Chapter 7, page 66
"He sat back on the bank and fought crying. Then let it come and cried for perhaps three, four minutes. Long tears, self-pity tears, wasted tears."
1. Why did the author use three types of adjectives to describe the tears?
Explain clearly the meaning of each choice of adjective.
2. What is the effect of grouping 3 short phrases about the tears together?
Thursday, 9 April 2009
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
Hehe... The crayfish has to moult because it is too big to fit into its old shell. Therefore, when the shell is too big, it splits. However, it does not split anywhere. The crayfish is able to come out of its old shell as it splits open at a weak spot behind the head.
Actually, the weak spot is the part where we always break in order to get the meat of the crayfish! Haha!=)
The crayfish squeezes itself out from behind the head. The head of the crayfish will come out first and it will just pop out! After that, it will slowly move the lower body upwards so that it can come out. It pulls itself out and when it is almost reaching the end, it just comes out totally without hesitation!! And there is the new crayfish!!
Xinyi(:
Actually, the weak spot is the part where we always break in order to get the meat of the crayfish! Haha!=)
The crayfish squeezes itself out from behind the head. The head of the crayfish will come out first and it will just pop out! After that, it will slowly move the lower body upwards so that it can come out. It pulls itself out and when it is almost reaching the end, it just comes out totally without hesitation!! And there is the new crayfish!!
Xinyi(:
Saturday, 28 March 2009
Do you want to know how a crayfish mould?
Here's the URL : youtube.com/watch?v=mF6NgMBcNCM
Here's the URL : youtube.com/watch?v=mF6NgMBcNCM
Friday, 27 March 2009
Today was one of the most mermorable day in Bukit Timah Primary School. 6GRACE WAS THE CHAMPION OF THE PRIMARY 6 LEVEL AND THE WHOLE SCHOOL.
For the Novelty Event today, a total of 8 pupis from our class participated and we came in last. But it is alright as at 10.30 a.m., we went up to the hall and Mdm Junida was announcing the winners of the Novelty Event. But the most exciting part was who was the best in the level and school. Suddenly, Mrs Chien told us that we will be getting the 'Best in Primary 6' and 'Best in the school" trophy. I was pretty confident that we will get the 'Best in Primary 6' trophy but I was puzzled about the 'Best in the school' trophy as other classes like 4Faith and 5Hope got a couple of gold medals too. So I was telling Mrs Chien that maybe the trophy do not belong to us. I forgot about the winners of Primary 3 but true enough, 4Faith won the best in the level and 5Hope also won the trophy. Then it was the Primary 6's turn. As Mdm Junida asked "Who do you think will be the champion of Primary 6?" Then our class went crazy shouting "6Grace!" So Mdm Junida announced that it was really 6Grace. At that time, we went "6Grace!6Grace!" and Audrey went up to collect the prize. Then later was the trophy for the best in the school and Mdm Junida said it was 6 Grace. At that time, I was shocked as I thought 5 Hope would win the trophy but I still continued cheering for 6Grace as Yun Na went up the stage to collect the prize. Later the class that won the prize would stay back, so we stayed back for a while before taking a class picture with the 2 trophies. Carlo was holding the 'Best in the school' trophy and raising it up high.
After that, we went back to class. Mrs Chien said she wanted to give us 2 words so she drew a heart and wrote the word SUPPORT. She said that we won the trophies because other people give in their skills but we gave in our heart. Then she said that if other classes cheered that loud, it was okay because at Primary 4, you do not need to be cool and when it comes to Primary 5, we will hardly open our mouth and cheer and at Primary 6 , everyone will not be cheering as they want to look cool. Then Mrs Chien said our class was ugly as we were cheering. I mean ugly in a good sense like we were cheering like mad and that encourages our promising athletes to get the medals.
