Activity 1.

“ IT’S MORE FUN IN ASIA”

Directions: Identify the country where the

following landmarks/beauty spots can
be found.

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Directions: Give the meaning of the
highlighted words using context clue.

1. When the tourist went to

his farm, he climbed a knoll to
take a good look at the
beautiful things.
a. stairs
b. chair
c. hill

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2. The ground attendant advised the

passenger to reduce the things he had in
his suitcase for jettisoning; he had
exceeded the required weight for his
check-in baggage.
a. inspection
b. donation
c. discarding

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3. The traveller’s goal is to reach the

summit of the mountain.
a. lowest part
b. middle part
c. highest part

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4. The King’s subjects obey his rules

faithfully.
a. followers
b. courses to study
c. enemies

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5. The fan stood in awe when he saw

his favorite movie actor.
a. fear
b. surprise
c. respect

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(Answer Keys)

1. When the tourist went to his farm, he

climbed a knoll to take a good look at the
beautiful things.
a. stairs
b. chair
c. hill

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(Answer Keys)

2. The ground attendant advised the

passenger to reduce the things he had in
his suitcase for jettisoning; he had
exceeded the required weight for his
check-in baggage.
a. inspection
b. donation
c. discarding

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(Answer Keys)

3. The traveller’s goal is to reach the

summit of the mountain.
a. lowest part
b. middle part
c. highest part

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(Answer Keys)

4. The King’s subjects obey his rules

faithfully.
a. followers
b. courses to study
c. enemies

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(Answer Keys)

5. The fan stood in awe when he

saw his favorite movie actor.
a. fear
b. surprise
c. respect

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 Sang Nila Utama, an imaginative
adventurous king was restless by nature
and wanted to travel to faraway places.
He loved hunting wild animals, so when
he heard that there were stags in the
jungles of Tanjong Bentam which were
not easy to hunt, he was excited and took
with him a great fleet of ships to Tanjong
Bentam.

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 When the king arrived
upon the island, he and his
subjects had a hunting
expedition that lasted several
hours, slaying many wild and
savage beasts, but no stags.
This disappointed the king,
for he had a sense of
unfulfillment in his heart.
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 Suddenly, a large stag
darted out of the bush in front of
Sang Nila Utama, giving the king
a shock...but the king drew his
silver dagger and hurled it at the
stag, only grazing the animal.
The stag began to run and the
king pursued it (in those days, it
was either your feet or nothing.

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 The stag ran through the
jungle and darted up a knoll. The
king followed the stag up the hill,
but upon reaching the summit, the
stag was nowhere to be seen.
There was a large rock, so the
king climbed it and looked the
land and sea spread out around
him. In the distance, he saw a
stretch of white sand - an island.
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 Sang Nila Utama was fascinated by
the sight of the island. He turned to one of
his subjects who had followed him.
'What is the name of that
island?' The subject looked into the
distance and smiled.
'That is Temasek, Your Highness.'
'Then we are going there.'
The king ordered his fleet to set sail
and they began on their journey towards
the island.

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 Suddenly the once clear blue
skies were covered with black clouds,
heavy rain poured from them and
strong bursts of wind threatened to
tear the ships apart. The ship carrying
Sang Nila Utama was in the very eye
of the storm. The crew lowered the
sails, started to bail the water from
the ship and get most of the cargo for
jettisoning.

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 However, an idea came to
the king's head. He remembered
a story his grandfather told him of
how one of his ancestors became
the Sea-King and that his crown
was the only thing which
belonged to his ancestor. He
removed his crown immediately
& threw it into the sea.

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 All at once, the storm broke.
As suddenly as it started, the
skies began to clear and the crew
gave a shout of joy and set sail
once more to the island of
Temasek.

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 When the king stepped upon the
island, a creature stepped out of
nowhere, and the king and his men
were awe-struck by the magnificent
creature. It was large and moved with
grace, had a black head, covered in a
furry mane, a whitish neck and a red
body. When the king drew his bow &
arrow, the beast stared back at him
with golden eyes and let out a
deafening roar before leaping into the
jungle.
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 'What sort of animal was
that?', the king asked.
A wise old man stepped forth.
'I have seen animals in potraits
from the Far West. Perhaps this is a
'singa', but I wonder how it got all
the way here.'
'This must be a great place if it
breeds such a beautiful animal. Let
us live here...here on the island of
Singapura.'
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 Footnote:
The word 'singa' is actually the
Indonesian and Malay word for
'lion'. Therefore, Singapore is
sometimes referred to as the 'Lion
City'.

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GROUP NAME:

ELEMENTS OF THE STORY

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1. restless
2. suddenly
3. unfullfillment

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ROOT

ROOT + PREFIX PREFIX + ROOT + SUFFIX

ROOT + SUFFIX

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 A prefix is a group of letters placed before the
root of a word.
Ex. UNHAPPY

Prefix “un” (which means “not”)

Root word happy

UNHAPPY means “not happy”.

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 A suffix is a group of letters placed after the
root of a word.
Ex. FLAVORLESS
Root word “flavor”
Sufix “less” (which means “without”)

FLAVORLESS means “having no flavor”.

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 1. RESTLESS

Root word “rest”

Suffix “less” (which means “without”)

RESTLESS means “having no rest”.

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 2. SUDDENLY

Root word “sudden”

Suffix “ly”

SUDDENLY means “done quickly”.

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 3. UNFULFILLMENT

Root word “fulfill”

Prefix “un” (which means “not”)
Suffix “ment” (which means “action/result”)

UNFULFILLMENT
means “failure to fulfill”.

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 You will be rated based on the ff. Criteria:
Originality 20
Mastery 20
Creativity and Presentation 20
Content 20
Over-All Performance 20
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TOTAL 100

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 You will be rated based on the ff. Criteria:
Originality 20
Mastery 20
Creativity and Presentation 20
Content 20
Over-All Performance 20
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TOTAL 100

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 Read in advance “The Bumboat
Cruise on the Singapore River” by
Meriam Wei Wei Lo

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