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English Class
Term 1
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5 Things I’ve Learned this Term:
1. I’ve learned a lot about language as a whole and how it changes over time, including how new words are developed, and why exactly language has the words it does. Language is definitely shaped by culture, but it’s also really interesting how languages do have direct translations and why that is, and how interesting it is that all cultures and people from all around the world can think in relatively the same ways. It’s like how cultures may have many words for colour, but those that don’t usually always have words for black/dark, white/light or red, and that’s a constant.
2. I’ve learned about unseen text commentaries, and what makes a good one. I’ve definitely improved my skills over the term when it comes to writing a commentary on an unseen text, and have practiced doing lots of thinking on unseen texts, which will definitely help me in exams, sometime in the future.
3. I’ve learned about how to write a good thesis, and what exactly a good thesis needs to have to be, well, good. This includes things like vaguely outlining your essay, posing debatable arguments that leave you room to support them afterwards, and using clear language to define your stance or position.
4. I’ve learned how to use a semicolon; this definitely makes my writing a lot more professional.
5. I’ve learned a lot of new vocabulary, ‘idiolect’, ‘lineation’, ‘caesura’, ‘allusion’, ‘plosive’, ‘meter’, ‘sibilance’, ‘consonance’, ‘fricative’, just to name a few, and also how, when and where to use these in exam conditions, especially when I’m writing a commentary. However, I’ve also learned the meanings behind these words, like what ‘situational irony’ means, or what an ‘interjection’ is, and have had practice using them when I write.
1 Thing I Need to Work on:
I’m going to quote my English teacher on this, and tell myself: ‘Write in pen!’
However, I think that I can still work on my text analysing skills, and I plan to do lots of reading over the break to improve.
-Teia