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SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES
1)INTRODUCTION to New School Times
-16 pages educational pullout produced by NST every Thursday
-Helping to raise students' proficiency level in English
-Students -become independent seekers
-Fully alligned to the KBSM syllabus (syllabus relevance)
- Unique features-(eg- glossary, hots,zapp etc)
ACTIVITIES:
1.Go through the pullout- give opinions (group work/individual)
2. Scavenger Hunt (refer appendix 1)

2)THEME 1 (COVER PICTURE & BLURBS)

-Important Journalistic Terminology (Refer issue 15)
a) MASTHEAD (name given to the
publication):_________________________
b) TAGLINE (phrase or catchword below masthead) :
____________________________
c)HEADLINE (title for the cover picture-for issue 15)
________________________________
d)BLURBS
- (a series of pictures on the left ): How many..?
______________________
- (picture -feature the cover of the next issue ): How many..?
_________
e)HEADLINE & STRAPLINE( the highlight of the next issue-on the
top)
- headline :___________________________________________________
-strapline :___________________________________________
* cover picture (the key focus for the supplement supported by
short headline a page reference)

ACTIVITIES: (choose one issue)

1. Guess the story (focus on 1 blurb)
2. Paragraph writing (cover picture)
- label & write parts identified)
-spell & pronounce words
-create a new headline for the cover picture
-write sentences using the words
3 *.Create a story -narrative(choose 1 picture from the cover)
4. Write a caption (focus on the next week's highlight)
* caption - title or explanation for a picture or illustration
Additional activity (refer to no.3 *)
- Choose a picture from any page from any issues -create a
story

3)THEME 2 (COVER STORY pg 3)

-The story of the cover
ACTIVITIES
1. Running Dictation (comprehension)
2. Word Run (glossary-vocabulary)
3. Crossword Puzzle Creation
4. *Transition Markers ( write a summary) * sentence connectors
4)THEME 3 (SPEAK IT RIGHT pg 2)
-An oral communication page
a)From the Editor's Desk- message from the editor to students
b) Language Bytes- focus on correct usage of words or
language in different situations
c) Be Tope- Social issues
ACTIVITIES
1 .Reading for details ( Editor's desk)
2.Sending an email query (Editor's desk)
3. Speak Right (Language Bytes)

4. Role Play (Language Bytes)

5. Let's Talk (Be Tope)
6. Let's be persuasive (Be Tope)
7.Let's act (Be Tope)
8. Be creative (Be Tope)

5)THEME 4 (EXPERIENCE THIS /DID YOU KNOW /SCI TECH

/ IN THE NEWS
-An experiential learning component
-Exposed to everday practises or hobbies or career choices
ACTIVITIES
1. Compare , Deduce & Define ( compare different issues )
2. Passive Me (grammar)
3. Metacognition : Thinking about Thinking
4. Musical Headlines (catchy headlines)
5. Write a Headline (headless articles)
6. Barter this ! (separate the headlines-match)
7. Scientific Inquiry (why /how)
6)THEME 5 (ZAPP, FAST FACTS, HOTS)
ZAPP
- Refer to page 3 of New School Times
-download on smartphone ( instructional panel-pg 3)
FAST FACT
-explain the content of the page
HOTs (Higher Order Thinking skill-KBAT)
-for all articles (answers provided -pg . 14)
ACTIVITIES

1. Zapp : Viewing videos

- following instruction
-sharing personal opinions
-predict outcomes
2. Fast Facts
- speed reading (skimming & scanning)
-spelling (correct spelling)
-synonyms & antonyms
3. HOTS
- What's in thought (understanding and categorizing objects)
- Infer (to draw conclusion by reasoning)
Example of questions : * Why do you think she said that ? *What does that
mean

7)THEME 6 (WORKSHEETS, LANGUAGE GAMES, ACTIVITY

BOARD)
-worksheet for basic & intermediate
-language games -build vocabulary (pg 8)
-Activity board (up to 5 activity boards provided)
-Answer provided -pg 14
ACTIVITIES
1. Find differences between a worksheet & an activity board
2. Language Games
8)THEME 7 ( VERSE & PROSE)
-Give students a teaser into the world of literary elements
-Students appreciate literature
ACTIVITIES :
1.Graphic Story
2. Plotting the song (making prediction,relating
events,discussing themes)
3. Rap The story (appreciating the musicality of the song)
4. Picture the story (compose simple story from a picture

stimulus)
5. Nursery Rhymes- Action Songs
6.Performance Poetry (similar to choral speaking)
7. Concrete Poem
8. Limericks ( five-lined humorous poem-refer appendix 2)
9)THEME 8 (SOUND SYSTEM)
1. Transcription (discriminating between
consonants,vovels,dipthongs etc)
2. Imitation (pronounce words correctly- correct intonation,
word stress & rhythm )
3.Mouth this ! (correct pronunciation)
4 Twist that tongue! (tongue twister-practise
intonation,stress,rhythm)

APPENDIX 1

ACTIVITY :
SCAVENGER HUNT

A)Refer issue 15
1. Find a word which means PIECES LEFT AROUND AFTER SOMETHING HAS
BEEN DESTROYED
Answer : _______________ Page: ___
2. A picture of an electronic device which helps investigators discover the
cause of of a crash

Page :___________

Name of device :_______________

3. Name a person who was awarded the Order of Australia for his
Contribution
Name :___________________
4. VLE stands for ______________________________________________
5. An article written by Umi Nor Jasmine .

__________________________

B) Refer Issue 11 -15 (focus on Sci -Tech)

SCIENCE SCAVENGER HUNT
1. An article about the cleanest city in the world.( Issue : _____________Page
:________)
2. The process of making crystal is called __________________.(Issue
________page___)
3. Find a word which means SCIENCE THAT STUDIES THE MOVEMENT OF
AIR AND THE WAY THAT OBJECTS MOVE THROUGH AIR
( word:_________________________page _____)
4. Name 4 water purifying designs
1.______________2.______________3.______________4._________________page
___
QUESTIONS CAN BASED ON THEME (health, Language arts, etc )
* Health Scavenger Hunt * Language Arts Scavenger Hunt

APPENDIX 2

ACTIVITY :

LIMERICKS

There was an old man with a

beard
Who said, " it is just as I
feared"
Two owls and a hen
Four larks and a wren
Have builts their nests in my
beard

1.Read aloud the limerick

2. Underline the words that rhyme
3. Indentify the rhyming pattern of the limerick
(eg .ABAB)
4. Compose own limericks

Prepared by: Pn Nor Aishah -smk tun saban- 21/08/2014