Multimodal Writing ...

1.Writing Text

THE FRUIT

There was a guy that dont like anything & blame god on everything ... while walking in the forest he saw a big pin tree , that have small fruits , so he said , god didnt make it well , there is an error in it , how can a such big tree give such a small fruit ?!... 

Then , he saw a small vegetable , that is giving rise to a big fruit & he repeted the same words , god commit an error in making it ... 

When he returned , he slept on the base of the big tree ... while sleeping , a small fruit fall down from the tree on his head ... he woke up saying , thanks god that this big tree has small sized fruits ... 

2. Story Board

STORYBOARD: 

TITLE OF PROJECT: The Fruit

NO	TEXT/NARRATION	MEDIA ELEMENTS	COMMENTS
01	Intro	Black screen Music	Title: The Fruit Track01
02	There was a guy that don’t like anything & blame god on everything.	Image of a guy	Fade in ease in 2x
03	While walking in the forest he saw a big pin tree , that have small fruits , so he said , god didnt make it well , there is an error in it , how can a such big tree give such a small fruit ?!...	Images of a big tree and angry man	Fade in and ease in 2x
04	Then , he saw a small vegetable , that is giving rise to a big fruit & he repeted the same words , god commit an error in making it ...	Images of watermelon and angry man	Fade in and ease out 2x
05	When he returned , he slept on the base of the big tree ... while sleeping , a small fruit fall down from the tree on his head ...	Images of a big tree and a man	Fade in and ease out 2x
06	He woke up saying , thanks god that this big tree has small sized fruits ...	Images of woke up man and pray man	Fade in and ease out 2x
07	Extro	Sunrise and black screen Music	Credits: Produced by… Track08

3. Video Clip

 Enjoy the story!!!

A Reading Web Quest

Introduction

June is ‘Health is Wealth’ month and you have just accepted a job as a journalist for an online health magazine. You have been asked to design a brochure on alternative medicine to be highlighted on the company’s web quest in June.  

Task

1. You will design a brochure using the resources both online and offline for 2 types of 

    alternative medicine (acupuncture, ayurvedic, etc).

2. Provide details of at least 2 new discoveries on using alternative medicine

3. Add in details of places to visit to obtain these alternative medicines

4. You will present your brochure during an exhibition on alternative medicine

5. Evaluate your work using the brochure evaluation tool.

Process

1.            Select a brochure template.

2.            Select 2 types of alternative medicine

3.            Use online, books, and non-print resources to find the information needed to 

               complete the brochure.

4.            Complete the brochure with text and pictures.

5.            Be sure to cite all the sources of your text and images.

6.            Be sure to include all of the information the readers will need.

7.            Use the Brochure evaluation tool to guide your brochure design and 

               information.

8.            Present your brochure in an exhibition held during ‘Health Week’.

Resources

http://altmedicine.about.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_medicine

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/complementaryandalternativemedicine.html

http://nccam.nih.gov/health/acupuncture/introduction.htm

http://nccam.nih.gov/news/multimedia/video/acupuncture/- video

http://altmedicine.about.com/od/massage/a/massage_types.htm

http://advancedhealth.ca/custom_content/c_164907_registered_massage_therapy.html

http://advancedhealth.ca/custom_content/c_164907_registered_massage_therapy.html?save=1

http://www.massagehealththerapy.com/

http://www.5min.com/Video/Depression-Massage-Therapy-Video-3460767

http://www.herbandneedle.org/practice.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXgVz4ZqAxo

Evaluation

Use the brochure evaluation tool to evaluate the brochure. This same evaluation tool will be used by the teacher to evaluate your brochures. Click here.

Conclusion 

Plan an exhibition during ‘Health Week’ to display your brochures and explain the topic on Alternative Medicine.

I have done a sample brochure for you to see. Click here to have a view.

How webquest can be applied in my classroom..

I think it's good for us as a teacher if we know all this technology. It's a good away to expose our pupils to all this. They can learn many things using the webquest. They can get more knowledge with explore from the webquest. It is useful to my pupils if they want to know and learn something in a new way, beside from text book.

