MY FINAL DRAFT

T1 Summative Writing Assignment (Singaporean short story)

Title: MY TRUE INTEGRITY

It was another Language Arts class and everyone in class was listening attentively in class. This year’s Language Arts teacher was very friendly and what was more was that her lessons were very interesting. We had Language Arts lesson three times a week and everyone looked forward to it very much. As we was still studying in Secondary 1 in Singapore after taking PSLE and not much was expected from us in class as we were still new to the school.

This term we learnt analysis of stories and poems and many of us were very excited about it. Later in class, Ms Tan, our Language teacher told us that we were to do a project by ourselves. As it was our first time doing projects for Language Arts, we were of course as happy as a lark when we heard the news. Our assignment was to create our own poem and then give a presentation on our own poem about why we had written our poem in that particular way. Ms Tan even added that if we did well, she would award additional ACE points to us and also get a small token from her. Everyone was as busy as a bee and started discussing on the poem. I chatted along but I still did not have a speck of idea on what kind of poem to write about. I wanted to write an outstanding poem better than my friends and get the additional ACE points and also the small token.

We had to present our work in two days time which was on Friday since it was Wednesday then. That day, I went home and started to do my homework. I Worked as hard as an Alabama cotton picker and finally finished my other homework and decided to start on my Language Arts project. I spent much time brainstorming but still, after cracking my brain, I was still empty of any ideas. I surely cannot miss this good opportunity to get rewarded. Since I could not get any ideas, I decided to see what my friends had come up with the next day.

The next day, I asked my best friend Timmy if he had already started on the project that the Language Arts teacher had given. He said that he wrote about his school life and even had a rhyming pattern. As I still had not come up with an idea, I was indeed under going much stress since my peers had already done their poems.
That day after school, I was really desperate for help. The presentation was just tomorrow and I had not even written a single word. I had spent many countless hours thinking of my poem but still had not found an ideal poem. I became more and more desperate as the minute went by soon, I had a way to get a good poem. I decided to surf the web for an ideal poem. This will sure work I thought to myself. I will sure have additional ACE marks. After surfing for less than an hour, I found the most perfect and ideal poem. I immediately copied it and paste it in my powerpoint slides for my presentation the next day. I was truly satisfied with myself.

The next day, I went to school as bright as a button ready for my presentation. Finally, Language lesson came. I waited patiently until it was my turn to present. Soon, it was my turn. I confidently went up to give my presentation. At the end of my presentation, the class applauded for my fantastic presentation and my face flushed like a red tomato. When Ms Tan gave me my comment, she also told me to meet her after school that day. I thought that she was absolutely satisfied with my performance and wanted to praise me for it after school.

When the bell for the end of school rang that day, I went to the office with a spring in my steps towards the teachers’ office to meet Ms Tan. To my utter dismay, instead of praising me for my good work, she instead asked me if I had done it myself. I had no choice but to tell her the truth. She told me that it was wrong to take other people’s work and treat it as their own. This means to have integrity. Ms Tan told me to redo my project and told me to show it to her when I am done.
After a few days of thinking, I finished my original work and showed it to her. She praised me for it and said that this was a well done job. The feeling of the sense of achievement was even grater than I thought.

From this incident, I understand that it is important to have integrity in life so as to be successful in life. I admit that I felt the true sense of achievement only after I did my project on my own. I will surely never lose my integrity again as it does not make me a better person and only when you have integrity will you feel the real sense of achievement and happiness which cannot be compared to any other way my own live your life.

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3 Pics. SETTING

Here are the 3 pictures for settings

1. A lightning storm approaching

Description:

A huge storm blew up and before anyone knew it, it was raining very heavily with strikes of lightning appearing in the dark night sky. Villagers were terrified as their tattered huts were blown away.........

2. Green pastures in the open

Description: It was a sunny day and fluffy clouds were floating in the clear blue sky. Tom and hi family was driving on the road on their way to visit their relatives. Suddenly, a dark cloud was seen not far away......

3. Sunny day on the beach

Description.

It was a hot day and everyone was getting ready to go to the beach for a swim. Suddenly, the tide rose and waves grew stronger. The water started turning murky black.......

Please comment about their setting.

