Hi parents,
We will be having holiday programmes in June and
November/December, book fairs and other events.
If you are interested to know about these events, you can
email us and state that you want to be on our mailing list.
Once you are on our mailing list, we will email you
whenever we have any new events or programmes. We will also
post up the information on the forum and on our blog. However,
for some parents who want either a more immediate notification
or who do not visit our blog often or the forum often, you can notify
us that you want to be on our mailing list. Our email address is
thealternativestory@gmail.com. Just state in the title that
you want to be on our mailing list.
TAS
Hi parents,
There are some of the timings that parents have been asking
for the EIC classes (Ang Mo Kio):
1) Monday 7- 9 pm + Thursday 7- 9 pm (added together
to form 1 class)
2) Tuesday 3-7 pm (our existing timing)
3) Thursday 3.30 pm - 7.30 pm
* we cannot do any weekend classes for this so weekend timings
are out.
EIC (Bukit Timah)
1) Monday 2.45 pm - 6.45 pm
These timings that we have put out are possible timings that we can do
as well. Once we have 4 students of the same level for these timings,
then we will start an EIC class and we will inform you.
TAS
There are some of the timings that parents have been asking
for the EIC classes (Ang Mo Kio):
1) Monday 7- 9 pm + Thursday 7- 9 pm (added together
to form 1 class)
2) Tuesday 3-7 pm (our existing timing)
3) Thursday 3.30 pm - 7.30 pm
* we cannot do any weekend classes for this so weekend timings
are out.
EIC (Bukit Timah)
1) Monday 2.45 pm - 6.45 pm
These timings that we have put out are possible timings that we can do
as well. Once we have 4 students of the same level for these timings,
then we will start an EIC class and we will inform you.
TAS
Hi parents,
English Language as with most languages is best learnt through
immersion. By immersing a child in a language (through reading
and also listening to the language being spoken), a child
picks up the language naturally and much more easily.
However, not every child is able to do so. Many children need
help with their grammar, with their understanding of
a text, with their oral expression and so on.
Hence, we feel that it is necessary for some kids to be
immersed in the English Language as much as possible for
them to really begin to pick up the finer details of the language.
While we have our regular classes to help children, we find that
some children still need extra help with their work because
a 2 hour lesson, while it is good for drilling and
teaching concepts and strategies, cannot really immerse
a child in the language. The 2 hour lesson focuses on getting
the children to know how to be able to tackle the questions in
the examination. This lesson is more to immerse the child in
the language so he picks it up naturally.
Therefore, we have come up with this class where we will
cover a range of components (grammar, comprehension, synthesis,
spelling, speech & drama and vocabulary). However the way
we teach these components will be in 2 ways:
1) By immersion
2) By picking up the rules, explaining them and practising
similar questions
What do we mean?
We will be using storybooks as our guide. As the children
read the books with us, we will pick up certain grammatical
structures from the passage and teach them the rules and then
we will have practices on the rule. When we come
across a synonym of a word in the book eg "jubilant", we
will teach the children other synonyms of the word and teach
them the mnemonics so they can easily remember the words.
When we come across a certain synthesis structure in the passage,
we will also pull that out and teach them the rules and give them
practices to work on.
We will also set comprehension passages based on the book
and teach them how to be able to find the answers as they
read. In this way, they can also learn English in a more
natural way.
For the speech and drama part, we will cover the following
components:
1) Intonation (How to read with expression)
2) Pronunciation (How to pronounce the words correctly,
especially the ability to pronounce 'th' and the ability to
differentiate between their 't's and 'd's for eg.)
3) Linking of ideas (How to link ideas together, we will
teach them how to have a topic sentence and how to develop the
topic by giving a macro view point and then provide the
micro details and also teach them how to wrap up their topic)
4) Creative thinking (We will teach them how to act out a
scene using for eg. a chair in different ways. The chair could be a
time machine, it could be a seat in the classroom, it could be
the back of a horse, and they are supposed to act out
different scenarios and to think of how they can use the same
object to portray different scenarios)
5) Newscaster (We will also get them to listen to the
news broadcast on the internet and then they would have to do
their own broadcast)
However in order to allow the child to be immerse in such an
environment, the programme would need to be longer.
