Saturday, April 5, 2008

Presentation Panic

Warning. Long entry ahead.

Hello my darlings. Sorry this took so long but here are the pictures from the presentation. I will not reveal how you did in the presentation in this blog though. These are just some general comments. Your real results and serious commentary will be known on Monday. There are some of you whose presentation I did not get a chance to snap a picture of so I included pictures of your preparation.


Christine and Jie Ling.
They did a beautiful job with the vanguard sheet. I think I will put it up somewhere in the classroom. As you can see, JL is laughing evilly because she knows her presentation is better than the rest. It sort of went like this: Meheheheheh. No surprise that their vanguard is good. Christine is one of the better artists of 3G. Her Pop Art is featured on our classroom's main board!


Aloysius and Denzel.
Firstly I am terribly sorry that I only got to take Aloysius' back of the head. I kept telling him to face the class but he still turned his back on me and read from the vanguard sheet! Now we can't see his handsome face... Denzel was very excited. But then again, Denzel is always excited about something.


Caitlin and Alex.
Cait is very eloquent (that means well spoken) if she is talking to herself, which she does sometimes. However in front of the class, I had to have a bat's hearing to hear her words! Cait is also one of the only two Wisdom girls. Alex is none other than Lex The Worm himself. Sharp fellow. Their vanguard presentation needs a lot of work though. The words and pictures are coming off!


Bryan and Dylan.
In my head, I always call Bryan, Bryan the Brain because he is very witty and writes very well. Dylan is our resident "excellent student" and his friends never let me forget that. Both their presentation and vanguard sheet were well done.


Elroy and Gabriel.
E and G had the longest presentation of them all because Gabe insisted on naming each of the thirteen Malaysian state's capitals among other things. Elroy was content on being the one holding the vanguard. May I just say that Elroy is very very very talkative? OK I just did.


Wen Xin and Warren.
Warren looks very bored here but don't let him deceive you! I think he was the best speaker. Like Cait, he is a smart mouth. But unlike Cait, he is a loud smart mouth. Both of them did a good job.


Nikhita and Divya.
I loved their vanguard sheet with the black construction paper and silver ink. Nikhi and Div were both very soft and I could hardly hear a word they said so I had to stand closer to the front when they presented. They had a lot of interesting facts on the presentation.


Leeroy and Paul.
These two are 3G's shy boys. They took turns speaking. There was one instant when Lee was supposed to speak but didn't and Paul looked at him angrily. This is the moment I think? I think they were OK.


Anne and Jolyn.
You can't tell from this picture but they kept laughing during their presentation. Anne is quite a confident speaker. This is probably because she is used to stage presence as she is in the choir. Jolyn, on the other hand, kept looking at Anne. Anne doesn't like it when I call her 'Annie' because her sister, Charmaine, was the main star in Annie the Musical! But I call her Annie anyway.


Fabien and Naveed.
Fabien looked very dashing in his traditional Filipino costume. He is not Filipino, of course. This team was quite good because Naveed is a good speaker while Fabien had a lot of facts in his presentation.


Shu Yi and Sindhuja.
This team did a presentation in unison. That means they spoke together at once. It shows that they put in a lot of effort in it. They were very good. Shu Yi and Sindhuja look like they are singing opera or something, right? Well, they weren't.


Ivan and Professor. I mean, Philip.
Now it may look like this team just stood there and said nothing but that is not true! Surprisingly, Ivan was too soft to be heard, considering he has the loudest voice in class. Professor -- I mean, Philip -- memorised his speech, I think. In all, they did OK. I hope Phil doesn't mind me calling him Professor. He just has a good vocabulary. Like a professor.


Kimberly and Fang Qi.
Meet 3G's smallest, cutest girls. I am proud of Fang Qi this term because she is trying very hard to be among the top in class. That is not an easy thing when you are in 3G. Their presentation was very soft. They were also very nervous but were courageous about it. They gave a complete presentation without faltering. Good job!


