National Open Classroom Convention for Lesson Study at SEAMEO Recsam, Penang

The seminar had been carried out from 12ve to 14th of December 2011 at Seameo- Recsam, Penang.

A moment after having a Grand Dinner of PLC.

The backdrop of the program at the seminary room.

A teacher from Penang introducing herself as she has been selected to carry out the open classroom for science, the next day.

The English Language teacher from Sabah who had done the lesson plan with the students.

A presentation from PLC committee.

The guest of honour, Prof Hiroyuki Kuno from Aichi University of Education in Japan.

A presentation slide from Dr Hiroyuki Kuno.

Posing in front of the students of SMK St Gerges, Penang.

The observers of among the teacher participants- Miss Tew, PPD Pasir Putih, Kelantan and Mr Sufian, SMK Kuala Perlis, Perlis.

LS on practice, being carried out by a teacher from Sabah.

Science class, using projection diagram.

Dr Hiroyuki Kuno wraps up the reflection.

A participant from PPD Pasir Putih, Kelantan.

Cannot let the opportunity to pick up photo with Dr. Hiroyuki Kuno.

With Dr. Chew, one of the founders of LS in Malaysia.

News from the Star for the students- come on guys take part....

Greetings of joy, dear teachers,

All too quickly, we're almost at the end of the school year. And we have exciting news to share.

Could you please help us identify students among your teenage flock who have a flair and passion for writing in English? And encourage them to e-mail in a zesty 500-word description of themselves to starstruck2012.star@gmail.com (More details here: www.facebook.com/stuffatschool?sk=app_206206989417003).

Time is of the essence. The closing date is December 11.

Stuff@school, The Star's pullout that goes out to schools on Mondays will be expanded to 12 pages for 2012. It has a year-long young journalists programme called Starstruck! that appoints teen writers to write features, school news and highlight teacher and student views. What fun! Your school can be in the limelight!

The chosen ones will be appointed as Stuff@school ambassadors and they'll even earn pocket money from their published articles.

Starstruck! applicants have to:

• be between Form Two and Upper Six in 2012
• have strong writing skills
• have access to the Internet

We're especially looking out for Starstruck! writers from Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu, Sabah and Sarawak. Because of the reach of the Stuff@school pullout this year and our active Facebook page, entries from the more "active" states like Penang and Selangor have already flooded in.

We publish views and comments taken from our Facebook fan page .. so teachers, if you have a Facebook account, we're rolling out the red carpet for you. Do "like" our page at www.facebook.com/stuffatschool and join the happening online community. We'd love to publish diverse views from teachers around the nation!

2012 will be the second year the Starstruck! programme will run.

Among this year's pool of Starstruck! writers, 24 of the top writers aged between 14 and 19 from Penang, Kedah, Perak, Negri Sembilan, Malacca, Johor, Pahang, Selangor, KL and Sarawak have qualified for either a one-month internship at Menara Star in Petaling Jaya while the lower secondary writers will attend a four-day videojournalism workshop in Pahang.

Stuff@school:

- is a platform to explore, express and enjoy the English language
- is a must-have for wannabe writers and avid readers
- includes features and articles written by teens for teens
- gives the opportunity to be part of our online community

- includes English literature components

- offers an interactive corner for written submissions and views

Dear teachers, could you also please help us obtain subscription orders for Stuff@school?

Our package for 2012 includes:
24 issues of Stuff@school (worth RM28.80): RM25

Sign up for this package and get one of these books free:
1) The New First Aid in English (worth RM24.50)
2) Chambers School Grammar (worth RM20)
3) Discover Grammar (worth RM16)

Or, subscribe to both Star-NiE and Stuff@school pullouts and pick any two of the three books free for only RM53!

Should you have any queries, please email schoolstuff@thestar.com.my

Many thanks and cheers!
Anne Barbosa
Assistant Editor
StarEducation
anne@thestar.com.my
Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd
Menara Star
15 Jalan 16/11, Section 16
46350 Petaling Jaya
Selangor
Tel: 03-7967 1388 Ext: 1190

Personal coaching- optimizing the students' time

Shu Fen, a girl from 4E has shown her effort to attend school today (14th November 2011). I have to substitute her subject teacher at that time, the teacher is to invigilate SPM examination at other school.
There are only 3 students (as I was told by her) attend school including her. To appreciate Shu Fen's patient and determination to stay in classroom (as the other two was missing-play truant) Teacher Mohd Asri has conducted a personal English reading coaching using 'ladybird keywords' books.
There, the teacher found that she has difficulties in pronunciation and vocabulary. But I appreciate her most and I could see that anybody can learn only if she/he has the effort, patient and ready to obey teacher's instructions.

