Term 1 Week 7 Weekend Assignment: Reflection on LA Lessons covered so far

Up till today, we have had many Language Arts lessons, covering various topics in literature. In the course of learning Language Arts this year, with the frequency that we have been writing essays this year, I believe my writing skills have improved quite a bit and I have enjoyed myself at the same time. Though writing essays is a tiring and long process that requires hard work, sometimes late into the night, I like brainstorming for ideas and “letting my creative juices flow”. One problem I have, though, is that at times the “creative juices” just don’t flow, so I just can’t come up with any storyline that I am satisfied in. I hope that instead of the current method, where we learn a lot about theory, we can focus more on practical usage, where we can actually utilise that knowledge for far better results. I believe that with more practical usage we can bridge the gap between theory and appliance, and learn to apply what we learn. I think this is a better way to use the limited time we have. I particularly enjoyed the lesson where we researched on America’s history and presenting it in the form of a mind map, as this requires creativity and hones research skills on top of learning Language Arts, which is really killing three birds with one stone!