The Straits Times, 24 January 2012
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Article, Illustration214 2012-01-24 1 hen the inventor of the iPad, Mr Steve Jobs, died last year, many Apple fans mourned the loss. I, too, was very sad. Mr Jobs was one of the world’s most creative thinkers. From the iMac to the iPod, his inventions left a lasting impact. I’ve learnt from214 words
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Advertisement49 2012-01-24 1 is feeling TUESDAY JANUARY 24 2012 Name Write your mood here Win hongbao for your school! $10,000 to be won for the best ideas Spelling whiz The National Spelling Championship kicks off page6 page7 Partners with: Caned vandalism Teenager punished in Singapore amid outcry from his fellow Americans page1849 words
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big at home
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Article, Illustration472 2012-01-24 2 TAN XING QI - ACTIVITY BY TAN XING QI SUT, Jan 15 New life for historic Alkaff Mansion By Jessica Lim The historic Alkaff Mansion atop Telok Blangah Hill is open again, after an eight-year hiatus. Since its opening on Dec 6, it has been doing brisk business, said head chefST PHOTO SEAH KWANG PENG - 472 words
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Article, Illustration486 2012-01-24 3 TAN XING QI - BY TAN XING QI There are 11 incorrect words in the article. Correct the words and write down the answers in the spaces provided. Two Malaysian men have been arrested on (1) suspision of being involved in an ATM skimming operation that has widened in (2)PHOTO SHIN MIN - 486 words
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Advertisement54 2012-01-24 2 TEACHINGTIP The content on every page has been carefully created to match ability levels. Each page is categorised as High, Middle or Foundation (Low), and contains activities that correspond to these levels. You will also see icons on each page to indicate activities for: ALL HIGH MIDDLE FOUNDATION Listening Speaking54 words
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big spell
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Article, Illustration645 2012-01-24 4/5 Geraint Wong - Follow t he rules English spelling may be irregular compared to many other languages, but there are some rules to follow. They serve as a good guide to spelling words correctly. By Geraint Wong By Geraint Wong FINAL “E” If a word ends in “e”: drop the final “e” when645 words
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Article216 2012-01-24 6 Win shopping vouchers to be used on improving your school Little Red Dot wants you and your class to come up with a plan to improve your school. If we love your plan, we will give you shopping vouchers to carry it out. Prizes are worth $5,000, $3,000216 words
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Article, Illustration237 2012-01-24 6 MONEY MATTERS Now that I am in upper primary, my parents have given me more responsibilities. My duties are to plan what the family eats for breakfast and to pick out the items to buy when we go grocery shopping. I know my parents work very hard to237 words
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Article, Illustration557 2012-01-24 7 Tan Xing Qi - Two schools battled it out at the launch of the RHB-The Straits Times National Spelling Championship. Tan Xing Qi reports reports Tan Xing Qi At two-nil down, it seemed the boys from St Gabriel’s Primary School had lost the battle for spelling supremacy. But quick thinking andST FILE PHOTO - 557 words
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Advertisement8 2012-01-24 7 More spelling tips on pages 4 and 58 words
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big on singapore
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Article, Illustration494 2012-01-24 8 Eisen Teo - Little Red Dot walks you through some of the oldest schools in Singapore. THISWEEK: CONVENT OF THE HOLY INFANT JESUS (CHIJ) PRIMARY AND SECONDARY (TOA PAYOH) By Eisen Teo THE FIRST... convent school in Singapore. A convent is the place where a community of nuns aST FILE PHOTOS - 494 words
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big in asia
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Article, Illustration380 2012-01-24 9 Eileen Aung-Thwin - These issues and events keep appearing in the news as we say goodbye to the Year of the Rabbit and welcome the Year of the Dragon. Can you name the countries involved? By Eileen By Eileen Aung-Thwin ANSWERS: Q1. India Q2. Thailand Q3. North Korea Q4.PHOTOS AP, AFP - 380 words
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Article, Illustration940 2012-01-24 10/11 Kimiko Chan - Do you know what has been happening around the world? How do you feel after reading about these incidents? Write in to stdot@sph.com.sg to tell us. By Kimiko Chan By Kimiko Chan AFGHANISTAN Afghan child bride Sahar Gul, 15, recovers at a hospital in Kabul.PHOTOS AP, AFP, REUTERS SOURCES ST, AP, AFP, REUTERS, BBC NEWS - 940 words
