Grade10UWCSEAsuggested readingandactivities
Tohelpyoufeelpreparedforsubjects,ourHeadsofDepartmenthavesuggestedsomereadingandactivitiesforthoseof younewtotheschoolandforanycurrentstudentsnewtoacoursethisyear(asinyoudidn’tstudyitinG9)
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Recommendedandinterestingreads/materials/activities
Chinese ChineseLiteratureandLanguage:
● Readsomeliteratureworksofyourownchoice,eg,novels,shortstories,playsorpoems,etc,and trytowritereadingjournalsforeachwork.Recommendedauthorsare 余华、曹禺、刘慈欣、卡勒 德胡塞尼、蔡崇达等等。
● Watchsomemoviesthat youlike
● ReadChineseNewspapersandcommentstokeepupwithcurrentaffairsandunderstanddifferent perspectives
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● Readatyourlevel:https://chinesereadingworld.sites.uiowa.edu/
● Recommendedlevels: Intermediate
● RecommendedUnits:2/4/7/11/13/19/20
ComputerScience It wouldbebeneficial(butnotnecessary)foryoutohavesomeexperienceofcomputerprogramming.The languagetaughtinGrade10isJavascriptandtherearemanyintroductorycoursesbutonewhichteaches absolutebeginnerlevelinjustafewhoursisKhanAcademy’sIntrotoJS TheW3SchoolsJavascriptcourseis highlyrecommendedasareferenceduringtheinitialmonthsofthecourse
Finally,theMITTechnologyReviewandMITCompSciNewswillkeepyouup-to-datewithsomeofthenew andemergingtechnologieswewillbediscussingonthecourse
Dance:Creative PracticesinDance
Watching -ifyoucangettoaliveshowthatwouldbegreat,butifnottherearesomegoodoptionshereDanceSuggestedWatchingList
Participateinasmanydanceclassesaspossibleinavarietyofstyles.Youcanalsofindlotsofdifferent strengthandconditioningclassesonlineforpilates,yogaanddance(ballet,contemporaryandjazz) REMEMBER-makesureyouwarmupbeforeparticipatingintheseactivitiesathomeanddon’tdoanything beyondwhatyourbodyiscomfortablewith
Drama Seeasmuchtheatreasyoucanlive-thiscanbesmallfringeworkorbigmusicals-theyalladdtoknowledge andtheatremakingexperiencesyoucanbringtothestudio UsetheDramaonlineorDigitalTheatrePlusto watchonlineproductions
DigitalTheatrePlus:edu.digitaltheatreplus.com Username:uwcseadrama Password:building@8896
Dramaonline:dramaonlinelibrarycom Username:uwcsea Password:research
Enjoyreflectingusingthefollowingtool:
● Analyse:Whatwaseffective?Howdidtheatremakerscreatetheeffectivemoments
● Adapt:Whatmightyouadapt?
● Adopt:Whatmightyouuse?
● Address:Whatwouldyoudodifferently?Whatelementsmightyouthinkcarefullyaboutinyour work?
Economicsfor SocialChange
Read:
● Completethesetaskstofamiliariseyourselfwithsomekeycourseterminologyandconcepts
● Keepuptodatewithcurrentaffairs–readqualitynews!
Watch:
● ‘OneMinuteNews’(BBC)foraquickdailyroundupofcurrentaffairs
● Freakonomics:TheMovie,BeforetheFlood,Seaspiracy,TroubledWater,CodisDead,BigBird, AmericanFactory,shortclipsonYouTube-EconomicsExplained
● YoucouldalsolookatseveraloftheseYouTubeclipsonmicroeconomicshere
● Listentopodcastsfrom‘PlanetMoney’
● ViewsomeofthesedocumentariesfromKanopy(youcanaccessusingyourUWCSEAaccount):
● TheEconomicsofDailyLife
● TheEconomicsofHappiness
● Sustainable
● TheCostofLiving
● WhenChinaMetAfrica
● GreenEconomics-LivingWell
● ClothestoDieFor
English/Englishas anAdditional Language(EAL)
Readseveralworksofyourownchoice,whethernovels,non-fiction,playsorcollectionsofpoems,and includingworksyou’rereadingforothersubjects,ifyouwish.ThesecanbeworkswritteninEnglishor anotherlanguage Weencourageyoutousethelibrarylinkforideasofwhattoread Thisyear,forexample, studentsinGrade10havereadandexploredRomeoandJulietbyWilliamShakespeare,FrankensteinbyMary Shelleyandarangefrompoetryfromdifferenttimes,contexts,andartisticmovementsthroughouttime Youdo notneedtoreadcoursetextsinadvance,butreadingarangeofnovels,poetry,shortstories,playsand non-fiction(Seebelow)helpsdevelopbothintellectualskillsandknowledge,aswellaslanguage.
Weknowfromtheresearch thatreadingmomentumanddeep,immersivereadingplayacentralroleinyour personaldevelopmentandyouroverallacademicachievement Readingarangeoftexttypesisalsoreally beneficial-PressReaderandTheNewYorkTimesaregreatresources,andwehaveschoolsubscriptionsto both! CheckoutthespecialtymagazinesinPressReaderformoreconcentratedinterests.
ForEALstudents,severalofthebooksshouldbeinEnglishtohelpyouprepareforreadingworksinEnglish duringtheyear Itcanalsobehelpfultoengagewithothertexttypesaswell Readingnewsarticles, editorials,poems,biographiesareallvaluableandhelpyoutoimproveyourreading,expandyour vocabularyanddevelopanunderstandingofdifferentgrammaticalstructures.Inadditiontothis,youshould talktoasmanyEnglishspeakersasyoucan Thiswillhelptoimproveyourspeakingandlisteningskills
Film TheycanfamiliarisethemselveswithwhatwedidinG9bylookingattheUWCEastFilmmicrosite
Read:
● FilmDirecting:ShotbyShot
● Film:ACriticalIntroduction
● TheFilmDirector’sIntuition
Watch:
● TheStoryofFilm:AnOdyssey(appleTV+,AmazonPrimeVideo)
● StudioBinder:TheShotlist(YouTube)
● LessonsfromtheScreenplay:StoryStructure(YouTube)
● IndieFilmHustleShow(YouTube)
● CrashCourseFilmHistory(YouTubeandPBS)
So ware
● InstallDavinciResolve-Freeversion(NOTSTUDIO)
● InstallFadeinPro
PortableHardDrive
● StudentsshouldhaveaPortableExternalHardDrive,videofilesarelargeandyourcomputerscan runoutofdiskspacequickly.(OptionAandOptionB)
● SDandMicroSDcardreader
FoodScience& Nutrition
Itishighlyrecommendedtoread:
WhatdoesFoodSustainabilityreallymean?
ScholarlyarticlesforFoodsustainabilityandfoodsecurity,reformulatingmoderntechnologies,these articleswillbebeneficialtoyouandexpandyourknowledge
Itisalsohighlyrecommendedtowatchafewengagingprogramstobuildyourbasicskillsandtechniques
Instructionalvideos:
● Master5BasicCookingSkills
● BasicFoodHygiene
● FoodSustainability
● FoodPreservation
Cookingshows(notcompetitiveones,buttrainingvideos,likeNigellaLawsonorJamieOliverandGordon Ramsay Thiswillgiveyousomeideaofcookingmethods,stylesandpresentation Thisalsocanbeusedto discoveryourpersonalinterestsandpassionsintheculinaryworld.
Studentsshouldalsostartfamiliarisingthemselveswithfoodrestrictions(vegetarianism,veganism,halal, etc)Itissuggestedthatstudentsbuildavocabularylistandbuildacontextualunderstandingofcookingand foodtechnology
French EnjoythereadingofAuthenticFrencharticlesonavarietyoftopics Afunwaytopractiseyourlisteningskills istolistentoasmanyFrenchsongsasyoucan!
ReaduptodateauthenticFrencharticlestailoredtoyourlevelfromthegreatLejournaldesEnfants websitesorfromUnjour1Actucoveringavarietyoftopics.ReviseandpracticetheessentialsonYouTube withAlexa Practiceconjugationofverbsandreviseallmajortenses:“présent,futursimple,passécomposé, imparfait”
Neverhesitatetousethelanguagesonline’ websitetorevisevocabularyandconjugations.Finally,havefun: browseandfindyourfavouriteFrenchYouTubechannel.
Geography
GraphicDesign
Thereisnothingcompulsoryforgeographybutherearesomeinterestingandengagingthingstowatch,read andlistento.
Watch:
● OurPlanetorFrozenPlanetonnetflix-lookatthedifferentenvironmentsandletthesesparkyour geographicalcuriosity
● Beforethefloodisanexcellentclimatechangedocumentarytowatch.
