Quarter 2, Week 8 – Adverbs

My Journal:

Our lesson in week 6 is all about Adverbs. Adverbs define verbs and modify adjectives and other adverbs. It can also be used to modify phrases, clauses, and sentences. Questions such as when, where, why, how, under what condition, and to what capacity can be answered using adverbs. There are various kinds of adverbs and positions of adverbs in a sentence. We've been given a task to make a journal about the topic. I learned that there are distinct types of adverbs which include adverb of time, adverb of manner, adverb of place, adverb of degree, and adverb of frequency. I also learned to identify which adverb is which, which I consider can help me for creating my sentences and for them to be much better. I didn't find it difficult. The highlight of the topic is adverbs.

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Maybe the journey isn't so much about

becoming anything.

Maybe it's about unbecoming everything

that isn't really you, so you can be who

you were meant.

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Quarter 2, Week 3 – Factors Influencing a Selection

 

In week 3, we learned about Factors Influencing a Selection. These are the factors influencing a selection, text and culture, text and history, and text and environment. Culture could be a term that may refer to social behaviors, information, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of a certain group of individuals or races. Meanwhile, history is the entire series of past occasions associated with somebody or something. However, the environment is the environment or conditions in which an individual or any living thing lives or operates.

In our topic we also have our Anglo-American Icon in focus Walter Witman, is an American poet, essayist, and journalist, he is also a humanist that was part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was controversial in its time, particularly his 1855 poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sensuality. Walt Whitman spent his childhood in New York, where he was first employed at age 12 as a printer. He later held jobs as a newspaper editor and a schoolteacher. During this time he began publishing poems in popular magazines. The first edition of Leaves of Grass was printed in 185. Whitman was also included in the harry potter show.

The activity we've done is a quiz about the topic. I learned that reading a selection itself includes a part of benefits like it improves one's capability in dialect and vocabulary, helps explore, see the truth, and make a valuable judgment. I moreover have learned that it isn't only the text and culture, text and history, and text and environment that influenced a selection but also the internal factors. Internal factors are the author's feeling, foundation, and style of composing. I also learned Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, joining both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets within the American canon, frequently called the father of free verse. His work was controversial in its time, especially his 1855 poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its obvious sensuality. Whitman's own life came beneath investigation for his presumed homosexuality, and Whitman died at the age of 72years old. I don't find our topic difficult. The highlight of the topic is factors influencing a selection.

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You are the leader of your own

life, and chant it, over and over

again. I can do it. You got it.

I can do it well. I can do it better

than anybody.

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Quarter 2, Week 7 – Interjections

 

My Journal:

Our lecture in week 6 is all about Interjection. An interjection is one of the parts of speech used to express a particular emotion or sentiment (strong feeling or sudden emotion like surprise, joy, excitement, disgust, enthusiasm, sorrow, approval, calling, attention, etc) of the speaker to the reader. Interjection words are generally used at the beginning of a sentence. Sometimes, it is used as a single word or non-sentence phrase and followed by the punctuation mark. Some other interjection words are used as introductory expressions such as yes, no, well, indeed, etc. A comma (for a mild interjection) or an exclamation mark (for surprising, emotional, or deep feeling interjections) is used after the use of an interjection word in a sentence.

We've been given a task to make a journal about the topic. I discovered that Interjection is divided into the following types on the basis of ways to express interjections in the sentence such as greeting, joy, surprise, approval, sorrow, attention, and calling. Interjections are for conveying much more emotion or feeling. I had also been more aware of using different kinds of interjections. I didn't find it hard as the topic is easy to understand. The highlight of the topic is emotion.

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Don't ever make decisions based on

fear. Make decisions based on 

hope and possibility.

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Quarter 2, Week 6 – Rules in Capitalization and Use of Punctuation Marks

My Journal:

Our lecture in week 6 is all about Rules in Capitalization and Use of Punctuation Marks. Capitalization occurs when the first letter in a word is an upper case letter. Capitalization is the writing of a word with its first letter in uppercase and the remaining letters in lowercase. Skilled writers are stingy with capital. There are 14 punctuation marks. A punctuation mark is a mark or character used to punctuate, that is, to separate, elements of writing, such as sentences or phrases. In writing, we use punctuation marks like the commas and period in this sentence, to make things more manageable for a reader to understand.

We've given a quiz and made a journal about the topic. I discovered that marks of punctuation and capitalization benefit readers' understanding and interpreting sentences sufficiently. Some marks are required to prevent misreading and some are optional and depend on what the writer wishes to accomplish. For example, ending a sentence with an exclamation mark instead of a period. I didn't find the topic problematic, it's just kinda confusing. The highlight of the topic is that knowing and understanding the rules in capitalization will benefit each of us, students, to use it rightly.

