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English

Deadline : 27 March 2009

01. ) You are advised to write between 350 and 500 words on one of the following topics.

You should read the informationn carefully and plan your answer before beginning to write.

Your School Pastoral Care Department is organizing a one-day seminar during your school holidays to address issues that affect the teens of today. The focus of the seminar is 'The Teenage Growing Years'. The Student Welfare Council has been tasked with the organization of the seminar.

You are the President of the Student Welfare Council. Your committee has selected potential speakers whom the school could consider inviting to the seminar to address the students.

Dr Ken Fong , aged 40.
A senior consultant psychiatrist with the Institute of Mental Health.
He would address the problem of bullying in school. He feels that the issue needs to be brought into the open and there should be more student awareness of this often underrated problem in the schools. He is a strong advocate of having a 'bully police' among students. He will speak on how students should not be passive bystanders and how they can help change the outcome of bullying in the schools.

Douglas Roberts, aged 25.
A well-known local singer and song composer who does voluntary work with youth groups like Youth Challenge.
He would address the issue of 'emo-culture' among youths. He has put together a song on 'emo kids' who sport fringes that cover their face, draw attention to their eyes which are darkened with eye-liners and are inclined to cut themselves or have suicidal thoughts when they are stressed. He intends to spread the message that youths should not slavishly follow the trend.

Lionel Yeo, aged 52.
An Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), he is also author of the book, 'Is Prison a hotbed of gang recruitment?'
He hopes to alert youths to the danger of joining street gangs out of boredom and not knowing what they are getting into. He has encountered youths who end up in illegal money -lending and drug peddling activities. As Director of the Outreach Programme, he aims to introduce youths to creative arts, music and information technology. He will talk on other help lines that are available. He hopes that a vivid video presentation will help drive the message home.

Write a proposal to the Principal, explaining why all the above speakers should be invited to speak at this particular seminar.

You should also include in your proposal the objectives of the seminar to be organised and the level of students that should be involved.

Write your proposal in clear, accurate English and use a persuasive tone to convince the Principal to approve your proposal.

02.) Do 'Get it Right! Comprehension' Test 4 pg 101-107.

Social Studies

March Holiday Assignment : Debate on Globalisation, good or bad ?

"It's time for business to move the debate away from the cheap sloganeering and mindless vandalism of the protesters in the streets and stand up and proclaim the benefits of globalisation. For without it, the developing world and the millions in it who live in extreme poverty will lose the best chance they have of improving their lot in life. Multinationals are a powerful forse for good in the world. They spread wealth, work, technologies that raise living standards and better ways of doing business. That's why so many developing countries are competing fiercely to attract their investment."

Adapted from http://news.bbc.co.uk/

As suggested by the opinion from the above article in BBC, globalization brings about many benefits. But is it that simple ?

Do some research work and find more about the globalization process and find out the benefits/opprtunities and also problems and negative criticism brought about by globalization.
Write an essay on the title, "Debate on globalization: good or bad". Include your opinion and own argument on the effects brought about by globalization, in terms of economics, culture, political ideology, religion, environment and other areas that you wish to discuss about. Remember to provide a balanced argument (both the positive & negative)

Guidelines :

01. You are not allowed to quote any examples from the textbook, the countries, the types of industries and any other points stated in the text.
02. The work has to be hand written, no type written work will be accepted. (No cut & paste work will be accepted)
03. Include at the end of your work your sources: the URL of the internet pages you visited to get ideas, the titles of books or magazines and their authors...)
04. The essay must be written on a foolscap of at least two pages, without leaving a line.
05. Dateline will be on the first SS lesson during Term 2 Week 1.

Elective Geography

Dateline: 26 March 2009

Individual Assignment [10%]

There is a great variety of food items from different countries in the supermarkets.
You are required to go to the supermarket to identify FIVE food items which are imported from different countries.

You have to do a write-up of about 1,500 words attached with the world map. Please include the following points:

01. Locate the countries on the world map
02. Explain why Singapore imports the food from these countries in terms of:

accessibility

affordability
03. How does the import of food contribute to food security of Singapore

You may refer to textbook pages 230-235.

Science Chemitsry

Redox reaction Worksheet 1 & 2.

Principle Of Accounts

POA March Holiday Assignment Woksheet