EL Week - Where Learning is the new Fun. by Salwati Bte Salim - Monday, 18 February 2008, 09:49 AM

Dear Marsilings, Our maiden EL Week Progamme commences this week! A line-up of activities has been prepared just for you. For starters, do have a look out at all the posters that havebeen put up at the canteen and along the D&T corridor. These posters will come in handy when you battle it out in class with your friends during one of your EL lessons. Students will be in groups of 4/5 to answer questions pertaining to these posters. There are attractive prizes to be won! From 19-20 Feb, the EL & Lit Dept will be having an EL Bazaar at the concourse. Game stalls will be set up and students can have a go at all our games. This fun-learning activities will test your Grammar and Vocab skills! So come on down and join in the fun. Attractive prizes will be given out to winners. The MRL will also be organising their Inter-class Scrabble Competition on 19 Feb. Participants are to report at the Library by 2.30pm sharp. On 21 & 22 Feb, the ELDDS will be putting up a skit entitled, "For Us". This play centers around a teenager, Lynn, and her family. Lynn is the hope of the family and feels pressurised in having to maintain her good grades. Although she faces pressure, she demonstrates maturity and shows concern towards her parents. Her teacher has assigned her with an essay entitled "Integrity" ad Lynn has problems completing it. How does she learn its true meaning? Stay tuned to find out. On 23 Feb, our Lit Elective pupils will be collaborating with a group of Lit Elective pupils from Evergreen Sec. on understanding and appreciating the Pulitzer-Prize winning novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. Entitled "Share-Lit", this event is Marsiling Sec. EL Dept's maiden collaboration with Evergreen Sec. to unfold and scaffold the reasons behind the novel's major hit amongst young readers. Grab this book from the library if you're keen to find out why. The EL & Lit Dept