Term 3 Blog Post 3 - Improvements

I would certainly say LA lessons have become more meaningful to me as compared to primary school. Well, there is a reason after all, why it is called Language Arts now, and English in primary schools. So the first thing that I would want to say that I learnt and found valuable, is that my appreciation for Literature has increased. This is actually something that has been increasing ever since term 1. In term 3 however, I am able to appreciate Poetry more, or should I say, the first time.

I have always been a person who loved mucic and songs. If I'm not wrong, most song lyrics could be considered as poetry too. Well I only realised that while learning poetry this year in class! Truth be told though, I was very bored in class when we continuously analysed poems in class. Even still, I knew I had to listen and picked up quite a number of infomation, such as metaphors, personification, similes, onomatopoeia, assonance etc. I am very glad that I did, as I can now easier analyse the meanings of some of my favourite songs. Also, using all the very, very useful notes that Mr Lundberg gave us, such as the one with the ten steps to analysing a poem, I know that I am well prepared for the coming test.

The second thing that I think is valuable that I have learnt is a great improvement in summary writing and comprehension, though mostly summary writing. If I could say, when I was primary 6, I met a teacher that greatly improved both my english writing and speaking skills. I still remembered that I spoke such bad english that my teacher could not even understand what I was saying (Yes it was that bad, I'm not exaggerating), so she decided to drill me on both skills. I would say I really appreciated her help. This year was as if another big step to improvement in this subject. For comprehension, I think the biggest thing I learn was the SEE writing style format. It has helped me ensure that I have covered every area that I needed to in a test. In summary writing, the steps on how to write a summary; from finding the points to rephrasing, was also a great improvement I learnt.

Lastly, of course, my overall English Language vocabulary improved! So to end of this blog post, I would like to give a suggestion: Maybe if we had some extra time in class, perhaps we could analyse the lyrics of some of the favourite songs, to allow us students to be able to be more interested in poetry, and overall learning more?