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Stt. Jooaann ooff Arrcc Seeccoonnddaarryy ScchhoooollEnglish Week2006-2007

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eE n g l i s hEGNLISH WEEK 2006 2007JOINT EFFORTS OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

TreasureRaps21stMay


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PublicSpeaking18thMayHunt17thMay

FilmShows18th&23rdMay

Ms Y. Ho "To love, to enjoy and to explore English",wasthethemear.Inordertoenhancestudent'sinterestsinlearningEnglish,different marvelous andivitieswereheldduringtheweek.

BookSharingInvisibleCluesTo spice up the activities, all our English society members reallydid a greatvery best to make our EnglishWeekasuccess.Wearereallyproudofwhatwedid.

Mrs. J. Tsang18thMay23rdMay

LanguageGames


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21stMay

EnglishCaf22ndMay To summarize the activities, we had Treasure Hunt, FilmgeGames,EnglishCaf,BookClub,Storyboard,PublicSpeakingandBookSharing.All of thentriguing activities. I think participatingstudentshadagreattimewiththem! With the aim to explore English in fun ways, this year,veandcreativeattempt,theRapShow.SixS2students,whowerethe first SJA rappers, paively and exhibited their creativitybycomposingraps.Doesn'titsoundgreat?Theirperformancewasamazing! They were jus

,rapping

and

dancing

confidently. For me, it was really an unforgettable experience. Besides, all your enthusiastic support gives us thedrive

ime.HopeyouwilleagerlyjointhefunctionsheldbyEnglishSociety. Enjoyreadingthisnewsletter!Eva Law 6 WisdomChairlady of English Society

Book

Club23rdMay

Eva LawOpening Ceremony

Objectives:

1. To arouse students interests in hip-hop culture and some basic proficiency inEnglish Language to perform English raps.2.Tointroducetojuniorformstudentsthejoyofpublic-speaking.3. To broaden students horizon in fictional and non-fictional materialsthroughgames,activitiesandbooksharing.4. To arouse students interests in learning English through language games and film shows.5.Todevelopleadershipskills.


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The kicking off of the English Week by Fr. Kim (Supervisor) and Mr. Lau (Principal)

S4 & S6 English Week leaders

S1 boys reciting this years English Week theme

To love, enjoy and explore English

PUBLIC SPEAKING (External and Internal Activities)

Teacher-in-charge Ms Hsu


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Billy Cheung (3 Faith) delivered a speech before the entire school

Speak Up Speak Out participants:

Chris Wan (3 Faith),Billy Cheung (3 Faith), Jason Ng (3 Hope), Wilson Wong (3 Hope). A group of four S3 students had the opportunity to partlish Festival 2007s Speech Jamboree Speak Up, Speak Out event. Based on the themeof Our Hong Kong, these boys delivered compelling speeches illustrating the different facets of what they believed defined and made Hong Kong unique from other placen the world. They had theopportunity to present their talent and compete agoolsat the Speech Jamboree held on the 12th of May. In addition, the four boyswerisplay their talent during the English morning assembly heldthedaybeforethecoyhadthechancetoperformtheirspeechtotheirfellow-classmatesandteachers.The boys success is reflected through their confident performances andendlesspraisesfromtheirteachers,fellow-classmatesandjudges.Theirability to overcome fear and bu

rong self-confidence are all results of their hard work and a true display of SJA spirit.

3 Hope Wilson Wong It was my pleasure to join the EnglishSpeak Up, Speak Out contest. Although we didnt get any prizes, I thought we were very successful. Teachers spent a lot of time to train us and helped us through our difficulties. I wouldliketotellthemthatalltheirtrainingwasworthit.During this activity, I learned how to express myself in English and how to usemy tone to keep my audiences attention.IamabletowriteawellfocusedandlogicallyolthewhilelearningnewvocabularyandimprovingmyEnglishskills. Lastly, teachers spent lots of time and effort training

g us for the event and never gave up on us.We had a successful contest becauseer and you gave me the confidence to stand on the platform and deliver my beautifulspeech.Thankyouverymuch.

