Essentials – Page 5

April 4, 2016October 23, 2017

Economy and Politics of Japan

This is another activity that I did in Khmer class. This audio is about economy and the politics of Japan. First I had to listen to the audio. Then I needed to take note. Finally I have to turn my note into paragraph, and then record it.

My writing about this topic.

April 4, 2016October 23, 2017

Makara’s Sonnet: I Want to Go to Play!

One type of poetry is called sonnets. A sonnet has a pattern. The sonnets we wrote had 14 lines with 10 syllables in each one. We had to make the first and third lines rhyme as well as the second and fourth. We wrote three four line blocks following the same rhyming pattern. The last two lines also had to rhyme.

I want to go to play with my cousins.

Oh, no I have a lot of works to do.

I need to go bake a cake and muffins. images

The smell from the hot oven makes me spew.

Oh my god! the cake is burnt and turn black download

I quickly take out cake from the oven.

Fire from the oven makes me dark.

I run out and it burn down the kitchen.

My mom blames me and I feel really sad.

I need to go to sweep and mop the floor. download (2)

I thought, maybe I can get help from dad.

But, he can’t because his body is sore.

Okay, that’s enough work for this morning.

Do not give me more works, I want to go to play!

February 17, 2016October 23, 2017

Chemical in Food

Everyday I learn Khmer from 9-10 am from Monday to Friday. So, on Monday my Khmer is about listening and speaking. So, we did one activity about listening to an interview between one MC with Mr. Jip Kimheang (experts at food). The topic was about chemical in food. During we were listening to the audio, we had to take notes. But we didn’t give our note to our teacher, we have to transform our note into a paragraph. Then we needed to read individually and record it.

My Audio:

Hand Writing about This Topic:

January 26, 2016October 23, 2017

Science Story Book

One of the biggest project in Liger is Science Story Book. This mean that each student will pair with another student, who are interest at the same topic. In fact, they will create a fiction book based on their topic. This book is not just in one language, it will be in both Khmer and English because we are going to share this book with the students in the government school too. I paired up with another boy who is interested in Earth Science. Our topic was about rock cycle. In the first month, we spent our time on doing research. Then we started to write our book in the document. I am the one who wrote the book. My partner is the one that do the art in Gimp, Inkscape, and Photoshop. After I write my book, we need to check it with English learning facilitators about the content and what the picture should look like. Also, we need to check the grammar because as you know we are still learning English. After finished with English, my partner continue to do his responsible and I translated it into Khmer. Then checked the translation with Khmer learning facilitators. Finally we put it into Bookwright program. But, we haven’t finished yet. Do you know why? Because when we put the text in, the space between each word got messy. I mean for English was okay, but Khmer was very disorganized. So, I need to fixed it. Next, we presented to everyone in Liger by giving them demonstration about our book. Then we read to each other. The language that we presented to them was in English. How about Khmer? We invited about 20 community students to come to listen to our book and ask them if they understand our book or not. In this project, we need to focus on it a lot. Also, we had to work efficiently not doing something that is not related to the book.

Our book called “The Adventure of Rasy and the Rock Cycle”.

September 21, 2015October 23, 2017

I Go to an Unusual School

I go to an unusual school. My school’s name is Liger Learning Center (LLC). LLC students were selected from many schools in Cambodia. They had to pass many types of tests to come to this school. They were chosen from the families that don’t have enough money for their children to learn English, or go to a private school. LLC is a boarding school with 50 students. Each student takes an Exploration every seven weeks with one learning facilitator and 12 or 13 students. An Exploration is a project that we choose to do in order to learn about something and a project that can help to solve real problems in society. Also, within that Exploration sometimes we have field trips. If we just learn only from the internet, books, or listening to the teacher all the time that’s not the same as if we go on the trip because we can see and learn from the actual situation. I really like this school because when I was in my province, I knew no English. When I came here I learned English and I can talk with foreign people. The best part of this school is becoming a change agent in Cambodia. In the government schools they don’t focus on that. So, it makes me think of what can I do to make my country become better and better. Also, another part that I like the most is going on the field trips because it allows me to learn more from real life.