Things to do to enhance English

1. start with aim and objectives, such as 

• pass or get a good grade in my English tests of the Form 5 studies
• analyse and understand the testing items
• do the exercises and practices
• revisit and review the exercises and practices at least three times.
• make sure the testing items become familiar and mistakes can be avoided in the future

1. get support from people around 

• from parents, teachers, or friends
• let you sit for the tests 
• review the results
• provide suitable advice or ways to further enhance your English

1. be determine to stick to your objectives and plans

• remind yourself the objectives
• encourage yourself by small rewards  
• get linked with others to support you.
• control your time to achieve your objectives 

Summary Chapter 5-10

Introduction
The novel, Holes written by Louis Sachar was first published in 1998. Stanley Yelnats, the hero of the novel was described as a boy under a curse. He was sent to the Camp Green Lake. He going to dig a hole everyday at the camp.

Stanley Yelnats finished to dig his first hole. He felt very tired after it. Mr.Pendanski told him the first hole was the hardest but the campers told him the true. That was the second hole will be harder to dig. He were starting to dig the second hole. He found a fossil of fish in his second hole. He remembered Mr. Pendanski told him if he could find something the warden interested in, he will had a day off. Stanley gave the fossil to Mr. Pendanski but he didn't had a day off because the warden didn't feel it was interesting.

Characters
The four main characters in the story include: Stanley Yelnats, X-Ray, Zero, and Mr. Pendanski

Setting
Stanley Yelnats was a good boy. He was unjustly sent to a camp called Camp Green Lake. It is a boys' detention centre where the boys learn to do good by digging holes all day long.

Plot

The main plot of the story starts with the unjust act of sending Stanley Yelnats to the youth detention centre at Camp Green lake. He is facing difficult tasks digging holes and learning to rebuild his characters.


My thoughts
I think the warden should be finding something. But if it was not a fossil, what could the boys find under a dried-up lake?

New words I learn from the story Holes

scratchy cot - scratchy cot吊床- scratchy cot, scratchy cot

Book Report

Introduction


Characters


Setting



Plot




My thoughts

Chapter 1 to 5 Summary

Stanley Yelnats was a fat boy. He didn't do anything bad but everybody thought that he was a bad boy. He seems to be under a curse of having poor or rotten character.


He was unjustly sent to a camp called Camp Green Lake. Camp Green Lake had no green plants or lakes. It was hot and dirty. It is a boys' detention centre where the boys learn to do good by digging holes all day long.


Stanley's counselor was called Mr. Pendanski. The name Pendanski has similar pronunciation as three simple words: pen, dance and key. Mr. Pendanski was kind. He introduced Stanley to the old campers: Alan and Rex. They had their nick names, known as Spuid and X-Ray.

summary

Stanley Yelnats was a fat boy. He didn't do anything bad but everybody thought that he was a bad boy. Once, He was sent to a camp which called Camp Green Lake. Camp Green Lake had no any green plants or a lake. There was hot and dirty. Stanley's counselor was called Mr. Pendanski, which was similar pronunciation with three simple words pen, dance and key. Mr. Pendanski was kind. He introduced Stanley to the old campers. They are Alan and Rex. They had their own nice name, Spuid and X-Ray.

Holes - By Louis Sachar

Read chapters 1-5 of the book. Write a summary of about 100 words for each chapter.

Writing Task

Music is not practical and not valuable. Children should not be taught music at school. They should rather learn computing and science. Do you agree or disagree?

Nowadays, music is taught by many schools as a subject. Some people thought computing and science are more useful than music. I strongly agree to that. I will discuss three points to support my stance.

Firstly, the view that music is not practical and not valuable is quite right. Playing or learning music can't be a productive activity in our daily life. Music is usually played for personal purpose and competitions. If students are not interested in music, they will not play well. Therefore, learning music in schools is a waste of time to those who do not like music.

Secondly, computing and science are more useful than music. These subjects are more practical and useful. Although some students are not interested in these two subjects, they can still apply it's principle in our daily life to solve problems.

Lastly, school time is limited. Teachers do not have enough time to teach the syllabi. If music is taught in school, other subjects will have less time to teach. It affects the overall curriculum.

