during this unit i have learnt how to write several different styles of academic writing. some personally are more interesting than other bt over all they are not too much of a problem to construct. i mainly used the five basic paragraph essay for my writing, adapting it for the requirement of the different genre. i feel that i left some of this work i left somewhat near the finishing date but others pieces were completed well before time. it has been interesting introducing new words into my writing, and trying to write in both casual and in a "matter of fact" style which is still in the formal boundary.
the internet proved to be very effective information wise, whereas a host of book would have been much harder to research. the internet was able to provide me with the exact imformation i needed, promptly! if i were to have used books i would have had to read many chapters of many book to locate relevant information, which would have been almost impossible within school hours and would have been too much to take home, possibly to find that they did not have the information needed. Note taking from the internet was reltively easy. also, the internet was being cooperative whilst i was researching.
writing in the different styles was an interesting challenge, including the blog/reflection. i am certainly no used to writing in this style. after this unit grade 11 student should be ready for the end of year exams which are just around the corner.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Reflection
From this third assessment, I learned many things about academic writing. First, I learned the basic style for citation (footnotes and bibliography), I learned that it’s very important to cite because if not then it means plagiarism. Besides that, I also learned about different types of academic writing (compare and contrast essay, partial essay), and to write with formal language. I learned to write with my own words, although many of the ideas are not mine. The reason is that I don’t familiar with the topic, and my habits to search things first in the internet before writing with my own words.
For the technological issue, I think I have known The Sims better than before. I get to know the features and online communities well. I was surprised that actually The Sims originated from a fire tragedy.
I was very tired in making this assessment, because I have to write in my own words, and I have to cite in the form of footnotes, which I am not get used to. I feel very exhausted but I also enjoy in making different types of text, especially in making the poster. Beside, The Sims is one of my favourite topics and I have an experience in playing The Sims itself. It’s a very interesting topic.
I'm glad that finally this assessment is finished, although I don't put much effort to it, since I have to do the other works in other subjects.
For the technological issue, I think I have known The Sims better than before. I get to know the features and online communities well. I was surprised that actually The Sims originated from a fire tragedy.
I was very tired in making this assessment, because I have to write in my own words, and I have to cite in the form of footnotes, which I am not get used to. I feel very exhausted but I also enjoy in making different types of text, especially in making the poster. Beside, The Sims is one of my favourite topics and I have an experience in playing The Sims itself. It’s a very interesting topic.
I'm glad that finally this assessment is finished, although I don't put much effort to it, since I have to do the other works in other subjects.
Assessment Reflection
After finishing my task about technology, I have learnt many things regarding my topic, spam and regarding different ways of presenting ideas. In the task, I am given a chance to know better about a particular issue that has been around for a long time and been familiar to many people. As a web user myself, I have experienced receiving junk-mails like spam. This is why at the beginning, I thought that the issue of spam has been something that I have quite master. Yet after finishing the research essay which I’ve accomplished first, I realized that there is much that I haven’t heard of spam, for example how it can actually cause a loss of a lot of money and illegally generate a big profit for the spammers.
Having a chance to work on technological issue for this English Assessment has also make me learn that in the world of communication as the major concern of the society right now, there are actually problems that are inevitable. As the time goes by, technology keeps improving itself and innovation and inventions become a trend. However, technology doesn’t only give positive impacts all the time. There are people out there that use this tool as a way of cheating others to gain personal benefit. Personally, I am concerned with this problem as I am also one of the many users of the web.
Another thing that I’ve learnt from this task is ways of presenting ideas. In academic writing that this topic wants to emphasize, I realized that for different purposes of text, there are also different ways of presenting the main points. For example when doing the essay on compare and contrast, I learned how to present the material in a more structured and organized way. I learned that by having only one focus in each paragraph, for example Paragraph 1 explaining about similarities and Paragraph 2 about differences, makes my essay looks more vivid and clear. However, there are still a lot of areas for me to improve my writing. This is what I’ve realized after turning in drafts on my essay and having my words corrected b the teacher in charge. As a conclusion, I’ve enjoyed doing this assessment and am eager to learn more about academic writing and global issues.
Having a chance to work on technological issue for this English Assessment has also make me learn that in the world of communication as the major concern of the society right now, there are actually problems that are inevitable. As the time goes by, technology keeps improving itself and innovation and inventions become a trend. However, technology doesn’t only give positive impacts all the time. There are people out there that use this tool as a way of cheating others to gain personal benefit. Personally, I am concerned with this problem as I am also one of the many users of the web.
Another thing that I’ve learnt from this task is ways of presenting ideas. In academic writing that this topic wants to emphasize, I realized that for different purposes of text, there are also different ways of presenting the main points. For example when doing the essay on compare and contrast, I learned how to present the material in a more structured and organized way. I learned that by having only one focus in each paragraph, for example Paragraph 1 explaining about similarities and Paragraph 2 about differences, makes my essay looks more vivid and clear. However, there are still a lot of areas for me to improve my writing. This is what I’ve realized after turning in drafts on my essay and having my words corrected b the teacher in charge. As a conclusion, I’ve enjoyed doing this assessment and am eager to learn more about academic writing and global issues.
Mackinley 11.1 blog entry
I am very pleased to be able to complete the assessment on time. First, I think this will be an easy assessment, but it is very difficult. I chose Nintendo Dual Screen and PlayStation Portable as my topic. It has been a stressful two weeks because I kept doing the work everyday. I think this assessment is the most tiring assessment that I have ever done because I need to write five different essays.
There were four types of academic writing. First, we need to write a persuasive writing which we need to persuade people to believe what we believe. Second, we need to write a compare and contrast essays. We need to compare both of them and also find the similarities. This essay requires more time than the other because we need to do some research as well. Third, we need to write reaction and opinion essays. This essay may probably the easiest one because it doesn’t need to have some research. The fourth one is research essay. This essay need a little bit of research, but it was pretty fun doing this part.
Lastly, I was really happy that my work is all done. I really hope to get a better mark than last few assessments. I also would like to thank Miss Luara and Mrs. Karla for giving me this assessment. I am very happy to be able to write essays.
There were four types of academic writing. First, we need to write a persuasive writing which we need to persuade people to believe what we believe. Second, we need to write a compare and contrast essays. We need to compare both of them and also find the similarities. This essay requires more time than the other because we need to do some research as well. Third, we need to write reaction and opinion essays. This essay may probably the easiest one because it doesn’t need to have some research. The fourth one is research essay. This essay need a little bit of research, but it was pretty fun doing this part.
Lastly, I was really happy that my work is all done. I really hope to get a better mark than last few assessments. I also would like to thank Miss Luara and Mrs. Karla for giving me this assessment. I am very happy to be able to write essays.
a blog entry by karen
Words cannot describe how happy I am to be finally done with English assessment number three. Being in the finish line of the assessment, it actually brings me back to the day where the assessment notification was distributed. I could vaguely remember the always noisy and messy class 11.1 that day, moan of some of my friends after they read the task they are going to be facing.