I AM SURE THAT 6GRACE PUPILS INCLUDING ME ENJOYED THE PROCESS ALTHOUGH SOME OF OUR RUNNERS DID NOT GET A MEDAL
For the Novelty Event today, a total of 8 pupis from our class participated and we came in last. But it is alright as at 10.30 a.m., we went up to the hall and Mdm Junida was announcing the winners of the Novelty Event. But the most exciting part was who was the best in the level and school. Suddenly, Mrs Chien told us that we will be getting the 'Best in Primary 6' and 'Best in the school" trophy. I was pretty confident that we will get the 'Best in Primary 6' trophy but I was puzzled about the 'Best in the school' trophy as other classes like 4Faith and 5Hope got a couple of gold medals too. So I was telling Mrs Chien that maybe the trophy do not belong to us. I forgot about the winners of Primary 3 but true enough, 4Faith won the best in the level and 5Hope also won the trophy. Then it was the Primary 6's turn. As Mdm Junida asked "Who do you think will be the champion of Primary 6?" Then our class went crazy shouting "6Grace!" So Mdm Junida announced that it was really 6Grace. At that time, we went "6Grace!6Grace!" and Audrey went up to collect the prize. Then later was the trophy for the best in the school and Mdm Junida said it was 6 Grace. At that time, I was shocked as I thought 5 Hope would win the trophy but I still continued cheering for 6Grace as Yun Na went up the stage to collect the prize. Later the class that won the prize would stay back, so we stayed back for a while before taking a class picture with the 2 trophies. Carlo was holding the 'Best in the school' trophy and raising it up high.
After that, we went back to class. Mrs Chien said she wanted to give us 2 words so she drew a heart and wrote the word SUPPORT. She said that we won the trophies because other people give in their skills but we gave in our heart. Then she said that if other classes cheered that loud, it was okay because at Primary 4, you do not need to be cool and when it comes to Primary 5, we will hardly open our mouth and cheer and at Primary 6 , everyone will not be cheering as they want to look cool. Then Mrs Chien said our class was ugly as we were cheering. I mean ugly in a good sense like we were cheering like mad and that encourages our promising athletes to get the medals.
I AM SURE THAT 6GRACE PUPILS INCLUDING ME ENJOYED THE PROCESS ALTHOUGH SOME OF OUR RUNNERS DID NOT GET A MEDAL
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Today was a really fun and exciting day for us as it was the Annual Sports Meet. Please do not blame me if I miss out anything that was important.
It started off with the school singing the national anthem, pledge and the school song. Then later when Mrs Chien told us that one of the guest of honor was Audrey's father and wanted us to shout loudly when the school's principal announced his name, we were very excited. So when the school's principal announced his name, the whole class was shouting like we were all crazy. Thus, many people infront of us were staring at us but we were not even a bit embarrassed. As it was very hot, many of us used umbrellas to cover themselves, while some even put sunblock.
The 1st race was the 100M p3 girls, followed by p3 boys, p4 girls, p4 boys, p5 girls. When it came to the p5 boys, the boys(includes Remus, Juan Pang and me) infront were very excited as one of the school's fastest sprinter were down there racing and his name was Paul KJ. He was in the crouch start position and all of the boys were very excited and once the race started, we were shouting like mad. "Paul! Paul! AHH! Paul!" we shouted. Zoom! He was the 1st and kept a distance about 10 metres from the 2nd placed runner.
