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Engaged, Enchanted, Enhanced

6/29/2018

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Our Primary Six boys had their final formal lessons yesterday (28 June) before their impending graduation ceremony and coincidentally, the 12 English Enhancement Class participants had their very last lesson of their primary school lives with me in the small room on 6/F (which they will be missing!).

I captured their spontaneous "conclusive statements" on the pull-out programme and created the above video. The "A-list" which a lot of them mentioned was an assignment scheme I always use in which I put student names in a box (a.k.a. the Award List / A-list) on the blackboard indicating those who need to do extra writings on the day. Who gets into the box may or may not be to do with their in-class performance / behaviours (and my decisions can be very unpredicatble ^o^). It's definitely an award to them every time and NOT a punishment because each piece is commented and returned. And to my surprise, a lot of them find it a memorable thing if not the MOST memorable thing in the lessons!
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Besides the video, the English Enhancement Class produces this course-end literary journal named ACE - English Enhancement Edition, which has already launched its 3rd issue. This journal displays exemplary works from the participants including poems (free verse, magical realism, rhyming, themed, haibun and symbolic), prose works (wartime, adventure and literary) and essays (including reviews of literature) reflecting some types of writing tasks they have experienced throughout the year.

Other issues and editions of ACE are available here.

I am glad to have produced all these in honour of our boys' extra effort in English language learning. I wish them happy graduation and continue to excel in English in an engaged, enchanted and enhanced fashion!

Happy summer to you all!

Dr H C Lee
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7 "WOW"s for our Drama Fiesta 2018

6/19/2018

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ENGLISH IS WOW!!!

​I will give at the very least 7 BIG FAT "WOW"s to our Drama Fiesta this year which was just completed this morning in the most festive and energetic atmosphere.

The first WOW goes to our junior drama team, "The Rainbow", and their coaches and parent helpers. What a meaningful story and what a powerful performance, and what a spectrum of distinctive voices to provoke a deep debate about which colour is more important! And most importantly, what a fun play to watch!!!

The second WOW of course goes to our senior drama team, "I Am Who I Am", and their coaches. What a huge challenge for them to play this complicated story with singing and dancing involved and detailed stage effects! They definitely deserve the many awards they have received if not even more! And the audience simply loved the show! We should all be proud of who we are!

Thirdly, I will send this WOW to the team behind the junior drama video "Clinky Planky Tenbo"! Oh my goodness! What a fun script! What a fun name! And what a cute performance from our talented young actors! We loved every moment of it!

The fourth WOW goes to Mrs Ho's body percussion session for the junior show in the hall. Her energetic and charming teaching of the rhyming lines and dance moves heated the entire hall of P.1-3 boys! Also, her team of P.2 dancers offered great help to the session!

Fifthly, this WOW must go to all our teachers taking care of the English Room, Covered Playground and Exhibition Hall activities for students who were not in the hall. Those teachers had limited space but a large amount of students to entertain. We should send them our best gratitude for their marvelous job to make our boys enjoy English to the fullest! My salute to them all!

WOW number six goes to my entire English teaching team as well as the entire YWPS teaching staff who helped to ensure the flow of the day to be smooth and safe. In particular, I thank Ms Jenny Ho for coordinating different parties and finalizing a very complicated run-down; I thank Miss Candy Ho and Angel Leung for designing a great souvenir programme; and I thank the Vice-principal Ms Pansy Chan for arranging teachers to take care of different classes when English teachers were unavailable.

Last but not least, the seventh WOW must go to our P.6 Improvised Dramatic Scene contestants. They achieved a very high level of improvised drama overall with great plot twists and acting skills demonstrated with only 10 min of practice time. I was so touched seeing their growth in our drama in education scheme. And most importantly, I am happy seeing all the happy faces on stage!

There must be a lot more "WOW"s I could give and I have no idea where to stop. This show was stunning and it truthfully showcased what our boys and teachers have been working on this whole year. This show was like a summary of our dramatic effort. I would say that this is the BEST Drama Fiesta so far and, I know this sounds greedy, I am already looking forward to having an even better show next year!

English is amazingly "WOW"!

Dr H C Lee

P.S. More photos in our Gallery section.
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Ying Wa Explorers Series: Exploring Digital Tools for Learning English

6/2/2018

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Written by Ms Angel Leung

The advancement of new technology has reconstructed our learning process. Learning English is not confined to books and classrooms. There are a variety of educational tools which offer fun and interactive ways for you to learn English effectively. Let’s explore some of them.
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1. Alphabear
(Platform: iOS, Android App)

Do you want to brush up your vocabulary while you are playing games? Alphabear will be a good choice. It is an English word-spelling game. You have to make words out of the given letters to turn them into adorable bears.
 
The bears next to each other could be merged into bigger bears which worth more points. Each letter has a counter and it decreases by 1 every turn. Once the counter reaches zero, the letter will turn into a rock and will be unusable. It will be an obstacle for you to create bigger bears.

You can score more points by forming a longer word. It will be a good idea to lengthen the word with a prefix, suffix or even by turning the word into plural. Another strategy is to collect different bears after you meet the score target. Each bear possesses different skills and they help you to gain greater bonuses. Let’s try out this remarkable game to see how many bears you can collect. 

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2. Bonza
(Platform: iOS, Android App)
 
If you are fond of words and crossword puzzles, you will definitely be addicted to this word puzzle. This game is also ideal for those who want to expand their vocabulary and learn new words and phrases.

Players need to rearrange the scattered letter tiles and link them together to complete the crossword puzzle. Each crossword puzzle has a specific theme and this clue gives you an idea of the possible words that might be found. After completing each level, you will be rewarded with some coins. As you progress to higher levels, you will have to connect more letter tiles. The rewarded coins will allow you to get more clues to solve these challenging puzzles. This game comes with different free themed packs. It also provides free daily puzzle. You may also use the rewarded coins to unlock the themed packs.

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If you find this game engaging, you may also try the animal and nature-themed sequel, Bonza National Geographic. There are some visual jigsaw puzzles added in this sequel.
 
To make it more interactive, you can create your custom puzzle and send the puzzle code to your friends. Let’s take up the challenge and solve the puzzle by entering the following puzzle code.

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3. StoryJumper
(Platform: PC website)
http://www.storyjumper.com/ 
 
Have you ever used any computer software to create a digital story book? This online platform has a user-friendly interface which sparks your imagination and develops your writing skills. You can bring your illustrated story to life by dragging and dropping different clipart and scenes. You can also add texts and upload your own images as backgrounds or props to personalize the story easily. To make the story more interesting, you can even record an audio and be the narrator.

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Why not spend a minute to create an account to explore this platform and write a unique story? Share your story with us by posting your story book’s link in the comments. (Please note that it is free to create, share and read the story books online. You will be charged if you order your books as professionally published books.) 
 
Watch the tutorial below to see how to create a StoryJumper book.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBj_371c5o4
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​Hope these digital tools can boost your learning skills in a surprising way. 
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