Learning Log 2

                                      
      During the superstitions lesson, I  learnt lots of superstitions that I do not know in the first place. I  would like to say that humans have lots of religious beliefs. these beliefs also interest me. I also found out that superstitions causes lots of supernatural things such as 'your children will look like what you have killed in the past'. Mrs Woo even told us that this did really happened to some people. It really surprised and puzzled me at the same time.We were asked to jot down 5 superstitions. I think the advantage of having superstitions is that people will be well behaved and not do any more sins. The disadvantage is that people will live with fear. I think superstitions are extremely strange things which are not scientifically proven, but yet experienced by other people. I hope that people will not do foolish things such as killing animals and himself. It think superstitions are influenced by our ancestors who pass down these superstitions to the future generation. If you were to ask whether superstitions such as ghosts  really exist, I would have to say 'I do not know'. I suggest for improvement for the superstitions class, such as telling more people to share the superstitions they know. I also think that having lesson about superstitions will let as know about different races and religions which will boost Singapore as a multi-racial country. I learnt more about a story called 'Macbeth', especially about 'three witches'. It is very interesting to learn about three strange witches which are going to meet Macbeth, a great general of the king of Scotland, who later want to be the king of Scotland. We are also told hand in our homework which is about drawing the 'Three witches', I realised that there are many artistic people in our class. It is also extremely hilarious to see my classmate acting the 'Three witches'.Everyone is bursting with laughter. I think that it takes a lot of courage, as it is a play which need you to speak in high pitch. I think that being especially as a male actor , you must be 'thick-skinned' enough to not be easily offended by the audiences criticism and laughter who will try to criticise you as they think that you look like a 'sissy' who uses high pitch voice to perform. But I think there is room for improvement such as we can lower down our noise level, so that we will not disturb the other classes as they were having their lessons. I also think that the actors and actresses should restrain from laughter, as there will be an examination for acting soon. I hoped that people will concentrate on the lessons from now on.

Learning Log 1

  I have learnt Cinquain , a five-line poem which is slightly different from the poems that we have learnt at sec1. The poems that we have learnt in sec1 have rhyme scheme while cinquains do not have which make it more easier.But there are disadvantages such as word limit of 11 words and we must have title, description, action, feeling and reflection on title. But overall, I still prefer Cinquain to the poems we learnt in sec1. I felt that learning Cinquain is meaningful as you can express even more of your thoughts. The Cinquain lesson  is fun, as we make these poems through our creativity. Mrs Woo divided us into groups  of five or six. Our group chose the topic on Toilet bow, it was very hilarious. This gave us an opportunity for us to interact with each other.This needs teamwork, as despite it is easier than poems we learnt in sec1.  We still need a wide range of creative ideas. I suggest improvement such as talking about our founding fathers, like Mr Lee Kuan Yew and about Singapore and give more examples of Cinquain.
 The Cinquain format:

1. title(1 word)
2. description of poem(2 words)
3. actions(three words)
4. feeling(four words)
5. use a word to describe the title