To conclude, I would suggest that music should not be a compulsory subject of school because not all students are interested in it and it is not so practical and not valuable as other subjects. So, schools should offer music as a optional subject.

Tasks to do

Call for Help - Comprehension
Writing Task -

Writing task (essay)
Music is not practical and not valuable. Children should not be taught music at school. They should rather learn computing and science. Do you agree or disagree? 

Homework

1. 2 synonym comprehension tests
2. Poem worksheet

Home Work

1. Value of Colleage Education
2. Passive smoking - 4 pages

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

http://www.funbrain.com/journal/Journal.html?ThisJournalDay=1&ThisPage=1

Argumentative Essay

I agree that online activities can do more good than harm to students. It's because of the three reasons below.

Firstly, browsing the internet helps youngsters to learn more. It helps them get some useful knowledge and information. For example, many students browse the internet for their study and project work. They can access different kinds of information: data, pictures, articles, and research reports.

Secondly, online activities help young people to easily communicate with each others. They are considered to be better ways for communication. Online facilities such as MSN, facebook, and blog are widely used nowadays.

Lastly, online games help students to reduce their study pressures. They also help them to meet new online friends. There are a lot of fun online games for users to choose. However, students need to limit themselves not to spend excessive time playing these games.

To conclude, online activities are indispensable nowadays. It is not wise for parents to stop their children to access the internet. But, it is necessary for youngsters to control the usage of the internet and gain a balance between studying and engaging in the online activities.

The Warm and Cold

Freezing dusk is closing
Like a slow trap of steel
On trees and roads and hills and all
That can no longer feel.
But the carp is in its depth
Like a planet in its heaven.
And the badger in its bedding
Like a loaf in the oven.
And the butterfly in its mummy
Like a viol in its case.
And the owl in its feathers
Like a doll in its lace.

Freezing dusk has tightened
Like a nut screwed tight
On the starry aeroplane
Of the soaring night.
But the trout is in its hole
Like a chuckle in a sleeper.
The hare strays down the highway
Like a root going deeper.
The snail is dry in the outhouse
Like a seed in a sunflower.
The owl is pale on the gatepost
Like a clock on its tower.

Moonlight freezes the shaggy world
Like a mammoth of ice -
The past and the future
Are the jaws of a steel vice.
But the cod is in the tide-rip
Like a key in a purse.
The deer are on the bare-blown hill
Like smiles on a nurse.
The flies are behind the plaster
Like the lost score of a jig.
Sparrows are in the ivy-clump
Like money in a pig.

Such a frost
The flimsy moon
Has lost her wits.

A star falls.

The sweating farmers
Turn in their sleep
Like oxen on spits.

Dog Fight

he draws up against my rear bumper in the fast lane,
I can see his head in the rear view mirror, his eyes
are blue and he sucks upon a dead cigar.
I pull over. he passes, then slows. Idon't like
this.
I pull back into the fast lane, engage myself upon
his rear bumper. we are as a team passing through
Compton.
I turn the radio on and light a cigarette.
he ups it 5mph, I do likewise. we are as a team
entering Inglewood.
he pulls out og the fast lane and I drive past.
then I slow. when I check the rear view he is
upon my bumper again.
he has almost made me miss my turnoff at Century.
I hit the blinker and fire across 3 lanes of
traffic, just make the off-ramp...
blazing past the front of an inflammable tanker.
blue eyes comes down from behind the tanker and
we veer down the ramp in separate lanes to the signal
and we sit there side by side, not looking at each
other.
I am caught behind an empty school bus as he idles
behind a Mercedes.
the signal switches and he is gone. I cut to the
inner lane behind him, then I see that the parking
lane is open and I flash by inside of him and the
Mercedes, turn up the radio, make the green as the
Mercedes and blue eyes run the yellow into red.
they make it as I power it and switch back ahead of
them in their lane in order to miss a larked vegetable
truck.
now we are running 1-2-3, not a cop in sight, we are
moving through a 1980 California July
we are driving with skillful nonchalance
we are moving in perfect anger
we are as a team
approaching LAX:
1-2-3
2-3-1
3-2-1

Betty and Ball

Betty bounced a ball at Beijing Bay.
Did Betty bounce the ball at Bejing Bay?
If Betty bounced the ball at Bejing Bay,
Where's the ball Betty bounced ?