English Lesson on Wednesday 4 July

Dear all,

I've gone through the first page of visible thinking worksheet 7 with the class. In addition, I've provided the boys with a piece of sample writing. Please note that I'll be doing focus writing with our boys for Writing Practice 7. This means that I'll mainly work on exposing our boys to the various ways of writing an introduction.

For starters, the sample writing of the introduction I've written in class showcases the technique of highlighting the climax in the story at the beginning of the story i.e. black out in the MRT Train.

As for homework,

1) Please complete visible thinking worksheet 7.

2) Go through the following websites to find 5 suitable quotes or proverbs to use in the introduction of your story.
http://www.learn-english-today.com/proverbs/proverbs.html
http://www.brainyquote.com/
I've provided 2 sample writings depicting the use of a quote and a proverb in the introduction.

Sample introduction 1:

"The only mistake in life is the lesson not learned"-Albert Einstein Bravo! I totally agree with this quote. Amongst all his quotes,without any dispute, this is my favourite. Want to know why? Well ... ...

Sample introduction 2:

Every cloud has a silver lining. Whilst some may say it is true,I beg to differ. The truth is, I have been through an absolutely tramatic event, one that has somewhat changed my perspective towards life ... ...