Me myself was particularly relax that day and I thought, "oh it’s just another assessment, I don’t have to start doing it now, right, I’ll get it done sometime later" and this kept going on for weeks and weeks. procastination. My one and only enemy I can never beat.
Around 5 or 6 days ago is then when it totally hit me that I had to write 5 essays in just a week. I knew my weaknesses in writing and so I knew how deeply in trouble I was going to be. Quickly I searched for the topic I am writing about, iPhone vs Blackberry; which turns out to be a very popular subject, something I didn’t know of until I read our classes’ blog.
So here I am finally finishing the very last essay of the third English assessment.
time of entry : 3.40 am
lesson? dont procrastinate. lets just hope that I could overcome this habit in the upcoming tasks
surprises? I didn’t think that my draft is going to be covered with all sorts of underlines and circles (thank you Miss Laura for showing the area that needed work)
what I can improve? what did I learn? just DON’T procrastinate. End of blog.
Me myself was particularly relax that day and I thought, "oh it’s just another assessment, I don’t have to start doing it now, right, I’ll get it done sometime later" and this kept going on for weeks and weeks. procastination. My one and only enemy I can never beat.
Around 5 or 6 days ago is then when it totally hit me that I had to write 5 essays in just a week. I knew my weaknesses in writing and so I knew how deeply in trouble I was going to be. Quickly I searched for the topic I am writing about, iPhone vs Blackberry; which turns out to be a very popular subject, something I didn’t know of until I read our classes’ blog.
So here I am finally finishing the very last essay of the third English assessment.
time of entry : 3.40 am
lesson? dont procrastinate. lets just hope that I could overcome this habit in the upcoming tasks
surprises? I didn’t think that my draft is going to be covered with all sorts of underlines and circles (thank you Miss Laura for showing the area that needed work)
what I can improve? what did I learn? just DON’T procrastinate. End of blog.
English Assessment 3 - Reflection - Kriska
Looking back to the start of this unit, I remembered the feeling I had back then. I was very happy because I have just finished English Assessment 2, and was thinking that things are going to get much better from this point onward…I was wrong. The thought has never crossed my mind that I have to write five essays. Five essays…the whole idea just left me speechless. What makes it worse is that I had other things to attend to, and as a result I skipped not just many periods of English class, but other subjects as well. Dividing my time with all these work on my back have been a serious challenge for me. I have to say, this English unit have been quite a wild chase, with the assessment being hot on my tail.
Unit-wise I don’t really enjoy this academic writing as I never really enjoy things that are too structured. Carefully planning about what to write and then making an outline are some things that I don’t particularly enjoy doing. That’s why I can’t say that I’m proud of my partial essays, though I am quite confident with my complete essay. For me writing a complete essay that connects one paragraph with another is easier than writing the outline itself.
Choosing technology for the topic was, I think, a very good idea. Technology is a common thing that has become a part of our lives, and as a result this gives us the opportunity to delve deeper into the topic. An interesting thing I notice about my own topic, which is about Adobe Illustration and Photoshop, is that many designers and users always try to figure out which is the best graphic design software. It is rather amusing to see how many websites on the internet contradict each others. One website might say that Adobe Illustrator is the best, while other might say that it is the worst. Well, I guess it all came down to the users themselves.
Finally I’m done!
Unit-wise I don’t really enjoy this academic writing as I never really enjoy things that are too structured. Carefully planning about what to write and then making an outline are some things that I don’t particularly enjoy doing. That’s why I can’t say that I’m proud of my partial essays, though I am quite confident with my complete essay. For me writing a complete essay that connects one paragraph with another is easier than writing the outline itself.
Choosing technology for the topic was, I think, a very good idea. Technology is a common thing that has become a part of our lives, and as a result this gives us the opportunity to delve deeper into the topic. An interesting thing I notice about my own topic, which is about Adobe Illustration and Photoshop, is that many designers and users always try to figure out which is the best graphic design software. It is rather amusing to see how many websites on the internet contradict each others. One website might say that Adobe Illustrator is the best, while other might say that it is the worst. Well, I guess it all came down to the users themselves.
Finally I’m done!
Assessment 3 English = Hell waste of my time because of the need to cite!
I am finally done with my assessment task three. To tell the truth, i am not done with the visual or multimedia text. This task is very interesting to do as it is writing about the present technological issue. I chose the topics, "solar power" and "Hydrogen powered cars", because these are the things that i like, cars. I also like knowing about the new inventions and technology that helps the environment and reduces global warming. There are four academic writings in this assessment: A comparison/ Contrast Essay, a Research partial essay, a Reaction/Opinion partial essay and a persuasive visual/multimedia text (half done). I finally use my PowerPoint software on my desktop. This assessment took me a lot of time to finish even though i did it in the last couple of days. This assessment task teaches me about time management and made me understand more about solar power and its usage, positive and negative impacts and its history. I hope that there is no such task like this again in our year 11 course. This task makes me sleep late and i hope that tomorrow in school i am not sleepy and i can still listen to my English teacher.
Good Night! I hope this is between two hundred and three hundred words!
Blog Entry
Stressful was probably the word that could describe my emotions in the past couple of weeks. Well to be honest, this past two weeks have been very tiring for me because I have been very busy working on my English assessment task. I thought that this assessment was easy, but I was wrong. This assessment would probably the hardest assessment ever because it took me about 2 weeks to complete it. I was so surprised that this assessment was extremely hard and made me stressed. My topic for this assessment is BlackBerry Javelin Vs. Nokia N96. I choose this topic because there were many technological changes in this modern era and handphone was one of them.
From this assessment, I learned much information about technological change in hand phones. I learned that these 2 sophisticated gadgets have their own specialties. The most important thing that I learned from doing this assessment is how to make a better academic writing. Although it's confusing and stressful, it taught me how to write better in English.
Using time more wisely is needed for this assessment. If we're just playing around, we will definitely have difficulties in doing this assessment. In doing this assessment, I didn't manage my time wisely. I have tried but there were many homework and tests in the past 2 weeks. Well, the most important thing is that I finished my assessment and I thought it was quite promising.
Grammar, Topic Sentences, and Thesis was very hard to do but I think that I have improved in these areas and most of all I finally know how to make a better academic writing like research, reaction, compare and contrast, etc.
Finally, Thank God that all my work is done. I hope that I will achieve a better mark in this assessment task 3. Last but not least, I would also like to thank Miss Laura and Mrs. Karla for keep teaching and explaining me things that I don't understand. Without both of you, I would probably have more difficulties in doing this assessment. Well, that's all that I wanna say in this short reflection. Peace out
Kenneth Darmansjah/11.1
From this assessment, I learned much information about technological change in hand phones. I learned that these 2 sophisticated gadgets have their own specialties. The most important thing that I learned from doing this assessment is how to make a better academic writing. Although it's confusing and stressful, it taught me how to write better in English.
