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-NiE ,
19 JULY 2017
ADVANCED
Say no to drugs and alcohol
Be drug free
NiE Activity 1 Critical thinking ● Identify ● Reason ● Organise
Creative thinking ● Imagine ● Invent
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Problem solving
● Question ● Recreate ● Present
Communicating ● Oral ● Non-verbal ● Written ● Aural
Collaborating ● Listen ● Contribute respectfully ● Attain goal
Read the following passage, which is adapted from an article published in The Star on May 27, 2017.
Bleak future for engineering student caught with ganja IPOH: In two months, a university student here would have completed his petroleum engineering degree and been on his way to joining the working world. Instead, the 21-year-old student now faces the bleak possibility of being hanged after he was arrested with 248.7g of ganja at the campus hostel. According to the police, those found with 200g or more of ganja will be investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, which carries the mandatory death penalty. Police believe that the student has been distributing and selling the drug at the university for the last two years. “He tried to run away and get rid of the drug when he saw us, but we caught him. Initial investigations showed that he was trying to earn a side income from selling ganja,” said
Perak Tengah OCPD Supt Mohamad Zainal Abdullah. “But he was also getting a weekly allowance from his family. It was unfortunate for someone smart enough to take an engineering course to get involved in drugs,” he said, adding that the police had received a tip-off about a week ago. According to Supt Mohamad Zainal, police also arrested the undergraduate’s accomplice at the university on the same day. “The accomplice, in his 20s, graduated recently and was at the university to get his transcript. Both tested positive for drugs. Both men, from Kuala Lumpur, will be remanded for investigation,” he added. Police are now trying to trace the undergraduate’s supplier. “The ganja could be distributed to more than 100 users. We are serious when it comes to drugs, especially when it involves students, because they shouldn’t get involved in it.”
The structure of a news report is very much like an inverted pyramid, as follows: Now, fill up the boxes below with information from the news report given.
Headline:
Attract readers’ attention
Headline
Lead (introductory paragraph):
Lead
Based on the format given, write, in 350 words, a news report on a similar issue. After you are done, form groups of Body: four and take turns going Provide supporting information like eye-witnesses’ accounts through each other’s work. In or remarks, etc your group, decide whose report is well-written. Appoint a newsreader to read out the report, Tail: while other group members can read Include extra out the parts where the quotes are information included. Finally, as a class, vote for the best news broadcast.
Answer important questions like who, what, where, when, why and how
Body Tail
NiE Activity 2 Critical thinking
Creative thinking
● Identify ● Reason ● Organise
● Brainstorm ● Invent
Problem solving
● Question ● Research ● Recreate
Communicating ● Oral ● Non-verbal ● Aural
Collaborating ● Listen ● Contribute respectfully ● Attain goal
Your school decided to organise a “Say No to Drugs” campaign. In groups of four, create a poster to raise awareness of drug addiction and its effects. Do this activity on a sheet of A3 paper, using pictures and words from The Star. Display your work on the classroom walls and do a gallery walk. Ask the class to vote for the most creative and informative poster and then put it up on the classroom notice board.