3 Faith Chris WanI have participated in the Speak Up, Speak Out competition and it was a big event. On that day, eight schools joined and all the participants were well prepared.I presented my speech, I felt very nervous as it wasmy first time. Throughearnt how to give a good presentation and gained more stageexperiences.Also,Irparticipants.IhopethatIcanjointhecompetitionagainandhavemoregreatmemories.

3 Faith Billy Cheung Aboutthreemonthsago,Ijoinedapublicspeakingcompetition.WhenIwafmyself and I felt that my team members along with my own performances werestage, Ifeltlike"myhandsweretiedandIwasafraid",whereaswhenIwasonstageIftion. I saw the audiences clap for me and it gave me a pleasant feeling. I thinkthis feeling cant be easily foundinotherways,soIhopeIwillbeabletojointhesp.

3 Hope Jason Ng Ithinkthatthespeechfestivalisaverygoodexperienceforstudentsbionhelpsus to improve our English skill. I have learnt how to write a detai

w to make my speechinteresting.Ithastaughtmehowtobebravewhenstandinginfro.Iamconfident in myself and am no longer afraid to stand up to present my speech infront of people. I think it is a good experience and taught me how to be a conf


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ident speaker.

Jeremy Walen conducting the SpeakUp, Speak Out seminarJeffrey Wu at Speak Up, Speak OutSJA teachers and students captivated byMs Walen

s workshop on public speakingChris Wan is presenting hisspeech with confidence

At S.J.A. HALL

PublicSpeakingCompetition2007 The most memorable English week activity forS1studentswaingcompetitionheldon18thMay,2007. Four representatives from each class took turnsto talkhosen for 2 minutes.Althoughpublic speaking is challenging for junior formstudents, all the participants performance was really rewardingfortheirEnglishteachersandthemselves.Students could speak fluently and confidently in front of the audienceand their speeches were interesting,inspiringandvaluable.

Through the competition, students have builtup their confglish speaking. Theirmotivation in learning the language is enhanced.Therefore,ish activities is an enjoyableandfruitfulexperiencetoimproveourEnglishskills.eeing more and more studentsactivelyparticipatinginschoolEnglishactivitiesandeish.

S1 boys enjoying their classmates

speechesTeacher-in-charge: Ms Lui


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S1 Internal Public Speaking Competition

ELT RAPS (External and Internal Activities)

The Reformers in training

The Reformers breaking it down on stageTeacher-in-charge: Ms. S Chan (External)

WeHaveASay...Names of the SJA Rappers:1. Richard Chu (S.2 Wisdom)2. Winson Tang (S.2 Wisdom)

3. Alan Lun Liong Shing (dancer) (S.2 Wisdom)4. Raymond Yan Wai Yin (dancer) (S.2 Wisdom)5. Choi Chung Man (S.2 Hope)


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6. Ip Cheuk Chun (S.2 Hope) A group of six students who called themselves TheReformeed in the English Festival 2007 organizedby the Chinese University of Hong Kong funded by SCOLAR. The group performed their rap SJA We Have A Say with 24 other groups from 24 schools across the territoryat YCH WongTeacher-in-charge: Mr. Chong (Internal)

RapShow2007 21st May was a great day for our S2 students.All S2ce school hall and performed for oneof the most eye catching English Week act The activity kicked off with a fun introductorysessionbyourstudenthelpers.TheclassesthentookturnsWha San Secondary School on May 19th, 2007. During theEnglishWeek,theywereaininthepresenceoftheirfellow-schoolmates.The Reformers were awarded certificates by the ChineseUniversity and a trophy from the school for their keenparticipation.The Reformers reflected that the activity was a success as it enhanced their tea

mwork and proficiency of oral English.to perform and battled for trophies. With creativity in mind, all of them hadng and meaningful lyrics in advance. The audience could notstop clapping and chetheir buddies fluent raps and great dances. The performance by students from 2 Wisdom and 2 Hope, who called themselves The Reformers, was the climax of the day.This is really an unforgettable experience of mine. I have learnt how to play with English words and cooperate with others, one of the S2 performers commentedinaninterview. Indeed, the huge success of this function should be attaluablesuggestionsgivenbyourteacheradvisors,thehardworkofparticipantsandthewytheaudience,whowerecompletelyimmersedinajoyfulEnglish-learningenvironment.