Shu Fen able to read 3 books that morning.

Opinion and comment are welcome to what other teacher(s) did/ will do if he/she found/finds only a few turned/turns up in classroom? Comment down here

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Best students for SPM

Our hope for 9 As, Loh Siew Tong has scored for SPM 2011 trial examination.

The best seven. Good luck for your SPM examination.

LS with Mohd Asri bin Mat Isa at 5C

Theme:- Environment

Class: 5 C
The goal of LS : to increase marks for paper 1 English Language 1119 by
encouraging students to write in guided writing question.

The objectives:

Set Induction, where the students were asked to cleanup their classroom.

The students were given the words related to the theme discussed and they have to construct sentences from the combination of the words.

Nurul Insyirah and her partner are studying the words to construct

Teacher guides the students on how to construct sentences with the given words.

More members in the group to discuss on what sentences to be constructed.

The lesson plan will be coming soon.

LS with En. Zulkifli bin Yahya

The second school LS was carried out by En. Zulkifli bin Yahya. He is the senior teacher in the school and he uses this opportunity to show his experience in teaching to the observer team. His class is Form 1A which was carried out on 12th August 2011 at 9:45 - 10:20 am, and the reflection meeting was done after that at the school canteen.

The goal of this Lesson Study is to help the students identify the adjectives and to make sentences from the adjective discussed with the authentic material used.

En. Zulkifli is showing the clothes and asked the students to induce the adjectives of colour.

The students were shown the worksheet.

After the presentation, the students are to complete the worksheet given. Here they have to identify the adjectives discussed and to rewrite them into the worksheet.

Reflection meeting at the school canteen. Being impressed by all observer teachers, because En. Zulkifli took trouble to bring all the materials into the classroom in order to ensure that the students could see, feel and smell the realia.

The unique realia he brought was durian fruit, this smell strong in the classroom, and we definitely sure that this lesson will be the most memorable T&L.

LS as English Language panel does in SMK RPM Tg Fauziah

Here is the LS planner for 2011.

PELAKSANAAN LESSON STUDY PERINGKAT SMK RAJA PUAN MUDA TG FAUZIAH
BERIKUT ADALAH JADUAL PELAKSANAAN LS YANG MELIBATKAN GURU-GURU BAHASA INGGERIS:-




Maklumat kepada guru-guru yang terlibat:-

1. Sila sediakan ‘lesson plan’ bertaip mengikut format yang di lampirkan- bersama dengan 4 bahagian refleksi kosong (akan diisi semasa mesyuarat selepas setiap sesi).
2. Perjumpaan akan diadakan selepas sesi P&P.
3. Sebarang pertanyaan sila hubungi penyelaras sekolah:- En. Mohd Asri bin Mat Isa
4. Pasukan LS Bahasa Inggeris SMK Raja Puan Muda Tg Fauziah:-
1. Tn Hj. Azemi bin Abu
2. En. Zahri bin Abas
3. Pn Norma bt Saad
4. Pn Rosnani binti Khalid
5. Penyelaras:- Mohd Asri bin Mat Isa
6. Semua guru Bahasa Inggeris

Mohon dikembalikan keratan di bawah bersama masa dan kelas yang dilaksanakan LS kepada penyelaras.