Now, it is the P6 turn and I think we did very well. Si Jia was in the 100m P6 girls and Carlo was in the 100m P6 boys. First came the 100m P6 girls race, and Mrs Chien and I told the class to shout in a manner. So, when the horn blasted and we went " Si Jia! Si Jia! Si Jia! Si Jia!..." IN the end, Si Jia was 2nd and the class did she did a very well job as she got a silver medal. Later, it was Carlo's turn. He was being put up with many great runners like Kim Do Hyun and Glenn. Everyone thought Glenn and Kim Do Hyun could win but we was wrong. We all shouted "AHHHH! Carlo ! Carlo!" and Carlo was very close to the Glenn and Kim Do Hyun who were the 2nd and 3rd runner respectively. Carlo was actually 2nd when about 5m away from the finishing line but Carlo was smart, he put his right foot forward and touched the line first. Actually, the class thought Carlo was 2nd as we were sitted quite high so we could not see very clearly. Then, the teacher, Mdm Junida was announcing the results of the 100m sprint. When it came to p5 boys, Paul won the gold medal. Then it came to the p6 girls 100m, Si Jia was in second position, then we went" YAY! AHH! YAY!" All of us were over the moon as our class got a silver medal. Then it was Carlo's turn, because we all thought that Carlo was 2nd, we are shocked when Mdn Junida said "John Carlo, 6Grace". We were so happy and we went crazy shouting "Carlo" all the time. And when the two promising athletes went to their seat, Mrs Chien shook their hand and we were shouting their name for many times and of course, congratulating them.
Soon, a announcement came "P5 and P6 teachers, please select 2 representatives to collect the NEWater. Mrs Chien asked Remus and I to go down and collect the water. Then we found out that one carton had 12 bottles but our class had 39 pupils. So we were puzzled for a while then I thought "I take 2 cartons and Remus take 1 carton as some people may not want the NEWater." So I took 2 cartons and went up. Sure enough, some people did not want to drink as they thought that NEWater was recycled water and though it was disgusting but in the end, I still went down to talk 1 more as we were afraid that it was not enough for the class as it had to last for the entire day. We were celebrating with Carlo in the hot sun and we were almost getting burnt as the Sun is really very warm. So most of us went to the toilet to pour water on our bodies as Mrs Chien did not want to dirty the place. By then, my voice was very soft as I shouted my lungs out when we were cheering. The next event was the p3 girls 2 x 100m sprint, followed by 2 x 100m p3 boys, p4 girls and p4 boys. But when it came to P5 the whole event changed as now it was the 2 x 200m sprint because we are in the higher primary. Then Ms Tay came and strike a deal with 6Grace, she said that we will cheer for them and we must cheer for 5Charity. I think Ms Tay approached us because we were cheering the loudest. So it was Primary 5 2 x 200m but we must not forget that we have to cheer for 5 Charity so we went shouting '5Charity' and I think Ms Tay was glad. So it was Primary 5 boys, as each people could only take part in 1 event so we did not manage to see Paul running but never mind. Then it was the Primary 6 girls 2 x 200m and Primary 6 boys 2 x 200m sprint. The girls who were running in 6 Grace were Soh Li Ping and Yi Lin and the boys were Remus and Juan Pang. So the girls raced first, I am not very sure who started first so I cannot say the name as I may be wrong. I will just say that one of the girl ran and passed the baton to the other girl and they finished 4th. As I know the 1st runners, I shall say their name. They were Lee You and En Yi I think it is quite a achievement although they did not get a medal BUT the points system was from 1st to 7th so it is alright as we got some points. Later it was Remus' turn, I am pretty confident that Remus started first but he was in the lead but he had to travel more distance as he was in the outer track. So the horn blasted and Remus was sprinting very fast, but one of my friends from the other class was overtaking Remus and was sprinting even faster and finally overtook Remus when it was at the 100m mark. But what really angered me was that I saw Remus slowing down at the 100m mark and 2 runners overtook him. But Remus was still fast and he did not let the rest overtook him. So when he passed the baton to Juan Pang, Juan Pang was already 4th BUT he had to overcome a greater distance as he was in the outer lane, so when the turn was over, he was the last BUT he ran very fast and overtook the last runner and was very happy to be 5th. Although I was really angry, I still cheered for them and was very happy with their performance. But I laughed during the race, do you want to know why? Because earlier on, I told you that Douglas, the guy from the other class was leading and the person he passed the baton was very fast. So that guy, Chia Chih was leading by about 10m so he stopped before the finishing line and jumped over it. It was a very funny scence.