S2 Charity rapping it in their own style

Story Board in Action

Teacher-in-charge: Mrs. Rao (External)On 12th May, a group of 3 Faith students took part in a Reading Fair named STORYBOARD IN ACTION held at Tack Ching Girls Secondary School. The exhibition involvedgame stalls, drama performances, quiz shows, story tellingcornersandbookexhibitions.Itwasaninspirationtoallourstudentswhoattendedastheyhadanopportunitytobrrld;studentslearnttoworkinateaminschoolandlearntfromothersfromdifferentsch

On the 12thofMaywehadawonderfulexperienceat the Reading Fair. The experience


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We gained a lot from this activity. We foundourselves speaking in English confidethe end of the day. Our interpersonal skills improved as well.Samuel Yau (3 Faith)

Ilearntalotofvocabulary.

Billy Fung (3 Faith)

Working Committee

The storyboards were amazing! The students works werewonderful-noImustsayincrediblttobecreativeandactivefromotherschoolstudents.Billy Cheung (3 Faith)

After attending the Reading-Fair, I have changedmy mind. I had this fixed idea thatreadingisboringbuthavenowrealizedthatreadingdinActiontobringaboutthischangeinme!David Choy (3 Faith)

Being at the booth and directing other students toplayningthematerialsofourboardhelped me absorb the information from the assigned

Ravin Wong (3 Faith)

From this activity I got to know about otherinterestingbookssonowIknowwhichbooktoread!Ronald To (3 Faith)

What I learnt was team spirit and cooperation andrealizeut which, work remains an unfinished business.

M s B e r n a d e t t e L i n n , Deputy Secretary EMB, visited our booth


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P ro u d l y p re s e n t i n g their projects

Jeffrey Wu, 3 Faith, t o o k p a r t i n t h e opening ceremony

Te a c h e r s s h o w e d interest in our projectChris Wan (3 Faith)

Enjoying the card game

Story Board in ActionS.J.A.

Teacher-in-charge: Ms Mok (Internal)Invisible Clues ProjectsOn 23rd May, S3 students took part in the InvisibleClue Reading Fair. In thebest projectson display. Students found the fair meaningful since theirdisplays

y others. It was an inspiration forall our students who visited the fair asaden their horizons by learning from other students projects on Invisible Clues, onef the non-fictionalmaterials,throughgamesandactivities.


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Impression On English Week English is very important in exchanging knowledgeandexprelf,soyoushouldknowhowtoengagethe audiences attention. First of all, you should tin Englishactivities! I am in love with English! During the English week, Ihave joined alite event is Invisible Clues Reading Fair which is meaningful and was the type ofevent we seldom have! You will learn about investigators workandlearnmorevocabularya

utinvestigations.

Wilson Wong (3 Hope) t r y i n g t o f i g u re o u t t h e m y s t e r y b e hi n d

T h e c re w o f t h e I n v i s i b l eClues story board Story board in action included games such as, puzzle Invisible Cluesgames,guessinggamesanddifferentkindsoffunactivities. This event taught me more about lexicon and whyinvisible clues are important towards solving crimes .Invisible Clues taught me to be a prudent , thoughtful and positiveperson.Itmademeethatifyouwanttoreachyourgoals,youhavetoworkhardandworkyourwayup!Wong Yin San-Wilson (3 Hope)

Reading up on the Invisible Clues storyline


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Students enjoying the Matilda board gameBook Club

Novels on display, good bargain!

Teacher-in-charge: Ms Yiu As the chairman of the BookClub,Iwasresponsibleforholdng the EnglishWeek. It was a successful eventwith many juniors going to thet h e b o a r d g a m e .We used one of the Roald Dahl

sbooks-Matilda asur board game. It was a games i m i l a r t o M o n o p o l y i n w h in t s c o u l d a c t a s M a t i l d aand rolled the dice to go through the story of the girl who possessed supernatural power. On their way, Matilda faced different obstacleswhichmightblockherwaytothenationbuttheyalsohadchancestomoveforward.Competitorswereexpectedtoanswerquesilda.ItisaninterestingbooksuitableforlowerformstudentsandIbelievethegamewireEnglishbooks.Other than the board game, we also invited a bookstore to display some books listed in the World Book Day

s recommended list. These books were sold at a very attrlow price. Four S1 Faith boys went through these books and wrote a reporttoto their schoolmates. I am sure some of our schoolmates would pay more attentrecommendations made by UNESCO on World Book Day that falls on 23rdAprileveryyear.

