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Week 11

              On the eleventh week we had our midtest. The midtest started on Thursday and ended on Wednesday. It was the first midtest I had on this new school year. Before the midtest I already studied.

              I studied on Wednesday before the test started. I studied for the subject that were tested on Thursday because it was the first test that I was going to take. At home I read through all my notes and opened the e-learning. I studied in the morning and in the afternoon. I also played some games and watch TV so I don’t get bored by studying too much.

              Thursday morning I went to school as usual. I went to school at six o’clock and arrived a few minutes before seven. Then I began to study again. I read through my notes again and studied more than I had studied at home. After I read my notes I read my notes again until I was ready. When the bell rang I went to the class to take the test. The test was two hours long. Then I took another test which was one and a half hours long.

              The events that happened in paragraph three were repeated for five days until the tests were over. Then I got a three day holiday. The end.  

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Week 10

              On the tenth week we were having a presentation and reinforcement for the midtest. We were presenting the displays we made on the week before. Midtest was very close, so Ms. Fajri gave us a review.

              It was my group’s turn to present our display. We went to the front of the class bringing our display. Our display was really nice. It had a lot of colors and there was a car in it. The car was purple. The display also had meaningful words written on it. We used all the rhetorical appeals to make it as persuasive as possible.

              After everybody had their chance to present their work we then had a review or reinforcement for the midtest. Ms. Fajri showed us a slide that had all the topics in the test. There were a lot of things needed to be studied again. This time, I decided studied at home as well so that I would get a good grade unlike the formative test where I didn’t study at home.

              The midtest was really close so I studied for all the subjects including English. I prepared myself as much as possible for the test. I liked the midtest, because I could go home fast.

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Week 9

              On the ninth week we learned about advertisement. Unlike any other week before, this week we were making a display. After Ms. Fajri presented about how to make an advertisement and the things required to do it, we then started.

              I and my group were making a public service advertisement. It was about the danger of texting while driving. My group made a drawing of a car whose driver is texting while driving. The car was crashing into a person. We colored the car purple. To make the advertisement complete we added rhetorical appeals.

              Rhetorical appeals are used to persuade the audience, just like rhetorical devices. There are three rhetorical appeals; Logos, Pathos and Ethos. Logos means logic. It uses facts, evidence and reason to persuade the audience. Pathos means passion or emotion. Persuading the audience by appealing their emotions and feelings is very effective. Last but not least is ethos, which uses ethical appeal or credibility. It persuades the audience by having someone with higher authority or knowledge such as a police or a doctor to convince the audience. The audience then will believe because they are convincing.

              I learned so much about advertising. It was also fun to make a display.

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Week 8

              On the eighth week we studied about speech and rhetorical devices. We had been going to school for about two months now. We learned two topics in a week and I thought it was great. The week started as usual.

              We learned about speech. We were also told to make one and present it in front of class. My speech was about procrastination. I procrastinated for a few days before I made my speech. When my speech was done I couldn’t present it in front of class because I wasn’t present the week before. So I did my speech in front of Ms. Fajri.

              Rhetorical devices are words that are used to persuade the audience. There are many rhetorical devices, such as: parallelism, antithesis, antimetabole, parenthesis, appositives, alliteration, assonance, anaphora, epistrophe, anadiplosis, climax, synecdoche, metonymy, personification, metaphor, simile, pun, onomatopoeia, litotes, hyperbole, irony, oxymoron, euphemism, rhetorical question, personal involvement, audience involvement, fact & statistic, expert opinion/quotaion and formal/informal register. These are used in persuasive writing to persuade the audience.

              I have learned a lot from learning about speech and rhetorical devices. With rhetorical devices I now can make speeches that could persuade the audience. Listening to other people’s speeches were quite fun.

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Week 7

             On the seventh week we didn’t get a new topic. We had our first formative test for the English lesson on 11th grade. I was not present on the week before so I didn’t know what was the formative going to be about.

              When I went to school I didn’t know I was going to have an English formative. I entered the English class while quickly reading through my notes because I didn’t study the night before. When I was not ready the test started. The test consisted of a few pages. It had as many pages as a regular English test.