Read:
● Keepageneraleyeonthenewsasmuchofgeographyrelatestorealworldglobalissues Guardian environmentisagoodplacetostart
Listen:
● Geographicalpodcasts
ItisstronglyrecommendedthatnewGraphicDesignstudentsfamiliarisethemselveswithAdobeIllustrator, Photoshop,andInDesign.ApracticalunderstandingandproficiencyinusingiPadappsProcreateandAdobe Frescoarealsodesirable
Toimproveyourskillsintheseareas,followonlinegraphicdesigntutorialsthatfocusontypography, image-making,andlogodesign Here'saplaylistoftutorialstoexplore:GraphicDesign
Youcanalsodevelopyourknowledgebasebycollectingexamplesofdesignsthatinterestyou.Opena Pinterestboardandstartcollectingimages,illustrations,posters,typography,packaging,videosanddesign articlesthatinspireyou
History
Read:
● Civilisation:theWestandtheRestbyNiallFerguson
● PrisonersofGeographybyTimMarshall
● TheAgeofExtremesbyEricHobsbawm
● APeople’sHistoryoftheWorldbyChrisHarman
LIsten:
● DanCarlin'sHardcoreHistorypodcast
● BBCInOurTimepodcast
Watch:
● WWIIinColour(2009)
● TheNazis:AWarningfromHistory(1997)
● ColdWar(1998)
● TheVietnamWar(2017)
Japanese Readingnewspapersisagreatwaytoexpandyourvocabularyandkeepupwithcurrentissues. Online
Newspaperwebsites: 朝日新聞 読売新聞 毎日新聞
Youcanfindmanyclassicliteraturepiecesin 青空文庫 forfree,includingthoseof 芥川龍之介、夏目漱石、宮 沢賢治、太宰治
Mathematics: Essentialand Enrichment
Music
Thesebooksteaseoutthemathematicsofeveryday,andnotsoeveryday,occurrences:
● FreakonomicsbyLevittandDubner
● WhydoBusesComeinThrees?byEasterwayandWyndham
● ProfessorStewart'sCabinetofMathematicalCuriosities
ThispopularYouTubechannelwillstretchyourbrainonamazingmathematicalconcepts.
Practiseyourinstrument/voice Chooseatleastonepiecetopractiseandbringitreadyforperformanceat thestartofthenewyear.
Seelivemusicifyoucan(here’shoping),orwatchliverecordings
OutdoorEducation
PhysicalEducation
● EncourageAdventure-don’tbeputoffbythetitle-itappliestoall!
● OutdoorEdMicrosite
● Outliers-StoryofSuccessbyMalcolmGladwell
● ChangingtheGamebyJohnO’Sullivan
● Bounce-MythoftalentandthepowerofpractisebyMatthewSyed
ProductDesign It wouldbebeneficialforyoutofamiliariseyourselfwithFusion360CADso ware YoucansignupFusion 360(it’sfreewithauwcseaemail.ThereareaseriesofAutodeskFusion360tutorialsyoucanworkthrough. Overthecourse,youwillberequiredtorepresentyourdesignideasas2Dand3Ddrawings Herearesome tutorialsyoucanworkfrom
Ifpossible,visitSingapore’sNationalDesignCentreandtheRedDotMuseuminperson Websitestovisitare:
● http://designmuseum.org/design
● http://storyofstufforg/movies/
● http://www.vitra.com
YoucanviewUWCSEAstudentworkonInstagram@uwcdesigneast
Psychology Whilenospecificadvancedreadinginnecessary,belowaresomeresourcesthatarelatedtocourseworkthat studentsmightenjoy:
Books:
● Blink-MalcolmGladwell
● Drive-DanielPink
● TheHappinessEffect-DonnaFreitas
● Influence-RobertCialdini
● MoonwalkingwithEinstein-JoshuaFoer
● Nudge:Improvingdecisionsabouthealth,wealthandhappiness-RichardThaler
● Outliers:thestoryofsuccess-MalcolmGladwell
● PredictablyIrrational-DanAriely
● Thinkingfastandslow-DanielKahnemann
Podcasts:
● HiddenBrain
● WorkLife
● TEDRadioHour(Note:Topicsrotateand arenotalwaysPsychologyfocused)
SchoolSupported Languages, includingHindi
Readnewsarticles,blogs,magazines,anovelandshortstoriesofyourownchoiceinyourLanguageA Also watchfilmsandseriesinthislanguage.Discussyourreadingsandthefilmswithfriendsandrelativesinyour LanguageA
Comepreparedtotalkaboutyourreadingworld-yourdifferentrelationshipswithwhatyouhaveread recentlyandatkeymomentsofyourlife Manybooks haveprobably,quitesimply,entertainedyou But whataboutthosethatstandoutinyourmemory? Whatrelationshipsdoyouhavewiththosebooks? What dotheyshowaboutyou-yourpersonality,yourinterests,yourbeliefsandvalues?Whichbookshave changedyoualittle,madeyouthinkorfeeldifferentlyaboutsomething?
