e-news in january, 2015 - english center of...
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1. Hot School News
2. Talk about Chinese New Year
3. Multiculturalism-America
4. Great Work of 5th and 6th Graders
5. Reading Winners (1)
6. Christmas Flashback
E-news in January, 2015
This year, we celebrated Christmas with tons of fantastic
activities. For the lower grades, we decorated gingerbread man,
sang Christmas carols, and made Christmas stockings. For higher
grade, we made Christmas trees, gingerbread houses, and Yum
Yum Balls. We also showed our creativity when we decorated our
gingerbread houses. Wow! We were so into it! This was our most
unforgettable Christmas ever!
It’s almost the end of the semester and Chinese New Year
is coming! What are you going to celebrate Chinese New Year? Do
you want to know more about the Spring Lantern Festival 2015 in
Taipei? Check out this month’s E-news!
Hot School
News
All about Chinese New Year
Christmas Flashback
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year 2015 – Celebrating Year of Sheep
Among their communities, they have always celebrated this
special event, the Chinese New Year, no matter whether they are in their
home-town or not.
The Chinese New Year is known as the longest New Year
celebration in the world. It carries on the first day of the Chinese New
Year to the 15th day of the first lunar month. The first day of the Chinese
calendar is celebrated as the Spring Festival and the 15th day of the first
month that marks the end of the celebration is known as Lantern Festival.
Like many other parts of the world, Taipei, is quite well known for
Lantern Festival. If you are in the country at this time of the year, then
you are definitely in for a treat. Be ready to greet glittering streets on
the occasion; the entire city of Taipei is decorated with glittering lights
to mark the occasion.
You could head out to the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial
Hall and witness the massive lantern that is installed
every year in the middle of the plaza for the occasion and
which attracts a larger number of spectators every year.
There is performance that includes an amazing display of
laser lights, sculptural arts and music forms the prime
feature of attraction every year. You will also notice that
the four walls of the plaza are decorated with colorful
lanterns depicting the folklore and history along with larger lanterns all
shaped in the form of animals, such as, butterflies, dragons, birds and
dinosaurs. Keep an eye out for the traditional lion and dragon dance
accompanied by acrobatic acts.
The festival also includes many other activities, such as, lantern
making, games involving lantern riddles, lantern exhibitions, etc. You could
also consider heading out to Pingxi in Taipei County and feast your eyes on
the heavenly lanterns or sky lanterns, traditionally made of bamboo
frames. The masses of lanterns filled with hot air rising up into the sky is
definitely a heavenly sight. Come and light up a lantern with all your wishes
on it. See you next year!
Adapted from: http://www.bbc.com/news
America
USA, the United States of America, is a large country.
It is 9,857,306 square kilometers. In that space there is a
lot of different cultures and religions practiced. But all
people in America have one thing in common that they
practice: their right for freedom.
History
The United States of America were first colonies that belonged to England.
There were 13 of them. This was a problem for early Americans, because they had all
left England to become their own country. Now England was enforcing the rules and
religions that they had run away from.
It was too much for the first Americans. They wanted freedom to decide what
they wanted to believe. They decided to become their own country. In 1776, a bunch of
important men got together and signed a paper outlining
what their beliefs and rules were for the new country
of America. It was very dangerous at the time to write
and sign such a piece of paper. All of the men were
afraid for their lives. Eventually, the Americans won
and broke away from England.
Culture
The USA is different from many other countries because it does not have an
official religion. The early Americans were all Christians, but today Americans practice
many different religions. It is the right of the people to believe what they want and
practice it in public as well.
Another distinction America has with other countries is that it is a mixed salad of
different cultures. People from all over the world have come to America. Each part of
America has a different cultural background and there is no standard American. Each
area has very different types of Americans.
However, there are some very American past-times
that are purely American. The most common is baseball
and apple pie. Another is the sports that Americans have
invented. Including baseball, Americans have invented
basketball and American football. The music is also as
diverse as the people that live there. The music that was
invented in America was bluegrass, blues, jazz, rock ‘n roll,
and country.
The West Coast
The West Coast of America is against the
Pacific Ocean. This is where the music and
movie businesses really thrive.
The West
The West is different from the West
Coast, because it is on the Western side of
the Rocky Mountains. It is mostly desert
and wide open spaces.
The Midwest
The Midwest is where most of
the food for the whole country is grown.
You can drive through large spaces and see nothing
but fields.
The South
The South has a special culture all on its own. It originally
wanted to become its own nation separate from the United
States.
The East Coast
The East Coast is a fast-paced culture that is often thought of as what Americans
are like.
Resources used:
Wikipedia “United States” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
Topic: My New Year Wishes
Grade 5 Student Work
By 501 Panda Dory 蔡明君
Instructor: Ms. Ciou
By503 Koala Cindy 顧佳恩
Instructor: Ms. Lai
By 501 Rabbit Ian 李維桐
Instructor: Ms. J. Chen
By 501 Kangaroo Andrea 羅安廷
Instructor: Ms. S. Chen
By 601 Dandelion Fifi 莊靜
Instructor: Ms. Kao
By 603 Sunflower Audrey 陳瑄
Instructor: Ms. Hsu
By 604 Iris Brian 廖振宏
Instructor: Ms. Tseng
By 604 Tulip Sandy 林楚珊
Instructor: Ms. Kao
2014 Fall Reading Passport
A recognition of your reading achievement
Congratulations on the reading achievement of the
following groups. They successfully finished reading a
significant amount of books just within a semester! Their
achievement will service as a model of and inspiration to
all of us. Keep up the good work!