Using time more wisely is needed for this assessment. If we're just playing around, we will definitely have difficulties in doing this assessment. In doing this assessment, I didn't manage my time wisely. I have tried but there were many homework and tests in the past 2 weeks. Well, the most important thing is that I finished my assessment and I thought it was quite promising.
Grammar, Topic Sentences, and Thesis was very hard to do but I think that I have improved in these areas and most of all I finally know how to make a better academic writing like research, reaction, compare and contrast, etc.
Finally, Thank God that all my work is done. I hope that I will achieve a better mark in this assessment task 3. Last but not least, I would also like to thank Miss Laura and Mrs. Karla for keep teaching and explaining me things that I don't understand. Without both of you, I would probably have more difficulties in doing this assessment. Well, that's all that I wanna say in this short reflection. Peace out
Kenneth Darmansjah/11.1
MikeBlogEntry
Recently, I have been working on my third unit this year, which is academic writing. In our third assessment, we were asked to do multiple tasks of academic writing based on our chosen topic. However, the topic must be categorized as technological issue.
Weapons technology seems to be a lot more complex than what it seems to be. During this unit, I’ve learned about background histories of various weapons ranging from stone age to modern age. Histories that relates with the inventions of firearms, fighter jets and not to forget the devastating weapon, atomic bomb. Besides histories, there is still more to explore such as the specific components of weapons. Furthermore, research on weaponry tells us about its damaging capability that it could produce. In addition, during this report I could also research and react to an argument. My argument is about people using guns irresponsibly. This reaction helps me to develop my critical thinking towards the argument. Weapons technology is indeed an interesting topic to do.
On the other hand, I’ve learned the academic writing as much as my personal topic. In this assessment we were asked to write four types of academic writing, which requires different skills for each of them. The partial essay is something new to me. I’ve learned much about focusing on thesis and topic sentences that gives clear direction, which is supported by several evidence. While in the visual text, I could expand my creativity in doing one of the academic writing. To be able to do various academic writings, it was actually challenging and fun at the same time.
My success is that I’m able to find an interesting topic. A topic which I really enjoy writing about it. My failure lies at the skills required for each academic writing, especially reaction text. I couldn’t write a really strong reaction towards the case. However, in the future, I would improve my skills in the academic writings by reacting more often towards an argument. So that in the future, I could master the information about my topic and also my academic writing skills.
Weapons technology seems to be a lot more complex than what it seems to be. During this unit, I’ve learned about background histories of various weapons ranging from stone age to modern age. Histories that relates with the inventions of firearms, fighter jets and not to forget the devastating weapon, atomic bomb. Besides histories, there is still more to explore such as the specific components of weapons. Furthermore, research on weaponry tells us about its damaging capability that it could produce. In addition, during this report I could also research and react to an argument. My argument is about people using guns irresponsibly. This reaction helps me to develop my critical thinking towards the argument. Weapons technology is indeed an interesting topic to do.
On the other hand, I’ve learned the academic writing as much as my personal topic. In this assessment we were asked to write four types of academic writing, which requires different skills for each of them. The partial essay is something new to me. I’ve learned much about focusing on thesis and topic sentences that gives clear direction, which is supported by several evidence. While in the visual text, I could expand my creativity in doing one of the academic writing. To be able to do various academic writings, it was actually challenging and fun at the same time.
My success is that I’m able to find an interesting topic. A topic which I really enjoy writing about it. My failure lies at the skills required for each academic writing, especially reaction text. I couldn’t write a really strong reaction towards the case. However, in the future, I would improve my skills in the academic writings by reacting more often towards an argument. So that in the future, I could master the information about my topic and also my academic writing skills.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
reflection-Elissa Gunawan
Finally, I’m done with my English assessment! I would say that this assessment task was a tough one. At first, I thought that this was an easy assessment since it only required us to write different types of essay and we are given ample of time. So I decided to it do it during the last couple of weeks. That’s when I realized that this task was hard and I should have started doing it earlier. I regret that I have only started doing this task in the last couple of weeks before it was due. However, I put all my effort and spent most of my time editing my essays and giving the draft to Miss. Laura and Miss. Karla. I got a lot of feedbacks from them and it really helped me to improve my essays.
For my topic, I chose Blackberry Bold and iPhone 3G. I have a really tough time in doing the research yet I learned a lot from it too. I have to search the information from a lot of different resources to make sure that it is valid. From this research, I learned that both Blackberry Bold and iPhone 3G are the most popular gadgets in the market. They both have their own strengths and weaknesses. Blackberry Bold are popular for the Blackberry Messenger and iPhone 3G are mostly used because it works like the iPod and even better it can be used for communication as well. I also discovered that Blackberry can cause addiction just like drugs! I also did a reaction partial essay, giving my experience of using a Blackberry Bold. From this, I had realized that Blackberry had become something essential in my life and it is starting to distract my studies. So I came to a conclusion that I need to manage my time wisely in order to maintain my grades in school. From this assessment, I have learnt different types of academic writing. The most difficult one I would say will be writing a partial essay. But then by learning how to write a partial essay, it made me realized that writing essays will be so much easier when you have an outline as your guide. The most enjoyable task from this will be creating a persuasive visual text. I have a lot of fun in designing my poster and learning how to use adobe Photoshop as well.
I believe that I could do a much better job in the future and I have learnt that procrastinating is not good. I would like to thank Miss. Laura and Miss. Karla for giving me the opportunity to learn such valuable lessons (:
For my topic, I chose Blackberry Bold and iPhone 3G. I have a really tough time in doing the research yet I learned a lot from it too. I have to search the information from a lot of different resources to make sure that it is valid. From this research, I learned that both Blackberry Bold and iPhone 3G are the most popular gadgets in the market. They both have their own strengths and weaknesses. Blackberry Bold are popular for the Blackberry Messenger and iPhone 3G are mostly used because it works like the iPod and even better it can be used for communication as well. I also discovered that Blackberry can cause addiction just like drugs! I also did a reaction partial essay, giving my experience of using a Blackberry Bold. From this, I had realized that Blackberry had become something essential in my life and it is starting to distract my studies. So I came to a conclusion that I need to manage my time wisely in order to maintain my grades in school. From this assessment, I have learnt different types of academic writing. The most difficult one I would say will be writing a partial essay. But then by learning how to write a partial essay, it made me realized that writing essays will be so much easier when you have an outline as your guide. The most enjoyable task from this will be creating a persuasive visual text. I have a lot of fun in designing my poster and learning how to use adobe Photoshop as well.
I believe that I could do a much better job in the future and I have learnt that procrastinating is not good. I would like to thank Miss. Laura and Miss. Karla for giving me the opportunity to learn such valuable lessons (:
Elissa Gunawan- 11.1
A Blog Entry by Jessica HT of class 11.1
Honestly? I have no idea on what to write right now. All I know is that I am very extremely absolutely glad that this is all over.