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big on english
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Article, Illustration431 2012-01-24 12 ACTIVITY Fill in the blanks with the present perfect or past perfect tense of the verb in the brackets. A record number of large-scale seizures of elephant tusks (1) (make) across the world in the past 12 months, says a leading wildlife watchdog, making it aPHOTO REUTERS - 431 words
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Article, Illustration225 2012-01-24 13 ACTIVITY 1 Study the advertisement carefully and then answer the multiple choice questions. 1. What is the shape of the screen in the theatre? a) rectangle b) square c) dome 2. We have to scan a code to a) listen to the show a) listen to the show225 words
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Article, Illustration452 2012-01-24 14 ACTIVITY 1 President Tony Tan Keng Yam, with Esplanade chief executive Benson Phua, launching a “wishing sphere into Marina Bay on Saturday. It was among 20,000 others with handwritten wishes for the new year. Dr Tan wrote on his sphere: “I wish all Singaporeans happiness and peaceST FILE PHOTO - 452 words
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Article, Illustration405 2012-01-24 15 Malini Nathan - This week, we continue to look at making generalisations. Read the following text and identify the main idea and three secondary ideas found within it. By Malini Nathan By Malini Nathan ACTIVITY SMRT’s third disruption in four days yesterday affected more trains and lasted longer than Thursday’s shutdownST FILE PHOTO - 405 words
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big talent
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Article, Illustration246 2012-01-24 16 Thank you for your wonderful submissions. Little Red Dot wants to see more of your work. Keep those entries coming! What do a box, rocks and chicken pox have in common? Shirley Ow Wen Hui’s poem The Little Box fits all of them246 words
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Article127 2012-01-24 16 Share your Big Talent with all Little Red Dot readers. Get creative and send us your drawings, photographs, comics, poems, haiku, essays, postcards, jokes and riddles or anything else creative that you might get up to. Or, show us photographs of what you and your friends or family127 words
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Article, Illustration154 2012-01-24 16 to the passengers. Twitter to provide frequent updates assist, buses for transportation and idea 3: SMRT used its employees to trains use to draw power. Secondary which are special components the the track and “collector shoes”, again traced to a misalignment of Secondary idea 2: The fault was Thursday’s154 words
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big read
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Article, Illustration497 2012-01-24 17 This year, Little Red Dot brings you excerpts from some exciting new books from public libraries THE TATTOOED POTATO AND OTHER CLUES By Ellen Raskin New York Puffin Books, 2011, c1975 Plot: The reprint of this book by award-winning writer Ellen Raskin features student Dickory Dock, who answers497 words
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big story
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Article, Illustration671 2012-01-24 18 American teenager punished for vandalism despite intervention by US president 6 May 1994, Singapore The 18-year-old who received four strokes of the rotan at Queenstown Remand Prison yesterday was not the first person to be caned for vandalism in Singapore. But Michael Fay has made headlines acrossST ILLUSTRATION PAUL ERIC ROCA - 671 words
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Article145 2012-01-24 18 1. Vandalism: a) Committing acts of crime while in a gang b) deliberately damaging or destroying things, especially public property or things belonging to others c) not admitting to a crime when first accused 2. Corporal punishment: a) The inflicting of physical pain or injury on someone as145 words
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Article, Illustration772 2012-01-24 19 Kimiko Chan - Keeping active is important in ways you may not realise. Kimiko Chan explains Kimiko Chan Sources: Kidshealth.org BBC News Parenting.com The New York Times Sources: Livestrong.com National Health Service (UK) Parenting.com You have probably heard it many times before it is important to exercise and keep fit.Sources: Kidshealth.org; BBC News; Parenting.com; The New York Times; Sources: Livestrong.com; National Health Service (UK); ST FILE PHOTO - 772 words
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Article, Illustration357 2012-01-24 20 Ellen Whyte - Once you leave Earth, the length of a year is not quite the same. By Ellen Whyte A year is the time it takes a planet to orbit the sun. It takes our planet 365.25 days. To make up for the quarter of a day, we havePHOTO NASA - 357 words
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