SOURCE: GOOGLE IMAGES

T1 Summative Writing Assignment(draft)

Title: The Singapore Hero

In the year 2045, Singapore had a bigger land area with man-made land. Singapore has become much more urban and also very much improved in technology. There were many large factories that took over the office buildings which have moved to other more advanced countries like China and many other countries around Singapore. These factories mostly produced raw materials for making devices, electronic equipment and also robots which were just invented. Robots that could help humans do all kinds of work. With all these large masses of production, pollution was inevitable. This continued for years to come by and technology also became extremely advanced.

Then, in 2068, the day finally came when the air in Singapore had become too polluted with all sorts of harmful pollutants. As the pollutants in the air increased, the people living in Singapore had no other choice but to leave for another country. Although this pollution of air may spread to other nearby countries, nobody really cared as they were too focused on earning money. How selfish they were. However, just as all seemed lost, there was still a scientist living in Singapore. He did not leave with the others though and could survive the polluted air as he lived in an underground research facility which was built by him. This great scientist, Jason would soon become a great inventor. How? No one really knows but you have to wait and see.

Jason lived in a highly developed research centre underground with his wife, Lucy who always gave him support in whatever he did. They had a dog named Ruffle who was cute and loving and not to mention two robots, eggy1 and grumpy5. Eggy1 was a newer and more advanced robot with the ability to do anything a human can and also had emotions he learns like a child and has to learn everything from scratch. However, grumpy5 is robot and do the house work and cooking. He has no emotions though. Jason and Lucy were very sad that Singapore would end up like a barren land with no one at all. It was indeed saddening to see the bursting city crumble down to become a wasted piece of land. Jason had not found a solution to the air pollution problem yet but he was determined to help Singapore revive.

2068 23 June

‘Good Morning Eggy! Nice day isn’t it?’ Jason woke up saying.

‘We could have our breakfast before you start your research on how to improve the air problem here’ said Lucy.

‘Well sure of course’ Jason said as he fumbled with his PDA to check up the Menu. It was scrambled eggs with bread again but Jason was not that fussy about his food. The Menu is updated daily by grumpy5 in the morning through the Central Control Computer (CCC) where one can access it at anytime of the day with PDA or a Touchscreen that appears in front of you when you call for it. The CCC stores all information about the electrical supply, solar energy stored and every other thing in the house. The house where Jason, Lucy, Ruffle and their robots live is also underground with just a 1 minute ride from the Research facility by the AllWays elevator. After his breakfast Jason continued his research.

‘Why is the air a problem here in Singapore sir?’ eggy1 asked as Jason was trying all ways to find some information for his research.

‘You have to understand eggy that the pollutants in the air is not healthy and very toxic and just 1 min in the open will knock a human out. You are a robot and do not need oxygen to survive so you may not understand.’ Jason replied.

Eggy1 frowned as if to be angry and went away to play with Ruffle. Lucy would spend her day above the ground with eggy1 or ruffle sometimes in search for raw materials like metal so as to aid Jason in case he had to build a prototype. Lucy would go out in a digger which is a machine that has giant tools to drill, dig and also had a compartment to collect things. The driver section is air sealed and does not allow the polluted air outside to enter it.

Many months past like this. Although progress was slow but still there was progress. Scientist Jason now became an inventor when he finished his research and invented a robot that could dig and pack the waste dust and scrap materials on the ground to clear the land of Singapore and also a building called the gasucker that could suck air in through a large hole at the top of the building and process the polluted air into energy stored in energy packets and are kept for use. This operation would take several years with only 3 of such building built around Singapore.

2075 Feb 12

‘Look! The pollution-o-meter has dropped to safe level!’ exclaimed Lucy.

‘Oh finally it has been done!’ exclaimed Jason.

‘Wow that is good, I can finally bring Ruffle out for a walk without sitting in a car!’ eggy1 commented. Ruffle upon hearing this leaped up and down and barked excitedly.

‘What are we waiting for, let’s tell everyone!’ Jason said.

Jason walked into his office satisfied with the results while eggy1 brought Ruffle out to play in the open for the first time. Lucy watched them amiably and a look of satisfaction was clearly written all over her face. Her husband had succeeded!

It wasn’t long before the whole world knew about it. People started returning to Singapore bringing their companies but all of them learnt a very valuable lesson ’do not pollute the Earth before it is too late to rectify’. Luckily, the pollution in Singapore did not spread as fast as expected and was saved in time by scientist Jason. He is indeed a hero and will never be forgotten in the history of Singapore. He now lives happily in Singapore and I heard he is inventing something new. His wife too is also very happy still living in the underground Research Facility where there are still sweet memories.

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