This class is an added support to what we teach in our normal
classes. However, for students who are not in our normal
classes, this class would be good for immersing them
in the English Language.
Details of the class:
Name of Class: English Immersion Class (EIC)
Time and day of class: 3- 7 pm, Tuesday (it is 4 hours
long but there will be a 15 min break in between and the children
will not feel restless as the speech and drama part is very
lively and the learning through reading is not intensive
drilling)
Venue: Ang Mo Kio centre
Price:
*Although this is a 4 hour programme, we are actually
charging the same price as our 2 hour programme for TAS
students (This is done so that this programme can really
be a support for your child and help your child pick up the Language
fast)
So for TAS students, it is $388 per term.
For non-TAS parents, there is also a 40% discount,
instead of it being $776 (our normal price for a 4 hour lesson),
it will be $465 per term.
This price will remain until the end of the year (2011) as part of
our promotion.
How to register:
- You can email us at thealternativestory@gmail.com and give
us the following particulars:
1) Full name of child
2) Level of child (P1 for eg.)
3) Full name of parent
4) Handphone number of parent
Once we have 4 students of the same level, we will start a class
and inform you.
TAS
English Language as with most languages is best learnt through
immersion. By immersing a child in a language (through reading
and also listening to the language being spoken), a child
picks up the language naturally and much more easily.
However, not every child is able to do so. Many children need
help with their grammar, with their understanding of
a text, with their oral expression and so on.
Hence, we feel that it is necessary for some kids to be
immersed in the English Language as much as possible for
them to really begin to pick up the finer details of the language.
While we have our regular classes to help children, we find that
some children still need extra help with their work because
a 2 hour lesson, while it is good for drilling and
teaching concepts and strategies, cannot really immerse
a child in the language. The 2 hour lesson focuses on getting
the children to know how to be able to tackle the questions in
the examination. This lesson is more to immerse the child in
the language so he picks it up naturally.
Therefore, we have come up with this class where we will
cover a range of components (grammar, comprehension, synthesis,
spelling, speech & drama and vocabulary). However the way
we teach these components will be in 2 ways:
1) By immersion
2) By picking up the rules, explaining them and practising
similar questions
What do we mean?
We will be using storybooks as our guide. As the children
read the books with us, we will pick up certain grammatical
structures from the passage and teach them the rules and then
we will have practices on the rule. When we come
across a synonym of a word in the book eg "jubilant", we
will teach the children other synonyms of the word and teach
them the mnemonics so they can easily remember the words.
When we come across a certain synthesis structure in the passage,
we will also pull that out and teach them the rules and give them
practices to work on.
We will also set comprehension passages based on the book
and teach them how to be able to find the answers as they
read. In this way, they can also learn English in a more
natural way.
For the speech and drama part, we will cover the following
components:
1) Intonation (How to read with expression)
2) Pronunciation (How to pronounce the words correctly,
especially the ability to pronounce 'th' and the ability to
differentiate between their 't's and 'd's for eg.)
3) Linking of ideas (How to link ideas together, we will
teach them how to have a topic sentence and how to develop the
topic by giving a macro view point and then provide the
micro details and also teach them how to wrap up their topic)
4) Creative thinking (We will teach them how to act out a
scene using for eg. a chair in different ways. The chair could be a
time machine, it could be a seat in the classroom, it could be
the back of a horse, and they are supposed to act out
different scenarios and to think of how they can use the same
object to portray different scenarios)
5) Newscaster (We will also get them to listen to the
news broadcast on the internet and then they would have to do
their own broadcast)
However in order to allow the child to be immerse in such an
environment, the programme would need to be longer.
This class is an added support to what we teach in our normal
classes. However, for students who are not in our normal
classes, this class would be good for immersing them
in the English Language.
Details of the class:
Name of Class: English Immersion Class (EIC)
Time and day of class: 3- 7 pm, Tuesday (it is 4 hours
long but there will be a 15 min break in between and the children
will not feel restless as the speech and drama part is very
lively and the learning through reading is not intensive
drilling)
Venue: Ang Mo Kio centre
Price:
*Although this is a 4 hour programme, we are actually
charging the same price as our 2 hour programme for TAS
students (This is done so that this programme can really
be a support for your child and help your child pick up the Language
fast)
So for TAS students, it is $388 per term.
