On Monday 24th April, we started to learn the new lesson about “Problem and Solution”.
At first, the teacher opened some words from the Cambridge Dictionary Online for us to pronounce such as:
- problem (n.) /ˈprɒb.ləm/ = a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with or solved
- solve (v.) /sɒlv/ = to find an answer to a problem
Next, the teacher gave us the handout about the problem and solution and she told us to read in the first page. That was about the purpose of problem and solution. So, it’s a pattern of the 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).
After that, the teacher told us to read the example in the handout and taught us about how to find the problem and a solution passages in the text and she explained us about the markers.
Next, we did the skill practice in the handout. That was about “circle the Problem Markers and highlight the Solution Markers then write either Problem or Solution in the margin next to the relevant information”.
I spent a long time to do this practice. After we did it finished, the teacher gave us the corrective feedback and then the teacher continued told us to do the exercise 1 that was ”Read the passages, wrote the title, and the sentence explaining the main idea of the passage then created a problem and solution, graphic organizer”.
After that, the teacher asked us for the answer about the practice and gave us the corrective feedback of the first text. Finally, the teacher told us to do the other texts for homework.
For this week, I think I can do the practice in the text as well because I really like to analyze things such as the problem or solution. Furthermore, I had learned about the Discourse Markers of the Problem and Solution in this week. I can do many activities for easily from now on! Because I think that this lesson always uses in daily life.
I felt good for this week very much.
On Monday 10th April, we started to learn the lesson about “Exemplification”. After that, she told m
e to check the answers of the text 2 from the last week together explained about species of whales so divided into toothed and baleen in the text. Then, she gave us the corrective feedback.
After that, the teacher gave us the exemplification handout and told us to read about the purpose of exemplification. And then, the teacher explained us about “commonly used abbreviations and transitions in exemplification text.
Next, the teacher told us to do the text that was about read the text and complete the diagram then highlight the exemplification markers. After that, she gave us the corrective feedback.
After that, the teacher told us to do the text 2, 3, and 4. These three texts have about answered the questions correctly. Anyway, in the text 3, these were many difficult words such as:
Jeopardize (v.) /ˈdʒep.ə.daɪz/ = to put something such as a plan or system in danger of being harmed or damaged
Hazard (n.) /ˈhæz.əd/ = something that is dangerous and likely to cause damage
Eliminate (v.) /iˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/ = to remove or take away someone or something
Finally, we were watching the cooking video of our friends.
I think that the abbreviation and transitions in exemplification text might be difficult for me because I rarely use it in daily life. But, I will solve this problem by reading many texts. I believe I can do it better in the future.
I felt great and enjoy for this week very much.
Monday 3rd April, I started to learn the new lesson about “definition and classification”. Before we started to learn, the teacher told us about the scores of our mid-term test. So, I got seventeen. I think it was not enough for me but I’ll improve myself more than this. First, the teacher started to explain about definition and classification. Then, she told us to read definition and classification on the projector.
Next, she taught us about many discourse markers of definition and classification. I think it will help me to find the meaning of the unknown word in the text in the future by finding the discourse markers of definition in the text such as is, i.e., comma, etc.
After that, she explained us about strategies of definition and classification. She told us to do the skill practice 1 and 2. So she gave us the corrective feedback about this activity. There were many words of this practice such as:
Distinguish (v.) /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ = to notice or understand the difference between two things, or to make one person or thing seem different from another
Psychologist (n.) /saɪˈkɒl.ə.dʒɪst/ = someone who studies the human mind and human emotions and behavior, and how different situations have an effect on people
Intrinsic (adj.) /ɪnˈtrɪn.zɪk/ = being an extremely important and basic characteristic of a person or thing
Next, the teacher told us to write more meaning about the words on the white board in front of the class and we continued did the skill practice 3 in the handout. So, the teacher read the text 1 “What is Anthropology?” for us. She told us to read again and answer the questions that follow to pronounce them correctly.
After that, the teacher told us to talk about the main idea of the text. We answer that was “the last sentence is the main idea: anthropology is to learn how man has developed into his present condition and what potentialities are for future”. Then, the teacher gave us the corrective feedback for us and she finally assigned us to read the text 2 for homework.
I think I know about this lesson not much. But the teacher taught me for easy, so I can learn and did many activities for this lesson easily. Even I found many difficult words in the practice. I can solve these problems by searching the word from the dictionary or asking my friends about it.
I felt very happy for this class.
Next, the teacher gave us the handout about the problem and solution and she told us to read in the first page. That was about the purpose of problem and solution. So, it’s a pattern of the organization where information in a passage is expressed as a dilemma or concerning issue (a problem) and
After that, the teacher asked us for the answer about the practice and gave us the corrective feedback of the first text. Finally, the teacher told us to do the other texts for homework.