As the Sun was really too hot, the class moved behind to a shady place. There, another teacher called Mrs Wee wanted to make another deal with Mrs Chien as our cheering was really too good. But her class was a Primary 5 class and we already have a deal with Ms Tay so in the end, we shaked the bottles containing green beans and we did not shout anything, thus, we were cheering for 5Charity and 5 Grace.
Although this time, none of our runners was at the prize presentation, there were 1 of our classmate and he is YI WEN and Shanice.The day before the Annual Sports Meet, the students participated in the field events, namely Shotput and Javelin. Yi Wen came in 1st for the Shotput event and Shanice came in 3rd we were all cheering for them when he recieved the gold medal. Then our best run came, the 4 x 100m sprint. Our class is professional at this event as those runners were all very good and fast runners although what they achieved was beyond of our expectations. The p6 girls 4 x 100m of 6Grace came in GOLD and we were cheering for them throughout the race. There came the 4 x 100m sprint p6 boys, as we were sitting too far behind, we went down and cheered for them. But I went to the ground floor as I wanted to get Chen Zung the last runner of our team to finish the race, getting a medal on the way. So the race started and the class above was cheering with their last might. When the baton was passed to Chen Zung, I ran beside him, outside the track while he was running. I shouted "CHEN ZUNG! CHEN ZUNG! FASTER!" I ran beside him till the finishing line and he came in 1st. I was so happy and delighted and I ran forward to congraluate him.
This was the most exciting event. And that is 'Teachers and Parents Novelty Event' and Mrs Chien was participating. So I told the whole class to go down and we cheered for Mrs Chien when she was doing the basketball dribbling and solving the puzzle. The teachers got 1st prize and the students shouted with all their might. Mrs Chien told us that the plaque she got was her first medal and we were all very happy for her.I forgot to tell you that Li Wei Wei got gold for javelin, so sorry about that. So we were all very happy and was dismissed and the bus brought us back to school.
I THINK TODAY WAS A VERY FUN AND EXCITING DAY AND I HOPE TO HAVE MORE SUCH EVENTS
It started off with the school singing the national anthem, pledge and the school song. Then later when Mrs Chien told us that one of the guest of honor was Audrey's father and wanted us to shout loudly when the school's principal announced his name, we were very excited. So when the school's principal announced his name, the whole class was shouting like we were all crazy. Thus, many people infront of us were staring at us but we were not even a bit embarrassed. As it was very hot, many of us used umbrellas to cover themselves, while some even put sunblock.
The 1st race was the 100M p3 girls, followed by p3 boys, p4 girls, p4 boys, p5 girls. When it came to the p5 boys, the boys(includes Remus, Juan Pang and me) infront were very excited as one of the school's fastest sprinter were down there racing and his name was Paul KJ. He was in the crouch start position and all of the boys were very excited and once the race started, we were shouting like mad. "Paul! Paul! AHH! Paul!" we shouted. Zoom! He was the 1st and kept a distance about 10 metres from the 2nd placed runner.
Now, it is the P6 turn and I think we did very well. Si Jia was in the 100m P6 girls and Carlo was in the 100m P6 boys. First came the 100m P6 girls race, and Mrs Chien and I told the class to shout in a manner. So, when the horn blasted and we went " Si Jia! Si Jia! Si Jia! Si Jia!..." IN the end, Si Jia was 2nd and the class did she did a very well job as she got a silver medal. Later, it was Carlo's turn. He was being put up with many great runners like Kim Do Hyun and Glenn. Everyone thought Glenn and Kim Do Hyun could win but we was wrong. We all shouted "AHHHH! Carlo ! Carlo!" and Carlo was very close to the Glenn and Kim Do Hyun who were the 2nd and 3rd runner respectively. Carlo was actually 2nd when about 5m away from the finishing line but Carlo was smart, he put his right foot forward and touched the line first. Actually, the class thought Carlo was 2nd as we were sitted quite high so we could not see very clearly. Then, the teacher, Mdm Junida was announcing the results of the 100m sprint. When it came to p5 boys, Paul won the gold medal. Then it came to the p6 girls 100m, Si Jia was in second position, then we went" YAY! AHH! YAY!" All of us were over the moon as our class got a silver medal. Then it was Carlo's turn, because we all thought that Carlo was 2nd, we are shocked when Mdn Junida said "John Carlo, 6Grace". We were so happy and we went crazy shouting "Carlo" all the time. And when the two promising athletes went to their seat, Mrs Chien shook their hand and we were shouting their name for many times and of course, congratulating them.
