Wednesday, 1 May 2013

ela class 5/1



Today, Rab explained to us the parts of an essay in detail. I think the 5As are a great and easy way to memorize the requirements of an academic essay. Although I already learned all of today’s material in the start-up program, it was good to refresh my memory since this content is extremely relevant to our upcoming book review and also the extended essay which we are going to tackle this term. Until high school, I admit that I wrote essays that fulfilled all the given requirements so I could earn a good grade; however, when Rab said teachers get bored reading students’ papers if they all start with “My essay is going to be about …”, it made me think that when I construct my essay, I should primarily concentrate on entertaining my readers, who actually take some of their time to read my writing. My goal for the book review is to write a piece that others will find worth reading.

For the last fifteen minutes of class, we did a European psychology test and here are my results:

Orange: vivacious, embracing, warm, soft, savouring
Dog: honest, cute friendly, fluffy, endearing
Wave: everlasting, peaceful, rhythmic, enjoyable
White Room: anxious, confined, solitary, forgotten

I admit that it seems quite accurate!

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