Beside that, it's an easy way where the pupils can get all the information about what they have learn during class. They can do it their own revision at home by the webquest. It's a good thing if they realize the advantages of using the webquest.

In future, I'll try to use the webquest as a part of my teaching aids.

Best of luck!!!

Lesson Plan - Podcast for Listening & Speaking

Listening Lesson Plan

Focus	Listening
Theme	World of Knowledge
Topic	Let’s Eat
Introduction	Types of Fruits
Content Standard	1.2 By the end of 6-year primary schooling, pupils will be able to listen and respond appropriately in formal and informal situations for a variety purposes.
Learning Standard	1.2.2 Able to listen to and follow:           (a) simple instructions in the classroom
Time	30 minutes
Teaching Aids	Magic box, real fruits (banana, apple, orange, mango, papaya, pear), fruit picture cards, Power point Presentation, recording, Worksheet 1 (Tick (√) the correct pictures), Worksheet 2 (Match the pictures to the words) and Worksheet 3 (Write the words).
Pre – listening	1)    Teacher brings a ‘magic box’ which is fined with many types of fruits. 2)    Teacher tells pupils that today they will learn about fruits. 3)    Teacher asks the pupils to guess what fruits are in the magic box. 4)    Teacher writes the pupils answer on the whiteboard. 5)    Teacher shows the fruits inside the ‘magic box’. 6)    Teacher reveals the topic of the day ‘Let’s Eat’. 7)    Teacher shows power point presentation featuring pictures of different types of fruits such as: a)    banana b)    apple c)    mango d)    orange e)    papaya f)     pear *(refer Appendix 1 : handout of slides) 8)    Pupils say aloud the words and spell the words after teacher.
While – listening	1)    Teacher tells pupils that they are going to listen to a recording (refer Appendix 2-4: task script) 2)    Teacher distributes Worksheet 1 to pupils. (refer Appendix 5: Tick (√) the correct pictures) 3)    Teacher plays recording for the first time to familiarize pupils with the words and to identify fruits while listening. 4)    Teacher asks pupils to listen to the instructions and follow the instruction given for Worksheet 1. 5)    Teacher asks pupils to compare their answers with their friends sitting next to them. 6)    Teacher shows the correct answers. 7)    Teacher distributes Worksheet 2 to pupils. (refer Appendix 6: fruits pictures and words) 8)    Teacher plays the recording for the second time to get pupils to identify the fruit words while listening. a)    Pupils match the pictures to the correct words 9)    Teacher asks pupils to compare their answers with their friends sitting next to them. 10) Teacher shows the correct answers. 11) Teacher plays the recording for the task 3. a)     Pupils listen to the recording and do the worksheet given        12) Teacher discusses the answer with the pupils.
Post - listening	1)    Teacher distributes Worksheet 3 (write the words) (refer to Appendix 10) to pupils to be done individually.

All the best for my luvly pupils...

Today, all the school's in Perak having Final Year Examination...
I pray for the success result for all my pupils...
All the best!!!
Hope all of you get a good result.
Chaiyok!!

Am I a techno-constructivist teacher?

I think I am not a techno-constructivist teacher. I am a software technicians. It is because I have begun to use common applications for my own personal use. I am using the techology just for my own sake. I am using internet to chit chat with my friend, to search information, to get information from the lecturer, buy something and etc.

I am ready to introduce it to my pupils but it's hard for me to use it in the classroom because of time constrain. It's not easy if I am going to teach pupils using the technology such as projecter and computer.Beside that, it's hard for me to teach my pupils about the techlonogy because of the limited facilities in class and school. My schools only have five computers that can be using in the computer lab. Then, there is no internet access at my school. So, how am I going to teach my pupils about the technology???

It's good to know about technology but it's hard to use it if we have limited facilities of technologies. But as a teacher, I have to take it as a challenges...All I do is for my lovely pupils.