Yang Menurut Perintah,

signed
(MOHD ASRI BIN MAT ISA)
Penyelaras Lesson Study peringkat sekolah.
Disahkan oleh,

signed
(TN HJ AZEMI BIN ABU)
Pengetua SMK Raja Puan Muda Tg Fauziah

LS report (in Bahasa Melayu)-Lampiran 8

Laporan Lesson Study (LS)

(Ketua Pasukan membuat laporan ini selepas tamat satu kitaran LS dan panjangkan ke PPD/JPN/KPM)

Sekolah: ____SMK RAJA PUAN MUDA TG FAUZIAH________
Tarikh: _7 Julai 2011_ Kitaran ke- ( 1 )
Subjek LS : _Bahasa Inggeris Tahun / Tingkatan: __2011/ 5 mpv_______

Ahli Pasukan LS:
1) MOHD ASRI BIN MAT ISA (Ketua Pasukan)
2) PN RAHIMAH BT IBRAHIM (Knowledgeable Others)
3) PN ROSNANI BT KHALID (Ketua Jabatan)
4) MONA LIANA BT MARKON (Pelaksana)
5) ZAIDI B ZAKARIA
6) SHAFINAR BT SALLEH
7) MOHD NAIM B AHMAD
8) MOHD ASYRAF B ROSARUDDIN


Maklumat Perjumpaan (Lesson Planning)
Tarikh Masa Tempat
1) 4 Julai 2011 10:30 – 11:00 pg Bilik Guru
2) …………………………………. ……………………………….. ………………………
3) …………………………………. ……………………………….. ………………………

Tema Lesson Study:
Mendapatkan perhatian pelajar dan menggalakkan pelajar terlibat dalam P & P

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….


Maklumat Pencerapan kitaran 1 (bulatkan)
Tarikh: …7 Julai 2011
Topik: …Earth’s Fragile Future…..
Objektif: …At the end of the lesson, students should be able to process the text listened to and recalling important details, take notes of the text heard and identify the main ideas in the text heard.

Nama Pengajar: …Mona Liana bt Markon…
Nama Pencerap:
1) MOHD ASRI BIN MAT ISA (Ketua Pasukan)
2) PN RAHIMAH BT IBRAHIM (Knowledgeable Others)
3) PN ROSNANI BT KHALID (Ketua Jabatan)
4) MONA LIANA BT MARKON (Pelaksana)
5) ZAIDI B ZAKARIA
6) SHAFINAR BT SALLEH
7) MOHD NAIM B AHMAD
8) MOHD ASYRAF B ROSARUDDIN

Sejauhmanakah tema/objektif Lesson Study dicapai?
Tema dan objektif LS tercapai dan ianya suatu permulaan yang baik.

Refleksi dan komen berkaitan dengan
1)Isi kandungan

Berkaitan dengan topik dalam buku teks. Pelajar dapat mena’kul daripada aktiviti yang dibuat dalam P&P untuk membuat kesimpulan tentang isu yang dibincangkan.

2) Strategi P & P
Penglibatan semua pelajar dalam aktiviti set induksi di mana semua pelajar mesti bangun dan bergerak.
Pelajar mendengar, memproses maklumat dan seterusnya menyampaikan maklumat. Strategi menggunakan semua kemahiran, mendengar, menulis, membaca dan bercakap.

3) Teknik Mengajar

Guru menimbulkan keinginan pelajar untuk terlibat dalam pengajaran dengan memasang lagu. Pelajar harus fokus kepada lagu dengan mendengar secara teliti setiap perkataan di dalam liriknya. Guru menggunakan teknik ‘direct method’ untuk mempercepatkan pelajar memahami isi kandungan dan arahan pengajaran.

4) Pengurusan Kelas

Memuaskan, semua pelajar berjaya melaksanakan semua arahan.
Kekuatan LS:
1. Semua pelajar menumpukan perhatian dalam P&P.
2. Ramai guru pencerap dapat membantu pelajar untuk melaksanakan tugasan diarahkan guru.
3. Kemenjadian P&P dapat dikesan dengan lebih baik, kerana ramai pencerap dapat membuat pemerhatian terhadap kerja murid.
Kekangan LS:
1. Sukar untuk mengumpulkan guru untuk diadakan mesyuarat rancangan pengajaran dan pelaksanaan LS dalam kelas akibat kekangan tugas-tugas lain di sekolah.
2. Guru belum terdedah dengan budaya LS di peringkat sekolah.
3. Lebih masa dan kurang tugasan lain yang perlu diberikan kepada kumpulan guru-guru yang mahu terlibat dalam LS.

Cadangan untuk mempertingkatkan Rancangan Mengajar:-
Perlu banyak melibatkan pelajar berkomunikasi atau mempraktikkan penggunaan Bahasa Inggeris semasa pengajaran.