Reading Passport- Bronze Award
Homeroom Group English Name Chinese Name
302 Sea Horse Cayenne 萬開元
501 Kangaroo Vicky 李伃琦
201 Eagle Elaine 葉子綾
204 Toucan Cindy 林歆諦
301 Swordfish Raymond 楊右賓
304 Whale Gaspar 李仲禾
602 Lavender Hannah 楊詠涵
602 Dandelion Jocelyn 彭翊絜
604 Sunflower Rina 黃于娟
501 Panda Ethan 曹宇程
603 Sunflower Priscilla 陳宜鈴
Grade Group Average Module Teacher Top reader
1 Mars 106 Ms. J. Chen 103 Ming-Yun潘明雲
2 Eagle 50 Ms. Cheng 201 Elaine葉子綾
3
Sea Horse
Starfish
Shark
38
38
38
Ms. Ciou
Ms. J. Chen
Ms. Ko
302 Mag 曾子瑜
302 Annie 張晏寧
303 Sophie 周羿薰
4 Shakespeare 36 Ms. Hsu 403 Angel 高紫恩
5 Panda 34 Ms. Ciou 501 Evelyn 黃怡融
6 Lavender 34 Ms. Hsu 601 Claire 賴惠玲
404 Shakespeare Amanda 張一馨
601 Lavender Jamie 吳宸語
201 Eagle Jessie 蔣昀潔
101 Jupiter Ben 謝宗諺
103 Mars Ming-Yun 潘明雲
403 Andersen Mia 張紜
Reading Passport- Silver Award
Homeroom Group English Name Chinese Name
302 Starfish Jean 蔣明瑾
501 Kangaroo Ming Young 吳明陽
302 Sea Horse Michelle 游宸伊
404 Andersen Ryan 陳昱廷
304 Beluga Kyle 王聖元
403 Andersen Athena 嚴辰鵑
403 Andersen Alice 李雨璇
602 Dandelion Michelle 翁綾彤
502 Panda Katy 紀佳妤
402 Einstein Katrina 李例潔
402 Einstein Yurick 李知遠
201 Eagle Renee 楊芯瑀
602 Lavender Sam 鄭庭松
Reading Passport- Gold Award
Homeroom Group English Name Chinese Name
601 Lavender Claire 賴惠玲
503 Cheetah Sophie 李昀蓁
Reading Passport- Platinum Award
Homeroom Group English Name Chinese Name
302 Starfish Annie 張晏寧
At the Christmas party, we watched the
Grade 2 Dance Club Show and then we sang
and danced together. Suddenly, Santa showed
up and gave prizes to the Top 10 lucky draw
winners. After that, we watched the Grade 2
top groups perform and enjoyed the show.
Wonderfully, everyone got a candy cane. We
experienced the spirit of Christmas and
enjoyed the party.
Time: 8: 20~9: 00
Date: December 22nd, 2014
Students: Grade 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Look at my pink icing!
My gingerbread man
has eyes, a nose and a
mouth.
Merry Christmas!
Gingerbread man is so
yummy, we brought so much
candy and chocolate to
decorate our gingerbread!!
We wrote a Christmas card to Santa! Do you like my card?
Santa is going to tell us a Christmas story <Olivia Helps with Christmas>! So excited!!
G2 Song and Dance
One more sleep till Santa Claus and
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer come to
town. Hear the jingle bells ring!
Performing Groups: Peacock, Dove, Woodpecker
and Eagle
Instructors: Ms. Huang, Ms. Yang, Ms. Tseng and Ms. Cheng
Performing Groups:
Parrot, Robin, Seagull and
Toucan
Performing Groups:
Parrot, Robin, Seagull and
Toucan
Performing Groups:
Parrot, Robin, Seagull and
Toucan
One more sleep till Santa Claus and
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer come to
town. Hear the jingle bells ring!
Performing Groups:
Parrot, Robin, Seagull
and Toucan
Let it snow! Let it snow!
We sure wish that it could
be Christmas every day.
Have a merry Christmas
everyone! Ready, let’s rock
and party!
2014 Christmas
We are having fun
making stockings! Look
at our beautiful and
colorful decorations on
the stockings. Our
creative work shows
that we have great
Christmas spirit!
Look at my beautiful
stocking! Santa Clause
can fill it with small toys,
candy, or other small
gifts when he arrives! I
was so excited about
Christmas holiday! How
about you?
Look at our
Christmas trees!
Aren’t they
lovely?
First, we color the
base. Then, we make
our own Christmas
trees and decorate
them creatively and
beautifully.
We must build the house. We must
build the house. Hi-ho the derio!
We must build the house~
Come on! It’s Christmas time! Let’s
build the gingerbread house
together!
Look! We made Australian
snacks by ourselves!