MUSEUMS IN SINGAPORE

A WebQuest Mid-Year Holiday Assignment for

Secondary 1R5 – 1R7
Designed by
Sec One EL Teachers

The ArtScience Museum, Singapore

http://www.marinabaysands.com

Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation |

1
Introduction

As a teenager in Singapore, you should be aware that our government is

promoting aesthetics awareness through events like The Arts Festival to
enhance the level of appreciation of different cultures and forms of artistic
expression. In Singapore, we have museums like the Asian Civilization Museum,
Singapore Arts Museum, Singapore Philatelic Museum and the new ArtScience
Museum. They provide visitors with an insight into different forms of art like
historical artifacts, sculptures and paintings, as well as stamps from all over the
world.

Exhibit in the Peranakan Museum

http://search.mywebsearch.com/mywebsearch/AJimage.jhtml?
searchfor=asian+civilisations+museum&tpr=sbb&st=hp&ptnrS=XPxdm018YYsg&ptb=E8
655D2A-4582-4FE5-B6C9-
5BF62D6BE9EB&ss=sub&gcht=&n=77dde9ca&ps=asiancivilisations+museum

Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation |

The Task

This assignment will require you to write an informal letter which introduces
TWO museums here to a friend who will be visiting Singapore for the first time.
These two museums should be of different themes (e.g. you may choose one

2
museum which exhibits paintings and another which exhibits historical artifacts or
stamps).

The letter must include an introduction to the respective museums and their most
attractive or famous exhibits, a brief history of the museums and how your friend
will benefit from the visit.

Your letter should be at least 250 words long. It should be type-written (Arial
12, double-spacing) and use the correct format.

Singapore Philatelic Museum

http://search.mywebsearch.com/mywebsearch/AJimage.jhtml?
searchfor=singapore+philatelic+museum&tpr=sbt&st=hp&ptnrS=XPxdm018YYsg&ptb=E
8655D2A-4582-4FE5-B6C9-
5BF62D6BE9EB&ss=sub&gcht=&n=77dde9ca&ps=singapore+art+museum

Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation |

The Process
Take note of the following:

• Edit your work for language accuracy. You may refer to Writing Skills Unit
3 or All About English Chapter 31 for the format and language features of
a personal letter.

3
 • On a separate page after the letter, list the sources of any text that you are
using to give credit to the authors or publishers. In citing the source of the
resources, you will need to include the author’s name, title, name of
website, date of publication and website address.
• Avoid plagiarism. Construct new knowledge from the information
gathered.

Submit your work to your EL teacher in Week 1 of Term 3, 2011. The marks
earned will form part of your CA marks for Semester 2.

You may refer to the following websites for information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Singapore

http://www.nationalmuseum.sg/

http://www.acm.org.sg/home/home.asp

http://www.emint.com/

http://www.singaporeartmuseum.sg/

http://www.peranakanmuseum.sg/home/home.asp

http://www.marinabaysands.com/Singapore-Entertainment/Activities/Art-Science-
Museum/About/

You may also refer to other websites of your choice.

Singapore Art Museum

http://search.mywebsearch.com/mywebsearch/AJimage.jhtml?
searchfor=singapore+art+museum&tpr=sbt&st=hp&ptnrS=XPxdm018YYsg&ptb=E8655
D2A-4582-4FE5-B6C9-
5BF62D6BE9EB&ss=sub&gcht=&n=77dde9ca&ps=asian+civilisations+museum

4
 Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation |

Evaluation

Marks will be awarded according to the rubrics below:

Excellent! Cool! You can do it! More effort,

please!
9 – 10m 7 – 8m 4 – 6m 1 – 3m

Task - Accurate - Satisfactory - Some - Vague

Fulfilment interpretation interpretation understanding understanding
of task of task of task of task

- Information is - Information is - Information - Information

relevant mostly relevant is not always is mostly
relevant irrelevant

- Clear - Sensible - Little - Little or no

elaboration of attempt to description of attempt to
details elaborate details elaborate

16 – 20m 11 – 15m 6 – 10m 1 – 5m

Language - Very good - Generally - Fair - Low

Use linguistic ability good linguistic linguistic linguistic
ability ability ability

- Wide range - Reasonable - Very basic

of vocabulary range of - Limited vocabulary
vocabulary range of
vocabulary
- Clear - Generally - Incoherent
communication clear - Insecure expression
communication control of
expression

Adapted from a template from The WebQuest Page

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/LessonTemplate.html

5
Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation |