How I view grammar in language learning.

For me, grammar teaching is like being a professional seamstress. Becoming a seamstress is not as easy as it sounds just like an English teacher. A good seamstress knows things most people never even consider, and has secrets for quality and craftsmanship that make their sewing stand out. As a seamstress, I will need to master special skills, and acquire knowledge of how to make and mend clothing such as alterations, sew hems, fix tears, mend zippers and buttons, and a wide variety of more advanced skills. In other words, I truly believe that I need to acquire all these secrets and then equip the school children with all the skills I know to help them communicate effectively.

04 Health is Wealth Web Quest

A) Introduction

June is 'Health is Wealth' month and you have just accepted a job as a journalist for an online health magazine. You have been asked to design a brochure on alternative medicine for your company.

B) Task

Design and publish a brochure on alternative medicine gicing two new dicoveries and the benefits on alternative medicine.

C) Process

1. Give your brochure a name.

2) Design a brochure using Word or publisher and add pictures to make your brochure attractive.

3) Go to http://altmedicine.about.com/ or http://www.acupunture.com/ to ontain a list new dicoveries and the benefits on alternative medicine.

D) Resources

Type in all the web sites and other materials used in this web quest (for copyright purposes). These include web sites for:

1. Information

2. Pictures

3. Evaluation rubrics

E) Evaluation

Copy and paste this link http://webquest.sdu.edu/webquestrubic.html to obtain the rubrics for web quests.

F) Conclusion

Create an article on alternative medicine for the English Corner Notice Board.

03 Fit as a Fiddle Web Quest

A) INTRODUCTION
You have just opened a new restaurant that promotes healthy food and you want to introduce 2 new recipes to attract customers to your restaurant.

B) TASK
Prepare a menu with 2 recipes (food and juice) that shows the nutritional value and health benefits.

C) PROCESS
1. Give your restaurant a name (something catchy and new)
2. Design a menu using Word and add pictures to make your menu attractive.
3. Go to http://www.all-healthinformation.com/allhealthyfoodrecipes/allhealthyfoodrecipes.php or http://healthy-food-recipe.com/ to obtain a list of 'Healthy Food' recipes and the nutritional values.
4. Go to http://blog.women-workout-routines.com/benefits-of-eating-healthy/ to get a list of the benefits of eating healthy food (summarize and take the important points only)

D) RESOURCES
Type in all the the web sites and other materials used in this web quest (for copyright purposes). These include web sites for:
1. Information
2. Pictures
3. Evaluation rubrics

E) EVALUATION
Copy and paste this link http://webquest.sdu.edu/webquestrubric.html to obtain the rubrics for web quests.

F) CONCLUSION
Type in what students can do after this web quest project. For example:
a. Have an exhibition on healthy food
b. Carry out a cooking demonstration / making the juice following the recipes
C. Write an essay on the benefits of eating healthy food (use the points from the menu)

WELCOME TO SWEE CPELT 2010

Hi and welcome everyone to my personal blog! This blog contains all my English Language articles especially fo primary school students. I have also a collection of articles and resources on the teaching and learning of English. So, feel free to browse and use the materials.