Week 7

Dear all,

Less than one more week to your first major assessment of the year. Are you studying hard enough? Study hard and study smart.

Here are the recap of the learning points thus far:

English

We went through present and past participle today and how they are used as adjectives (describing words). Present participle is done by adding the -ing to the back to the verb such as amazing, shocking, etc.

Past participle is done by changing the verb to a past or perfect tense.

Note the different between a verb in the participle form and the verb in the continuous form.

Example: The amazing boy is sprinting down the tracks in quick speed.

The word amazing is a participle because it becomes an adjective that describes the boy while the word sprinting is a verb in the continuous form as it shows the action taking place at that moment.

We went through Booklet A of your CA Practice paper and continued to use the Pre-reading thinking activity to plan and understand the comprehension MCQ. Remember to also use the elimination method for your vocabulary MCQs.

Recap of the some of the common grammar rules:

(Verb) (Subject) (Verb --> present tense, plural form)
e.g Father made him complete the work on time.

(Could/can)
(Shall/ should)
(Will/ would)
(Might/ may)
After all these words, the verb being used is in the present tense, plural form!

Science

We have officially completed the workbook for energy. Here is the video for today's main new topic on the Maglev Wind Turbine Power Station which makes use of the repulsion of magnets to reduce energy loss in the form of friction (heat).

Click on this link for further reading

• Energy can never be created or destroyed but only transferred from one form to another
• Solar energy comes from the sun. When there is no sufficient sunlight, solar energy cannot be transferred from the sun to the solar powered objects for work to be done. 
• Water is not a source of energy. MOVING water is a source of energy.
• When a ball is being thrown upwards before it drops down, kinetic energy decreases before rising. Gravitational potential energy increases before it decreases. 
• Iodine is brown colour in original form and turns blue-black under the presence of starch.
• Plants --> Worm --> Bird
• How does the plant become a source of energy for the bird? Remember that you need to state the words 'energy is transferred' The answer here should be "The plant is eaten by the worm and the worm then becomes a source of energy for the bird."

Homework

• Science CA Revision Practice Papers (MCQ and open-ended) TO BE PASSED UP BY THIS FRIDAY!!!

Thank you,

Sincerely,

Mr Nelson Ong