Learning Log 4

Last week, we had our 'three witches' performance. The performances were very interesting . I think a few teams did very well. For example, Jia Le's group, as they were very creative. They used umbrellas which were unique thing. Jia Le even had his teeth stained to look even more like a witch. It was very hilarious to see Jia Le's team doing the performance. Sanjna and Jia Le spoke extremely well. Some even included powerpoint slides with sound effects. I was shocked that Iqbal could have such a high pitch which was  an advantage to him as acting  as a witch requires high pitch. I think my team worked very hard, as we had many props. As the person who was in charge of the music and sound, I was told to make a frog sound during the performance. I have difficulties in finding suitable lightning, thunder and rain video. I think the lines were easy to memorise.During the performance, we even have make up on our faces and we even wore black tights. We also used nail polish. I think we looked more like crowns instead of witches.Each of us also had an aluminium 'nose' attached to our noses. It looked strange on us , but it helped us to project our witchy voices. I can still remember some of our classmates criticized Jing Yan and me , whether we were a boy or a girl. Despite the fact that,  we did not conduct rehearsal, we still did well. I scored 25/30 which was good. I think that the performance was very short, yet everyone had to bring so many props. But it was still fun to see everyone acting. I thought this was a good learning experience as we learnt from each other and improve in the future. We also learnt from people's faults and mistakes and will try not to follow them. This 'three witches' performance also served as a 'warm up' for our Romeo and Juliet performance which will be coming soon.

Learning Log 3

    I am fighting against time to do this learning log, as there are tests and a pile of homework to do. We have a literature lesson this Monday about superstitions again. It may sound awkward to have a lesson of superstitions during the fifteen days of  Chinese's New Year, but  it is fine with me as long  lesson continue. We are arranged to the groups that we are divided  last week. I was assigned with Liang wei, Vanessa and Dewi. Last week, we also learnt from Vanessa  that she really had a cut at one of her ears the next day after pointing her finger at the moon. It really surprised me that this superstition really occured. This week, we are asked to present in front of the class. Every group has a person who has been selected to be the presenter by the 'colour selector'. Thankfully, I am not selected to be the presenter. Liang wei was our group presenter. I have to admit that this superstition class is a bit boring, but it is more 'creepy'. A few of my classmates even told the entire class some of their  true life stories. There was a group that made me feel 'creepy', it was Amanda's group. It made me felt a bit uncomfortable when they mentioned about the old woman who predicted that her sister will die soon. It created a 'scary' atmosphere. Luckily, it was just a fake story, as who will want to have his/her's sister to die over some superstitions. Every group except Steffi's group was talking about bad superstitions which are superstitions that can make people have a chill went down their spines. Lets talk about Steffi's group who said that Steffi's mother knows how to predict examination answers. Honestly, I hoped I could have this type of 'supernatural powers' that can help me score As like mad and I will be jumping with joy. To be honest, this superstition class is not as exciting as the previous superstition class. I am longing for stories about 'Macbeth'.

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