InHindi,theseworksandfilmareagoodfoundationforthecourse:
● SevasadanbyPremchand(novel)
● 23HindiKakaniyabySampadakJainendraKumar(shortstories)
● Lakshya(film)
Sciencecourses Interestingreads
● AShortHistoryofNearlyEverythingbyBillBryson
● BigBangbySimonSingh
● BodybyBillBryson
● Napoleon'sbuttonsbyJayBurresonandPennyLeCouteur
● Additionalrecommendations- Goodreadslist-alittlesomethingforeveryone
Interestingwatches
Tohelpappreciatethebiggerpictureofscientificendeavours:
● COSMOSSERIES(2016)(AspacetimeOdyssey)ByNeildeGrasseTyson(availableonNetflix)
● Anintroductiontothewondersofthenaturalworldthrough:theBluePlanetseries(BBC)andThe WondersoftheUniverseseriespresentedbyBrianCox
● ExplainedseriesonNetflix
Excellentsciencevideosites:Veritasium,ThePeriodictableofVideos,chemjungle(IGCSEspecific),Crash course
Serviceand Sustainable Development
DownloadtheSDGsinActionApp,andstayuptodatetolearnmoreabouttheUNSustainableDevelopment Goals,andwhatisbeingdonetoaddressthem
Visit,watch,readandlistentoTheBestofYou,tolearnmoreaboutincomeinequalityinSingapore
ReadThisiswhatinequalitylookslike?byYouyennTeotobetterunderstandtherootcausesofincome inequalityinSingapore.
LearnmoreaboutpermacultureinSingaporebysigningupforareadingaboutandcoursethroughEdible GardenCity
WatchWildCitySingapore,foruniqueinsightintoSingapore’snaturalecosystems,narratedbySirDavid Attenborough
VisittheGlobalOnenessProjecttowatchawardwinningfilmsoncultural,environmentalandsocietalissues VisittheGlobalCitizenwebsitetolearnmoreaboutGlobalIssuesandwhatactionsyoucantaketoaddress them.
Social Entrepreneurship
Spanishcourses
Somegreatwebsitesandlinksforyoutocheckout:
● https://www.entrepreneur.com/
● http://www.tutor2u.net/business/reference/starting-a-business-what-is-enterprise
● https://wwwquoracom/What-are-the-best-links-for-Social-Entrepreneurship
Goodmovies/TVshowstowatch: TheFounder,Joy,SharkTank,KitchenNightmares,FoodInc,TrueCost
Books:
● SocialEntrepreneursandthepowerofnewideasbyDavidBornstein
● LetMyPeopleGoSurfingbyYvonChouinard
● APathAppearsbyKristoff&Wudunn
Oralcomprehension ShortfilmsareagreattooltopracticelisteningskillsinSpanish,thesearemytop20, doyouagree?Watchseveralofthemandvote:)TopshortfilmsinSpanish Readingcomprehension IfyouwantshortcontextualizedreadingpassagesinSpanish,thiswebsiteoffers manyexamples Ifyouwanttoreadatdifferentlevels,youcanusethisone:Readme Culturalliteracy.LearnmoreaboutSpanishfestivalsandtraditions:Festivalesytradiciones Grammarisfun.Ifyouwanttoreviseconceptsortrysometenses,thiswebsitewillhelptoquizyourselfand readaboutallaspectsofSpanishgrammar
TheUWCSEAProject Pleaselistentoafew(3-5)episodesfromtheTEDRadioHour Eachepisodehasatheme,soyoucanchoose themesthatoverlapwithyourpersonalinterestsandareasofpassiontoseewhat(amazing!) interdisciplinaryworkisbeingdonebyinnovatorsinfieldsthatoverlapwithyourpersonalinterests
Ingeneral,itwillbegoodtotakesometimetoformallyreflectandanswerthesequestions:
● Whatissue(s)doIcareabout?
● Whataremyindividualtalentsandstrengths?
● WhatdoIhavetooffermycommunity?
Asalways,itishelpfulto keepupwiththenewsandwhatemergingresearchandworkisbeingdoneinyour areaofinterest PressReaderandTheNewYorkTimesaregreatresources,andwehaveschoolsubscriptions toboth! CheckoutthespecialtymagazinesinPressReaderformoreconcentratedinterests
VisualArt Visitgalleries,festivalsandotherculturaleventsandtakelotsofphotos-photoscanformpartofyour portfolioand/orbeessentialforyourprocessjournal Cataloguesetccanalsobecutupandmakefantastic collagepiecesforyourProcessPortfolio Keepasketchbookandtrytodoadrawingeachdayleadingupto beginningatUWCSEA.
https://wwwstudentartguidecom/articles/art-sketchbook-ideasgreatideascanbefoundhere!