Hours and hours of staring at the computer screen. Researching on several topics over and over again until finally deciding on which to write on. Writing and rewriting essays. Redoing posters (and an attempt to create a video). Indeed, this has to be the most tiring, most energy and time-consuming assessment ever given.
Well, I actually thought that this would be easy, and sort of underestimated the task, but now I realize that I should have used all the time given as effectively as possible, which I failed to do. Nevertheless, now it's all over. (Phew)
I know, I know, from every task and mistake made there lies a moral. And I guess I did learn a few things from this assessment task.
First things first. I learnt NOT to play around when we are given the time to work. There is always a time to play, and a time to get things done, pronto. I learnt NOT to mess around, because now I see that I really needed the time that was given to finish the task (without having to cram up the night before the assessment was due). Managing time is part of the process as well, and I think I did not really manage my time well. But never mind, there will always be a next time, right? And I guess I learnt my lesson, I don't deserve sleeping tonight.
Partial essays will have to be the hardest to write. Yes, they do look simple, but NO, they are the most difficult ones to write. I wasted most of my time on the complete essay, when I should have thought of the partial essays as well. I didn't realize something so simple could be so hard.
Drafts. Drafts. Drafts. Guess it was my fault for not handing in drafts that now I'm all messed up (don't worry, if you think you'll look horrible tomorrow, I'll comfort you somehow, because I will look hideously horrendous). I really should put more time to my work, and not underestimate tasks (especially not assessment tasks) anymore.
At first I thought that the task given was a little pointless (sorry, but at least I am being honest and have changed my mind?) but now I see that this is a good practice for better citing and avoiding plagiarism. I also got a little insight on the iPod Touch 2G, and I think I am pretty much convinced and persuaded by my own poster and research. IT IS JUST SO COOL! (If you are reading this maybe you might just get a hint on what to buy for someone's birthday! Wait. Who's that someone? I don't know! Or do I?)
P.S: I think writing blogs is fun. Wonder if I will start my own blog? Maybe not.
Jessica Herliani Tanoesoedibjo
Class 11.1
Academic Year 2009
English Assessment Task 3: Academic Writing
June 7, 2009
Internet For Students
In this unit, we students learn about Academic Writing which consist of four types:
- First, comparison/ contrast, we learned to see and analyze the differences or similarities between two texts.
- Second, research, we learned how to find the right and reliable resource and compose it into a good research paper.
- Third, persuasive, we learned how to convince readers to believe or agree in what we said.
- Fourth, reaction/ opinion, we learned how to share our thoughts, judgment and our point of view on a case or argument.
During the learning process of this unit, I found that research was the hardest one because you need to carefully cite the resource and also you need to determine whether the source can be trusted or not. The easiest one would probably be opinion/ reaction, because we only need to share what we think and find evidence to back it up.
At the end of learning this unit, we were asked to use all four types of academic writing to make essays and text of a topic given, Technological Issue. For example: comparison between Macintosh and Windows, research about Blackberry, persuade the readers that using Internet is good, to give opinions towards the increasing use of Facebook.
I choose about the “Impacts of Internet on Education”. From that, I learned about the disadvantages or benefits that the Internet had affect the Education these days. The benefits are that it’s easier to search for information, able to discuss problems through forums. While the disadvantages are hard to manage time, can cause addiction and others.
Overall, I think this unit about Academic Writing was quite fun because you get to experiment with different types of writing and also you get to learned about the technological issue from the assessment task.
Michelle 11.1 ~ English Reflection
Finally I made it. This assessment was the hardest assessment from the other subject. At the first time, I thought this assessment is easy. When I picked some resources, it was easy. But when I combined it, I was struggling and it was very difficult.
I chose Laptop and Notebook for my topic because it interested and I wanted to find out the differences. I got so many difficulties when searching some resources. Many people said that laptop was called notebook. However, I learned that Laptop is not same like Notebook. Notebook was smaller and weaker than Laptop. Laptop has a complete provider rather than notebook. I learned many things from this topic and noticed that people need technology to live.
From academic writing, I learned how to make an excellent essay. However, I can not make an excellent essay, but I got some improvements. When I make the essay, I thought this academic writing is useless and nothing will change. But when I finished it, I read it again and I was so proud. I can make it and it was done. It was my own essay and I make it maximally.
Around 1 month, I learned that I have to use time wisely. Truly our teachers gave us enough time to do it. But I throw many chances that they gave to me. I used all chances to playing around and make another work that I was not important at all.
The conclusion is I learned many things from this assessment. Thanks to our teachers that gave me this assessment. And finally I knew many important things from this assessment.
I chose Laptop and Notebook for my topic because it interested and I wanted to find out the differences. I got so many difficulties when searching some resources. Many people said that laptop was called notebook. However, I learned that Laptop is not same like Notebook. Notebook was smaller and weaker than Laptop. Laptop has a complete provider rather than notebook. I learned many things from this topic and noticed that people need technology to live.
From academic writing, I learned how to make an excellent essay. However, I can not make an excellent essay, but I got some improvements. When I make the essay, I thought this academic writing is useless and nothing will change. But when I finished it, I read it again and I was so proud. I can make it and it was done. It was my own essay and I make it maximally.
Around 1 month, I learned that I have to use time wisely. Truly our teachers gave us enough time to do it. But I throw many chances that they gave to me. I used all chances to playing around and make another work that I was not important at all.
The conclusion is I learned many things from this assessment. Thanks to our teachers that gave me this assessment. And finally I knew many important things from this assessment.
English Reflection Assessment, Ernest 11.1
At the first time I receive the notification of Assessment 3, I think that this assessment would be an easy assessment. But, after I do the assessment, I found that the assessment is pretty hard. In this assessment we need to do one multimedia task (power point presentation or poster). Two partial essay with outline and the last one the complete essay. The topic I choose for the essays was the comparison between HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro. I was surprised because of the assessment is really hard especially the partial essay parts. At the first time, I was wrong because of I didn’t know that the partial essay need to include outline. So I redo the partial essay. The same condition is happening in the complete essay. I didn’t know that we need to compare and contrast the topic I choose. What I do was describing the topic I choose. So I redo the complete essay too. Through this assessment I get more knowledge about the similarities and differences of both phones. I also get more knowledge about the advantages and disadvantages of both phones. I try to do the best on the assessment so I think that all the essays and the poster I made is the best pieces of this assessment. I revised my work for several times even I do not have any chances to submit my drafts and to be corrected by Miss Laura. From this assessment, I learn to do the assessment as soon as I get the notification to get a better marks, I learn more how to write a formal essay and also get more knowledge about the topic I choose.
