The Making of a Writer ---  A collection of the works of James M. Zhang

James, the Singer ---- click to listen to songs sung by James M. Zhang#

 

Media Exposures

 

Bumped into a reporter and was requested to pose for photos for UW online newspaper#

 

Family Yearly Greetings

 

1.      New Year*s Greetings 2011

2.      X*mas Greetings 2010

3.      X*mas Greetings 2009

4.      Christmas Greetings 2008

5.      Christmas Greetings 2007

6.      Christmas Greetings 2006

 

Poems

1.      Poem: December (X*mas Eve 2011)

2.      Poem: Standing Strong (on a family crisis 5th December 2007)

3.      Poem Regret is simply, about regret. Just playing around with words and emotions.

4.      Poem: The Faces of Time is about how time seems to move quickly when you're having fun, and slowly when you're not. Also, about what time means to different people.

5.      Poems This Is Why and A Walk Through School are poems that I wrote for my GP project. The topic was youth, and we were supposed to present problems that youths face. The former is about the tiring life of youths, and the latter about school, peer pressure and relationships. Lighthearted poems designed to entertain the class.

1.      Poem: WitchTrials (6th September 2007)

2.      Lyrics: Would You Wake Up, Please?

Class works-English

 

1.      A Phylosophy paper: critically discuss Socrates' attitude toward death. Score: 90/100

2.      Journalism essay October 2011 : Grades: AB

3.      if love was enough 每an English translation of a French song, May 2011

4.      so that you will love me again -- an English translation of a French song, May 2011 (click to hear James* singing in French)

5.      The Purdue Essay 6 January 2010

6.      Midyear English Exam 2009: 35/50 8 June 2009

7.      TCA4 English Paper 41/50

8.      TCA2 English Paper 37/50

9.      My maiden mini novel: Mind Over Matter (a birthday gift to my Dad, 25th Dec 2008) For Connor, helping others wasn*t a choice; it was a task, imposed on him by his mother, and he was sick and tired of it. When he reluctantly agrees to help a woman look for her missing child, he might just end up discovering much more than he bargained for#

10.  ※Dream§ 每 a class test on English writing. Score: 22/30

11.  Public speech script: A Trip to Hawaii

12.  Book review: Memoirs of a geisha

13.  English compo: Marriage. Upon request of the teacher, a typed version is prepared to publish in the school*s Tri-Language Book. Score: 26/30

14.  English compo: Grandparents. Score: 23/30

15.  English Literature: Macbeth by W. Shakespeare, score 16/25

16.  English Literature: Literature test, score 16/25

17.  Describe a place you find unique (30th July 2007): score 22/30

18.  Misunderstanding (4th July 2007): score 21/30

19.  English compo: Natural Disasters, score 23/30, 24th September 2007

 

Class works-Other Subjects

 

1.      E-match test 7 Jan 07: score 26/30

2.      Chemistry Spot Test 1: score: 10/10

3.      Chemistry Spot Test 2: (12 Feb 2007) score: 10/10

4.      Geography test: score 21/25

5.      Physics test: (15 Feb 2007) score 24/40 (third place in class: first place 每 26/40; second place 每 24.5/40)

6.      # (more to come)

 

The Wall of Honors

 

1.      International Understanding Director of Interact-Club Service Leader 2008-2009, JJC

2.      Project Exhibition 2009

3.      Ambassador of Greece to UN§ 每 Singapore International Model United Nations, March 2009

4.      Teaching high school students in China December 2008: appreciation from the Principal

5.      Gaming Mathematics§ at University of Macau, August 2008

6.      Year 2007 Distinction in English: The University of New South Wales International Competition for Schools (total score: 46/60: top 11 percent of Secondary 4 & 5 participants in Singapore)

7.      Completion of 5-Day Outdoor Discovery Course in Outward Bound Singapore, 14-18 August 2006

8.      Participation in Year 2004 Singapore Robo Grand Prix

9.      Year 2004 Distinction in English: The University of New South Wales International Competition for Schools

10.  Year 2004 Distinction in Science: The University of New South Wales International Competition for Schools

11.  Year 2001 High Distinction in Science: The University of New South Wales International Competition for Schools

12.  Year 2001 Distinction in English: The University of New South Wales International Competition for Schools

 

 

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