ENGLISH LANGUAGE JSS2 THIRD TERM

WEEK NINE

THEME: READING

COMPREHENSION

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE

Students should be able to;

1. Identify the different vocabularies and expressions used by the author.

CONTENT

"He's the naughtiest boy in Singapore," says a laughing Fely. "You have to do what he likes." The Filipino maid's ward is five. She sometimes has to play surrogate mother. "Once in a while both the parents will go out of town on business trips and they'll leave the boy with me," says the 36-year-old nanny. She sees the child off to kindergarten, reads him books and allows him to watch cartoons on TV. They go on outings to the Botanic Gardens. Fely has worked for the Dutch Chinese family for the past two years.

In Hong Kong, a Filipino nanny also takes care of Theresa Chen's three-year-old son. "There's no such thing as bonding with the family when you're working for an advertising agency," the 35-year-old executive says wryly. "Your.... View More