              I then started doing the test. The test had multiple choices and essay. I did the multiple choices first because I thought it was easier. After I was done with the multiple choices I did the essay. The essay was a bit harder than the multiple choices. After about an hour I finished my test. I thought I did pretty well. When the test ended I submitted my test.

              A few days later the results for the test were available. My score was not so good even though I thought I did pretty well so I had to take a retest. I have learned that I need to study before a test.

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Week 6

              On the sixth week we learned about persuasive writing. It was a new topic but I knew there was going to be a lot of writing involved. Writing is pretty hard for me because I’m not good with writing. I always thought that writing is hard. It once took me 8 hours to write a speech.

              Persuasive writing is writing an article that is persuasive by using rhetorical devices and other language features to interest the audience. There are a lot of rhetorical devices such as hyperbole, rhetorical question, repetition, metaphor, quotation and a lot of others.

              Writing a persuasive writing is divided into 3 parts; the intro, the body and the conclusion. The intro presents the topic and the major points. A thesis statement, a brief point of view of the argument, can sometimes be used in the beginning of the persuasive writing. The body presents the main points with detail and evidence to back it up. Last but not least is the conclusion, it is the summary of the main points. The conclusion is the part where the writing is concluded, it stresses the important details and closes the writing. The conclusion is a really important part.

              Learning about persuasive writing was really useful because it thought us how to write better. We now can write persuasively.    

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Week 5

              On the fifth week we studied about opinion. We had been going to school for more than a month and were already used to studying again. It was a new week and we had a new topic. We get a new topic almost every week.

              Opinion is a thought or belief about something or someone. In class we learned how to express an opinion. We also learned on how to agree or disagree with them. I think learning about opinions has made students to be more expressive because now they can express their opinions better and correctly.

              Learning about opinion can also help students to express their ideas. Students can exchange their ideas with each other. By doing so, students can get more ideas and can learn better. After I finished English class I went to other subjects and then went home. I usually arrive at home at four o’clock. My house is at Sentul City, so it doesn’t take long for me to get home from school. Especially when there was this new flyover that was not recently built. It wasn’t long, but it made me go home faster, about half an hour faster. This is because the flyover stretches over areas that had a lot of traffic. Now I don’t need to go through all that traffic to go home.

              Learning about opinion has made me think about things more. I think it was a great subject.

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Week 4

Same as week 3

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Week 3

              On the third and fourth week we studied about wish and hope. It was a new topic that I have never studied before. I thought it was going to be an interesting topic because it is about wishing and hoping.

              Wish is to talk about situations that is desired, but is actually impossible or opposite of reality. So the things you wish for wouldn’t actually come true. Wish can not only be used for wanting things but also to regret, to hope and to wish for something that is in contrary to what actually happened. I wish I were more creative on writing this blog.

              Hope is to talk about situations in the past or future that is desired. Unlike wishing the situation desired is actually possible. You can use hope when you want something to happen in the future or past. Here are examples of hope: “I hope he passed his class last semester.”, “I hope he’s having a good time in Florida.” & “I hope he has a good time in Florida next month.”

                I learned so much about wishing and hoping. I have been wanting a lot of things lately and finally I can wish for them correctly.

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Week 2

           On the second week of EL class we started to study English. School had just begun a week ago so we all asked for time for introduction (and free time) to the new school year & topics. But it wasn’t allowed by Ms. Fajri because we had that on the week before.

           Our first topic on the first week of learning was suggestion and offer. We learned so many things. Not only did we learn to express a suggestion, but also to ask for suggestion, give a suggestion and respond to a suggestion. We learned so much about suggestion. Why don’t you learn about suggestion too?

           Another topic that we learned on the second week was the expression of offer. Would you like to know about what I have learned? I learnt that there are two ways to express an offer, formally and informally. Here is an example of an informal offer: “Can I get you some drink?”

           From the second week we learned how to give a suggestion and an offer. We also learned how to respond to them. I think this was an interesting lesson because we learned how to give a suggestion and offer. Then on Friday I went home to my house.

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Week 1

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