FINAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR TOMORROW

Important instructions for all those taking the O Level Chinese paper tomorrow.

Please report to school outside the canteen by 7.15am latest. Please bring along your NRIC/Passport (avoid using EZ link card), Entry Proof, Stationary and dictionary (certified by the teacher using a stamp or the electronic ones WITH SPARE BATTERIES). If you lost your entry proof, check sharepoint CLASS PORTAL for details on how to get a replacement copy.

You will all take the exams in either 3-3 or 3-4 classroom, but majority will be in the 3-3 classroom. For your info, if your register number is from 1061 to 1090, it should be in the 3-3 classroom. 

On the day itself, place all electronic devices in your bag in SILENT MODE or SWITCHED OFF. Only exceptions are certified electronic dictionaries. Follow all instructions by invigilators. For the barcode, peel off the TOP part of the barcode and paste in on the bottom right hand corner of your answer script. Do not write anything on the cover of the answer script. 

Please keep your phones on at all times before the examination in case any teachers have to contact you for urgent matters. Call Mr Suah (or Joseph) if you have any matters eg. you will be late because of some traffic jam, traffic accident (TOUCH WOOD), bad weather etc. or if you have forgotten to bring any important documents. For Singaporeans and PRs, it's better to just bring your NRIC. For foreigners, bring passport. 

Now for the exam itself. Remember all the techniques that have been taught during the chinese intensive lessons. Things like pointing out key words in comprehension questions, understanding both the surface and in-depth meaning of the passage, contextual clues, matching of vocabulary phrases, idioms etc. Know the format for the essays and letter writing. Be flexible. The expository essay is a good alternative if the newspaper report seems difficult. The expository essay is typically on a current affairs topic, so whatever you  have studied in your 热门话题 will still apply. If you're very confident, you could do the narrative because if you write it well, you will get more credit than if you wrote a very good newspaper report, just because 80% of the students are going to write the newspaper report. 

Time management is important, but I doubt any of you have problems with it. Hence, I shall not elaborate here. 

Sleep early, drink chicken essence (if you don't mind the salty taste), take Vitamin C, study SMART and relax. This is the final lap. It's now or never. Go for it. Mr Suah has faith in all of you. =D