Martin Luther King Jr speech… 9 October 2008

In today’s class, Dr.Edwin talked about the template and he told that it is suitable to use as teaching material for students. he also told that legends has its own unique plot that is interesting and could be used in classes. Then Dr. Edwin proceeded to the handbook and taught us on speeches. He told that a good speech would contain a lot of metaphorical sentences and also uses a lot of images. We read on a speech by Martin Luther King Jr which was a powerful speech. Marti Luther King Jr also uses a lot of images and metaphorical images to present his message. Later, we watched his speech on Youtube. It was really a powerful speech and it really uplifted the African American’s spirit.

Reading the template Treasured Malaysian Legends…. 4 September 2008

I read the template and found interesting facts about Malaysia Legends. It was so interesting to get know more about my own country. Some of the legend in the template I never heard of before and it was interesting to know about the legend. I think it is useful to teach using this template as I could educate my students of their own county’s legends. It is interesting to get to know how some island got its story from the legends and this could tap my students interest too. i feel it is a good material to use in classs.

Asian Tales… 4 September 2008

I remembered that Dr. Edwin asked the class to bring the template he gave on Treasured Malaysian Legends. I decided to read on the stories so I was finding for the template as I was finding I found a piece of paper on the tales that Dr. Edwin ask the class to find on Asian tales that shows child sacrifice to the parents. My story was about attracting the mosquito to drink his blood so that he could safe his parents. Unfortunately Dr.edwin did not discuss the tales that he asked us to find. I just keep it and I hope he would discuss it later.

Completing the paper…2nd October 2008

Today, I plan to complete my reseach paper as I only have to write on classroom application. I wrote the classroom application based on my knowledge on the using texts effectively in classroom and adapting it to Malaysian classroom context. After that, I went through again the research to find any mistake or grammatical error. Then after checking it, I print out the paper. I have completed my reseach paper. It was all in 12 pages.

Continuing on research paper… 29 September 2008

I continued with my second and third point. I used the information that I found to make my research better. Finding for the quotes and writing it down was kind of difficult as I have to find the quotes that relates to my points. Besides using the information that I found. I also used my own ideas and notes from Dr. Edwin’s class in third semester. I just left to write on the classroom application. I have completed the research paper. I only left to write on the classroom application. I was just thinking of doing it later and I stopped.

Editing the research paper… 27 September 2008

Today I decided to edit my draft as the draft that I submitted to Dr. Jaya was in essay form. I used the information that I gathered yesterday to write and edit my paper. i started of with my introduction and the first point. As I could not think anymore, I decided to continue later the research paper.

Finding for more information on Barn Burning… 26 September 2008

Today I decided to find more information on Barn Burning based on the my topic which is relationship between father and son. I did find a lot of information. All the information was very good. There were some information on the author too. As I was finding for the information, I found a page where there were a lot of essays on Barn burning that I could use. The page was Oppapers.com. I was delighted as I could find a lot of information. This information could help me improve my research paper. I saved all the relevant information needed and decided to start my research tomorrow.