August 27th 2020

      My presentation took 10minuits, and I need to shorten it to six minutes. It takes time for me to explain the summary, and there were many things that I want to say in the conclusion, so it is hard to cut the points to say. However, it is essential to shorten it too, so today, I worked on shortening the essay. It was hard to choose points to explain in the story's summary and use limited words. 

August 25th 2020

     Today was the first class after Summer vacation. 

     There was plentiful time to work on the presentation during the summer, but I couldn't use the time fully. I worked on my essay and the slide on the last week of the vacation, so I am not remembering things to say in the presentation. 

     For the essay, it was difficult for me to clear all of the mistakes that the app (turn it in) gave to me, and there were some parts that I could not fully understand what is wrong about it. 

     I would like to practice the presentation for Thursday. 

Reflection of the first term

Sorry, I realized that I forgot to push submission today. 

   

  This term became an unusual term because of the coronavirus. Because the new way of studying was unfamiliar to all of us, there were some anxieties and fear, but I think we somehow became used to this new style of education and utilize the trait it has. Also, in this term, I think my writing skill got better a little bit. I am very happy with my assessment of the Book Review essay, and I got a little bit of confidence in English writing.

     For the beginning of the term, we used teams' video chat to have the class. It was unfamiliar for all of us, and it was a little bit weird that I am having the same class with classmates in a completely different place, and without seeing other's faces. The class was just like a class we have at school, but as we are having class at home, sometimes I could not concentrate enough, and relaxed too much in most of the classes. Because of this, there were some parts that I could not catch up, however, my friend thought me the point that I could not catch up. I am very pleased with my friends and feel sorry for annoying them. Also, I felt very lonely that I could not have class sitting next to my friends, and sometimes my motivation for the class decreased very much. however, there were also positive sides of having a class online. As I can use most of the time in a way that I want to use, I was able to take more time on my essay compared to last year. Of course, there was much homework from different subjects, but still, there was still plenty of time to work on the essay. 

     Last year, I had a goal to make my writing skill higher, and I think I achieved this goal a little bit. Maybe, it is because I had much time to work on it because the school was closed for a while, and I used the writing tools fully to improve my essay. However, before using the writing tools, especially the "lextutor", my essay was using only easy simple vocabularies, and the level was very low. It got better by using the writing tools fully, so I strongly realized that utilizing these convenient writing tools to improve the writing is an essential thing.
     This term was a very unusual term. In May, we had classes at home alone, without facing each other, and also in June, only half of us could attend the class. It was very weird and uncomfortable for me, and my motivation to study was decreasing. I feel that having a class with all of my friends, and the fact that my friend is sitting next to me and having the same class, is an extremely happy thing and an essential thing for me. Although the way of having the class changed, we were able to have almost the same education from Mr. Paterson. Thank you for the meaningful class, and I am looking forward to having it next term.