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to build a community of learners who have strong class spirit and develop ourselves to the fullest potential.

10:51 PM HI :D this is the suggested answer scheme for the Pavlo passage!

SUGGESTED ANSWER SCHEME

a) curious (line 1): peculiar, strange, odd, puzzling, bewildering
b) intensity (line 11): force, magnitude, a large scale, strength, power
c) in profusion (line 16): excessively, abundantly
d) bundled (line 25): wrapped, stuffed
e) imitate (line 36): replicate, simulate
f) blissfully (line 52): happily, contentedly, peacefully
g) crack (line 54): gap, tiny space
h) ferocious (line 62): vicious, frightening, formidable

SUMMARY QUESTION (Information from lines 35 to 75)
(No. Point: paraphrased point.)

It was important for Pavlo to be warm and so …
1. We turned up the central heating in the house to its highest temperature, trying to imitate the jungles of South America: the internal environment was adjusted and heated for his comfort.

2. We massaged his small body with warm olive oil…: Warm olive oil was applied on diminutive frame.

3. He [was]… wrapped in cotton wool for warmth,…: Swathing / Covering Pavlo in cotton wool kept him at a comfortable temperature.

4. So our neighbours could see us carrying our invalid round the garden everytime the sun shone, carefully placing his cushion in every patch of sunlight that appeared.: The family made concerted efforts to expose Pavlo to sunshine.

5. …[W]e gave him a bottle filled with hot water in his bed at night during the cold winter. We gave him a drawer in a cabinet in my room to be his warm bed.: A hot water bottle was placed in the drawer compartment which functioned as Pavlo’s room.

6. First an old towel had to be spread in the drawer and the hot-water bottle wrapped in it so that he did not burn himself.: There were many layers of old cloths to keep Pavlo adequately warm.

7. Then came Pavlo’s blanket – a piece of fur on which he would curl up and close his eyes blissfully.: Pavlo used a woolly blanket to keep himself warm.

8. We had to push the drawer closed for extra warmth,…: The drawer-bed was nearly shut to trap heat.

9. He… climbed into my bed, burrowing under the pillow for extra heat. …[H]e dashed into my brother’s room and crawled into his bed. Here he remained, stretched luxuriously until my brother got up. Sometimes in his efforts to keep warm he joined my sister for a quick snooze before breakfast.: Pavlo enjoyed seeking the warmth of the writer’s and his sibling’s beds in order to maintain his comfort.

10. My sister even bought a baby blanket, and Pavlo liked to be wrapped in this when he went to her room in the morning.: Pavlo enjoyed the protection of the baby blanket which was purchased by the writer’s sister.

11. Downstairs he had plenty of heating. There was an electric lamp in the sitting room and he liked to crawl inside the shade and sit next to the bulb, basking in the heat.: In the lower confines of home, Pavlo favoured the heat of the lamp as the light effectively kept him warm.

12. He also had a cushion by the fire, but he preferred the lamp and it was kept on all day for his benefit,…: A small pillow by the fire contributed to the warm atmosphere.

13. …[H]is meals [were] always washed down with warm milk.: After eating, Pavlo often comsumed warm milk to help him keep warm.

14. In winter we had to be careful to ensure that the windows were closed to prevent Pavlo from being caught in a cold draught.: The windows were shut so that Pavlo would not catch a chill.

15. In the first warm days of spring, Pavlo like to lie under [a cluster of glossy green plants] to keep warm,…: When spring came, he lay beneath a bunch of plants for extra warmth.

Anyway, your summaries (marked) are in class! sorry i didn't manage to give you all your summaries because almost all of you left by the time i received the summaries ._.
and sorry for the messy suggested answer scheme too! ><
ohyeah mrs leslie says she doesn't agree with the last point so yeah.

Thanks anyway! (:
esther.

2:57 PM Found this in the class tray. Wasn't sure if Qinrong/ Ching Yee would see my annoucement and check the class tray so I took it home to scan. (:


URL here: geog population pyramid ws

5:00 PM

• chinese zuo wen due thurs
• eng comprehension skills ws
• math self practice for SA1
• history video notes/question thing

1. There WILL be math clinic on 27/2/09. 10.30-12. Classroom besides Queens staffroom

2. SLI dry weather seating plan: around the spiral staircase near the hall, overlooking platform. Wet weather: in class and tune in to the live telecast .___. Anyway, FT and CLET will be there. (I will put back the seating plans in the class tray so y'all can have a look.) Qinrong or Ching Yee, could you check the class tray tomorrow as I will not be going to class?

3. Sale of flowers for International Women's Day. Qinrong/Ching Yee, pass it around but it's only due 8th March. (The form I will also put back in the class tray.)

4. Founder's Day Coporate T-shirt thingum. Um, I called the teacher and she said she'll photocopy it. It should be in the class tray by tomorrow or something. If it's urgent, Qinrong/ Ching Yee, help requested again.

4:28 PM

• bio quiz on moodle! (as Joanne has pointed out) it'll be closed on friday, I think. Classes with the least number of attempts will be booked!

