PODCAST: In-Class Assignment

PODCAST: HOW THE MONKEY FOUND TROUBLE

Group Members:
1) Bazilah Raihan as "The Monkey's Wife & Moozimoo"
2) Wan Fariha as "The Narrator"
3) Wan Nurul 'Arifah as "The Monkey"

Please click here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?35q8f5r9zdmhp09

Script:

HOW THE MONKEY FOUND TROUBLE

“Where’s Freddie the Fox?” asked the Monkey.

“He has met trouble,” replied his wife.

“‘Trouble’? Who is this ‘Trouble’? I have never seen him. What does he look like?” asked the Monkey.

“Don’t talk like that! Someday you might find trouble and then you won’t like his looks at all,” warned his wife.

But the Monkey wanted to know more about ‘Trouble’. So, he went to Moozimoo, the wise one who knew most things.

“Where is ‘Trouble’? I would like to meet him,” said the Monkey.

“Do you really want to find trouble?” asked the wise old one.

“Yes,” replied the Monkey. “I want to see what ‘he’ is like.”

“You shall,” said the wise old one. “Wait here for a moment.”

Moozimoo went away for a short time and returned with a sack on his shoulder.

“Here, brother,” he said to the Monkey, “Carry this sack out of the forest into an open field. Then, open it with great care. You will see ‘what you will see’.”

The sack was very heavy but the Monkey managed to carry it to a field. “Now,” he said as he put the sack down. “I am going to see what ‘Trouble’ is like.”

Carefully, he untied the string with which the bag was tied. Out jumped a big dog. The big dog gave one bark and leapt at the monkey.

The monkey squealed with fright and ran for the nearest tree. But the dog got hold of his tail and bit a piece off. The monkey climbed to the top of the tree, while the dog sat at the foot of the tree....waiting.

TASK 3: WWW LESSON PLAN

'CHAPTER 15 - AMAZING SEA CREATURES'

LEVEL : Form 3 (Advance)
TIME : Double Periods (70 minutes)
TOPIC : Most Amazing Deep Sea Creatures
THEME : Science and Technology
LANGUAGE CONTENT: Grammar (Simple Present Tense, Descriptive Adjectives), Vocabulary

EDUCATIONAL EMPHASIS:

1. Knowledge Acquisition (KA)
2. ICT Skills
3. Multiple Intelligence (MI)

MORAL VALUES:

1. Students will appreciate and value about the uniqueness of the God's creation that gone beyond their sight - amazing sea creatures.
2. Students will learn the importance of preserving the nature and avoiding water pollution so that the next generation will have the opportunity to learn and know about the existence of marvellous sea creatures.

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE:

Students have learned on ways to search and gather information from the Internet (World Wide Web). Besides that, the students also have basic knowledge about descriptive adjective learned in the previous class.


AIMS: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. Watch, read, obtain specific information from the online videos on the World Wide Web and transfer the information onto the worksheet provided.
2. Do skimming and scanning activities for an online article of suitable length entitled, "10 Horrible Deep Sea Creatures" for information. Then, extract the facts about sea creatures from the article and transfer them onto the worksheet provided.
3. Present the information clearly and accurately to others both orally and in writing.
4. Learn and obtain new words and adjectives that are used to describe sea creatures.
5. Use Internet browser and search engine in order to browse to a specific website given by teacher.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:

1) Fully functioning computer for each student

2) Internet Connection

3) Web Browser

4) Flash Player

5) LCD Projector

WEBSITES:

1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpBSo80iNlE

2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZXHHnysIWU

3) http://www.oddee.com/item_79915.aspx

PREPARATION:

1) Locate interesting sites that provide clear and accurate information about amazing sea creatures, in both audio visual and textual forms.

2) Verify on the information provided on the sites before the lesson begins and check for availability of creative language games regarding the topic.

3) Prepare worksheets for activities.

PROCEDURE:

SET INDUCTION (10 Minutes)

• Teacher recalls back what the students have learned in the previous class regarding way(s) to browse and gather information from the Internet as well as their knowledge about descriptive adjectives.
• Teacher introduces students to the topic of the lesson and tells on how it relates to their previous lesson.
• Teacher shows students a picture (of a sea creature) on the LCD screen and asks them:

1) Have you seen something like this before and where?

