Friday, July 29, 2011
@ 2:26 AM
Learning Log 5
I have learnt that an unseen poem or prose passage is one that I may not have read before. I learnt that when reading the poem, I have to pick out the difficult words or phrases. I learnt that making notes help improves on our thoughts. When we read the poem, we had to read at least twice.
I also learnt that when answering questions, we have to read the poem carefully. Underline keywords, plan your answer. Quote form the text. Try to use your own words whenever possible, and expressing your feelings. We should not rush through reading the poem. We should not start answering before reading all the instructions and questions. Refrain from quoting long passages.
I also learnt how to quote sentences. I should try to keep the quotation short. For chapter 20, I learnt about organizing and writing the essay. When doing comprehension, we should not spend more than five minutes reading the passage. Then jolt down the impression of the text's meaning. Secondly, is to interpret the text, then analysis the text. Lastly, is to insight and response.An organized introduction consists of three components. Firstly. a clear asseration which forms the basic of your essay. An overall view of the point or issue and a summary of the key points which will serve as evidence in support of your view.
When writing the body of the essay, use the PEEP principle: Point, Evidence, Elaboration and Personal response. Then you should have some evidence to support your point. Besides that, you also need to elaborate on your point. After that, express how you feel towards the character or event. Lastly, make a conclusion. I also learnt that there are two types of irony. Situational irony and Verbal irony. It can be used to create humour, criticise and add to the sense of tragedy.
In conclusion, I find the notes useful for us to study and easy to understand.