1. NSS Learning and Teaching Strategies for the Chemistry Curriculum Series: (2) Active Reading and Writing Tasks Sing Yin Secondary School Mr. Hui Chi Kuen

3. EDB NSS Learning and Teaching Strategies for the Chemistry Curriculum Series

4. AL Chemistry Examination Paper 1A

5. Strength Mathematics, Physics and Science Subjects Mathematics, Physics and Science Subjects NSS Timetable Chemistry Chemistry 5 lessons per cycle (6-day cycle) 5 lessons per cycle (6-day cycle) English English 10 lessons per cycle (6-day cycle) 10 lessons per cycle (6-day cycle) English Department Genres included in F4 English syllabus Genres included in F4 English syllabus (Making comparison, giving instructions and warning…) (Making comparison, giving instructions and warning…) Supportive Panel Head (Ms. She’) Supportive Panel Head (Ms. She’) Science Background English Teachers Science Background English Teachers

6. Planning Focus on PA, Causal Explanation & Comparison  Collaboration with English Department Chemistry Teacher English Teacher Prepare ppt & worksheets on Genres (Chemistry) Teach Genres with English teaching materials (General) Marking Chemistry exercise Evaluation Provide exercise (Chemistry) Post-test (Chemistry) Pre-test (Chemistry)

7. Chemistry Teacher Example Powerpoint Exercise

8. Structure of F.4 in Sing Yin 2 Arts classes (4A & 4B) 2 Arts classes (4A & 4B) 3 Science classes 3 Science classes – 4C: Combine Science (Chem + Bio) – 4D & 4E Chemistry Class 4D Class 4D – splits into 2 classes in english lessons – a class w/ 28 students was selected in the trail run trail run

9. F.4 students’ performance before the trial run

10. Procedural Account

11. Causal Explanation

12. Students’ performance before and after Pre-test & Post-test (Procedural Account)

13. Homework Before Trial Student A

14. Homework Before Trial Student A

15. Pre-test

16. Post-test

17. Homework After Trial

18. Student B Before

19. Post-Test

20. Student C Before

21. After

22. Effectiveness of Trial Run (Procedural Account)

23. Student D, without joining the trial run

25. Students’ feedback Interesting Interesting Revision on chemistry Revision on chemistry Familiar content Familiar content Easy to follow Easy to follow Workload Workload

26. English teacher’s feedback Most students did the tasks quite well Most students did the tasks quite well Unfamiliar content Unfamiliar content Teachers’ worries Teachers’ worries Focus on the grammatical mistakes Focus on the grammatical mistakes

29. Chemistry teacher’s feedback Improvements shown in some students’ works Improvements shown in some students’ works Help students organize and construct their answers Help students organize and construct their answers Focus on the chemical knowledge Focus on the chemical knowledge Time constraint Time constraint

31. Reflection Planning Planning Implementation Implementation Teachers’ opinion Teachers’ opinion Constraints Constraints Reliable conclusion? Reliable conclusion? Effective? Effective?

32. Thank you