The Language Arts lessons in Term 1 have certainly fulfilled my expectations of the English language. For once, I had a clearer idea on the direction we were moving towards. This term, we largely focused on the techniques of characterization and the elements of a short story, through the use of two stories, To Kill a Mockingbird and All Summer in a Day, in order to prepare ourselves for our short story assignment.
Perhaps, we could learn more efficiently through the use of these two stories because it provides us with a platform where we can groom our writing skills as these stories are written by elite writers who have bountiful experience is writing stories which could captivate readers. As our objectives are to learn how to emulate their writing styles, this is a rather good approach.
Hopefully, the Language Arts programme could be modified as to boost the self-learning of students since our ACE for the current term has been currently narrowed down to a single aspect which is blogging. Although I do appreciate the influx of Infocomm Technology and the fact that blogging enables us to provide our views in various matters, I hope that the submissions for ACE could be expanded into various categories which will cater to the different areas of Language Arts.
Language Arts lessons have been fulfilling this term, especially during lessons where we can get into groups to discuss ideas and eventually come up with a solution which we can share with the class. This perfectly blends into the structure of the system in Hwa Chong as the school aims to develop us into gentlemen who can speak and work with others. Therefore, I think this is a strong aspect of Language Arts lessons which can continued in Term 2.
I agree. The only way to get ACE points this term is only through the blog. I think there should be more ways to obtain ACE points. Since ACE points is under Independent Studies, the students should have the rights to do any type of English related ACE. This would strengthen our creativity and would take us to newer heights. The LA lessons this term was fun but I wish the issue of ACE could be revised again.
ReplyDeleteCertainly, there are many people who share the same views as me with the issue pertaining to ACE. I think it is rather ironic that while the school wants us to be independent learners, the program is actually restricting the type and number of ACE activity we can carry out. If we are not allowed to take the initiative to carry out ACE activities of our own preference that is still under the curriculum, then what is the point of ACE being a part of Independent Studies?
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