Kwan Yat Ling, Alfred 6 Faith


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Film Show

The film show-Finding Nemowas held on 18th May 2007 ats

A c t i v i t y R o o m d u r i n glunchtime. The film show, aimed atadents

interests in Englishm o v i e w a s a h u g e s u c c e s s w ince to the participation rate andstudents

comments.A great numberof Form 1Form6 students came for the screeningTeacher-in-charge: Ms Leung

Film Show featuring Finding Nemo Esther Tang, Kaliz Lee, Billy, and Mssession.Feedbackwaspositiveandstudentsshowedgreatinterestinwatchingthemovie. On 23rdMay2007,therewasapaperfoldingactivityheldattheLanguageLeung are all excited about origami and Finding Nemo (left to right)

Roomwherestudentscametofoldtheirfavouritemarinelife.Theyalsodecoratedadisplaals.All the students enjoyed the activity a lot and were asking for more films tobe shown in the near future. The film show and thepaperfoldingactivitywereregardedaeofthesuccessfulactivitiesintheEnglishweek.

Language Games

Teacher-in-charge: Mr. Lee


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Brian Wong (6 Hope) telling the S1 boys how Thegamestall,heldinlanguageroomon21stMay,aimed to provide stolearnEnglishthroughfungames.Two game stalls decoratedwith colorfully designed, withtwo boards showing ther u l e s o f t h e g a m e s . I n

The fun and excitement of the language gameto win this gamegeneral, students were quite enthusiastic in playing the games. Senior formstudentsparticularlyenjoyedthegames.Theyfoundthegamesveryintriguingandinterestegames,toa great extent, helped them learn some new English words that they could hardly learn in class. Junior form students, being unfamiliarwiththesyntacticrelationshipofthewords,foundithardtomakeacorrectchoice.However,theysaidthegamesremrealizetheimportanceofEnglishgrammarandvocabulary.Overall, the activity was a success in respect of students

participation and response.

Performances in the Caf

Teachers-in-charge: Mrs. Rao and Mr. LeeThe English Caf was definitely a fun place to visit, where students could enjoy chatting with teachers inEnglish,havingmouth-wateringdelicaciesandwatchinganarrayotivitieslikeRapshowandEnglishspeech.TheEnglishspeech,performedbyindividualsanralltheaudience.The Rap show, performed by junior form students, displayed studentstalents and potentials. There is no doubt that the response was overwhelming. Someuggested that activities of this sort should beorganizedregularly.


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S1 Faith boys giving public speeches The Reformers showing off their talents in ELT rap performanceMs Yiu and her S1 boys enjoying themselves at the Caf

Treasure Hunt

Teacher-in-charge: Ms S. ChanOne of the activities in the English Week was Treasure Hunt which was held on 17May, 2007 during the lunch break. Junior students were invited to join the fun. Tstarting point was in the Language Roomand the players were required to readat differentcheckpointsleadingthemtothelastcheckpointwheretheyhadtoanswerafheirpassportsstamped.Thegamewasindeeda success as the participants had usedred in Englishclass!

Winson Tang (2 Wisdom) in search of treasures

Got the clues for digging the treasure

English Language Camp Leader Training Programme


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Camp Managers and Camp Leaders with Mrs. Rao and Mrs. TsangBeing Students at the CampIn April and May, my classmates and I had participated in the English Language Camp Leader training programme. It was oneoftheactivitiesoftheEnglishFestival2007aedbytheHongKongCommunityCollege.Wefeltitwasavaluablelearning experience for yare green in leadership skills. Let me briefly tell

youthetrainingwereceivedfromtheCampmanagers.Initially, we needed to take a training course on 21st April 2007 at Wu Kwai ShaYouth Village. Through the course, we learned how to be a good leader. For ened that the elements of being a good leader are to be patient, sensible ander,wealsolearnedtocooperatewithourpals.Afteracquiringtheleadershipskills,weeingaleadertoorganiseadaycampfortheprimarystudents. May the 5th was the day of our challenge.We were assiicum at oneof the primary schools in Eastern District.All the nine of us were nervous anotonlyworriedaboutwhetherwecouldmanagetoleadthoseprimarystudentstoparticipain the activities, but we also had high expectation on our performance. Unexpectedly, the primary students were motivated to learn and use English effectively un