Ryan and Travis.
I am very worried about these two boys. They fool around so much in class that they get
careless in their daily work! As you can see Travis stole Fabien's Filipino shirt and was very proud of it :D They did OK on their presentation. Both read from the vanguard sheet.


Song Lin and Pei Xuan.
I like how they cut the edges. Very creative. Song Lin is my JokesMaster. She is always saying 'Miss Hidayah, do you want to hear a joke?' Pei Xuan is very cute. She always scream 'Ahhh Don't call me that' when I call her Pei Pei. OK, she doesn't scream. I'm exaggerating. Anyway, their presentation could be better. Not enough facts.

Here are those whom I did not get to snap pictures of during the presentation!


Shawn and Han Seng posing for the camera.


Ashley and Sze Kaye.
Ash is very camera shy. I have no idea why...


Ad'n (pronounced as AD-nee) and Skyler. (You can see Paul in the background posing for the camera :D )


Fernanda, You Xuan and Dawn.
Ah, my whiz girls. I love my whiz girls. Fernanda, YX and Dawn are quiet and very clever girls who hardly give me any trouble in class. I really enjoyed their company when we went for that movie outing!


Gina and Yi Hui.
They laughed and laughed and laughed :D Yi Hui is the second Wisdom girl. Gina was in Hope but then I changed her place to Joy but then again, I changed her place back to Hope because Warren was unbearably noisy.


Poor Darren could not join the presentation fun because he was absent during the topical Math Test and had to do it while the others did their preparatory presentation work. He looked very miserable.

What a long post! I am very tired! Goodnight. See you on Monday.

PS: Jolyn. Stop bringing outsiders in here. This is 3G's blog. I trusted you!

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Of Bullying

Assignments:
1. Division (C-A) Worksheet
2. Longman English Unit 1 Activity 12, 13, 15, Unit 3 Activity 4.

Reminders:
1. Founder's Day TOMORROW, there will be no lessons so do not bring your books. Things to bring include:
-Storybook
-Stationery
-Waterbottle
-Yourself

2. Report straight to our beautiful classroom when you reach school.
3. School will end at noon.

Hello everyone. I think today went very well. However, your presentations were below expectations! Your voices were very soft and I could not hear most of what you presented. That aside, I think it was a very good effort. I could tell some of you put in a lot of effort for the presentation vanguard sheet and your speech.

There are several who did very well. I will post the pictures tomorrow maybe.

Science was fun, wasn't it? You Geniuses participate most when it is time for Science. Even the soft spoken ones among you participate like Fernanda, Christine, Dawn, Sze Kaye, Kimmy, Ashley, You Xuan, Cait, Yi Hui and Song Lin. This is why I enjoy teaching Science. I get to listen to all your opinions!

Mark told the class something very interesting which I did not know recently. The flying fish can actually use its tail to propel itself back up in the air without diving back into water! That is a very cool piece of information! We spoke of many things. Neanderthals, fire ants, beetles and what it would be like if the animal kingdom had human intelligence!

I hate violence in the classroom. It seems there is a rise of violence among you. I will not mention any names but the actions include, pinching, kicking, punching, pushing and even spitting!

These acts are disgusting and cowardly! It is not fit for Lasallians who are grouped under the names of Courage, Hope, Joy, Love, Effort and Wisdom. I have said from the first day I met you that bullies are cowards and violence is for the mindless. Bullies can come in many forms. Insulting and name calling is bullying too. Only cowards bully.

Before you do anything to hurt anyone, think to yourself: Am I really a coward to do such a cowardly thing? Am I really incapable of using my brains?

You are good young boys and girls with excellent minds. I do not see any reason for you to behave foolishly! Especially towards your friends.

My respect for you will continue to lower if I hear anymore complains about you hitting, pushing, pinching, kicking, spitting or insulting anyone.

