music …

today is the last CCA day for my YI Band students (and teachers as well) as we are graduating the last batch of students from bukit batok campus. “said a few words” to the students, and this is what i shared with them:

Music enables us to forge friendship lifelong.

(Tan, 2021)

received this set of notes from the students, and am glad to have forged lifelong friendship with them too (students now, but friends in 8 mths’ time).

LEGO与论说文的启示: an object lesson

this is my first ever ‘object lesson’, and it’s about the lessons LEGO (bricks) can bring to argumentative writing (论说文 aka 议论文).

things needed for the lesson:
1. 5x LEGO bricks per student; any colour except RED; ideally of different size and/or length
2. 2x RED bricks per student
3. recently completed student essays
4. a model essay (can be a student’s work)

students are given 2 minutes to freely create a 5-brick structure using the given LEGO bricks.

and the 启示 are: #4IdeaImprovement

  • LEGO有长有短:各段落有长有短,各段内容的量可能不同(e.g. 例子的了解、把握度)
  • (越)大块的LEGO:(越)有分量的段落内容
  • 分开的LEGO块 :(零散的)内容(cf. 篇)
  • 连在一起的LEGO块与块:议论文中的各段与段(开头+分论点一至三+结尾)
  • LEGO块与块之间的稳固联系何来?突起的不起眼的”connectors” (即顺序副词)
  • 当LEGO块多的时候,只看得见的是吸睛的头尾红色bricks(即开头段写得好的重要性;结尾的红起首尾呼应之效)
吸睛的红色LEGO bricks

that’s all for now (:

first note of 2021

柚子•美酒•月光•杯 cheers to welcome 2021, wishing health to return to the world and happiness to resume/improve for the world too in the new year 🥂
and a qotd to start the year (thanks the Crew for inspiring it):

“All sailings are good sailings; all weather’s good weather 🥳”

(Tan, 2021)