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Don't compare yourself to others,

there's no comparison between the moon and

 the sun.

They both shine when it's their time.

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"Quarter 2, Week 5 – Normal and Inverted Word Order"

 

My Journal:

Before week 5, we took a break. Our lecture in week 5 is all about Normal and Inverted Word Order. The task we've done is a quiz and making a journal about the topic. I learned that Inverted word order occurs when the matter comes after the action, between parts of the verb, or is not included at all. There are moments when we have to use word order to change the intended meaning. Normal word order occurs when a subject comes before action. A subject is the main individual or thing in a sentence and the verb is the action word. In addition to my learning, I’ve learned that Normal word order is when the sentence is in normal/natural order when the verb follows the subject. Inverted word order is when the sentence is in inverted order when the main verb, a helping verb, or a prepositional phrase comes before the subject. Most questions are in inverted order. So are sentences that begin with here is, here are, there is, or there are. Writers sometimes use inverted order to create an effect or to change the emphasis in a sentence. I don't find it tough to understand, it's just that sometimes you will mistake normal sentences for inverted sentences. The highlight of the topic is that knowing and understanding the normal and inverted word order will assist each of us, students, to use it correctly.

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Just because you're 

struggling

doesn't mean you're 

falling.

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Quarter 2, Week 4 –Unchanging Values in the VUCA World

 

In week 4, we tackle about Unchanging Values in the VUCA World. We characterize the different meanings and importance of Literature. Literature, in its broadest sense, is any composed work. Etymologically, the term determines from Latin litera/ littera "letter", in spite of the fact that a few definitions include spoken or sung texts. Literature is defined as books and other written works, especially those considered to have imaginative or creative justification or lasting value. Books written by Charles Dickens are an example of literature. Books written on a logical subject are examples of scientific literature. Literature is any collection of composed works, but it's moreover used more narrowly for writing specifically to be an art form, especially composition fiction, drama, and poetry. The meaning of VUCA is V for Volatility, U for Uncertainty, C for Complexity, and lastly A for Ambiguity. We also have Anglo-American Literature Icon.

Henry James was one of the most prolific writers of the 19th century. His most popular works included The Portrait of a Lady (1881), The Bostonians (1886), The Ambassadors (1903). Numerous of his tales, including "The Figure in the Carpet" (1896) and The Turn of the Screw, are still widely read. James published articles and books of criticism, travel, biography, autobiography, and plays. Born within the United States, James to a great extent relocated to Europe as a youthful man, and eventually settles in England, getting to be a British citizen in 1915 a year before his passing. 

James was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911, 1912, and 1916. Henry James lived 72 years. And he was considered by numerous to be one of the greatest novelists in the English language. Henry James Sr. is the name of his father, whereas his siblings are William James who is a philosopher and psychologist and Alice James who is a diarist. Two of Henry James' famous works are "The Turn of the Group" and "The Representation of a Lady".

The activity we've done is a quiz about the topic. I learned that literary works are awesome offer assistance to develop and improve explanatory abilities. Analytical abilities like making connections, weighing evidence, questioning, taking note details and many more are the abilities that literary works can make us. I learned that literature itself had numerous distinctive definitions. Literature can be any collection of composed work, an art form, or whatever it is. Literature is classified according to whether it is poetry, prose, or drama, and such works are categorized according to historical periods, or their adherence to certain stylish features or genres. Literature is completely beneficial especially to us students. Learning literature can progress our communication abilities, progress vocabulary, writing, and talking abilities can engage, can be the source of historical views, can give an around the world view and endless more benefits of it. I don't find the topic hard. The highlight of the discussion is the Unchanging Values in the V.U.C.A. World.

How to value other people and their circumtances.

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“You can find anyone that will tell you what you 

want to hear but the only one worth valuing is  

the one that tells you what you need to learn.”

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Quarter 2, Week 2 – Making Connections

Our lesson in week 2 is all about Making Connections. Making connections is just another way to describe learning how things are related to each other and how the physical world works. There are three types of Making Connections and these are Text-To-Self Connections, Text-To-Text Connections, and Text-To-World Connections. The activity we've done is a quiz about making connections.

I learned that it has three types of connections, Text-To-Self are personal connections that you make between yourself and the selection you are dealing with. Text-To-Text is connections where you relate one material to another that you have read or have already come across. Text-To-World is the larger connections that a reader brings to a reader's situation including our perception of the world. I don't find the lesson really difficult cause it's easy for me to understand it. The highlight of the lesson is making connections to the world and people around you.

Performance Task:

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Maybe I made a mistake yesterday,

But yesterday's me is still me.

I am who I am today, with all my faults.

Tomorrow I might be a tiny bit wiser, and that's me, too

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