Laporan disediakan oleh

……………T.T………………… Tarikh: …8 Julai 2011…….
(MOHD ASRI BIN MAT ISA)
Ketua Pasukan Lesson Study

LS with En. Mohd Asyraf - 3C

As we have decided in the school LS team that we want to practice the LS with the weakess class that each member has, the 2nd round is done by En. Mohd Asyraf bin Rosaruddin. He chose the perfect class, Form 3 C. The LS was carried out on 9th August 2011 at 9:00 - 9:40 am, and the reflection meeting was done after that.

The observation team for this LS practice for this time are also included Mr. Principal, En. Azemi bin Abu and Vice Principal, En. Zahri bin Abas. The class chosen is quite unique, there are a few students who iliterate and numbers of them are used to be in remove class. This has given a good challenge to En. Asyraf to test his skills.

The goal of this Lesson Study is to help the students identify the adjectives and to make sentences from the adjective discussed.

En. Asyraf in the practice. Introducing the topic to be delivered.

English teachers, Cik Mona Liana and Pn Roskina are observing, at the far right, Mr. Principal, En. Azemi bin Abu was also taking part in the observation.

Group work, it is a students centered lesson. At the right of the picture, Mr Principal and Cik Shafinar are discussing the lesson practice.

En Zulkifli comenting in the observation report. Seen in the picture, the Head of Language Department, Pn Rosnani and Vice Principal, En. Zahri bin Abas discussing while observing.

Observing the students' work, they need to complete the worksheet distributed. This is the gist of LS, to observe the ability of the students to acquire knowledge in classroom. This aspect couldn't be done without the help by several teachers who are observing the process.

Reflection meeting after the lesson pratice. The reflective team were quite dissappointed with the absence of Mr. Principal because he has important guest at the moment. The idea and comment by the team members has enlightened En. Asyraf of some of the basic instruction he did and he has also ammended the lesson plan accordingly.

The team members are:

1. En. Azemi bin Abu (Principal)

2. En. Zahri bin Abas (Vice Principal)

3. Pn Rosnani bin Khalid (Head of Language Department)

4. Mohd Asri bin Mat Isa (Head of English Language Panel cum LS supervisor)

5. Mohd Asyraf bin Rosaruddin (LS presenter)

6. Zaidi bin Zakaria (MUET teacher)

7. Shafinar binti Salleh (MUET teacher)

8. Zulkifli bin Yahya (Form 3 teacher)

9. Mona Liana bt Markon (Form 5 teacher)

10. Roskina bt Khalid (Form 2 teacher)

Worksheet and materials for the 1st cycle-LS

The song to be presented to the students (click)

(the cloze lyric in hand-out, to be given to the students before the activity)
Heal the World by Micheal Jackson


There's A Place In

Your ____1____

And I Know That It Is ____2_____

And This Place Could

Be Much

Brighter Than Tomorrow

And If You Really Try

You'll Find There's No Need

To Cry

In This Place You'll Feel

There's No Hurt Or Sorrow



There Are Ways

To Get There

If You Care Enough

For The Living

Make A Little Space

Make A Better Place...



Heal The World

Make It A Better ___3____

For You And For Me

And The Entire Human Race

There Are People Dying

If You Care Enough

For The Living

Make A Better Place

For You And For Me



If You Want To Know Why

There's A Love That

Cannot Lie

___4___ Is Strong

It Only Cares For

____5____Giving

If We Try

We Shall See

In This Bliss

We Cannot Feel

Fear Or Dread

We Stop Existing And

Start Living



Then It Feels That Always

Love's Enough For

Us Growing

So Make A Better ___6___

Make A Better World...



Heal The __7___

Make It A Better ___8____

For You And For Me

And The Entire Human ___9____

There Are People Dying

If You Care Enough

For The Living

Make A Better Place

For You And For Me



And The ____10____ We Were

Conceived In

Will Reveal A Joyful ___11___

And The World We

Once Believed In

Will Shine Again In ___12___

Then Why Do We Keep

Strangling Life

Wound This ___13___

Crucify Its ____14___

Though It's Plain To See

This World Is Heavenly

Be God's ____15___



We Could Fly So High

Let Our Spirits Never Die

In My Heart

I Feel You Are All

My Brothers

Create A World With

No Fear

Together We'll Cry

Happy Tears

See The Nations Turn

Their Swords

Into Plowshares



We Could Really Get There

If You Cared Enough

For The Living

Make A Little Space

To Make A Better Place...



