Lower Secondary Geography

Introduction Lesson

•Mr Ng Chenyee (SH

Humanities)

•Mr Kelwin Koh

•Ms Amelia Tew

•Ms Jazreel Lau

1. Be ready for class.

• Physically and Mentally

2. Have your equipment

• A4 size notebook

• Black pen (tests)

• Green pen (corrections)

• Pencil (diagram drawing)

• Textbook

3. Listen and be polite

• Humans are able to think and practice

restraint over their urges.

• When I’m talking you should not be

talking

• Basic courtesy

• Have a question, raise your hand and

wait

• Come ready to learn, do your part at

home

• Time is short, if I have to discipline you,

we will not finish syllabus

• You will still sit for the exam because Mr

Koh has set the papers already

• When I’m in the class, courtesy

applies

• Stand, look in front and greet me

• Forget what happened earlier in the

day, we start afresh

• Once you are seated, your notebook

and writing materials should be out

• Once I’m set up we start

• School policy is ‘NO USE OF

HANDPHONES IN CLASS’

• Applies to all of you, not me

•Teachers have to be contacted by our

HODS and Office at times

•Should I need to answer a call, I will step

out of the class for a minute

•Continue writing notes or do a quick

review of the last 2 pages in your

notebook

• Toilet breaks are a strict no during

Geography Lessons.

• We don’t have enough curriculum

time

• Go before school, during recess and

… …

• Only situation where you should ask

is if you are at risk of embarrassing

yourself

• If we are going to a different location,

you need to bring what equipment I

tell you and quickly evacuate from

your room

• Move fast, switch off all the lights and

fans

• Queue up outside the class

• Move quickly and quietly

• Don’t wander off, I’ll have to hold your

hands otherwise

• Don’t follow rules?

• Restriction of privileges.

•A comfortable seat to learn in is a

privilege.

•A comfortable table to write on is a

privilege.

• Don’t make your own life

uncomfortable.

• 2 year lower secondary geography

program

• Sec 1 : Physical Geography

•Physical environment and processes

• Sec 2 : Human Geography

•Human intervention and processes

• Field investigation component

• All Students to participate in 1

Field investigation per year

• Team based learning

• Learning team is based on your index

numbers

• We are all new so learn to work with one

another

• You cannot change members anytime in

the year

• If we have new classmates joining us, we

will add them to existing teams

• Nobody leaves a team unless you leave

the school permanently

1.Field Investigations

2.Class Group Task

3.Peer Teaching

Presentations

• Additional postings of interesting and

useful video links

• Postings of useful pre-test/ exam

reminders

• PM for clarifications that you might have

• I’m not you, I don’t check my Fb every hour

of every day of the week so don’t expect

an instant reply

• I MUST check my work the day before

Geography Lesson.

• I MUST submit all work on time.

• If there is any issue with submission, I

MUST inform my teacher in advance.

• I MUST pre-read 10 pages of my textbook

before every lesson.

• I MUST bring all my equipment.