Evelyn Kianto of 11.1 academic year 2009
In the past few weeks, I have been busy working on my assignments. The English assessment was probably the most hectic one. It trumps most of my other assignments as I spent most of my time on it. It has been such a stressful time with the stuff I need to do yet, thank God, it’s going good. So the topic I chose for my English assessment is Blackberry vs. iPhone. And yes, it’s typical, but what can I say, everyone’s obsessed, so I thought it would be a splendid idea for a topic.
The assessment has not only brought me burden but it has also brought me important information. It told me how abusive Blackberries can be and how it has affected many teenagers. Most importantly, it has taught me to be more caution in handling the devices so that I will not be getting the “Blackberry Thumb” disease.
I spent hours and hours in front of the computer screen researching and writing and editing and starting all over again. Well obviously it made me crazy, seriously. And to be honest, you have no idea how long it took me to make a blog account, I even had my friend, Tiffany, help me (thanks tiff, I owe you).
Finally, thank God it’s all over and I hope this will be the first and the last time I’m posting a blog (I’m not a big fan). Have fun reading! Cheers.
EVELYN KIANTO of class 11.1 academic year 2009
Reflection of the assessment - Geoff
I'm sitting on my desk writing the last part of the English assessment, obviously this blog entry. It's been a hectic three days, and I'm completely exhausted. This is mostly my fault, although I did start on my first essay about 2 weeks earlier, I've only started working on the other essays on Friday. Not to mention I have to eat out and visit my great grandmother......
I feel that this assessment is actually quite fun, with the exception of the sheer amount of things we have to write about. Writing the essays were slightly challenging, as I've never really wrote a detailed outline, nor write a reaction type essay, let alone design a visual/multimedia text for persuasion. I like designing the visual/multimedia text, because I like to tinker around with Photoshop or graphic editing programs. Suffice to say this assessment will be my favorite and also my most hated assessment to date.
Writing about video games were not as easy as I'd thought it would be, I was too ambitious at times, and aimed at unrealistic goals. This assessment has taught me to be more realistic when making choices, it also taught me not to decide base on personal preference. One of my friends knew about this already, and told me this: “You're gonna hate video games after this”. I almost did and was severely annoyed when I realize what he said s true.
Just today, I realize that I procrastinate to much. This is when I remembered something. There is a picture which says “PROCRASTINATORS UNITE.......” and a fist below the sentence. Below the fist however it says “tomorrow”. It made me realize that I should get my bum to work and start taking things more seriously.
I feel that this assessment is actually quite fun, with the exception of the sheer amount of things we have to write about. Writing the essays were slightly challenging, as I've never really wrote a detailed outline, nor write a reaction type essay, let alone design a visual/multimedia text for persuasion. I like designing the visual/multimedia text, because I like to tinker around with Photoshop or graphic editing programs. Suffice to say this assessment will be my favorite and also my most hated assessment to date.
Writing about video games were not as easy as I'd thought it would be, I was too ambitious at times, and aimed at unrealistic goals. This assessment has taught me to be more realistic when making choices, it also taught me not to decide base on personal preference. One of my friends knew about this already, and told me this: “You're gonna hate video games after this”. I almost did and was severely annoyed when I realize what he said s true.
Just today, I realize that I procrastinate to much. This is when I remembered something. There is a picture which says “PROCRASTINATORS UNITE.......” and a fist below the sentence. Below the fist however it says “tomorrow”. It made me realize that I should get my bum to work and start taking things more seriously.
EDIT: noticed after printing this reflection that the title spelled assment not assessment lol, sorry about that.
Assesment Task 3: Blog Reflection
This Assessment Task 3 had been very tiring for me. To be honest, I did not manage my time wisely and ended up procrastinating. However, I learned a lot after a great deal of research. I had always been interested in Psychology, and the topic I chose gave me the chance to explore deeper into the sociological explanations of the human nature. From a technological point of view, I have learned that technology has become very prominent in our daily lives, and it has affected us, both positively and negatively.
It is human nature to prioritize living in the world as communities. In our post modernist world, the rapid technology growth enables social networking site creations such as MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter. These networking sites were created with good intentions, that is, to bring the whole world as one. People from around the globe are now connected with just a few clicks away with a vast array of servers available online. Technology has enabled us to do things that we had never been able to do.
However, this exponential growth of technology is abused in the form of cyber bullying, the act of slandering and harassing people online behind the keyboards over the internet. The internet use enables cyber bullies to spread false allegations with little or no credibility online, embarassing the victim in front of countless viewers. Using Instant Messaging services, bullies could gang up against one victim.
Cyber bullying causes its victims to feel pressured and frustated, as if they are confined and that they cannot escape or get help. If cyber bullying is not stopped immediately, it could lead to suicide (known as bullycide) and school shootings which could take up to 30 lives in just a few hours.
However, in my opinion, it is unfair that cyber bullies must be completely held for account for their actions; some bullies must have their own reasons. We do not know for sure if the bullies themselves are the victims of domestic violence or abuse. We do not know for sure if the bullies are pressured by the crowd to bully others. We do not know for sure if the bullies themselves are having troubles with their lives, and that they needed to vent their anger and frustrations, but in a wrong way. They do not realize what they are doing. The blame lies on their family, their friends, and their environment too.
But cyber bullying of any kind is wrong and the causes it brings are very alarming. Experts are finding solutions to stop and prevent cyber bullying. Unfortunately, it is impossible to eradicate cyber bullying since we cannot track down where the bullies came from. The only way to stop cyber bullying comes from within the bullies themselves. And for that, I hope our society raise awareness for cyber bullying, and the effects it may cause on the victims.
Kimberly Alamsyah
It is human nature to prioritize living in the world as communities. In our post modernist world, the rapid technology growth enables social networking site creations such as MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter. These networking sites were created with good intentions, that is, to bring the whole world as one. People from around the globe are now connected with just a few clicks away with a vast array of servers available online. Technology has enabled us to do things that we had never been able to do.
However, this exponential growth of technology is abused in the form of cyber bullying, the act of slandering and harassing people online behind the keyboards over the internet. The internet use enables cyber bullies to spread false allegations with little or no credibility online, embarassing the victim in front of countless viewers. Using Instant Messaging services, bullies could gang up against one victim.
Cyber bullying causes its victims to feel pressured and frustated, as if they are confined and that they cannot escape or get help. If cyber bullying is not stopped immediately, it could lead to suicide (known as bullycide) and school shootings which could take up to 30 lives in just a few hours.
However, in my opinion, it is unfair that cyber bullies must be completely held for account for their actions; some bullies must have their own reasons. We do not know for sure if the bullies themselves are the victims of domestic violence or abuse. We do not know for sure if the bullies are pressured by the crowd to bully others. We do not know for sure if the bullies themselves are having troubles with their lives, and that they needed to vent their anger and frustrations, but in a wrong way. They do not realize what they are doing. The blame lies on their family, their friends, and their environment too.
