Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Descriptive Language
It was a fine summer's day. Milky white clouds plastered the skies. Lush green trees lined the background whereas mountains and hills stood imposingly in the background as well. To the left, golden grains of sand covered the whole area. To the right, an emerald green sea crashed against the sandy brown beach whereas in the far left, white houses lined the side. In the top right corner, light blue sky filled the space. It is a wonderful picture of paradise.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Comic Strip
The pictures and backgrounds I have chosen portray the state of mind the main character was in in that scene. Such as in the second panel, I have chosen a spiral-like background to portray the messy state of mind the character was in. As for the third panel, I chose a blank background to show the clean slate on which Singapore would start on.
The build-up of the scenes of the story shows the theme:"Becoming", as the story is of Singapore's becoming of a full-fledged free nation from a half-independent country.
The build-up of the scenes of the story shows the theme:"Becoming", as the story is of Singapore's becoming of a full-fledged free nation from a half-independent country.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Curriculum of Connections
Curriculum of Connections
Why is it necessary to understand the historical and cultural context of the novel?
We should understand the historical and cultural context of the novel because it will give us a general idea of the novel and it will also give us some idea of why it is written, how it is was written, what the writer was going through at the
time, whether he was scared or happy and so on. It can also help us to better understand why certain things in the novel happened, such as why Tom Robinson was convicted even though they had completely no case against him, in this case you would need to know about relations between black and white people then. Although you should know about the historical and cultural context of the novel to understand it fully, it is still possible to enjoy this interesting tale of prejudice.
Why is it necessary to understand the historical and cultural context of the novel?
We should understand the historical and cultural context of the novel because it will give us a general idea of the novel and it will also give us some idea of why it is written, how it is was written, what the writer was going through at the
time, whether he was scared or happy and so on. It can also help us to better understand why certain things in the novel happened, such as why Tom Robinson was convicted even though they had completely no case against him, in this case you would need to know about relations between black and white people then. Although you should know about the historical and cultural context of the novel to understand it fully, it is still possible to enjoy this interesting tale of prejudice.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Prejudice
Prejudice
What I know: Prejudice is when someone or a group of people thinks badly in some way of someone or another group of people who share similar characteristics because some of them are bad but they treat them all the same. For example, white-skinned people think black-skinned people are all sinful just because some of them are notorious. There is also an age-long prejudice in the world of sports, which is why we see that most of the sports have different leagues for men and women.
What I want to know: How prejudice begins, and how we can get rid of it because I think that we, as human beings, should treat each other equally.
What I know: Prejudice is when someone or a group of people thinks badly in some way of someone or another group of people who share similar characteristics because some of them are bad but they treat them all the same. For example, white-skinned people think black-skinned people are all sinful just because some of them are notorious. There is also an age-long prejudice in the world of sports, which is why we see that most of the sports have different leagues for men and women.
What I want to know: How prejudice begins, and how we can get rid of it because I think that we, as human beings, should treat each other equally.