adershipand

itgave

this

programme a perfect ending. Ultimately, we had done a good job. All of us were delighted and satisfied. We did a self-evaluation of our perf

ormance after this event; we still need to improve our publicspeakingskillsandorganisationskills. Inshort,werealisedthatbeingaleaderismostenjoyable.Weinginsuchanamazingprogrammeandlearningthenecessaryskillsofmakingrightdecisions. Wewillneverforgetthismemorableexperience.Alphabet GameHung Lok Tin, Tom (4 Faith)One of the Camp Leaders Presentation of certificatesBeing Leaders at Adrich Bay Primary SchoolWatching Jefferson, my classmate, being at such a loss made me nervous. I would

soon be left to face 80 students and teachers. Eight of us were going to be leaders of an English day camp. Our job was to guide the primary students to play English games.Two of us, Jefferson and I, were the emcees of the programme.Fifteen minutes before the activities started, I was still learning my words, but Jefferson seemed well-prepared and was briefingtheotherleaders. Iadmiredhimforhandlingthesituationsocalmly.The primary school students were restless. They didnt sing the camp song even after the emcee asked them to. They were shy. Jefferson didnt know what to say. I felt that I would be the same when it was my turn. Luckily, a teacher helped get the students sing.And Ig louder. Eventually, most of them were singing andenjoying themselves. It was a great step forward for Jefferson and me. When I stood on the stage, my legs trembled. I tried t, remember what my teachers did in primary school.Once I started speaking I gaineence from the students. I knew they were listening. I asked a few questions andsome of them answeredloudlyandproudly.Everybody wants to know the lyrics of the camp song are still ringing in my ears. Iwas one of the emcees of the EnglishLeadershipCamp.The funniest part was when I had to lead the campers to sing. At first, I was terrified but eventually I got over my fear. ThedaybecamemorepleasantwiththehelpfromtheteachersandI enjoyed the programme very much. Although I didnt do very well, I learned a lot

from the experience, such as leadership skillsandhowtoteachprimaryschoolstudents.Wayne Lam (English Society member) and Jefferson Wong (Vice-chairman, English So


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Budding Camp Leaders with Mrs. Rao and Ms HsuGrand Finale at the English Language Camp Hide and Seek Game

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English Day Leaders and Teachers

Winners of the English Day Activities


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Alphabet Riddles English Day at SJA The English Day on 5th July 2007 was terrific! About 160Primary 5 students from Taikoo Primary School participatedin the activities orgefore the show, we werequite worried about conducting the activities, as we hce with holding such a big programme, yet everythingwent smoothly. Every onenstrated greatleadership skills and the kids were very active in playing the

Getting ready for fun activitiesMeet and Greetgames. This gave us full confidence and we enjoyed the gamesLet see how long you can standwiththemtoo.Apartfromhavingajoyfultime,thisprorgamme on one leg!

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our Public Speaking skills. Lastly, we thank Mrs. Rao and MissHsu for givingortunity and for training us.Withouttheirvaluablehelpandsupportwewouldnothavysuccessfully.Chris WongEnglish Society Committee Member

Whisper Game11 See you!Super!Congratulations!Winners

Good Job!

Public Speaking Winner Form 1 Faith Tse Ho Yin, HowardNg Yeuk Wah, Kevin

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FirstRunner-up Form1Charity ChanWaiHin

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InvisibleCluesProject Winner Form3Faith LeeCheukWang

FirstRunner-up Form3Charity NgHingKwan,KenLam Yuen Wa

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Book Sharing Winner Form 4 Wisdom Wong ChunShing, Jefferson


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RapShow Winner Form2Hope ChoiChungMan

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Winner Reformers ChuHoFung,Richard

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FirstRunner-up Form4Faith LiChiKeung,MarkAnthony

Merit Form4Hope LeungKaFung,KelvinMerit Form 4 Charity Cheng Yu Shing, Jeffrey

Merit Form4Charity LamChungSum,ChesterMerit Form 4 Justice Fok Lok Hin, Michael


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