2) Name some sea creatures that you know.

• Teacher writes down the names of the sea creatures given by students on the whiteboard.

• Teacher gives feedback to the students’ answers.

DEVELOPMENT (55 minutes)

• Teacher tells students on the things they are going to do in the lesson; where they are going to watch two short videos about amazing sea creatures and complete a worksheet based on the information given in the video.

Activity 1 (20 Minutes)

• Teacher gives instruction on the first activity.
• Teacher distributes a worksheet for each student.

• Teacher plays a short video from specific website by using LCD Projector and asks students to complete the worksheet while watching it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpBSo80iNlE

• Teacher re-plays the video for the second time so that students can have last check on their answers.
• Teacher provides help to the students if necessary.
• Teacher asks students to present their answers voluntarily.
• Teacher discusses the answers with the students.
• Teacher leads students to the next activity of the lesson.

Activity 2 (35 minutes)

• Teacher plays another short video from specific website by using LCD Projector and asks students to watch it attentively: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZXHHnysIWU
• Teacher asks students to browse to an online article regarding sea creatures on a specific website:http://www.oddee.com/item_79915.aspx

• Teacher gives brief explanation about the activity.
• Teacher tells students the surface idea of the article.
• Teacher gives students 10 minutes to read through the article individually and asks them to look for the meaning of the unknown words from the relevant websites.
• Teacher distributes a worksheet based on the article to each student and gives instruction on how to complete it.
• Teacher gives students 15 minutes to carry out the task.
• Teacher provides necessary help to students.
• Teacher picks students randomly to present the answers; that involve whole class feedback and discussion on the task, which leads by teacher. (10 minutes)

CONCLUSION (5 minutes)

• Teacher recaps on what the students have learned in the lesson and at the same time, stresses on the moral values of it.
• Teacher writes down a specific website address on the whiteboard: http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215242/welcome.htm, and asks students to browse it by themselves at home for extra information regarding the topic.

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY

Teacher writes down an address of specific website on the whiteboard, which relates to the topic of the lesson and then asks students to register to the website and explore it by themselves as homework. They have to share how they utilize the website in the next class: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/category/general-themes/sea-animals.

IN-CLASS TASK 6: HYPERTEXT AND HYPERMEDIA

CAT BREEDS

Over the last thousands of years, cats have pretty much handled their breeding themselves. In the beginning, they were used for one purpose – hunting and killing rodents. As the years progressed, we began to breed cats more to our liking. Nowadays, there are several different breeds of cats – which you can tell if you look closely.

There are some cat breeds that have roots going back quite a bit in history. Some Japanese breeds, such as the Japanese Bobtail, can be traced back more than 1,000 years in history. These cats were very common and well known throughout Medieval Japan. Now days though, they are all but a myth throughout Japan and the entire world.

The more common cat breeds that are found in North America include the alley cat, long haired cat, and Persian cat. Siamese cats are also common, although they are well known to be destructive and to have a foul temper. Persian cats are very popular, proving to be loving companions. Persian cats can be very expense, depending on where you get it and what type of Persian cat it is.

Alley cats are the most common in North America. There are actually several different breeds, although most of us just refer to them as alley cats. They make good pets, although there are literally thousands of them in existence. Cats are known to breed more than any other pet, and they will continue to breed until they are stopped. Alley cats are among the most bred, as there are hundreds of thousands of cats that are homeless – and have nothing to do but breed.

The look of the cat is the easiest way to tell what breed he or she may be. Some people choose to go by color, although color isn’t as easy to identify. Different breeds of cats have different looks, such as the Siamese and Persian cats. Siamese cats are almost always black, and easy to identify by their color and their eyes. Persian cats on the other hand, are easily identified by their body type and their hair.

Over the years, there has been quite a few breeds come along. Cats were one of the first pets, and easily one of the most popular. Millions of people around the world own cats, with many people preferring a cat over any other pet – including dogs. No matter breed of cat you get – you’re sure to get a pet that make for a great companion for years and years to come.