~ The Most Embarrassed Day In Class ~

Yesterday, Miss Zu asked us to pick our own topic and the main ideas for the term paper and then we were going to explain them to the whole class. I had been paired with Muaz for the term paper. Both of us will work hard to get the term paper done and make it excellent. So, the lesson for today was NARROWING A TOPIC.

NARROWING A TOPIC

- PROCESS OF NARROWING A TOPIC :

  ~ CHOOSE A GENERAL/BROAD TOPIC

  ~ NARROW THE SCOPE OF THE GENERAL TOPIC

  ~ DETERMINE THE FOCUS OF YOUR CHOSEN TOPIC

Muaz and I had done what Miss Zu asked us to do. We had picked a topic and also had searching for the main ideas. 

When Muaz's name was called, it was our turn to present. I knew that Miss Zu was in a bad mood when she called Muaz's name. But, both of us went in front of the class with proud as we had successfully did the works that Miss Zu gave us. Unfortunately, we were scolded by her as soon as we showed the focussed topic. I had forgotten that she had been telling us to take a topic for the local issues. Which means all of our effort was such a waste. But, Miss Zu asked us to think about the new main ideas. But, there was nothing that me and Muaz could thinking about. So, I just showed her the main ideas that I searched. OMG! The nightmare was about to begin and it was like a disasters. The thing that I did not like was the others were also been scolded just because of me. I'M SORRY CLASS!

~ Stop Copying Other People's Work ~

I were very exhausted. I have been hanging out with my friends at Melaka the night before the class. We went there on sunday morning and came back to UiTM just about eleven o'clock in the evening. Without hesitation, I went to sleep as soon as I came through the door of my room. When I woke up on the next morning, I felt like I just wanted to sleep for the whole day. But for the sake of my future, my CGPA and my beloved Miss Zu, I went to the class. I were lucky for coming to the class because it may be usefull for my term paper. The subjects are PLAGIARISM AND PARAPHRASING.

PLAGIARISM

- DEFINE AS TAKING IN PART OR IN SOMEONE ELSE'S WORDS,

  WRITINGS, RESEARCH, IDEAS, ARTWORKS, MUSICS OR OTHER

  CREATIVE EFFORTS AND PASSING IT OFF AS ONE'S WITHOUT

  GIVING DUE CREDIT TO THE ORIGINATOR

- METHODS TO AVOID PLAGIARISM :

  ~ PARAPHRASE 

   [WRITE IN YOUR OWN WORDS AS WHAT YOU UNDERSTAND]

  ~ CITE SOURCES

   [PROVIDE LINKS OF WEBSITES AND LIST ALL THE SOURCES]

  ~ QUOTATION MARKS

   [WRITE EXACT WORDS AND PUT THEM IN '.....']

PARAPHRASE

- DEFINE AS EXPRESSING SOMEONE ELSE'S IDEAS USING YOUR OWN

  WORDS

- GUIDELINES FOR PARAPHRASING :

  ~ RETAIN THE ORIGINAL MEANING OF THE TEXT

  ~ CHANGE THE GRAMMAR AND SENTENCES STRUCTURE

  ~ USE SYNONYMS WHERE APPROPRIATE

  ~ CITE THE ORIGINAL SOURCE

- YOU NEED TO MENTION THE AUTHOR'S NAME SO THAT THE READERS

  KNOW THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY DISCUSSING SOMEONE ELSE'S IDEAS

~ Another Day Of Morning Class ~

Here we go again. Bel 311 class started as soon as Miss Zu came through the door. She teached the class about something that are going to be usefull in the future. It was the most important thing in learning english which is THE TYPES OF WRITING.

THE TYPES OF WRITING

CAUSE-EFFECT ESSAY

- THE MAIN POINTS NEED TO BE CLASSIFIED AS MAIN CAUSES OR

  EFFECTS, WHILE THE SUPPORTING DETAILS SERVE AS SECONDARY 

  CAUSES OR EFFECTS

- CAUSES AND EFFECTS CAN BE LISTED ACCORDING TO ORDER OF 

  CHRONOLOGY (SHOWING TIME RELATIONSHIP), ORDER OF

  FAMILIARITY OR ORDER OF IMPORTANCE  

- TRANSITION SIGNALS FOR CAUSE-EFFECT :

  ~ TO DENOTE CAUSES

   [DUE TO , OWING TO , THE EFFECTS OF , NOW THAT]

  ~ TO DENOTE EFFECTS       

   [AS A RESULT , CONSEQUENTLY , HENCE , EVENTUALLY]

- METHODS TO LINK CAUSES AND EFFECTS :

  ~ METHOD 1 [PHRASE OF CAUSE + NOUN PHRASE + MAIN CLAUSE]

  ~ METHOD 2 [NOUN PHRASE + VERB OF CAUSE + NOUN PHRASE]

  ~ METHOD 3 [NOUN PHRASE + VERB OF EFFECTS + NOUN PHRASE]

- BLOCK PATTERN OF ORGANISATION :

  ~ BLOCK PATTERN 1

  ~ BLOCK PATTERN 2

  ~ BLOCK PATTERN 3

  ~ BLOCK PATTERN 4

  ~ BLOCK PATTERN 5

PROBLEM-SOLUTION ESSAY
- STEPS TO DEVELOP AN OUTLINE :
  ~ DEFINE THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM
  ~ EXPLAIN WHAT HAS CAUSED THE PROBLEM TO OCCUR
  ~ EXPLAIN THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM
  ~ EXPLAIN WHY IT IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE SOLVED
  ~ OFFER SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS
- TRANSITION SIGNALS FOR PROBLEM-SOLUTION :
  ~ TO SHOW SEQUENCE
   [FIRST , SECOND , THIRD , NEXT , THEN , SUBSEQUENTLY]
  ~ TO ADD MORE IDEAS
   [BESIDES , MOREOVER , FURHERMORE , TO ADD , ALSO]
  ~ TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST
   [SIMILARLY , JUST AS , IN CONTRAST , ON THE OTHER HAND]
  ~ TO SHOW EXAMPLES
   [FOR INSTANCE , SUCH AS , FOR EXAMPLE , LIKE]
- FORMAT FOR PROBLEM-SOLUTION :
  ~ PATTERN 1

  ~ PATTERN 2

COMPARISON-CONTRAST ESSAY
- MUST HAVE TWO RELATED SUBJECTS
- TRANSITION SIGNALS FOR COMPARISON-CONTRAST :
  ~ TO INDICATE SIMILARITIES
    [JUST AS , IN THE SAME WAY , IN THE SAME MANNER]
  ~ TO INDICATE DIFFERENCES
    [ON THE OTHER HAND , IN CONTRAST , IN COMPARISON]
- FORMAT FOR COMPARISON-CONTRAST :
  ~ PATTERN 1

  ~ PATTERN 2

ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY

- BASED ON PERSONAL OPINIONS (ALTHOUGH NOT EVERYONE AGREE)

- WAYS TO CHOOSE A TOPIC FOR ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY :

  ~ NARROWED DOWN AND SPECIFIC

  ~ CONTAIN AN ARGUMENT

  ~ CAN BE SUPPORTED WITH ACCEPTABLE REASONS

- WAYS TO MAKE ESSAYS MORE INTERESTING :

  ~ ANESDOTES

  ~ FACTS AND STATISTICS

  ~ EXPERT OPINIONS

  ~ HYPOTHETICAL SITUASIONS

- THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE AVOID :

  ~ ARGUING ON EMOTIONAL GROUNDS

   [TEENAGERS ARE UNHAPPY IF THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO MARRY]

  ~ GIVING IRRELEVANT EXAMPLES

   [TEENAGERS SHOULD NOT MARRY BECAUSE OF IT IS INTERESTING]

