Family!

Songs

Movies

1.) "Oh, How the Years Go By" by Vanessa   Williams 2.) "My Wish" by Rascal Flatts 3.) "Song for Dad" by Keith Urban 4.) "A Song for Momma" by Boyz II Men 5.) "Remember When" by Alan Jackson 6.) "Grow Old Along With Me" by Mary Chapin Carpenter 7.) "Find Your Wings" by Mark Harris 8.) "One More Day" by Diamond Rio 9.) "Love Will Keep Us Alive" by the Eagles 10.) "The Dance" by Garth Brooks 11.) "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" by Van Morrison 12.) "My Little Girl" by Tim McGraw 13.) "I'll Still Be Loving You" by Restless Heart 14.) "In My Daughter's Eyes" by Martina McBride 15.) "I Hope You Dance" by LeeAnn Womack 16.) "Butterfly Kisses" by Bob Carlisle 17.) "Dance With My Father" by Luther Vandross 18.) "In the Living Years" by Mike and the Mechanics 19.) "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong 20.) "I Will Be Here" - Steven Curtis Chapman 21.) "We Are Family" - Sister Sledge 22.) "Lean on Me" - The Temptations 23.) "Turn, Turn, Turn" - The Byrds 24.) "You're Gonna Miss This" - Trace Adkins 25.) "Blessed" - Martina McBride 26.) "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" - Barbra Streisand 27.) "Lullabye" - Billy Joel 28.) "Don't Forget to Remember Me" - Carrie Underwood 29.) "I'll Always Be Right There" - Bryan Adams 30.) "My Girl" - The Temptations

1.      Anastasia 2.      The lion king 3.      Finding Nemo 4.      Lilo And Stitch 5.      Home Alone 6.      The Incredibles 7.      Harry Potter 8.      Madagascar 9.      Ice Age 10.

Assessing Students

This time we were ask to mark the students essay in group. The writer's sentence structure is not very good but we still can understand the message or the story that the student was trying to deliver. This students have problem with expressing his/her thought in a suitable terms or in other words he/she has problem with vocabulary. So we have decided to give the students 10/20.Other than that, the student also have punctuation problems,grammatical errors and spelling mistakes.

Integrating Technology in Teaching Writing

Write an article on the topic  ‘Integrating Technology in Teaching Writing ‘. It can be anything related to the slides, own opinion ,how you would use it in the future.

Technology has seeped to almost every aspect of our life. It is very difficult to live without technology these days especially the young generation. Technology  is now part of our life and make our life easier. The applications of technology are used in various field these days. One of it is education. Nowadays, more and more teachers choose to integrate technology in their classroom activities. Learning activity such as writing can get more stimulating to students by involving  technology to it.

I will definitely going to integrate technology in my teaching method. It is because technology has the power to turn a boring lesson into something very enjoyable for the students. It is very important to capture the students focus and attention during teaching and learning process.

Through the integration of technology in teaching writing, the usual and typical teaching and learning process will never be the same again. Through this method the classroom atmosphere will become so much more interesting and exciting not only for the students but also for the teachers.

Websites such as Busy Teacher and BBC School enable teachers to get access to unlimited resources for teaching. These types of websites provide variety of worksheets, lesson plan and activities. Not only it is convenient for the teachers to obtain materials for their lesson but it also lift the burden from the teachers to come out with their own lesson plan and materials. Through  such websites,

 

In addition the existence of  tools such as Prezi, Easy Test Maker and Gloyster enable teachers to create their own material. Hence, if they could not found anything that related to his/her lesson plan, the teachers can always design their own material. For tools such as Prezi, presentation will become a lot more eye catching because of its creative layout.

Moreover, the idea of creating E-Portfolio as a collection of work that has been done is another great example of how useful technology can be if It is widely used in this field. E-Portfolio is not only easy to access but also very convenient to organize.

Nevertheless, there are issues and challenges in implementing the use of technology in teaching writing. For instance, in rural area it will be very tricky to use technology because of the limited access of internet. Without internet, teachers won’t be able to access the available teaching and resources all over the world. Besides, lack of time will also get in the way since teachers are also burden with other activity.

Even though we will be facing problem in integrating technology in teaching writing, but there’s no doubt that it really can bring benefits to teachers and learners. Maybe in the near future  we can see technology being fully use in teaching writing and education in general.

Mini Test

Question 1

construct two instruction using the picture given.

• Instruction 1

Your friend is staying at Kinabalu Daya Hotel. The two of you are plan to meet at Wisma Merdeka . This is the first time your friend arrived at Sabah . So, send her an email to guide your friend to reach Wisma Merdeka from the hotel. Your  message must include:

         - Direction from Kinabalu Daya Hotel to Wisma Merdeka

         - The correct use of prepositions (such as, beside, across, between, from and at)

• Instruction 2

Dear Ana,

I'm at Hyatt Hotel.  Where can I get a good view of Kota Kinabalu ? I heard Signal hill Observatory is perfect to see a complete view of the city. Can you kindly text me how to get there?

Read the text message above and construct a message to reply to your friend’s request.

Your reply must consist of the correct direction to reach Signal hill Observatory.

Question 2.

You are teaching the theme ‘Environments’ to a form three with intermediate level of proficiency. Describe one activity on how to integrate the following thinkings skills into your lesson.
A)     Analysis
B)     Application

 Analysis is comparing and contrasting information. While, application is using the knowledge in a variety of ways.The students are required to produce an essay on the benefits of recycling and the implication if recycling stop being practicing in the future. Students will compare and contrast the situation when recycling is being practice and when nobody willing to recycle anymore. The students will definitely going to use their knowledge on recycling.

Responding To Students 101

Tutorial

• Read the essay distributed.Decide what to do with the errors.Are you going to use  written

  comments, talk to the writer or use checklist? Will you encourage peer edit before the next

  submission? What is your follow-up activity to deal with the most common errors found in

  your essay?

I prefer to do written comments on my students' work compared to talking to the writer directly and use checklist .It is because it will be much more convenient for me to give out my comments. Through this method I don't have to ask them to come one by one just so I can explain and pointed out the errors in their works. I will keep my comment short and simple so the students can easily understand it.I will definitely encourage peer editing as it a great way for the students to identify their mistakes through their friends assessment. This method can be seen as a final prove writing before submitting their final work to the teacher.

Since the student that I assessed has problem with punctuation, I will come out with follow up activity that deal with punctuation.

I will give a set of exercise as shown below:

Punctuate the following texts correctly.

      Ahmad is a fisherman he is forty two years old he lives with his wife azlinah and his three children ana aina and amran in a small beautiful house near the shore sometimes his children will play along the beach

      He is not a rich man but he and his family are happy and grateful with what they have they dont have much money but were blessed with good health a loving family and wonderful friends halim says we couldnt  ask for more