Soon, a announcement came "P5 and P6 teachers, please select 2 representatives to collect the NEWater. Mrs Chien asked Remus and I to go down and collect the water. Then we found out that one carton had 12 bottles but our class had 39 pupils. So we were puzzled for a while then I thought "I take 2 cartons and Remus take 1 carton as some people may not want the NEWater." So I took 2 cartons and went up. Sure enough, some people did not want to drink as they thought that NEWater was recycled water and though it was disgusting but in the end, I still went down to talk 1 more as we were afraid that it was not enough for the class as it had to last for the entire day. We were celebrating with Carlo in the hot sun and we were almost getting burnt as the Sun is really very warm. So most of us went to the toilet to pour water on our bodies as Mrs Chien did not want to dirty the place. By then, my voice was very soft as I shouted my lungs out when we were cheering. The next event was the p3 girls 2 x 100m sprint, followed by 2 x 100m p3 boys, p4 girls and p4 boys. But when it came to P5 the whole event changed as now it was the 2 x 200m sprint because we are in the higher primary. Then Ms Tay came and strike a deal with 6Grace, she said that we will cheer for them and we must cheer for 5Charity. I think Ms Tay approached us because we were cheering the loudest. So it was Primary 5 2 x 200m but we must not forget that we have to cheer for 5 Charity so we went shouting '5Charity' and I think Ms Tay was glad. So it was Primary 5 boys, as each people could only take part in 1 event so we did not manage to see Paul running but never mind. Then it was the Primary 6 girls 2 x 200m and Primary 6 boys 2 x 200m sprint. The girls who were running in 6 Grace were Soh Li Ping and Yi Lin and the boys were Remus and Juan Pang. So the girls raced first, I am not very sure who started first so I cannot say the name as I may be wrong. I will just say that one of the girl ran and passed the baton to the other girl and they finished 4th. As I know the 1st runners, I shall say their name. They were Lee You and En Yi I think it is quite a achievement although they did not get a medal BUT the points system was from 1st to 7th so it is alright as we got some points. Later it was Remus' turn, I am pretty confident that Remus started first but he was in the lead but he had to travel more distance as he was in the outer track. So the horn blasted and Remus was sprinting very fast, but one of my friends from the other class was overtaking Remus and was sprinting even faster and finally overtook Remus when it was at the 100m mark. But what really angered me was that I saw Remus slowing down at the 100m mark and 2 runners overtook him. But Remus was still fast and he did not let the rest overtook him. So when he passed the baton to Juan Pang, Juan Pang was already 4th BUT he had to overcome a greater distance as he was in the outer lane, so when the turn was over, he was the last BUT he ran very fast and overtook the last runner and was very happy to be 5th. Although I was really angry, I still cheered for them and was very happy with their performance. But I laughed during the race, do you want to know why? Because earlier on, I told you that Douglas, the guy from the other class was leading and the person he passed the baton was very fast. So that guy, Chia Chih was leading by about 10m so he stopped before the finishing line and jumped over it. It was a very funny scence.
As the Sun was really too hot, the class moved behind to a shady place. There, another teacher called Mrs Wee wanted to make another deal with Mrs Chien as our cheering was really too good. But her class was a Primary 5 class and we already have a deal with Ms Tay so in the end, we shaked the bottles containing green beans and we did not shout anything, thus, we were cheering for 5Charity and 5 Grace.
