ESSAY WRITING
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For English 1, the very
first assignment that I have received is essay writing. The learning outcomes
of this assignment are to write a well-developed and well-organised
five-paragraph expository and argumentative essay as well as to apply correct
APA style referencing techniques.
During the first few
lessons, Ms Thivilojana taught us about prewriting. There are several ways to
do prewriting. For instance, freewriting, questioning, making a list, clustering
and preparing a scratch outline. Besides prewriting, Miss Thivilojana also
taught us about transitional words. Transitional words are used in essays so
that readers could get the connections between one idea to another idea of in
one essay easily.
For my essay writing assignment,
I have chosen to write a compare or contrast essay about any two cities in my
country that I think tourist should visit.
Upon completing this assignment,
I have learnt to write a basic five-paragraph essay which includes an
introduction, a thesis statement topic sentences and specific details. I have
also learnt the correct way to apply APA referencing techniques.
Oral Presentation
The second assignment that I
was given for my English 1 class is an oral presentation assignment. The
learning outcomes of this assignment are ability to deliver an effective
presentation by applying different elements of an effective speaker.
For this assignment, I
teamed up with four of my classmates, Vicky Lee, Ricky Wong, Prashani and Teoh
Hui Yu. We were given a task to present about one of the ancient or modern
wonders of the world. My group have chosen Taj Mahal. We were required to
produce a 25 to 30 minutes video about the structures, layout, types of
materials used and types of ornamentation used for the modern or ancient wonder
that we have chosen.
All of us were slightly
camera-shy to start off with. However, after some time we calmed our nerves and
the video shooting process went on smoothly.
Upon completing this assignment,
I have learnt that body language is very important when it comes to
presentation. During a presentation, we should make eye contact with the
audience from time to time.
The following is the link to my group's oral presentation on Taj Mahal. Enjoy! :)
