Presenting my position paper.

Today I presented my position paper to Mr. Omid and the rest of my class. I started out quite well but could not avoid babbling. I tend to do that when I'm nervous. But overall I managed to talk about my thesis statement which was "The unnamed female protagonist’s hardship on the rites of passage into adulthood was significantly caused by the unfairness of sex-role stereotyping". I also discussed about my supporting details. I talked about the use of diction and the author’s choice of words in developing the theme of sex-role stereotyping. As the characters were a huge factor in development of the theme I included the speech, the thought and the response of few characters. For example the farther, the narrator, the brother and the other female characters. I also talked about another similar short story by Gilman. Gilman in his “The Yellow Wallpaper” explored the same theme of gender stereotyping. I included this in my paper to shown how the authors explored similar theme by developing the characters. After my presentation I meet Mr. Omid to get his views on my presentation. He said I could have included more points from the paper into my presentation slide. I am hopeful that I would be graded well. Till then…

One day Poet

Today I was pleasantly surprised with a visit by some people of the British council. I loved her presence. She was so enthusiastic and interesting. We sort of had learning and sharing session with a poet. It was fun to see her conduct the class with just great personality. She gave a small insight on how to conduct a literature classroom. She gave all of us a poem titled “Lulu”. I loved the first activity she conducted. I read poem every time but I loved the way she asked us to read the poem. She asked us to read the poem silently and then read it aloud as a group. She told us that poetry should be read aloud to be better appreciated. I was surprised that about 100 of us read the poem properly. Later we were asked three questions which were what do we know? What do we think we know? And finally what do we want to know? I think these questions are perfect as set induction and pre reading questions. I loved how she linked these question t make us understand the poem. After understanding the meaning of the poem we continue a session where we had to generate our own poem. When we were asked to present there were varieties of poem. I truly believe that this session with her was so worth while. The impact of the “presentation” is great to me personally and I am sure I’ll use some of her technique during my teaching times. So that till then…

Position Paper- group discussion

A few of us gathered today to discuss about our position paper. About five of us who were writing on the same text talked about the points that can be elaborated on. Siew Ching looked at my paper and commanded on my final point that was quite vague. I agreed and took points to better the supporting details. We also looked at the quotes that can be used to strengthen the argument. Faezah always had an eye for details so I asked if my paper had enough details. She gave me plenty of details to work with.I am very grateful that I manage to discuss with them because it helped me in drafting my final paper for submission. And now we wait for the presentation of the position paper.

The name is Warhol, Andy Warhol

Today I was looking forward for the class as my course mates told me we would be viewing a movie. I got a front seat so that I would miss anything about the movie. But to my disappointment it was a boring documentary about Andy Warhol. I liked looking at the pictures but how many times can one look at pictures of Marilyn Moore and Campbell soup cans. To tell truth I was so bored I even feel asleep a few times. But I was determined to find out what inspires him to come up with pictures that I don’t find interesting at all. I went online and surf the net to find out more about him. I found out that the art he creates are called pop art. So what is Pop Art you may ask? Through some snooping around the internet I found out that pop art in created by using mass produced visual commodities of popular culture. So by now I knew why Andy Warhol was so into pictures that revolved around popular cultures. As part of the reading assignment I read the diary entries of Andy Warhol edited by Pat Hackett. I noticed that his entries were filled with the Hollywood celebrities. Even though I don’t like his work cause they look up tide to me but he is an artiste and his works are well known by everyone. Till then…

2nd meeting with Dr.Nooreen

Today i meet Dr Nooreen for the second time to discuss about the development of my research paper. I had already come up with an thesis statement to start of with.This is my statement:

" The portrayal of the family institution in 'Street car Named desire' and 'Long Days' Journey into night'. After discussing with Dr.Nooreen she advice me to make the statement more specific so that i wont find difficulties when writing the paper. she gave me some suggestion like maybe using the characters and the symbols to talk about the family communication. I also found difficulties on what to write about in the educational implication. She gave me ideas like including theories of family communication and linking it to education.Im glad that Dr.Nooreen was able to help me out so much. Thanks to Dr.Nooreen and now i should start writing my research paper.Till then...

2nd draft of my position paper...

Today I meet Mr.Omid to discuss about my position paper. I asked few question to make sure that I was at the right track. I asked him if I needed more supporting details and he told me to add about 2 to 3 more supporting details. He also asked me to put in examples from other literature work. So I did. I manage put in a few more point and added in other stories that revolve around the same theme of gender stereotyping. After the class I manage to finish up my 2nd draft so that it can be edited more during the group discussion scheduled for next week.Im looking forward to the group discussion.Hope it will help me better my position paper.Till then...