mark is 60 marks and below will stay back and do a proper one until he is satisfied with it. I got to stay back because I scored 56. Than the bell rang and those whose learning log was 60 marks and above left the class and went home, while I stayed inside the class and finish up the post. After I finished, I gave the post to Mr Chua to inspect than he said, " Ok, you can go." I then pack my things and walked out of the class.
On friday, there's no lesson due to the Lunar Chinese New Year celebration.
On monday, before Mr chua came into our class, our class was in a chaos.Mr chua came. He call us to get our literature file and line up outside. He than brought us to the grass field downstairs our class block. He called us to sit in three rows. The first thing he did was he gave us 30 seconds to think about what friendship is about. After that Mr chua call out some index number. The owner of those number was Amy, Hong Rong and Daryl. Than after that Mr chua told us the friendship between Bassanio and Antonio. Their friendship was priceless. Antonio sacrifice his one pound of flesh just because he borrowed money from shylock and lended it to Bassanio. And he can't pay shylock because his ship sank. Therefore Bassanio causes Antonio to be in this state. After that we went back to the class and Mr chua gave us a friendship each to decorate it as International Friendship Day is coming. By the time he finish distributing, the school bell rang and our lesson ended.
On friday, there's no lesson due to the 10th aniversary concert.