For non-TAS parents, there is also a 40% discount,
instead of it being $776 (our normal price for a 4 hour lesson),
it will be $465 per term.
This price will remain until the end of the year (2011) as part of
our promotion.
How to register:
- You can email us at thealternativestory@gmail.com and give
us the following particulars:
1) Full name of child
2) Level of child (P1 for eg.)
3) Full name of parent
4) Handphone number of parent
Once we have 4 students of the same level, we will start a class
and inform you.
TAS
Hi parents,
This is the information that we have about our upcoming
March Holidays programme.
1) Love to Write 2
Programme Details:
We will cover themes that have not been covered before. These
are the themes:
P1/2:
- Incidents happening in school - Animals appearing in the class
- Being late for school
P3/4:
- Incidents happening in school - Animals appearing in the class
(more advanced level)
- Being lost in a crowded place
P5/6:
- Kidnap
- Bomb
* For P1-4, we are focusing on more mundane themes as there are
many children who find it difficult to bring out the tension well
in a storyline that seems very simple and mundane so here we will
teach them how to do so even for mundane themes.
For content:
We will teach children how to build tension in a story
and how to stretch the tension and not rush to the ending and solution
that they sometimes make the mistake of doing so.
For vocabulary:
We will teach creative writing strategies like
personification, and the use of metaphorical language and the
use of hooks in the vocabulary to reel in the reader.
We will also use mnemonic strategies to help the children
remember key parts of the composition
For grammar:
We will teach children how to use a variety
of sentence structures so that their writing will not sound
too stilted.
Administrative Details:
Dates: 14 & 15 March 2011 (Monday and Tuesday)
Time: 9.30 am - 1.30 pm each day
Address for programme: Block 703, Ang Mo Kio,
Ave 8, #01-2535 (2nd storey) -above Blue Max DVD,
pls enter by back entrance
(we are only able to have this programme at one location
as our other teachers will be busy with other programmes
in schools or other pte events)
Price: $185 (sign up in a group of 4 and pay $170 each)
Early Bird Discount: Sign up by 17 February 2011 and get
$10 off whichever price you are paying.
If you are paying $185, you will pay $175
If you are paying $170, you will pay $160
How to sign up: Only by email (no phone calls pls)
- Please give the following details when you email us:
1) Your child's full name (including chinese name)
2) Level in school
3) Class that you want him or her to sign up for (P1/2,
P3/4, P5/6).
4) Parent's name
5) Parent's handphone number
(Pls note that your child can only skip a level
and go for a higher level class if he or she is getting
80 marks and above for their English.)
Process:
1) Email us the details
2) Receive a reply that there is vacancy
3) Send us a cheque for payment
4) Receive a confirmation email that we have received your cheque
and confirmed a place for your child
Details to put in for the cheque:
- to be made payable to: Copasetic Pte Ltd
Details to be included at the back of the cheque:
- Child's full name
- Parent's name (given in email)
- Email address that was used to register for the class
Address to send cheque to:
- Block 703, Ang Mo Kio, Ave 8, #01-2535 (2nd storey),
Singapore 560703
You can email us your registration at thealternativestory@gmail.com
Note: the special referral programme does not apply to holiday
programmes
TAS
This is the information that we have about our upcoming
March Holidays programme.
1) Love to Write 2
Programme Details:
We will cover themes that have not been covered before. These
are the themes:
P1/2:
- Incidents happening in school - Animals appearing in the class
- Being late for school
P3/4:
- Incidents happening in school - Animals appearing in the class
(more advanced level)
- Being lost in a crowded place
P5/6:
- Kidnap
- Bomb
* For P1-4, we are focusing on more mundane themes as there are
many children who find it difficult to bring out the tension well
in a storyline that seems very simple and mundane so here we will
teach them how to do so even for mundane themes.
For content:
We will teach children how to build tension in a story
and how to stretch the tension and not rush to the ending and solution
that they sometimes make the mistake of doing so.
For vocabulary:
We will teach creative writing strategies like
personification, and the use of metaphorical language and the
use of hooks in the vocabulary to reel in the reader.