9:09 PM For those who weren't listening today when I made the announcement, here's what Ms Syazwani said:

For Hist SA tmrw, question 3, if the question is phrased as "how different are the sources" then you list out one similiarity, one difference and compare the purpose of the sources. And you need to take a stand.

If the question asks for "how do the sources differ" or "how are the sources similar", give TWO differences / similarities (depending on what the qs is looking for) and also try to identify the purpose. You don't need to take a stand.

<3 xiaohan!

8:10 PM good luck for SAs, peeps.
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Does anybody volunteer to be IC for the class deco? We haven't done anything (except for qinrong who flourished us with hand and footprints, but unfortunately, are not put up yeett). And I don't feel like chasing you all for deco! So we all know that murder scene is a cool deco theme and next year we won't be in the same class (prolly) and the cool murder scene will be no more! D: So, anybody kind and loving and awesome enough to volunteer and set deadlines for each duties, etc?

6:25 PM HEY everyone!
found this in the class tray after school so I took it. Anw, here is the scanned copy of the lit fa ppt.


yup jia you for sa s and HAPPY MUGGING :D:

<3,
jiale

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Hi, those in IE can't click on the pics (well, at least for me) so here are the urls.
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yup, thanks. Oh, and please remember, when posting pics, post the url too. If you know how to.
-sandra
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10:48 PM


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Hi, urls here.
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-sandra<3
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7:55 PM

• (optional) 4 questions for lit - poem/ ballad
• 我的阅读小档案 thing due T2W1?
• bring chinese dictionary on thurs - 作文
• math assignment

12:26 PM Hi peeps!

I have a suggestion from Samantha whether you guys wanted a class ORA booth. We would be selling stuff we'll be selling on ACP so we can get a feel of how it's like and see which stuff sells better. And the money is used to pay the people who used their money to make the products. The profits can go to our class fund.
^ That is the pros.

Cons:
-Proposal for the stall has to be in by 26th Feb.
-We need an IC for this thing who is willing to take time to do this.

So, do y'all want to do set up a booth or not?

5:37 PM

• math ws
• chinese ws
• geog fa

1. Class photocopy card is here! (I think Bella has it for the moment.) We're thinking of having this new system where whenever you use the card, you pay 5cents per page. Because most people don't use the class photocopy card and it's quite unfair to people who have to pay (class fund) if they don't use it.

2. President's Award for Teachers. Yeah. You can nominate a teacher/teachers for this. I think it's individual nomination. If you want to nominate a teacher, I have a copy of the form. You can also get more forms from GO. Submit it by 27 Feb in a sealed envelope to GO.

11:21 PM Hello guys (:
This is a message on behalf of Low Yi Xian
(aka salty) your CLE rep.
She says:
If you have not received your S-L CLE WS
Please go find her like NOW.
Because it's due on Tuesday (me thinks).
It's the one with the three columned-table,
And the really weird drawing of two girls.
If you still have no idea what I'm talking about,
Go find Low Yi Xian ASAP.
Yeah she's not responsible if you don't have your WS.

<3 xiaohan,
on behalf of Low Yi Xian.

7:23 PM

• math quiz due tmr
• geog china qn due mon
• 3 chinese ws

9:16 PM HEY GUYS! xD

World Math Day 2009 will commence on 3 Mar 2009 Tuesday, at 7pm Singapore time, and runs for 48 hours.
Take part in the World Math Day challenge and pit yourselves against students from all over the world in real-time mental arithmetic games.
In each game, you will be matched with another student from another part of the world, who is logged on and of the same age as you.

You have 60 seconds to answer as many mental arithmetic questions as possible. The more games you play, the more points you will earn! There is no limit to the number of games you can play.
Top students and classes will stand to win medals, awards and trophies.

More information can be found in the document attached.
Sign up now on the Students Portal> Surveys> World Math Day.
After you have signed up, you will be given an account id and password to log on to the game engine at http://www.worldmathday.com , where you may begin to play practice games.


SO, I WAS WONDERING IF OUR WHOLE CLASS WOULD LIKE TO ENTER AND TRY TO WIN STUFF AS A CLASS? COOL HUH? xD


qinrong<333

4:09 PM

• chinese ws due monday
• read 2.6? by tmr

11:34 PM hey guys,
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-sandra
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8:42 PM

• comparison table between plant & animal cells
• bring foolscap paper next eng/lit lesson - FA

7:24 PM Yo guys!

Okay, I have a request. People who have activities on/other issues and won't/might not make it in time for morning assembly/assembly on fridays etc., please inform someone (e.g. your sitting buddy!) to let me/evelyn know. Or you can just tell either one of us yourself.

Yup. Like, if you want to sit with 212 or something during assembly on fridays, please come up to whoever is taking attendance and let us know first. That way we know you're here, and can mark your attendance without having to look all over the hall for you. And if we don't see you, we'll just mark you as Absent. Okay?

