Star Collection 14/2012

Read the instructions carefully.

1. Click on the image. You will see a Microsoft Word document of Star Collection 14.
2. Read the essay carefully.
3. After reading, get a stamped paper.
4. Using blue pen, copy the essay exactly with all the information provided.
5. Highlight the words.
6. If possible, on the same paper (at the back), complete the vocabulary list.
7. Give the part of speech and contextual meaning for all ten words.

Stars will be given out according to this :

• ★★ for the copied essay
• ★ each for every two pairs of correct part of speech and contextual meaning. Maximum  ★★★★★ for each student.
• Total : maximum  ★★★★★★★ (x7) for each student if you copied the essay accurately and managed to get all the part of speech and contextual meaning correctly too.

Submission : 11 June 2012 to Miss Lin, before 7.15 a.m.

Borrowing the Earth

[W.I.T.T 5] We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. Do you agree? Why?

How to respond to the task :

1. Answer to the first question - 'Do you agree?' with a 'Yes' or 'No'.
2. Think of one reason to support your stand.
3. Use the reason in your thesis statement.
4. Explain your reason with minimum two elaborations.
5. Unless you are the first person to comment, you must read the earlier comments. 
6. Start your response with ' The reason is ....................... '
7. Give your idea by commenting on the post. 
8. Do not repeat any of the earlier ideas.
9. Use your own words, your own sentences. Practise honesty.
10. Minimum word limit is 80 words.
11. If you do not use your real name for your Facebook profile, state your name at the end of the comment.
12. Any comment that does not fulfill the requirements stated in this instruction will be deleted, with or without notification.
13. Dateline : 3 June 2012, 12.00 midnight.
14. Star Collection for WITT 5:

• first ten accurate structure :  ★★ (early birds) +  ★★ (standard reward)
• the rest of accurate responses before dateline:  ★★ (standard reward)
• accurate responses after dateline :  ★ (task completion, less one star than the standard reward)

All the best!


Claim your stars for WITT 4 and WITT 5 from 12-15 June 2012.

Have fun!

Be safe!
Do not waste your time too much - I mean it, not too much. You tend to waste your time when in holiday mood but as long as it is not too much, I think it is okay.
Do not forget to help your parents, in any way possible.

Nobody asked about MUET holiday package - we did not plan to give anything serious anyway. So you could expect WITT and maybe one or two Star Collection tasks. Both WITT and Star Collection are not compulsory tasks. If you choose not to do it, don't.

So, to those who are at home already, have a wonderful time! Happy holiday! ^^

Star Reward 1

One Star Collar Pin for every 50 collected stars!

Here it is!

Our new sparkling shining KISAS MUET Star collar pin (but the girls can just pin it on their hijab).

We are giving away one pin for every 50 collected stars.

Congratulations to the first three recipients of one pin each yesterday :

1. Atiyah bt Shaari (6A3)

2. Noor Ameruddin bin Azahar (6A STAM)

3. Siti Umairah bt Misdar (6A3)

We have 100 of these pins with us now and we hope we could give as many as possible to the Upper 6 students this year. The eligible ones of course.

There is no limit of how many star pins one person could collect - we do not mind giving you many of these as long as you earn them properly!

Get ready to collect more stars! ^^

22 May MUET Programme

Today, for the 'Perkampungan Ilmu' slot, we managed to carry out the review for two Trial papers, Listening and Reading. Speaking review was done right after the Speaking examination and Writing review will be carried out after the school break.

Listening review was carried out by Miss Norlini and Reading review by Madam Rohazila. I had basically conducted the Speaking review and will soon conduct the Writing review. Oh, I had also carried out Star Collection 13 (the winner is Group 6 by the way).

In our record, the programme is labelled as 2excel Programme but for school documentation purpose, it is named 'Perkampungan Ilmu'.
These are our general feedback :

1. We have managed to get better slots for MUET. Usually, it is easy to overlook the fact that MUET has 4 papers not 2 like STPM papers. Even though 5 hours for 4 papers (that is including recess and getting ready time) is far from enough (that with us already have taken the initiative to carry out Speaking review much earlier) but it is an improvement. Going by the standard of other STPM papers, which are given two-hour slot for each paper, MUET by right should get 8-hour slot, no? Do the Maths. *
2. We have optimized the time by discussing the recent exam papers. It is indeed a good decision by the MUET Unit to discuss the papers so that when the school reopens we could focus more on getting ready for the real exam i.e. drilling, more mock tests. After all, with a gap of almost one month after sitting for the exam - it is more likely that the students forget about what they had done during the exam anyway.
3. We have grouped the students based on Trial results. The results reflect the updated and most recent language development of the students. So, the pairings are more valid.Remember, No. 4 taking care of No.1 and No. 3 taking care of No. 2? The numbers reflect the students'proficiency level. There are 20 groups of 4 - so many groups, yes, but smaller groups mean better and more active individual participation. We are minimizing the chance for passive members to ride on the group's effort.

So, overall, we are very glad to announce that we are happy with the implementation of the programme. There is still one student who was not very cooperative (the one who was called up to the front), eight students who did not bring their Star Book and two students who did not have Reading paper but most of the students showed participation and intention to learn. Thank you.

p/s: 8-hour slot but not to be carried out at one go! ^^