Lesson 10 Objectives Assessment Part 1 Roleplay where

Lesson 10

Objectives Assessment: Part 1: Role-play where you have to ask for directions (10 marks) - Part 2: Circling correct adjectives based on a cloze passage (10 marks) -

Modal Auxiliary Verbs Some - good modal auxiliary verbs that you can use to ask for directions include: May I know how to get… Could you show me… Would it be possible to… Should I take this bus… Will this MRT train take me to…

Assessment: Role-Play (20 marks) You will have to ask for directions to get to 2 of the following places - the Embassy of your country, Ministry of Manpower, Police Station, a MRT station. Helping phrases you can use: - Excuse me - Good morning/afternoon/evening - May I - Could you please tell me - Is it possible for you to enlighten me … - Would it be possible … - Can you show me the way to … - Thank you - I’m sorry, I do not understand - Could you repeat yourself? - May I know if Bus Service 123 goes to Orchard Road? - May I know how do I get to the Esplanade? - How much does it cost to get to Dhoby Ghaut Station? - Where can I top-up/buy my EZ-Link Card?

Rubrics for role play 1. 2. 3. 4. Clarity of questions posed - choice of nouns, verbs and adjectives (6 marks) Tone in terms of words related to greetings and expressions of gratitude (6 marks) Body language (2 mark) Use of modal/auxiliary verbs (6 marks)

Assessment: Cloze Passage (30 marks) Read the following cloze passage on accidents involving foreign workers, and fill in the correct adjectives from the given list

Cloze Passage (1 of 5) Alam Khali can remember how scared he was whenever he squatted in the back of a/an 1. ______truck while on the way to work. Squashed in with other foreign labourers, the 40 -year-old Bangladeshi said he clung on to whatever part of the truck he could get his hands on as the vehicle made its way around 2. ______ Singapore.

Cloze Passage (2 of 5) “Of course scared, but boss says take truck, we take, ” Khali, who has been working in Singapore since 2003, said with a shrug. Thanks to a new boss, Khali now gets money to travel by MRT. However, his other friends are not so lucky. As they work in the 3. _____ rain, the workers remind Singaporeans of how 4. _________ it is to be a construction worker.

Cloze Passage (3 of 5) Lee Kitt Ann, an 11 -year-old schoolgirl, won a national book-writing competition last year for a story she wrote about an Indian worker. “I felt quite 5. ______ to see them working in the heavy rain. They were so wet. ” In June, three Chinese workers died in road accidents. This led Singapore to come up with 6. _________safety rules.

Cloze Passage (4 of 5) Singaporeans feel sorry for the workers when they see them crouched in the back of a truck in 7. ______traffic when it is raining. Since the start of the year, all new trucks to be used for ferrying workers must be fitted with canopies and side railings before they go on the road. 8. ______ vehicles will be fitted with safety and comfort equipment over the next 12 months.

Cloze Passage (5 of 5) Two 9. ______casino complexes have been built. This will lead to about 100, 000 new foreign workers being hired in Singapore this year. The government feels that migrant workers make a 10. _____contribution to the economy.