Saturday had a slow beginning with a damp rainy morning, but after some fine tuning of the Audio Visual equipment the event's Geist steadily rose until it reached the level of guided ruckus. The first was a Find Someone Who? game on synonyms/ antonyms. Students used their dictionaries and learned some new vocabulary words. The Form 3 students learned Confidence in Public Speaking via a training module to prepare for their national exam known as the PT 3.
On Sunday, the Form 2 students had a different learning profile compared to their Form 3 peers. It is the result of them being the first class to be raised under the KSSR syllabus. Hence, we replaced the PT 3 workshop with some Advanced Phonics (Bossy 'r', soft 'g/c') After learning new speaking skills, it was time for the first set of 4 stations. The girls were split into 8 competing groups who win prizes at the end pertaining to their team's performance during the stations.
In the first round of stations, the students played Reading and Responding to Text Messages, Interpreting Body Language, Speaking Role Play, and Grammar Jeopardy. Before we commenced the next round of games, we had some minor instruction by Grammar Andy on The Past Progressive Tense to level the skills of the students. Games are great tool for enhancement, enrichment, and practice, but they are never substitute for leaning. In the afternoon sessions, the 4 stations included: Living Sentences, Past Progressive Freeze Game, Oral Dice Game, and The Story Telling Game.
The team of teachers was amazing and the bunches of students were fabulously loquacious!