Heal The World

Make It A Better Place

For You And For Me

And The Entire Human Race

There Are People Dying

If You Care Enough

For The __16____

Make A Better Place

For You And For Me



Heal The World

Make It A Better Place

For You And For Me

And The Entire Human Race

There Are People Dying

If You Care Enough

For The ___17___

Make A Better Place

For You And For Me



Heal The World

Make It A Better Place

For You And For Me

And The Entire Human Race

There Are People Dying

If You Care Enough

For The Living

Make A Better Place

For You And For Me



There Are People Dying

If You Care Enough

For The Living

Make A Better Place

For You And For Me



There Are People Dying

If You Care Enough

For The Living

Make A Better Place

For You And For Me



You And For Me

You And For Me

You And For Me

You And For Me

You And For Me

You And For Me

You And For Me

You And For Me

You And For Me

You And For Me

You And For Me

(The complete lyric)
Heal the World by Micheal Jackson


There's A Place In

Your Heart

And I Know That It Is Love

And This Place Could

Be Much

Brighter Than Tomorrow

And If You Really Try

You'll Find There's No Need

To Cry

In This Place You'll Feel

There's No Hurt Or Sorrow



There Are Ways

To Get There

If You Care Enough

For The Living

Make A Little Space

Make A Better Place...



Heal The World

Make It A Better Place

For You And For Me

And The Entire Human Race

There Are People Dying

If You Care Enough

For The Living

Make A Better Place

For You And For Me



If You Want To Know Why

There's A Love That

Cannot Lie

Love Is Strong

It Only Cares For

Joyful Giving

If We Try

We Shall See

In This Bliss

We Cannot Feel

Fear Or Dread

We Stop Existing And

Start Living



Then It Feels That Always

Love's Enough For

Us Growing

So Make A Better World

Make A Better World...



Heal The World

Make It A Better Place

For You And For Me

And The Entire Human Race

There Are People Dying

If You Care Enough

For The Living

Make A Better Place

For You And For Me



And The Dream We Were

Conceived In

Will Reveal A Joyful Face

And The World We

Once Believed In

Will Shine Again In Grace

Then Why Do We Keep

Strangling Life

Wound This Earth

Crucify Its Soul

Though It's Plain To See

This World Is Heavenly

Be God's Glow



We Could Fly So High

Let Our Spirits Never Die

In My Heart

I Feel You Are All

My Brothers

Create A World With

No Fear

Together We'll Cry

Happy Tears

See The Nations Turn

Their Swords

Into Plowshares



We Could Really Get There

If You Cared Enough

For The Living

Make A Little Space

To Make A Better Place...



Heal The World

Make It A Better Place

For You And For Me

And The Entire Human Race

There Are People Dying

If You Care Enough

For The Living

Make A Better Place

For You And For Me



Heal The World

Make It A Better Place

For You And For Me

And The Entire Human Race

There Are People Dying

If You Care Enough

For The Living

Make A Better Place

For You And For Me



Heal The World

Make It A Better Place

For You And For Me

And The Entire Human Race

There Are People Dying

If You Care Enough

For The Living

Make A Better Place

For You And For Me



There Are People Dying

If You Care Enough

For The Living

Make A Better Place

For You And For Me



There Are People Dying

If You Care Enough

For The Living

Make A Better Place

For You And For Me



You And For Me

You And For Me

You And For Me

You And For Me

You And For Me

You And For Me

You And For Me

You And For Me

You And For Me

You And For Me

You And For Me

PMR drilling camp at Taman Negeri Perlis, Wang Kelian

On the 5th untill the 7th of August 2011, English Language panel of SMK RPM Tg Fauziah has organized a drilling camp for 43 PMR candidates of 2011. This programme is to aid the selected students to pass in the coming PMR 2011 examination.

The venue chosen is at Taman Negeri Perlis, Wang Kelian. It is a cool place, it's really cold under the tree canopies. The place is also isolated from the outside world. Quiet, cold, and good food, and it is during Ramadhan too.

The picture of the activities carried out will soon appear in this posting. JUST WAIT!!