Thanks! :D

8:36 PM

• math ws 2
• cle assignment

9:41 AM HELLO GUYS!

for those of you who do not know:
CLE assignment is at the following link
http://inet.rgs.edu.sg/school/students/sec2/sec2-13/Lists/Announcements/DispForm.aspx?ID=9&Source=http%3A%2F%2Finet%2Ergs%2Eedu%2Esg%2Fschool%2Fstudents%2Fsec2%2Fsec2%2D13%2Fdefault%2Easpx

and bio lab report:
http://moodle.rgs.edu.sg/moodle/mod/resource/view.php?inpopup=true&id=2047
click direct link to this file
and then it's a zip file. so extract it lah
then got two folders
"..." and "formative assessment"
click formative assessment
then there are two documents.
one a word document and the other a pdf file.
the word document!
which is titled 2009_lab report template....

hope this helps. :D

4:48 PM

• bio lab report due monday
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM! for accessment policy
• photocopied passport
• parents' letter thing acknowledgement form - pass to qinrong
• write un-cliched scene of first meeting of lovers?
• math ws

5:05 PM

• 4 math ws
• bio report due monday
• cle assignment
• acknowledgement form
• photocopy passport
• fill in details on ClassLogistics doc on class com desktop

4:35 PM

• lab report for bio due monday
• history essay
• geog pyramid ws

1. Table tennis - calling for supporters! B and C div playing against Cedar Girls' School on 16 Feb (mon). supporters interested, respond to the survey by 4pm, 12 feb (tmr). One-way transport will be provided, and only a max. of 40 supporters. Finalised list of supporters will be put up on inet by 5pm, 13 feb. You will be excused from class at 12.50, and report at the foyer at 1.20. Bring your activity cards, duly completed, for signing.

2. KUKUP TRIP!!!
If you need to renew your passport, just fill in the details and update the correct expiry date later. Ppl that need to apply for visa (if you're unsure, check with me, I have the list) travel agent can apply for you, costs about $50. And if you don't know your blood group, leave it blank. Deadline in monday, but since I have to email it to mrs yap and stuff, do it by FRIDAY!

3. President's Award for teachers
Do y'all want to nominate a teacher? Please think about this, and tomorrow, hopefully, we can have a voting session. And we also need to write at least 10 sentences what we treasure most about the teacher. Yeah.

7:57 PM

• math assignment 4
• history essay
• geog pyramid ws

8:45 PM

• eng ws - compare atonement and the undomestic goddess, read emma
• geog pyramid ws
• math assignment 3
• history essay!

8:28 PM

• read few chapters of romance/chick lit novels and do ws
• discuss group ballad
• history FA
• geog ws
• zuo wen & gong han
• math ws
• acknowledgement form
• fill in details on document (class logistics 213'09) on class com desktop
• photocopy passport

8:22 PM

• bio: TS&LS of orange + bring container for mealworms
• download geog ws from inet & also do ws 1
• chinese zuo wen + gong han
• math ws 3, 4, assignment 2
• read up on romance/chick lit?

4:11 PM

• speech: read out the same story next week but in a more formal tone
• zuo weeeeen (but mr tan will let us have time to finish it tomorrow)
• stream of consciousness
• history letter
• geog ws
• math ws
• draw TS & LS of an orange and bring container for mealworms

10:41 PM hi guys!

just a reminder, tmr i'm collecting the lit files and journals of the five people below, hand in to me before recess!
numbers 6, 9, 11, 15, 30. = cheese, chingyee, esther, joanne, tiffany.

mich

8:20 PM
Here's the math thing. The answers for the JUSTIN CASE one.

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<3 sandra
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7:43 PM

• stream of consciousness - in love, plotting, going mad, "God"
• ting xie tomorrow!
• bring container for bio mealworms
• lots of math ws
• read geog notes & activity sheet 3
• history letter writing (yet again)

8:19 PM

• acknowledgement form about assessment policy
• ting xie on wed
• math ws exercise 1 & 2
• geog - read up on china population & activity sheet 3
• history letter (again)

(I'll be repeating this in class too.) For learning journey (geog), we'll be going to Kukup! So I'll be uploading this document onto the class desktop so y'all can fill in your particulars. And also, photocopy your passport. All these due next thursday latest but it'll be good if it's earlier. ;D

12:19 AM HELLO THIS IS SPAM BUT IT IS IMPORTANT SPAM

CHANGE OF PLANS! NEW COLOUR SCHEME ; BROWN AND YELLOW ON GREY.

THINK ITS NOT NICE?

THINK AGAIN!!!



awesome right.

and IN CASE YOU DONT GET IT it's like brown, because brown is a nice colour and less harsh than black, and then the yellow is illumination from the stars. and the swirlies are yellow in some bits too. (:

AND FOR THE BACK THERE ARE CONTESTANTS!

1) YOU ARE FOLLOWING ASTRONAUT {name here}

and

2) {name here} CANNOT COUNT.

I WILL TAKE A VOTE IN CLASS ^_^

and do not complain about the colour(or lack thereof) it is to save YOUR MONEY!!!! and anyway trust me it'll look v pretty. I SHOULD KNOW EH i'm a CAD. and in OM.

anyway leen agrees so YOU HAVE TWO CADS (lol cad) saying so!!

OH CELESTE AGREES TOO. see all the people who can draw agree! :D

okay ya that is it uh IDK about manufacturer but (:. shall get it done lah!