Graduation Photos

Today is the last day of the year 2010. The students had their graduation photos taken. A beautiful day, cold but sunny. The following are two photos taken with my camera.



My homeroom class: Class 314

Discussion in Class--Universal Qualities of Human Decision-making

Today, when we discussed the interpretation part in the textbook of Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" and came to the sentence "the poem itself beautifully captures the universal qualities of human decision-making," I asked Class 314 what they thought the qualities were. Surprisingly, they offered quite a few, such as hesitation, fear, uncertainty, excitement, doubt, and regret. Before I posed the question, I assumed that the students, at such a tender age, would keep silent. However, they responded enthusiastically. Good!

On Writing--學生寫作最大問題 「平常都不寫」

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_MAIN_ID=13&f_SUB_ID=1259&f_ART_ID=290730

學生寫作最大問題 「平常都不寫」

【聯合報╱記者王維玲／台北報導】2010/12/26

Poetry Writing

Last Friday,after I reviewed with Class 309 a very important element of a poem--rhyme/rhyme scheme, I asked them to give me words rhyming with "snow." They gave me "flow," "glow," "so," etc. Then I challenged them to write a four-line stanza, the four lines ending with "snow," "flow," "glow," and "so" respectively. June immediately handede in her little poem as follows. Cute!

Two Mock Exam Essays by Students

Today students got back their mock exam essays. The following are two that score 18 out of 20. They are both the original pieces, with mistakes underlined.

Benefits of Reading--閱讀好處 吳念真：花少錢見到名人

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_MAIN_ID=13&f_SUB_ID=1259&f_ART_ID=290733

閱讀好處 吳念真：花少錢見到名人

【聯合報╱記者莊宗勳／台南報導】2010/12/26

A Study on the Correlation Between Cram School and BCT Performance--基測十年 補愈多成績未必愈好--基測十年 補愈多成績未必愈好

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=290591

基測十年 補愈多成績未必愈好

【聯合報╱記者陳智華／台北報導】 2010/12/25

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!

Here is a Christmas quote from the Quote Garden, whose URL following the quote.

Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.  ~Peg Bracken

http://www.quotegarden.com/christmas.html

Three Essays by Students about Animal Abuse

The following are three essays by students for the writing task on the 3rd mock exam. All the three are in their original form. 

作文：請寫120字的作文，第一段寫一件你印象最深刻的虐待動物事件或新聞，第二段請陳述身為高中生的你，可以在生活周遭為動物們做些什麼來幫助他們。

new words coined--維基解密紅火 成英文慣用字

http://udn.com/NEWS/WORLD/WOR4/6049758.shtml

維基解密紅火 成英文慣用字

【世界日報╱路透洛杉磯21日電】

2010.12.22 08:01 pm

Stop Bullying--廖玉蕙：請正視霸凌現象

http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/OPI4/6043014.shtml

廖玉蕙：請正視霸凌現象

【聯合報╱廖玉蕙】

2010.12.19 03:01 am

兩岸對望／傳承文化記憶 教育要多點彈性

http://udn.com/NEWS/MAINLAND/MAI1/6044297.shtml

兩岸對望／傳承文化記憶 教育要多點彈性

【聯合報╱記者陳宛茜、梁玉芳、鄭朝陽】

2010.12.20 04:34 am

A Happy Reunion--An Essay by a Student

Here is another essay for the same writing task about a boy and his dog. The essay was written with a different approach from the one presented the day before yesterday in my blog.

 

Translation Problems--檸檬愛上玉 華山欠錢？菜英文搞笑

http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NAT5/6041694.shtml

檸檬愛上玉 華山欠錢？菜英文搞笑

【聯合報╱記者曾懿晴／台北報導】

2010.12.18 03:02 am

Max and Lucky--An Essay by a Student

The following is an essay written by a student in Class 309, based on the pictures given on the 2007 2nd SAT mock exam.

Learning from Mistakes--不用罰寫！自己訂正錯誤

http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/X1/6037416.shtml

不用罰寫！自己訂正錯誤

【聯合報╱陳欽興／退休國中校長（北縣中和）】

2010.12.16 01:46 am

More Than Academic Success

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_MAIN_ID=12&f_SUB_ID=21&f_ART_ID=271022

拼命補習 教部：家長觀念要改

聯合晚報╱記者王彩鸝╱台北報導】2010/09/13

About SAT--a Publication of CEEC

The following is a publication of CEEC, which includes some important information for the examinees of the coming SAT in January.

http://www.ceec.edu.tw/CeecMag/index.aspx

What to Read--濫閱讀 余秋雨：比沒讀還糟

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=287745

濫閱讀 余秋雨：比沒讀還糟

【聯合報╱記者陳宛茜／台北報導】 2010/12/10

Leave Them Alone and They Will Learn to Be Independent--王品集團董事長 戴勝益：我為何斷絕孩子的退路

  王品集團董事長 戴勝益：我為何斷絕孩子的退路

 作者：李翠卿 出處：親子天下18期‧2010/11/05