Language is an art. As such, Grade 3 students have been learning about fables. They understood that fables are short in length and learnt how to analyse their concise language and highly educational language art. Additionally, they focussed on summarising the moral lessons gained from the fables that they concentrated their attention on.
Grade 1 students learnt about one new punctuation mark: the exclamation mark! They understood its usage through text analysis and tried to read sentences containing exclamation marks vividly, conveying the emotions of the protagonist. Finally, they concluded that, when we need to express strong emotions, we use exclamation marks!
Grade 6 students have been investigating Chinese and foreign literary masterpieces and discovered the power and artistic value of novels. This week, in particular, they experienced the vivid characters and fantastic storyline of the famous novel ‘Robinson Crusoe,’ discussing some of its excerpts. Furthermore, Grade 6 students also read ‘A Dream of Red Mansions,’ one of the four great classics in ancient China. In order to encourage students to read more books and cultivate their general interest in reading, the class analysed some of the names of the characters in the aforementioned masterpiece, experiencing the art of character names. In this novel, the author used homophones, literary references, flowers and birds to name them, thus conveying their special meanings. In addition, the students inquired about the cooking, poetry, clothing and cultural arts mentioned in this book, sharing their own opinions on these interesting aspects.
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