Learning Log 7

Awesome!After toiling for a period of three months we finally manged to put together a very entertaining play which lived up to our expectations.It was an occasion of rejoice when our performance went about smoothly and it was flawless.All this dates back to the time when Mrs Woo used the number selector to indicate which groups we will be in.It was a tense and terse moment for us.I would be working with the same members until the final performance and I was crossing my fingers hoping that I would be put into a good group.Finally the moment I had been eagerly waiting for arrived.I was put into group 1.We had Phania,Sanjna,Jing Ying,Fatimah,Dewi,Justin,Clarence and Kai Leong.We knew that we had a great group of individuals and we had the potential to do well.We hereby chose Phania as our director.We knew Phania had good leadership skills and had the potential to lead us.Now we had to choose our roles.Before this play I wanted to be either Capulet or Tybalt but in the end decided to be Romeo instead because of the limited choice.I was elated to be in one of the main leading role and was ready to give in all my efforts.The following week we began our practices for the play.It all went really well and everyone were really good in their respective roles.Phania was amazed to see my airs and graces.It all went really well as we finished the play with ease.We were instructed by Phania to memorize our lines by heart.The sooner the better,so that we could practice more.This was a arduous task as memorizing old English was no easy feat but I managed and succeeded in doing so.Then we had to sort out the props,backdrops and costumes.Since the Romeo and Juliet of the play were Indians we decided to follow the theme bollywood.We gave the job of finding the costumes to Fatimah.We were all doing really well.We thought of making a curtain as our backdrop.Also we decided to have a dance before the actual play.Mui Siew came up with the moves.We took around three weeks to master the dance.Justin was the laughing mock of everyone as his body was too stiff.Next we had to master the kissing part which was the limelight of the whole play.It was really tough performing the fake kiss.It was no easy task.We were going to have two different types of kiss.For the first kiss I used my hands to cup her face and then kiss my own palm.The second kiss was a bit harder,I had to twist my whole head so as to cover her head and then had to hug Sanjna.This was the most difficult part as I had to twist all the way so as to cover Sanjna's mouth.We did this over and over again to master it.We took around three weeks to truly master this and we could perform it really well only two days before the actual performance.My group members were escatic when we mastered it.We had some last minute changes the last day also.We managed  to get our costumes for free.Each of us had their own costume and Lord Capulet was to have a huge belly.We managed to make quite a good table and curtain.That's how the event occurred.I felt that I gave in all my efforts.We have developed good friendship and learnt how to work together as a team.Phania had this rule whereby if you forget any lines or fail to make up for any of the practices we would have to pay.I feel that was a quite a good way to prevent any of us from being playful or ignorant.I have no suggestions to make and would think that this is a very good activity.

Learning Log 6

The previous week we learnt about literary devices,the definitions of them and also the way they are used.Of all the literary devices,they were some which were important and some which were not as important.Some of the important ones are,personification,simile,metaphor,alliteration,rhythm,rhyme and ect.We found out that literary devices played a important role in poems and poets and authors use a great deal of them.Literary devices enhance the poem even further and entertain the readers.

Learning Log 5

An unseen poem or prose passage is simply one you may not have read before.There is nothing special about an unseen  poem/prose passage:and should be approached in the same way any piece of prose or poem.The poem should be read at least two times.The first time, once through without stopping.Picking out the words that are  interesting or difficult.When answering questions,use the peel method. First write the point which is usually a sentence.Next,one should elaborate on the point or why the student thinks it is correct.He should support his elaboration with an evidence or quotation.Lastly one should write how this is connected with the question.One should use inverted commas when quoting.One should pick words or/and phrases that draw attention to oneself.A quotation should be kept short and sweet.In essay writing,a literature student should display a close engagement with the text in the essay.One should not spend more than ten minutes on reading the text and analyzing the text before jotting down important points.After having understood the meaning of the text they should then interpret the text.Highlight any interesting words in the text and then ask yourself why that particular word is chosen instead of another.It could be used to convey a certain word or feeling.Students should convey a clear understanding of the text and also explain the implied meaning of it.The student should be able to offer a insight into the text.One should follow the PEEP format which stands for point,evidence,elaboration,and personal response.

Learning Log 4

Last week,we had our Macbeth performance .We had put in a lot of hard work to bring this performance.On our actual performance day we actually found out that there were other groups which had done better than us.For instance Rebecca's group had a power point presentation with fabulous sound effects.Also our costume was rather simple.In the end,our hard work had paid off and our performance was a success.I had a really good time working with my group.

Learning Log 3

During our previous literature lessons ,we had a group activity on predictions.Hui Min who was in the our group told us  predictions that a woman has made about the world who has died previously.She had  predicted that there would be world war 3 in 2010 (the korean wars),the world won't end in 2012 but in 2100.Also there will be a time when humans will interact with aliens.I found the predictions weird but I would not believe it as I think it is ridiculous.

Learning Log 2

During our previous literature lessons, we learnt a lot about superstitions.Each individual was asked to jot down 5 superstitions that they believe in.Since I could only think of only two examples, I had to surf the internet to complete the assignment.I found some rather interesting ones which I had never heard before.One example is , to spit on a new bat before using it so that you are lucky.I was really surprised upon hearing this superstition. I do not actually believe in superstitions as they do not normally occur.Superstitions derive from the olden times where a incident occurs coincidentally due to a unknown reason and from then on people start to believe that by doing the same task, either good luck or bad luck bestows on you.One superstition which I think is not good is that when black cat walks in your path , bad luck will bestowed on you.As a result , people start to hate black cats and be cruel with them.Some go to the extent to even kill it.It is not the cat's fault that the it's  skin colour is black.It is god's will that the cat's skin colour is black it is not the cat's will.Hence people should not be cruel to black cats.Most of the superstions are not true.Few black cats have crossed my path and nothing happened to me that day.Everything was fine and nothing unlucky occured to me.Hence to sum this up,people should not be gullible to believe in everything they are told .Moving on , we drew or printed out a picture of the three witches present in Macbeth.Later some of my classmates acted as the three witches.I enjoyed their mimicking of three witches particularly Liang Wei's high pitch imitation voice of the witch.The "witches" airs and graces was a laughing stock of everyone.I myself guffawed loudly.I found the lesson on macbeth very enjoyable.

Learning Log 1

During our previous literature lesson we learnt an unknown and new type of poem called the cinquin.A cinquin is a five line poem.The specialty of this poem is that each line of it follows a rule.The rules are ....
                             Line 1 (title which consists of a word)
                             Line 2 (description of the poem which has two words)
                             Line 3 (describing action which has three words)
                             Line 4 (feeling which has four words)
                             Line 5(Use a word to describe the title)
 After Mrs Woo taught all about cinquins an some examples, we were divided into groups of five to create our own  cinquain .  We chose the topic ICE CREAM.Although a cinquain seems really easy to write, in reality it is quite difficult to create one as one needs a wide range of vocabulary to write one.Only the most talented one can write a perfect one.We felt that it was very fun writing a cinquin.I would want to learn how to write different types of  poems.

Myself

Hi I am Anirwin and I like raquet games