But cyber bullying of any kind is wrong and the causes it brings are very alarming. Experts are finding solutions to stop and prevent cyber bullying. Unfortunately, it is impossible to eradicate cyber bullying since we cannot track down where the bullies came from. The only way to stop cyber bullying comes from within the bullies themselves. And for that, I hope our society raise awareness for cyber bullying, and the effects it may cause on the victims.
Kimberly Alamsyah
Reflective Blog Entry By Adeline Setyo
I feel extremely happy to finally finish this assessment. I think this assessment is very unpredictable. At first, I thought that I would be able to do this assessment in two days or so. To my surprise, it needs about 9 hours to get all of the things done. Now I realize that I should stop postponing my works.
A very important thing that I learned from doing this assessment is how to stay focused on one task and try my best to stay away from any distractions. By placing my cell phones far away from me and keeping them on silent mode, it’s proven that I can concentrate pretty well on my assessment. I also learned that essays that you think is good enough may not be okay for others, especially teachers. I’ve turned in 3 drafts for my compare and contrast complete essay, but none of them had shown any good signals for good grades. It is very frustrating, of course.
Consistency is needed for this assessment. If you’re not consistent with your topic and love to procrastinate, then you may face a lot of difficulties in making all of the assignments. The good news is I’ve been very consistent today. I have tried my best to keep on researching for OHPs and LCD projectors, although their data are hard to find. Although my assessment is not the best and may not be perfect, I’ve put my best effort to complete all of the tasks. I personally think that I have succeeded completing my third assessment.
I think I have improved in certain areas; topic sentences, word choices, and types of academic writing. I am now able to insert a topic sentence that connected to the paragraph. I’ve improved in choosing different words so that the essays do not sound tedious. I finally know that there are different types of academic writing, and most importantly, in know how to make such writings.
Overall, though there are many difficulties in making this assessment, I am very satisfied to have all of my tasks done. Thanks to Miss Laura and Ma’am Karla for checking my drafts and explaining the things that I don’t understand for the assessment. Hopefully both of you would enjoy reading my essays! :)
Adeline Setyo, class of 11.1
Nicholas 11.1 English Assessment - Reflection (Blog)
When I was finishing the essay, partial and complete, I was surprised to see how
Hotmail had improved during these last few years. I have been using Hotmail instead of Yahoo my whole life, because I saw that Hotmail was more interesting to use, however, it never occurred to me that Hotmail was in fact the most popular Email service today. From this assessment, I also found out that Hotmail was not always like today. It had so many improvements. The original Hotmail version was nowhere like today's, where there is also Windows Live brand combined with it. Hotmail has evolved. It does not only provide email services, because it created Windows Live Messenger, for instant messaging. Hotmail has truly helped changed the perspective of communication.
I learned that it is quite hard to avoid plagiarism in academic writing, because putting in all the sources hard. Academic writing requires footnotes and bibliography, where a lot of information regarding the source is needed. I also found out that putting thought into a formal writing is hard. These last few years, I have written essays, but usually it is mostly fictional. I learned more on how to convert thoughts into formal essays.
After I finished all the essays, I feel most proud of my comparison and contrast essay, because I feel the essay is the most structured among the others. I also referred to the dictionary and thesaurus to find the most appropriate words and jargons in the context. I think I can still improve a lot from organization and finding more interesting vocabulary.
Hotmail had improved during these last few years. I have been using Hotmail instead of Yahoo my whole life, because I saw that Hotmail was more interesting to use, however, it never occurred to me that Hotmail was in fact the most popular Email service today. From this assessment, I also found out that Hotmail was not always like today. It had so many improvements. The original Hotmail version was nowhere like today's, where there is also Windows Live brand combined with it. Hotmail has evolved. It does not only provide email services, because it created Windows Live Messenger, for instant messaging. Hotmail has truly helped changed the perspective of communication.
I learned that it is quite hard to avoid plagiarism in academic writing, because putting in all the sources hard. Academic writing requires footnotes and bibliography, where a lot of information regarding the source is needed. I also found out that putting thought into a formal writing is hard. These last few years, I have written essays, but usually it is mostly fictional. I learned more on how to convert thoughts into formal essays.
After I finished all the essays, I feel most proud of my comparison and contrast essay, because I feel the essay is the most structured among the others. I also referred to the dictionary and thesaurus to find the most appropriate words and jargons in the context. I think I can still improve a lot from organization and finding more interesting vocabulary.
Christel P/11.1>>English Reflection
It is quite shocking when Ms. Laura told us about the Assessment 3 task, which is we were told to make 5 different types of writing about the technology nowadays. So, for the topic, I choose about 2 online manga sites, OneManga and MangaFox. Thanks to this assessment, I have learned more about online manga, which not only for reading, but an online manga can bring other disadvantages and advantages. Also that people can give their opinion and insult one of the online manga, by giving fake information or scared people by telling a statement without evidence to support.
I choose to do the Comparison/Contrast with the visual/multimedia text, which I make a power point slide for it. I’m so proud of this text, because I make it for one whole day; where I do the other 4 texts only in one day, Haha. Just because I made it longer than the other texts, I choose it as the best text from the others. But still, I need to do my best for the essay. Why? It’s because my English is not that good (you can realize it when you read this) and I can’t make a good essay. So, after this assessment, I must do more writing exercise and about making good essay by using correct grammar and vocabulary.
Actually the time that was given for this assessment is quite long enough, but I didn’t use it wisely. I can’t manage my time of both playing around and do the assessment. So, because of my lack time management, I haven’t finished my assessment; although it already 9.00 pm. I’m so dead. But, even though I can’t manage my time wisely, I did my best of making each type of the text and giving up my ‘playing around’ time to do this assessment, which it was my responsibility for playing around too much and wasting the given time. Thank you and I'm sorry if there is some word that you don't like.
reflective blog entry .claresta.
This third assessment task has been a great burden to me. It took me a lot of time in completing it. But from this assessment, I learned a lot of things. Starting from how I should manage my time more efficiently so that I wouldn't have to be such in a rush to finishing this task.
Another thing that I learned is that writing an academic writing is often very useful. It gives us more information about the topic of what we are writing about, and it is also easy to understand. In academic writing, people could use many different text types to make it seems fun and interesting to read. In this assessment, I learned how to be creative in my writing. It's not about how perfect our writing has to be this assessment, but it's about how much effort we put into it. I learned to write creatively so that it will looks more appealing and easy to understand for others to read, because that's what an academic writing is for.
In my assessment, my topic was about iPods and Walkmans. I compared and contrasted those two devices. I was researching about iPods and Walkmans, and I found out more things that I had never known before. The more I researched the more things I learned. The most important thing that I learned is that technologies bring a lot of effect to the world, starting from the change of people’s habits. Technologies are also important for our daily lives, because people depend on this in their lives.