  ~ MAKING ASSUMPTIONS

   [EVERYONE KNOWS THAT MOST TEENAGERS WANT TO GET MARRIED]

  ~ USING UNRELIABLE SOURCES

   [ACCORDING TO WWW.MIMI.COM, TEENAGERS WANTS TO MARRY]

- TRANSITION SIGNALS FOR ARGUMENTATIVE :

  ~ TO PRESENT IDEAS

   [TO BEGIN WITH , ANOTHER POINT , FIRSTLY , FINALLY]

  ~ TO POINT OUT OPPOSING ARGUMENTS

   [THOSE WHO DISAGREE , SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT]

  ~ TO PRESENT OPPOSING OPPOSING IDEAS

   [HOWEVER , ON THE OTHER HAND , NONETHELESS]

  ~ TO COMPROMISE

   [HOWEVER , NEVERTHELESS, NONETHELESS]

- FORMAT FOR ARGUMENTATIVE :

  ~ PATTERN 1

  ~ PATTERN 2

  ~ PATTERN 3

DISCUSSION ESSAY

- THE IDEAS MUST BE AGREEABLE TO THE OTHER PERSON

- THE AIM IS TO WIN THE ARGUMENT

- FORMAT FOR DISCUSSION :

  ~ PATTERN 1

  ~ PATTERN 2

In This Dark Room . . .

4 People Are Sleeping On The Floor . . .

3 People Are Sleeping On Their Own Bed . . .

And Leaving One More Bed For Someone To Rest . . .

HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa

At Last, I Have Finished This Post

YaHooooooooooo...!!!

~ First Day Entering Computer Lab ~

Actually, today is the first time I entered the computer lab although this is my third semester in UiTM Segamat. I was very excited but at least I behaved like I did not even care about it. After we were all had taken our place, Miss Zu asked us to choose our computer because we were all going to sit there until the end of the semester. We have to take care our own computer in the future.

Then, we make our revision about grammar with Miss Zu.

TENSE

1- PAST TENSE

    a) SIMPLE PAST

       ( REGULAR:D/ED/IED , IRREGULAR:SWIM=SWAM )

    b) PAST CONTINUOUS

       ( WAS/WERE + VERB + ING ) 

    c) PAST PERFECT

       ( HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE )

    d) PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

       ( HAD + BEEN + VERB + ING )

2- PRESENT

    a) SIMPLE PRESENT

       ( SINGULAR: VERB + S/ES/IES , PLURAL: VERB )  

    b) PRESENT CONTINUOUS

       ( IS/ARE/AM + VERB + ING )

    c) PRESENT PERFECT

       ( HAVE/HAS + PAST PARTICIPLE )

    d) PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

       ( HAVE/HAS + BEEN + VERB + ING )

3- FUTURE

    a) SIMPLE FUTURE

       ( SHOULD/SHALL/WILL + VERB ) 

    b) FUTURE CONTINUOUS

       ( AM/IS/ARE + GOING TO + VERB )

~ First Day Of Class ~

On the first day of class, we were all given a task. We were told to work in pairs. So I decided to paired up with Zul. Each of the pairs must introduced their own pair to the whole class. The most interesting about this task is all of the students must give four facts and one of them are false facts about their pair. Then, the whole class will have to guess which one is the false fact.

Me and Zul have the advantages because we know about each other very well. It is because we were in the same class since last semester. All we have to do is create a false fact about each other. 

4 FACTS ABOUT ZUL :

   - always think that he is a handsome guy

   - his hobby is swimming

   - have a girlfriend 

   - a hardworking person (FALSE)

4 FACTS ABOUT ME :

   - wants to be a soldier before entering UiTM Segamat

   - play rugby since highschool

   - likes to hanging around with friends

   - love cats (FALSE)   

But unfortunately, it takes only one try for the whole class to guessed our false facts. At least I were enjoying the class very much. I am looking foward to be teached by Miss Zu.