We will also use mnemonic strategies to help the children
remember key parts of the composition
For grammar:
We will teach children how to use a variety
of sentence structures so that their writing will not sound
too stilted.
Administrative Details:
Dates: 14 & 15 March 2011 (Monday and Tuesday)
Time: 9.30 am - 1.30 pm each day
Address for programme: Block 703, Ang Mo Kio,
Ave 8, #01-2535 (2nd storey) -above Blue Max DVD,
pls enter by back entrance
(we are only able to have this programme at one location
as our other teachers will be busy with other programmes
in schools or other pte events)
Price: $185 (sign up in a group of 4 and pay $170 each)
Early Bird Discount: Sign up by 17 February 2011 and get
$10 off whichever price you are paying.
If you are paying $185, you will pay $175
If you are paying $170, you will pay $160
How to sign up: Only by email (no phone calls pls)
- Please give the following details when you email us:
1) Your child's full name (including chinese name)
2) Level in school
3) Class that you want him or her to sign up for (P1/2,
P3/4, P5/6).
4) Parent's name
5) Parent's handphone number
(Pls note that your child can only skip a level
and go for a higher level class if he or she is getting
80 marks and above for their English.)
Process:
1) Email us the details
2) Receive a reply that there is vacancy
3) Send us a cheque for payment
4) Receive a confirmation email that we have received your cheque
and confirmed a place for your child
Details to put in for the cheque:
- to be made payable to: Copasetic Pte Ltd
Details to be included at the back of the cheque:
- Child's full name
- Parent's name (given in email)
- Email address that was used to register for the class
Address to send cheque to:
- Block 703, Ang Mo Kio, Ave 8, #01-2535 (2nd storey),
Singapore 560703
You can email us your registration at thealternativestory@gmail.com
Note: the special referral programme does not apply to holiday
programmes
TAS
Hi parents,
We are having a special referral promotion from now (Jan 27
2011 to February 25 2011- we have extended the
date to 25 Feb as some parents say their friends have
children still finishing their terms at other centres so they
can only join at the end of Feb).
Anyone who refers a friend to us for class (English, Science
and NSA-Newspaper and Storybook Analysis class) can will get
$10 per person referred.
The friend who is referred will also get $20 off their term fees.
How does this work:
Eg: If you refer 3 people, you will get $30 off and each person you
refer will get $20 off their term fees. If the person you refer
has 3 children joining us, you will get $30 off and the person
will get $20 off the term fee of each child.
- The friend whom you recommend needs to give us your
child's full name (name + surname), level (eg. P1) and
branch your child is in (AMK, Bukit Timah or East)
- When the friend signs up with us, he or she will
get the discount off their term fee and you will
get the discount off for your next term's fee.
- During this promotion period, you can refer any number
of people.
- At the end of the year, we will also take note of the
people who refer the most number of friends to us
(during the promotion and non promotion period
and the person who refers the most-must be at
least 30 and above- will get an IPAD). This
person must also of course still be with us at
TAS.
We actually have this year end gift every year- but this
year's gift has been changed to an IPAD.
TAS
We are having a special referral promotion from now (Jan 27
2011 to February 25 2011- we have extended the
date to 25 Feb as some parents say their friends have
children still finishing their terms at other centres so they
can only join at the end of Feb).
Anyone who refers a friend to us for class (English, Science
and NSA-Newspaper and Storybook Analysis class) can will get
$10 per person referred.
The friend who is referred will also get $20 off their term fees.
How does this work:
Eg: If you refer 3 people, you will get $30 off and each person you
refer will get $20 off their term fees. If the person you refer
has 3 children joining us, you will get $30 off and the person
will get $20 off the term fee of each child.
- The friend whom you recommend needs to give us your
child's full name (name + surname), level (eg. P1) and
branch your child is in (AMK, Bukit Timah or East)
- When the friend signs up with us, he or she will
get the discount off their term fee and you will
get the discount off for your next term's fee.
- During this promotion period, you can refer any number
of people.
- At the end of the year, we will also take note of the
people who refer the most number of friends to us
(during the promotion and non promotion period
and the person who refers the most-must be at
least 30 and above- will get an IPAD). This
person must also of course still be with us at
TAS.
We actually have this year end gift every year- but this
year's gift has been changed to an IPAD.
TAS
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