In conclusion, this assessment has given me a lot of work to do, yet I learned many important things from it and I finally finished it! =)
Another thing that I learned is that writing an academic writing is often very useful. It gives us more information about the topic of what we are writing about, and it is also easy to understand. In academic writing, people could use many different text types to make it seems fun and interesting to read. In this assessment, I learned how to be creative in my writing. It's not about how perfect our writing has to be this assessment, but it's about how much effort we put into it. I learned to write creatively so that it will looks more appealing and easy to understand for others to read, because that's what an academic writing is for.
In my assessment, my topic was about iPods and Walkmans. I compared and contrasted those two devices. I was researching about iPods and Walkmans, and I found out more things that I had never known before. The more I researched the more things I learned. The most important thing that I learned is that technologies bring a lot of effect to the world, starting from the change of people’s habits. Technologies are also important for our daily lives, because people depend on this in their lives.
In conclusion, this assessment has given me a lot of work to do, yet I learned many important things from it and I finally finished it! =)
Felix T. S 11.1 - English Reflection
This is my first blog post ever, and might be my last. Assessment Task 3 of English subject is quite unique, if I compare it to earlier assessment task 3. For the first time in my life, I have to write while using the standard of academic writing—which needs good paragraph organization and structural thinking. You may think of me as a really disorganized person, for fellow students of 11.1 classes, just try looking at my bag.
I learned many things from doing the 3rd assessment—whether it is a matter of content or a matter of structural organization. The first thing I will be discussing about is the structural organization. If you are reading this, you might (or will) notice that my English is not perfect at all. In fact, it was highly disorganized! Yes, I admit that this have been my problem since the first time I have been doing an English writing. I have trouble with sentence organizing, grammar, and punctuation. My problem is not actually in deciding what is right or what is wrong, but I tend not to re-read my work for reasons that even I cannot comprehend. Other people, including my instructors and friends, always said to me that I never value my own work; and if I reflect to myself, that might be true. I tend to one day just randomly writing a story or an essay, showing it to somebody, then ripping it into two, scraping it inside a trash bin; just because it doesn’t put up to my own expectations. And this assessment task really helps me to value my own work. For once, my trash bin is still empty—until this very minute I am writing this. I think this happens because I am writing in a short deadline. In less than a month, I am expected to write one full essay, some partial essays, a blog post for a reflection, and a visual/multimedia piece that can be viewed and seen in more ways than one.
Content-wise, I choose the world of video gaming. Since my full essay is a persuasive one, I wrote about “Violence in video games and its effects to humans”; which is said to be a recurring problem in video gaming. While everything is always related to violence (try mentioning one thing that is not related to violence at all, if you have something to say on this one), video games take it to a much higher level. This is because video games are a type of media; same as newspapers, television shows, and radio podcasts. But, of course video games still keeps the highest record of crimes. Even some people voiced their opinion as anti-video games (take for example Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli, who is an anti-video game). Why? As explained in my full essay, most video gamers are teenagers, who are suffering from raging hormones, based on a research; and if they cannot control their emotion well; they will tend to be more violent and destructive. I learned a lot about different sides, some that are saying that video games can enhance a student’s imagination and creativity; and Pope John Paul II said that games helped people make friends.
That is all I wanted to say in my reflection. I am sorry if I sounded a bit arrogant in this reflection; it’s just that I am not proficient on expressing my feelings.
Assessment Blog-Reflection
This third assessment is harder than other assessment because we need to make 5 types of different texts (a complete essay, 2 partial essays, a visual text, and a blog reflection). This assessment needs a lot of time to finish all of those texts. not only a lot of time, but also a lot of energy. because i slept at 2.00 a.m. almost everyday to finish this assessment, so i cannot wake up early in the morning. i really do not have any idea how to start this assessment and how to do this assessment. i try my best in doing this assessment. i do not like writing something, so i just do what i can do. i like in doing the visual/multimedia text besides other texts, because is much more fun than other texts. i have to make an advertisement about a product, the advantages and the features about that product. in that text, i have to persuade people about that product. after i finished my assessment task, i realized that this assessment is not really teach me how to improve my academic writing, but i learned about Intel's processors that i have mention it in the portfolio. for me, this assessment is useless, because i think this assessment cannot help me in the future. it only wasting my time. i do not understand why my teachers make this assessment task, which is cannot improve my academic writing. i learned a lot in fundamental of english class beside in english class. but, this assessment teach me how to manage my time, so i still have a lot of time to play and refreshing.
that is my reflection about this assessment task.
Daniel 11.1
that is my reflection about this assessment task.
Daniel 11.1
Blog (Brian)
This English assessment seems to be much harder than the previous one. It feels much harder because in this assessment we were assigned to write 5 type of texts! Not only it requires a lot of time, it also damages my brain as well. Because of this assessment, I have to spend my weekend sitting on my chair, in front of my computer, doing the things I dislike. I don't have any spare time to plThis English assessment seems to be much harder than the previous one. It feels much harder because in this assessment we were assigned to write 5 type of texts! Not only it requires a lot of time, it also damages my brain as well. Because of this assessment, I have to spend my weekend sitting on my chair, in front of my computer, doing the things I dislike. I don't have any spare time to play because my mom seldom comes and watch over my progress. I also missed William Ang’s birthday party, instead of partying I was working at my second partial essay. Isn’t that frustrating? But in the end I managed to finish it. I see the clock, it was 7.44 pm. My heart was thumping. Oh the feeling of pride, joy, and relieve when saying “akhirnya selesai juga”. In English “finally it’s finished”. My head started to feels light, unstressed. I could hear my head saying time to play, time to play. But thinking back, this all happens because of my poor time management. I remembered reconsidering my topic in the last minute. When given the time at school, I goofed up. I also wasted my time playing at home, ignoring my parent’s advices. Because of all of these, I suffered in my weekend. Besides it’s time wasting and brain damaging effects, this assessment has teaches me new information about virus and worms, it also gives me a lesson of using my time wisely.
Brian 11.1
Brian 11.1
My English Reflection Blog
By doing this assessment I, Anthony Aliwarga, have learnt that nowadays technology has become an essential part of human life. I have also learnt that the world currently revolves around technology and considers it to be a great source of help that have a major impact how people do their daily activities.
According to several sites, BlackBerry is one of those hi-tech handheld devices that are capable of changing the communication habits of its users. As evidence, it can be seen that most teenagers at present are more comfortable with typing than oral speaking. This trend is then supported even more by the presence of BlackBerry Messenger which allows its users to be constantly connected to any chat log started by anyone in the contact list. However BlackBerry may have some negative impacts such as causing cancer and by being another technological distraction. By doing the compare and contrast essay, I know now that even if BlackBerry Storm and iPhone 3G have their differences but they are still the same in one way or another.
I have also learnt a lot in terms of academic writing. During this whole process, I have experienced writing different types of essays. I have also found out some new things that I did not know before such as how to write a partial essay. This task also enlightens me to a whole new concept of writing. Now I know a wider range of text types and know how to make one too. The teachers have also given me some inputs on which parts should I focus on more so that I can correct my mistakes.
