Thursday, September 24, 2009

NEW! LITERATURE COMPONENT

A COLLECTION OF POEMS, SHORT STORIES & DRAMA FORM 4 & 5


POEMS:
IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP BY LATIFF MOHIDIN
HE HAD SUCH QUIET EYES BY BIBSY SOENHARJO
NATURE BY H.D. CARBERRY
ARE YOU STILL PLAYING YOUR FLUTE BY ZURINAH HASSAN


SHORT STORIES:
QWERTYUIOP BY VIVIAN ALCOCK
THE FRUITCAKE SPECIAL BY FRANK BRENNAN


DRAMA:
GULP AND GASP BY JOHN TOWNSEND


The poems are short and quite an easy read.........


IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP
- LATIFF MOHIDIN
At dawn they returned home
their soaky clothes torn
and approached the stove
their limbs marked by scratches
their legs full of wounds
but on their brows
there was not a sign of despair


The whole day and night just passed
they had to brave the horrendous flood
in the water all the time
between bloated carcasses
and tiny chips of tree barks
desperately looking for their son's
albino buffalo that was never found


They were born amidst hardship
and grew up without a sigh or a complaint
now they are in the kitchen, making
jokes while rolling their cigarette leaves


HE HAD SUCH QUIET EYES
- Bibsy Soenharjo


He had such quiet eyes
She did not realise
They were two pools of lies
Layered with thinnest ice
To her, those quiet eyes
Were breathing desolate sighs
Imploring her to be nice
And to render him paradise


If only she's been wise
And had listened to the advice
Never to compromise
With pleasure-seeking guys
She'd be free from "the hows and whys"


Now here's a bit of advice
Be sure that nice really means nice
Then you'll never be losing at dice
Though you may lose your heart once or twice


(1968)


NATURE
- H.D. Carberry


We have neither Summer nor Winter
Neither Autumn nor Spring
We have instead the days
When the gold sun shines on the lush green canefields--
Magnificently.
The days when the rain beats like bullets on the roofs
And there is no sound but the swish of water in the
      gullies
And trees struggling in the high Jamaica winds.
Also there are the days when leaves fade from off
       guango trees
And the reaped canefields like bare and fallow to the sun.
But best of all there are the days when the mango and
      the logwood blossom
When the bushes are full of the sound of bees and the
      scent of honey,
When the tall grass sways and shivers to the slightest
      breath of air,
When the buttercups have paved the earth with yellow
      stars
And beauty comes suddenly and the rains have gone.

Friday, September 18, 2009

SPM MARKING SCHEME


Mdm Lai & Miss Ely conducting the marking scheme & answering techniques to form 5 students


 

PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY

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ZONING SYSTEM








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Friday, September 11, 2009

ENGLISH WEEK 2009

 
 Scrapbooks Exhibition

Students going through the scrapbook on display

Public Speaking Competition

Miss Sarah and Miss Ely were judges of the public speaking competition

Thursday, September 10, 2009

MODERATION OF ULBS MARKS

 
Miss Ely instructing students on what they should do

Saturday, September 5, 2009














Puan Chang Fui Mei, the GPK of SM St Mary's giving an in-house course on MUET marking scheme
Activities for 2009
  • English Speaking Day
    Teachers and students of SMKS are encouraged to speak only English every Tuesday and Thursday. On these days, students would also present something in English during the morning roll call.
  • Marking schemes & answering techniques were carried out for form three, form five and form six students in preparation for the PMR, SPM and MUET examinations respectively.
  • A continuous reading programme is carried out to inculcate the habit of reading and to expose students to wide array of vocabulary, authentic use of the language and simply for the joy of reading. Students are brought to the school library once a fortnight to read books in English. Apart from this, English teachers also have access to a wide titles of story books from the previous ELRP and Class Readers programmes, and books are lent out to students in their respective English classes.
  • English Week - The English Week was a success. Among the activities held were spelling bee, singing/karaoke competition, public speaking, quiz competition, language games and scrap books exhibition.

ENGLISH SPEAKING DAY

The English Speaking Day was launched by the headmistress, Hajah Rodiah Hj Ahmad Untong



Students singing "I Believe I Can Fly"


"I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky...."

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