International Competitions and Assessment For Schools 2010 (ICCAS)

This year 44 students took ICCAS by Educational Assessment Australia, UNSW Global Pty Limited. 44 students of form 1- 4 took the exam at the library from 7.30 - 8.30 am.Hopefully. next year, more students will be able to sit for this exam.

Writing Workshop 3

Another writing workshop was held for form 3 students on 17 July 2010. This time the workshop focused on personal response (literature). The students worked in groups to complete the graphic organizers and then answer the questions given to them. The questions are on characters, events, themes and moral values. The workshop was conducted by Puan Norizah Baba and Puan Amesah Awal.

Mag. Inc 2010

This year we received 122 entries from the form 1, 2, 3 and 4 students. This year's theme is A Better Life. The students produced mini magazines that deal with the environment, health and social issues.This year the form 1, 2 and 4 did the magazines as part of their coursework for the second semester. Good job everybody.

UIA Debate 2010

On 16th - 2010, MOZAC sent 1 team to this annual event and this year MOZAC qualified to the quarter finals.Congratulations. The debaters are:
1. Mohd Azri Abdullah
2. Mohd Daniel Abdullah
3. Thulaja Thesa Vasudhevan
4. Ahmad Rahimi Khairul Salleh

Teachers in charge: Pn Wan Hailah & Pn Ivy Foo

SAFE English Carnival 2010

At the English Carnival held at Sek. Men. Teknik Melaka Tengah on 7th April 2010,MOZAC students took part in various competitions such as poem recitation,scrap book competition,spelling bee, English language games and karaoke. Below are the results:

Poem recitation - 1st place
Mohd Azfar Adam & Marlia

Language Games - 1st place
Erick Naim & group

Scrapbook competition - 2nd place
Justin & group

Karaoke - 2nd place
Haziqah

Spelling Bee - 3rd& 4th
Nursyafiqah & Zulfarahin

TRAXX FM ‘I WANNA BE A DEEJAY’ WORKSHOP

On 13th of March 2010, five of our school students, namely Jananieswary Servai, Sarah Nur’Ain, Nur Diyana, Umar Hakeem and Izat, attended a workshop on deejaying at RTM Melaka. ‘I WANNA BE A DEEJAY’ workshop was organized by Traxx fm under Melaka fm. Throughout this workshop, participants were exposed and explained about deejaying. Firstly, we’d ice breaking activity. After that, deejays ‘Roundhead’ and ‘Double D’ of Traxx fm’s morning crew, presented two modules regarding deejaying. After giving us a clear picture of deejaying, all participants were given a chance to experience it by ourselves. We’re divided into a few groups and we’re to start our own production, which consist of recording and editing, after lunch. After the mouth-watering, delicious meal from Renaissance hotel, we started our production right away. All of us were on the edge of our seats. We’re told to come up with our own station name and tagline, a title for a particular programme, date and time and logo. Besides that, we were also told to choose a producer (representing the head of our group); the head of our station and talents-deejays etc. All participant were really cooperative.
The facilitators assisted us and helped us in editing our production. Later, each group were to present their station to all. We had no idea that this production was actually a competition. Both Jananieswary and Sarah’s group won the first and second prize respectively. Besides being able to make new friends, we also managed to obtain knowledge on deejaying and have loads of fun at the same time. Thanks to the English Department for giving us the opportunity to have a bash at deejaying.

Reported by:
Jananieswary Servai

English Debate - Southern Zone HKSBP

MOZAC sent a team to the Southern Zone HKSBP at SAMURA on 12 - 15 March 2010. The debaters are:
1. Mohd Azri Abdullah
2. Mohd Daniel Abdullah
3. Thulaja Thesa Vasudhevan
4. Ahmad Rahimi Khairul Salleh

Here's the results of the debates:

Session 1: MOZAC vs SMSJ
Theme: Culture
Motion: The learning of Traditional game should be made compulsory in schools
Winner: MOZAC
Best Speaker: Thulaja Thesa

Session 2: MOZAC vs SAKTI
Theme: Sport
Motion: This house would punish sports teams for violence perpetrated by their fans
Winner: MOZAC
Best Speaker: Thulaja Thesa

Session 3: MOZAC vs SASER
Theme: Environment
Motion: This house believes that the government should subsidise green -products
Winner: MOZAC
Best Speaker: Thulaja Thesa

Session 4: MOZAC vs ISIS
Theme: Sosial
Motion: This house believes that married couples should live with their parents
Result: MOZAC
Best Speaker: Thulaja Thesa

Session 5: MOZAC vs STF
Theme: Economy
Motion: This house supports mega sales
Result: STF
Best Speaker: Thulaja Thesa

Session 6: Bye
Theme: Politic & Leadership

Session 7: MOZAC vs SDAR
Theme: Education
Motion: This house believes that all school should be coed
Result: MOZAC
Best Speaker: Thulaja Thesa

Semi Final: MOZAC vs TKC
Theme: Science & Technology
Motion: This house believes that technology is making us less human
Result: TKC
Best Speaker: TKC’s first speaker

Congratulations to the team and good luck in UIA Debate in April.

Writing Workshop 1

On 6th March 2010, the form 3 students had a writing workshop where they worked in small groups. The topics covered in this workshop are:
1. Informal Letter
2. Formal letter
3. Speech
4. Picture series
5. Article
6. Report

The groups completed the prewriting activities before producing 19 sample essays on the 6 topics in the 3 hours workshop. Thank you to Jane, Nabil, Aisyah, who had helped to be co fascilitators for this worshop. The teachers involved are Puan Norizah Baba & Pn. Amesah Awal.Congratulations to all involved.

Mind mapping in Literature Class

Students are encouraged to mind map in literature class to help them remember the characters, plot and events. Students find it easy to write using the mind map that they have done. Here are some examples done by form 3 students.

Readers' Theatre in MOZAC

Readers' theatre is introduced in MOZAC to improve students' spoken language.It also helps students to gain more confidence in using the language. It's also hoped that the students will develop an interest in reading because the scripts are based on books written by authors like Roald Dahl and others. 4 Alpha students are the first group of students who are exposed to this new programme and here are some shots taken when they practice their lines. Later, the rest of the form 4 students are given the script of The BFG (The Big Friendly Giant) and the form 1 students are given Which shoes to Choose.

Mind mapping in Class

Mind mapping is introduced in form 3 and form 4 classes this year. A reading passage on Urban Migration is given to students to read. Later, there's a Q & A session to check students' understanding. The teacher then shows how to mind map the first paragraph to students. Then, in pairs students mind map the second paragraph. The last two paragraphs are left for individual work. Using only the mind map as a guide, students then tell the class about the passage (individual & pair work). It's amazing how they can use their own words to retell the passage. As an enrichment activity, the students are asked to rewrite the passage using their own words in a paragraph. Students enjoy these activities as they can be creative,they can understand the passage well and are able to use their own words in describing the passage both in spoken and written language.

New Activities for 2010

It's 2010 and this year MOZAC ELD is planning to introduce many new things. In the new semester system, the assessment is 80% exam and 20% coursework.Therefore, ELD is planning more activities so that the students can take part and gain marks for the assessment. This year, ELD is focusing on Speaking and Writing activities. Some of the activities planned for this year are:
a) Readers' Theatre
b) Mindmapping activities
c) Learning How to Learn skills
d) Self Assessment grammar exercises
e) Interactive classroom activities

It's hoped that the students will take these opportunities to be proficient learners of English Languag. Good luck and have fun!

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