Even if in certain occasions I have failed to create my best work but there is always a room for improvements. Recently I found out that I should practice more in writing according to the topic sentence of a paragraph. I also need to read more in order to generate more sophisticated vocabularies. The most important lesson that I have learnt is that I should start doing the assignments earlier instead of starting at the last minute.
I personally believe that I can do much better and be more attentive in the near future. Thank you Ms. Laura and Ms. Carla for letting me learn these important lessons.
According to several sites, BlackBerry is one of those hi-tech handheld devices that are capable of changing the communication habits of its users. As evidence, it can be seen that most teenagers at present are more comfortable with typing than oral speaking. This trend is then supported even more by the presence of BlackBerry Messenger which allows its users to be constantly connected to any chat log started by anyone in the contact list. However BlackBerry may have some negative impacts such as causing cancer and by being another technological distraction. By doing the compare and contrast essay, I know now that even if BlackBerry Storm and iPhone 3G have their differences but they are still the same in one way or another.
I have also learnt a lot in terms of academic writing. During this whole process, I have experienced writing different types of essays. I have also found out some new things that I did not know before such as how to write a partial essay. This task also enlightens me to a whole new concept of writing. Now I know a wider range of text types and know how to make one too. The teachers have also given me some inputs on which parts should I focus on more so that I can correct my mistakes.
Even if in certain occasions I have failed to create my best work but there is always a room for improvements. Recently I found out that I should practice more in writing according to the topic sentence of a paragraph. I also need to read more in order to generate more sophisticated vocabularies. The most important lesson that I have learnt is that I should start doing the assignments earlier instead of starting at the last minute.
I personally believe that I can do much better and be more attentive in the near future. Thank you Ms. Laura and Ms. Carla for letting me learn these important lessons.
English Assessment Relfection by Angga 11.1
After I finished my English Assessment, I learned about different operating systems of hand phones and understood deeply about Windows Mobile OS, BlackBerry OS, or Mac OSX OS. I learned that every OS must have their own specialty. Every operating system has a flaw. As people said, nothing is perfect. There must be some mistakes about the operating systems. Each person may have a different opinion about OS. Some maybe said that Blackberry is the best or Windows Mobile is better than Mac OSX.
Technology has both advantages and disadvantages to our life. For example, now we can do presentation from our hand phone and easily connect to them through the projectors. We can also open the Internet using our hand phone to download attachment from email and so much more. That is one advantage of technology. The disadvantage is that technology causes global warming in this world. Because of hand phones, Internet, or all devices that are using satellite cause global warming because the signal may caused the depletion of ozone layer and hence, it allows the sun to shine directly to the earth and caused the global warming.
Technology is quite important in our daily life. Without Internet, hand phones, email, or television; we could not get information easily, we could not communicate with friends easily and also, we could not learn from the Internet. So I think that technology is really important for our daily life now. I hope that technology will be better and better and I also hope that technology can save us from the global warming issue somehow. Thank you for reading my reflection. I apologize if there is something that I wrote is against your opinion.
Technology has both advantages and disadvantages to our life. For example, now we can do presentation from our hand phone and easily connect to them through the projectors. We can also open the Internet using our hand phone to download attachment from email and so much more. That is one advantage of technology. The disadvantage is that technology causes global warming in this world. Because of hand phones, Internet, or all devices that are using satellite cause global warming because the signal may caused the depletion of ozone layer and hence, it allows the sun to shine directly to the earth and caused the global warming.
Technology is quite important in our daily life. Without Internet, hand phones, email, or television; we could not get information easily, we could not communicate with friends easily and also, we could not learn from the Internet. So I think that technology is really important for our daily life now. I hope that technology will be better and better and I also hope that technology can save us from the global warming issue somehow. Thank you for reading my reflection. I apologize if there is something that I wrote is against your opinion.
Friday, June 5, 2009
PowerPoint from June 5
Last Minute Warnings and Advice
PLAGIARISM!
General Advice
Reaction/Opinion Advice
Sample Reaction/Opinion Organization
I. Intro
III. Your reaction (using your personal experience as evidence)
IV. Conclusion
Ideas for the Blog Entry: Questions to Consider
Submitting the Blog Entry
Submitting Everything Else
PLAGIARISM!
- If the IDEAS came from another source, it needs a footnote. (Without footnotes, it's plagiarism.)
- If the WORDS came from another source, it needs quotation marks and a footnote. (Without footnotes and quotation marks, it's plagiarism.)
- BE SAFE, NOT SORRY!
General Advice
- Thesis statements that are facts are not good. A thesis statement should be a claim, not a fact.
- Topic sentences that don't provide direction for the paragraph are not good. Everything in the paragraph should relate to the topic sentence.
- Paragraphs in the partial essay should be paragraphs that belong in the essay, not summaries of the essay. (Avoid introductions and conclusions and write body paragraphs instead.)
- Paragraphs in the partial essay should have footnotes (if needed). If not, it's plagiarism.
- Don't state the obvious.
- To fix unclear sentence structure, read your essay out loud to someone else to see if he/she understands
- Formatting: 1.5 spacing, 12 point font, A4 paper, readable font, name at the top
Reaction/Opinion Advice
- Not reacting to anything specific is not good. (If your topic is a product, consider reacting to a review of that product.)
- Give an opinion not just information.
- Organize clearly.
Sample Reaction/Opinion Organization
I. Intro
- Background information about what you're reacting to.
- Sample Thesis: "So-and-so" has good points about "such-and-such," but I think...
- Sample Thesis: This article says "such-and-such," and I agree/disagree because..
III. Your reaction (using your personal experience as evidence)
IV. Conclusion
Ideas for the Blog Entry: Questions to Consider
- What surprised or challenged me?
- What did I learn? (About my topic? About academic writing?)
- What piece am I most proud of? Why?
- How can I improve my writing in the future?
- What were my failures and successes?
Submitting the Blog Entry
- Go to www.blogger.com.
- Sign in with the Google ID you created.
- Click on "New Post."
- Write your blog entry, or copy/past it from Microsoft Word.
- Post your blog entry.
- Print your blog entry from the Internet (Just yours. Not everyone's).
Submitting Everything Else
- You will submit a hard copy and an electronic copy.
- Bring all your portfolio pieces in a folder (the hard copy).
- You only need one bibliography (list of sources) for the whole portfolio.
- We want to know how many drafts you turned in, so remember.
- Submit all the pieces in one Microsoft Word document to misslauramail@gmail.com. Name the document like this: [your name] [your class]. Example: Laura 11.2
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Welcome!
Thank you to all of you for your first posts. I'm glad that you all figured out how to join and post. Just a couple of ground rules for the blog. Obviously, your posts should be in English, and I'd like for your comments to be in English, too. Also, please keep your comments to each other kind and respectful. Other than that, have fun! I'm looking forward to seeing your work here.
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