Word Power

Similes
- as beautiful as the rainbow
- as happy as a lark
- as fit as a fiddle

Idioms
- dead beat
- dead broke
- hold your tongue
- paddle your own canoe
- in the same boat

NEWS

Johor English Carnival 2013 (Secondary Schools)

Venue : Johor Bahru
Date   : 11 - 13 June 2013

Champion : Johor Bahru 

Debate  :  Johor Bahru (SMK Sultan Ismail)
Public Speaking  :  Johor Bahru (SMK Sultan Ismail)
Choral Speaking  :  Pontian

A Word A Day

diligently (adv)
    = showing care or effort in your work or duties
      (e.g : they worked diligently on the task they had been given)

foible (n)
    = a silly habit or a strange or weak aspect of a person's character, 
      that is considered harmless by other people
     (e.g : We ought to tolerate each other's little foibles)

resilient (adj)
    = able to feel better quickly after something unpleasant such as shock,
       injury, etc
      (e.g. : He will get over it because he is amazingly resilient)

vigilant (adj)
     = very careful to notice any signs of danger or trouble
      (e.g. :  The thief was spotted by vigilant neighbours)

utter (v) (formal)
     = to say something
        (e.g. :  She did not utter a word during lunch) = (said nothing)

MOTIVATIONAL PROVERBS

nEvEr sAy DiE

Where there is a WILL, there is a WAY

PREVENTION is Better than CURE

HEALTH  is WEALTH

TEXTBOOKS

Form 1 - 

1      KBSM ENGLISH FORM 1                                         ( SASBADI )                                                           

2     JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH (PER BUKU KEJAYAAN)

3      A COLLECTION OF POEMS, SHORT STORIES AND DRAMA

         (FORM 1 TO FORM 3)                 ( MINISTRY OF EDUCATION )       

Form 2 -

1          ENGLISH FORM 2                                  ( HYPERSURF CORP )

2          A COLLECTION OF POEMS, SHORT STORIES AND DRAMA

            (FORM 1 TO FORM 3)                (  MINISTRY OF EDUCATION  )

Form 3 -

1          KBSM ENGLISH FORM 3                                              ( Ebiza )

2          AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS             ( Rentak Semasa )

3          A COLLECTION OF POEMS, SHORT STORIES AND DRAMA

            (FORM 1 TO FORM 3)                  ( MINISTRY OF EDUCATION )

EXAM TIPS

Paper 2

GRAMMAR

Basic Grammar
Tenses

LITERATURE

• FORM 1 
        - 2 POEMS :
                       1 The River (Valerie Bloom)
                       2 Mr Nobody (Unknown)
        -1 SHORT STORY : Flipping Fantastic (Jane Langford)
        -1 NOVEL:Journey to The Centre of The Earth (Jules Verne)

•   FORM 2

            2 POEMS - Mr Nobody (Unknown)
                            - Heir Conditioning (M SHANmughalingam)
             1 SHORT STORY - One is One and All Alone ( Nicholas Fisk )
             1 DRAMA - Rumpelstiltskin

•   FORM 3

             2 POEMS - A Fighter's Lines ( Jane Langford )
                             - Leisure ( William Henry Davies)
             1 NOVEL - Around the World in 80 Days ( Jules Verne )

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EXERCISE BOOKS

FORM 1, 2 and 3

• EW20 (brown)
• Grammar (brown)
• Comprehension (brown)
• Literature (blue)
• Essay and Summary (blue)
• NILAM (1 book report each week)

EXAM QUESTIONS

Paper 1
Paper 2