Applying To Space Camp

To apply for the ASEAN Space Camp, you must answer this question:

"How does astronomy play a significant part in your daily life?"

There are many examples of how studying astronomy/space affects us. Here are just some examples- remember, you might have many other ideas!

1) Communications

We use astronomy to launch satellites into space, which help us with many parts of our daily lives; without satellites, we wouldn't have cell phones, GPS, or satellite TV. Think how different our lives would be without this technology!

2) Our safety

If we study astronomy, we can know more about our universe and try to keep our planet safe.

For example, solar flares (energy released by the sun) can affect satellites and technology on earth. If we understand them better, we can do something to protect ourselves.

Similarly, comets or asteroids could end life on earth. Astronomy can help us find out more about these comets, and perhaps even save the Earth!

3) Life on Other Planets / Exploration

Humans like to explore and discover new places. We want to know more about our world...and beyond!

For example, we sent people to the Moon because we wanted to know more about it and see what it was like. The astronauts who went to the Moon didn't do it for money or fame, but because they wanted to see and explore a new world.

We also want to know if there is life on other planets. Astronomy can help us to answer one of the oldest questions in science: "Are we alone in the universe?". Astronomers are discovering more and more planets every year, and believe that some of these could have life.

4) Everyday technology 

Through astronomy and space exploration, we have invented many useful technologies. These can help us with our lives on earth.

Space Camp

Greetings students,

So, why have we been studying about space this week? Because I want you to apply for:

ASTRONOMY CAMP!

Here is a presentation about the NARIT Astronomy Camp

All of the information about the camp is on the NARIT website, including more information about the schedule, how to apply, and some important dates.

Also, here is a link to the ASEAN Astronomy Camp Facebook page.

Now, please start thinking about your essay or video!

Mae Nak Phra Khanong

Greetings, students!

Today, you'll be making cartoon strips about the Thai ghost story Mae Nak Phra Khanong (แม่นากพระโขนง)

Actress Davika Hoorne playing Mae Nak in the 2013 movie Pee Mak

Your cartoon should:

• Explain the story of Mae Nak Phra Khanong to somebody who has never seen/heard of it before.
• Have at least six different panels- more than six is fine!
• Use at least one sentence of English for each panel.

Here's a Wikipedia article about the story, but try not to copy it exactly. If you can write the story in your own words, you will get a higher score.

Your cartoon must have at least six panels, but it can be divided any way that you like.

This is pretty cool!

You should start making your comic strip today, but if you need more time for drawing, writing, or colouring, the final date for giving it to Teacher Philip is Thursday, 3rd November

King Bhumibol Adulyadej

Greetings students,

Today, I'd like you to start working on a writing project about King Bhumibol.

You should produce one Word / Publisher document as a group of two or three students, giving information about the King and his work. Your work should also include at least one photograph or picture of the King.

You could talk about:

The Royal Projects

Sufficiency Economy (information here and here)

Information about the King's early life in the USA

Here is a BBC movie about the King (with Thai subtitles):

Frankenstein Summaries

Thank you, everybody for your excellent work summarising the Frankenstein reader. Rather than wasting lots of paper and printing a booklet for everyone, I thought I'd scan your summaries and put them on here. They're the original size, which is why they look huge!

Semester 1 Finals: Core Exam

Hello, students! These are the topics for the final core exam.

• Parts of an airport

• Going to for the future
• Present continuous for the future
• Defining relative clauses (who, which, where, what, etc.)
• Paraphrasing

"It's a place in Chiang Mai. It has lots of shops, restaurants, and a cinema"

• Present perfect + yet, just, already (Have you done you your homework yet? Yes, I've just finished)
• Present perfect or past simple? (I've been to China once/I went to China last year)
• Something, anything, nothing
• Comparative adjectives and adverbs (She is more intelligent than I am./I wish I played football as well as him.)
• Superlatives [+ever +present perfect] (What's the best place you have ever been to?)
• Quantifiers, too, not enough (How many cups of coffee do you drink each day? Probably too many.)

Most (but not all) of the exam follows the same format: there are some multiple choice questions where you have to choose and copy the correct answer, then a section where you have to think about the correct answer by yourself.

There are also some longer writing questions, worth about 5 points each. Try to write in sentences. You don't have to write a paragraph, but you could get more points if you do!

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Here's some work that you can do to prepare for the exam. Remember, apart from the parts of an airport, most of the exam is about grammar:

Textbook

• Revise & Check (p. 34) [already done]
• Revise & Check (p. 50) 
• Grammar Bank (p. 130-135)

Workbook

• Units 3-5 (p. 17-38)

Online

• Units 3-5

Supplemental Exam Preparation & Newspaper Work

Hello, students! Today we are going to look at the supplemental exam, which will be about the Frankenstein reader. The supplemental exam will be on Tuesday, 4th October at 11:00 am.

There are four parts to the exam:

• Vocabulary (30 points)
• Characters (30 points)
• Plot (30 points)
• Themes (10 points)

Now that you have some idea what will be on the exam, let's look at how to use quotes. This will be important for the 'Themes' section.

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Now, I'd like you to write a book review of Frankenstein. The best pieces of work will go in the student newspaper, along with some of your 'Wanted' posters. Here's what I want you to do:

- Join up with one or two friends (no more than 3 people!)
- Log-in to one of your Gmail accounts and start writing an email
- Write about the Frankenstein reader. Include:

• Who wrote the book? 
• What is the book about?
• What happens?
• Who are the most important characters?
• Why did you like it?
• What do you think could be better?
• Would you recommend this book to other students?

When you're finished, email it to m4seek@gmail.com. In the Subject line, write the nicknames of everyone in your team.