Narrative continues

On Sunday 29th January, I studied narrative continued from the last week. So, today was makeup class because of the Monday 13th was a holiday.

The professor came to the class and start the lesson today with explanation the story “the secrets”. Then she read the part one finished she told me to make a group for four people to complete the summary of the first part of the story. And then, she told us to choose the represents of each group to read the sum-up in front of the classroom. So, I was a represent of my group. 

Next, the professor read and explained the story in the second part. After she read it finished, she told us to do the activity “C” that was “Put the sentences in the right order to produce a summary of the second part of the story.  After that I did the exercise in the handout.

Finally, we opened page13 ‘the diagram’ that we had ever done it since the first time that we learned this lessons. So, we crossed it again and we did it follow the story.

"Recount continues" and "Narrative"

On Monday 23th January, I studied recount continues and narrative. So, I learned 2 Chapters today. When the time was appropriate to study, the professor checked our names and let me discussed with my friend about “what did I do on weekend” After the students shared the experiences finished, she gave me the corrective feedback in the handout that she assigned it last week.

She told us to make a group and summarize the text on the handout. After we summarized finished, the represent of each group told the story that they summarized in front of the class.

Next, the teacher gave me the handout that was “Chapter 2: Narrative”. The professor didn’t explained about this lesson but she started with let me read the text inside. The text was the story about Kylie.  And then the professor asked in the class “What’s about this story?” so many ideas from the students. For instance: the good story of the childhood, the behavior when he or she was young, and the bad story of the childhood, etc. Then, she told me to read the story in the first paragraph and she asked “What is happened in the story”. And she chose someone to tell that.

 Finally, the time was up. Therefore, the teacher assigned us to read the stories part 1 and part 2 for homework.

Recount

On Monday 16^th January, I was study recount but today has something wrong about air conditioning. It didn’t work. Therefore, I must study in the bad environment.

After the professor came to the class and checked members, she gave me a handout about the recount.  It had three topics 'Text organization, News's title, and Language features'. She explained the text was the structure of the text and let me to analyze the relation of the text organization, story, and language features.  And then, she told us to do the exercise 1 that was about analyzing the text. So, it was the personal recount. After I did it finished, the maid of the HS building came to our class and interrupted while the professor was teaching us that “you must turn off the light bulbs and all electrical appliances”. Thus, I couldn’t study.

Suddenly, the maid came to class again and told me that I can use all electrical appliances include air conditioner. After that, the teacher explained us about the recount. And then, she told me to find “what is the Toraja”. While I were finding the Toraja, she opened the Toraja on a website. The pictures in this ceremony were very horrible. Then, she told me to read the text in exercise 2 that was “My Grandpa’s Funeral in Toraja”.

Finally, the time was up. She told me to do another exercise for the homework and she told me to write the recount about the past experience that was interesting onto my weblog.

Course introduction

The first day of the second semester in 2016 is on Monday January 9th. After the professor Usa came to the class and checked the member, she asked ‘‘What is the discourse marker?'. And then, she told me how to speak with my friend about “what did I do on the last vacation?” I can't write anything prepared before discussing with my friend. I told my friend about my last vacation that I didn't go to anywhere, I just stayed at home alone and someday my parents take me to visit my grandparent.

After that, the professor Usa gave me the handout and the course outline. On the handout had three works. She assigned me to match the following words with the correct genres of text.

-  Cause/Effect

-  Definition

-  Problem solving

-  Procedure

-  Classification

-  Comparison and Contrast

The teacher searched the words that we couldn’t pronounce such as:

=> Polygyny (n.)  = the practice of having more than one wife or permanent female sexual partner at the same time

=>Pharmacological (adj.) = relating to treatment that uses drugs

  => Cardiovascular (adj.) = relating to the heart and blood vessels (= tubes that carry blood around the body)

=> Respiratory (adj.) = relating to breathing

=> Category (n.) = (in a system for dividing things according to appearance, quality, etc.) a type, or a group of things having some features that are the same

=> Classification (n.) = the act or process of dividing things into groups according to their type

=> Procedure (n.) = a set of actions that is the official or accepted way of doing something