Remember this now, and for life: Bullying is for the weak. The strong and wise will walk away to avoid any more anger or fights. It is easy to hurt other people but it takes courage to walk away. Be proud of walking away because it means you have won.

See you tomorrow! I'll upload your beautiful pictures tomorrow and you may gaze at them in shameless admiration :D

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

The April Fool

Assignment:
Research on Southeast Asian country to be done on vanguard sheet. Presentation will be on Thursday. Main points to be included:
-Full name of country
-Capital
-Population
-Climate
-Leader

*Pictures are compulsory

Today's General Knowledge Question:
How many states are there in Malaysia? [Answered by Shawn: 13]

There is nothing much to post today other than the fact that the class was being very silly because of April Fool's Day. (-_-") You see, my class is very polite so before they started with their fooling around, they asked me, "Miss Hidayah, will you punish us if we play pranks on you?"

After giving it some thought, I said, "no. " They cheered and I had a sinking feeling. Oh no... So from that point onwards, they bombarded me with many April Fool claims like, "Miss Hidayah there's a bee near your head!" or "Miss Hidayah! Fabien didn't wear underwear today!" or "Miss Hidayah! There's one dollar on the floor!" After all these wild claims, they will immediately shout, "APRIL'S FOOL!" even before I could react.

I think the class derived more pleasure from shouting APRIL FOOL than actually fooling me!

The topical test went quite well with only seven scoring below 16. That will not be a problem as I have prepared worksheets for them to practise. No worries, in no time at all, these seven will have the same scores as the others.

I am looking forward to Thursday's presentation! I hope all of you work hard for it. I will be taking pictures.

See you tomorrow.

Monday, March 31, 2008

The Cursed Chair

Today's Gen Knowledge Questions:
Which male of the species can get pregnant?
[Answered by Song Lin: Seahorse]

Which continent is also a country?
[Answered by Jie Ling: Australia]

Name five classic English authors.
[Answered by Gabriel: (Can one of you tell me what his answers were? I have forgotten.)]

Happy Birthday, Ad'n!

The class sang him a song and sounded as horrible as usual :D He gave the class sweets and me, a Heart, Choco and worms. Here they are:





Another day. Monday and Tuesdays are in my opinion the worst days of the week. Mondays because we have to do Spelling and Dictation and Tuesdays because I only have four periods with the Geniuses, one of which is Health Education.

Today's main highlight is
THE CURSED CHAIR.
In Group Hope, there is a chair where Warren used to sit in. As you may recall, he is the boy who laughs until his face turns red. Now, a girl whose name I will not reveal because you know it anyway, has fallen victim to
THE CURSE. She was not able to stop laughing for a very long time and suffers from a stomach ache because of it! Also, she accidentally knocked her head on the table because of too much laughter. You see, my Geniuses? Excessive (means too much) laughing can be dangerous...

The situation got worse when I could not even look at her face because I will start laughing myself! Such is the power of
THE CURSE...

Anyway, speaking of Group Hope, Song Lin told me another joke. I can't write it down here as it needs drawings. Song Lin made me choose option A just so she could say "HAHA MISS HIDAYAH WANT TO LIVE IN A TOILET BOWL!" Actually I chose option C... (-_-")


Today I spoke to Fang Qi at last after wanting to speak with her for quite a while. Before I could start my speech, she took out a thick Vocabulary book and proceeded to ask me the meaning of many many many many many words. Okay, it was not that many. I was not able to tell her the meaning of tenacious even though I knew it because that movie TENACIOUS D: PICK OF DESTINY kept flashing in my head. Anyway, tenacious means persistent, firm, stubborn. It can also mean to holding firm to something.

I can't tell you what I told Fang Qi. There may come a time when I ask you to come speak to me personally.

Dawn was slightly sick today. It is so strange. There are a lot of people getting sick nowadays. Darren is down with something again.

See you tomorrow. Get ready. Oncoming train of assignments and projects!