Although this time, none of our runners was at the prize presentation, there were 1 of our classmate and he is YI WEN and Shanice.The day before the Annual Sports Meet, the students participated in the field events, namely Shotput and Javelin. Yi Wen came in 1st for the Shotput event and Shanice came in 3rd we were all cheering for them when he recieved the gold medal. Then our best run came, the 4 x 100m sprint. Our class is professional at this event as those runners were all very good and fast runners although what they achieved was beyond of our expectations. The p6 girls 4 x 100m of 6Grace came in GOLD and we were cheering for them throughout the race. There came the 4 x 100m sprint p6 boys, as we were sitting too far behind, we went down and cheered for them. But I went to the ground floor as I wanted to get Chen Zung the last runner of our team to finish the race, getting a medal on the way. So the race started and the class above was cheering with their last might. When the baton was passed to Chen Zung, I ran beside him, outside the track while he was running. I shouted "CHEN ZUNG! CHEN ZUNG! FASTER!" I ran beside him till the finishing line and he came in 1st. I was so happy and delighted and I ran forward to congraluate him.
This was the most exciting event. And that is 'Teachers and Parents Novelty Event' and Mrs Chien was participating. So I told the whole class to go down and we cheered for Mrs Chien when she was doing the basketball dribbling and solving the puzzle. The teachers got 1st prize and the students shouted with all their might. Mrs Chien told us that the plaque she got was her first medal and we were all very happy for her.I forgot to tell you that Li Wei Wei got gold for javelin, so sorry about that. So we were all very happy and was dismissed and the bus brought us back to school.
I THINK TODAY WAS A VERY FUN AND EXCITING DAY AND I HOPE TO HAVE MORE SUCH EVENTS
Monday, 23 March 2009
If i am on a deserted island for one month, I would bring the following five items:
1) First Aid Kit
Reason: In case i got injured, I would need something to cover my wound.
2) Water Bottle
Reason: We cannot drink seawater and dew water is too little for a person. (I think)
3) Knife
Reason: I can use it to collect woods by cutting down trees and making fire AND making a spear to catch fish.
4) A Toy OR A Robot
Reason: To prevent myself from dying from boredom.
5) Sleeping Bag
Reason: I would not like to sleep on the sand or on the filty grass.
Done by:
Ben Wu Shao Hua (38)
1) First Aid Kit
Reason: In case i got injured, I would need something to cover my wound.
2) Water Bottle
Reason: We cannot drink seawater and dew water is too little for a person. (I think)
3) Knife
Reason: I can use it to collect woods by cutting down trees and making fire AND making a spear to catch fish.
4) A Toy OR A Robot
Reason: To prevent myself from dying from boredom.
5) Sleeping Bag
Reason: I would not like to sleep on the sand or on the filty grass.
Done by:
Ben Wu Shao Hua (38)
If i am in a deserted island, i would bring.....
- first aid kit
i will not able to know if there is hospital ,houses or a place where i could stay when i am injured .So it will be better if i bring my first aid kid and i can use it any time when i am injured .
2. a sleeping bag
if i am cold, especially in night, i can snug in to my sleeping bag and sleep peacefully through the night.Instead of shivering ....through the night .
3.matchstick/lighter/things that can make fire
if i am cold, i can build fire, to warm myself .I might also want to leave the place so if i see a passing helicopter/plane ....passing i might want to build a very large fire to tell people that i am here!!!
4.bottles(with lots and lots of water!!!)maybe a kettle
i would never want to drink seawater!!!!I would drink up all the water from the bottles i bring.After i finish ,i would like to use my lighter(things that produce heat)to heat up the seawater. than i will get fresh water!
5.book
oh ! also not to forget about a book! Your favourite book or other things that keep u away from boredom !!!If you are the only person at the island, you sure will feel bored
sorry that i wrote to much [if] ha ha
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