Exemplification -13-

  In the afternoon, I had this class continue from morning. I started unit 9 Exemplification. First, teacher told to us about Exemplification writing used specific,vivid example for the purpose of adding information to explain.

Transition words and phrases such as

Then, she assigned us to read the text Species of Whales and did exercise.

  Next, she assigned us to do exercise in text 1 College Students' Pressures and found the main idea, markers, and took the words put in the diagram.

 Then, she assigned us to read text 2 "Fun things to do in Great Falls" and did exercise, match the place with the activities. I like this exercise because it's easy for me.

Then, we read the text 3 and did the exercise  about hazards in the home that jeopardize a child. After that, she assigned us to read the text 4 and answer the question for homework . 

 I think exemplification is very interesting, but I don't know many vocabulary. I tried to read and find the meaning of words  it help me to understand.

Definition and Classification -12-

 Today I had A Discourse Approach in Reading in the morning and in the afternoon, unit 7 Definition and unit 8 Classification. 

First, teacher asked to us about  "What is a definition?" someone tried to answer but it's not correct. Then, she explained us and used some example for easy to understand. She taught about vocabulary of definition and classification marker such as  to refer to,to define,to distinguish,category, and type. Next, she assigned us to do exercise, circle the definition markers, highlight the technical terms and underline the definitions. In the exercise I hadn't confident and many mistake.

I have to practice more than I think it will be better. it will help to scan reading and easy for me.

Cause and Effect -11-

In this afternoon, I had A Discourse Approach in Reading. I learned unit 6 it's about Cause and Effect

Teacher told to us about detail of this lesson and  vocabulary of Cause and Effect Markers such as cause,influence,result, to affect, to bring about ,and to result in. After that, she read the text example and explains it.

Then, she assigned us to practice skill in our handout and she assigned us to do exercise, read the sentence and complete the cause and effect diagrams. It's about Titanic.

I like this exercise because I've watched this movie and it made me understand more than. 

Comparison and Contrast -10-

Today, I had A Discourse Approach in Reading.  First, teacher taught us about comparison and contrast from last week. but we had not finish exercise. Today we did exercise about Men and Women : Do they speak the Same Language? About differences between the languages of men and women.

Next, she read the text and searched meaning of the words. After that, she assigned us to practice pronounce sounds.

Then, we did exercise in the text, choose the correct answer and mark T/F each sentence according to paragraph. I learned this lesson about differences between the languages of men and women and I got many vocabulary of the text.

Mid Term test and Comparison -9-

Today I’m very exciting because I had to test for midterm about unit 1-4. I felt worry about this test because the last test, I had less points.

Then, the teacher taught to us about compare and contrast and she assigned us to do exercise in text 2 about Hurricane Andrew and Hurricane Katrina. After that, she assigned us to find topic and main idea of this text.

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Andrew

Next, she told to us about words of the text, similarities and differences between them. I think this lesson's difficult for me because I don't know meaning of words. That is my weakness.

The last, she told to us about learning in the class not enough should to learn more by yourself.

Comparison and Contrast -8-

Comparison and Contrast

 Today I had A Discourse Approach in Reading class in the afternoon because teacher have a meeting in the morning.

Today we had a  test before midterm. I think this test very hard for me because some word is very hard and I didn't know its meaning. 

Then, she start new unit by show some apple, green apple and orange and she asked the question about similarities and different of apple, green apple and orange.

Next, she read the text and observe its organization to us. She told about comparing thing and word. 

  The last, she assigned us to do homework about comparison and contrast in our handout. I think this unit is hard for me because many vocabulary is very hard and I didn't know its meaning. 

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Procedure -7-

 Today, I had A Discourse approach in reading class in the afternoon. Procedure or instruction. (How something is done) First, teacher answered the questions that she assigned last week. Then she opened the video about how to make omelette from website ordered to find the word in the video. I can hear the word such as butter,eggs,pan,cheese. Next, she assigned us to do match each sentence with the correct picture and put all sentences in the correct order. 

 Next, she opened the video about recipe for banana smoothie, how to make chicken soup and read the recipe and ordered us to answer the question.

I like this unit because it's funny and I like to watch the video about how to make food from website. 

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