14th Learning Reflection

First of all, we did exercise about Hazards in home and Language in birds from exemplification lesson.

Then, we started problem and solution Lesson. Problem and solution is a pattern of organization where information in a passage is expressed as a dilemma or concerning issue (a problem) and something that was, can be, or should be done to remedy this issue (solution or attempted solution). Teacher shown me example. After that, we learned about problem and solution markers.

Problem markers :

burden, challenge, complication, concern, etc.

Solution markers :

to address, to cope with, to overcome, to solve, etc.

Next, we did skill practice. We found problem and solution markers in the text.

For me, this lesson is difficult.  I can’t find easy.

For this reason, I translated text with dictionary.

I'm a little worried because The lesson is difficult.

13th Learning Reflection

We studied “Exemplification”

Exemplification uses specific, vivid examples for the purpose of adding more information to explain, persuade, define, or illustrate a general idea. We learned abbreviations and transitions in exemplification text.

Examples follow:

² f.e / e.g. – for example

² i.e – that is (to say); in other words  

² for instance  

² a case in point is

We read the texts : College Students’ Pressures, Fun things to Do in Great Falls and Hazards.

Text 1 :  College Students’ Pressures

This text told about many college students face a number of pressures.

There are 3 discourse markers : for instance, for example and another example of.

Text 2 : Fun things to Do in Great Falls

It told about there are many ways to have fun in Great Falls without Spending a Fortune. For examples, play in water at Electric City Water Park, watching movies at Carmike Ten, feed giant fish at Giant Springs, walk and see the view at River’s Edge Trail etc.

Text 3 : Hazards

We learned about many hazards in the home that jeopardize a child’s safety can be easily eliminated. For examples, poisoned by some houseplants, chemical products or furniture. We must to eliminate the danger.

I like exercises of this lesson. They aren’t difficult for me, but some vocabularies are difficult for me.

So I consulted dictionary.

I feel happy with this lesson. I like exemplification. It make me understand when I read the texts.

12th Learning Reflection

We studied Definition and Classification.

Definition is a statement that explains the meaning of a word or phrase.

Classification  is the act or process of dividing things into groups according to their type.

Example :

Phonetics is the study of the speech sounds used in human languages.

        Here a technical term is defined by the words that follow a from of the verb to be

Matter is defined as anything that occupies space and has weight.

Here a technical term is defined after the verb phrase is defined as…

Furthermore,  we also learned definition and classification markers.  And found the definition markers, the technical terms and the definitions from skill practice 1-3.

We read the texts about “What is Anthropology?” and “Species of Whales”

We knew anthropology is the study of man. There are 2 type : physical anthropology and cultural anthropology. We divided and completed the diagram. 

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Text 2 : Species of Whales, we found discourse markers, main idea and classified species. There are 2 species of whales : toothed and baleen.

I think, text 1-2 are easy  because their used vocabulary that I can understand.

Skill practice 1-2 are difficult for me. I can not find discourse markers.

For this reason, I  consulted my friends.

I feel good with this lesson. I like atmosphere in my classroom.

11th Learning Reflection

We did skill practice 2 of cause and effect lesson. We read factors contributed to the disaster of 

the Titanic.

These are 3 factors that follow:

First, the Titanic carried only sixteen lifeboats.

Second, crew was not given enough time to become familiar with the ship.

And third factor, they received a number of warning about icebergs in the area, but they took no precautions.

After that, we wrote the cause and effect diagrams.

Next we studied The Effect of Stress and answered the questions. In this text, I knew new vocabulary that follows :

asthma

numerous /ˈnjuː.mə.rəs/  many

asthma /ˈæs.mə/ a medical condition that makes breathing difficult by causing the air passages to become narrow or blocked

elated /ɪˈleɪ.tɪd/ extremely happy and excited, often because something has happened or been achieved

bliss  /blɪs/ perfect happiness

depression /dɪˈpreʃ.ən/  the state of feeling very unhappy and without hope for the future

whimsy /ˈwɪm.zi/  something that is intended to be strange and humorous but in fact has little real meaning or value

Vocabularies are easy because I understood meaning vocabularies, but finding the main idea is difficult for me because the text is many paragraph.

I feel happy. The lesson isn’t complex for me.
I liked to read the fact story.