Sunday, August 31, 2008

Word Association game with my stuff!!!!


In critical thinking word association definition is responding to given word with another or method of assessing somebody's mental state or personality by asking the person to respond with the first word that comes to mind when a given word is heard.





Here some of the words:

Meat
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Chicken
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Chop
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Stick
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Chinese
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Malay
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India
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Hari raya
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Holiday!!!!!

BCT: Word Association

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Re-Writing the ending…..

While my sister asking for my help to find a children stories to put on her class information board I surf the net and luckily I find a very interesting link that really have a quit good children stories.

http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html

Let’s start with the story that I choose.

Who Did Patrick's Homework?

By Carol Moore


Patrick never did homework. "Too boring," he said. He played baseball and basketball and Nintendo instead. His teachers told him, "Patrick! Do your homework or you won't learn a thing." And it's true; sometimes he did feel like a ding-a-ling.

But what could he do? He hated homework.

Then on St. Patrick's Day his cat was playing with a little doll and he grabbed it away. To his surprise it wasn't a doll at all, but a man of the tiniest size. He had a little wool shirt with old fashioned britches and a high tall hat much like a witch's. He yelled, "Save me! Don't give me back to that cat. I'll grant you a wish, I promise you that."

Patrick couldn't believe how lucky he was! Here was the answer to all of his problems. So he said, "Only if you do all my homework 'til the end of the semester, that's 35 days. If you do a good enough job, I could even get A's."

The little man's face wrinkled like a dishcloth thrown in the hamper. He kicked his legs and doubled his fists and he grimaced and scowled and pursed his lips, "Oh, am I cursed! But I'll do it."

And true to his word, that little elf began to do Patrick's homework. E

xcept there was one glitch. The elf didn't always know what to do and he needed help. "Help me! Help me!" he'd say. And Patrick would have to help -- in whatever way.

"I don't know this word," the elf squeaked while reading Patrick's homework. "Get me a dictionary. No, what's even better. Look up the word and sound it out by each letter."

When it came to math, Patrick was out of luck. "What are times tables?" the elf shrieked. "We elves never need that. And addition and subtraction and division and fractions? Here, sit down beside me, you simply must guide me."

Elves know nothing of human history, to them it's a mystery. So the little elf, already a shouter, just got louder "Go to the library, I need books. More and more books. And you can help me read them too."

As a matter of fact every day in every way that little elf was a nag! Patrick was working harder than ever and was it a drag! He was staying up nights, had n

ever felt so weary, was going to school with his eyes puffed and bleary.

Finally the last day of school arrived and the elf was free to go. As for homework, there was no more, so he quietly and slyly slipped out the back door.

(Patrick got his A's; his classmates were amazed; his teachers smiled and were full of praise. And his parents? They wondered what had happened to Patrick. He was now the model kid. Cleaned his room, did his chores, was cheerful, never rude, like he had developed a whole new attitude. )

Moral: You see, in the end Patrick still thought he'd made that tiny man do all his homework. But I'll share a secret, just between you and me. It wasn't the elf; Patrick had done it himself!

I choose to change from the happy ending to sad ending, funny ending and also Malaysia ending.


  • Sad ending :(

After the elf was free to go, Patrick itself become a crazy because no one in his town believe him that actually he meet the elf who can do Patrick homework and at school itself, Patrick doesn’t seem to have friends. Patrick also being isolated form the community, friends and also family.


  • Funny ending =))

Elf are free to go but after a few week the elf come back to Patrick life and being a friend with Patrick because the elf love to learn more about human world. The elf been to school with Patrick and even in the exam the elf is helping Patrick to answer the exam paper. Patrick dresses up like an elf to school because being influence by the elf. Can you guys believe how much in the 21th century people who dress up like an elf go to school it must be really funny guys.

  • Malaysia ending

The elf was free to go but Patrick could even forget about the elf and his mother believe that her son have been possess by the ghost because he keep telling his mom that the elf is really existing. So, his mom brings him to see the famous bomoh that can help Patrick to be normal again.

BCT: Re-Writting the Ending