This week, we return to AEP with the third blog: among our vocab quiz, last attempts at the bar graph essay, and increasing prowess at the word games (woo), one of the AEP highlights of the year previously made a surprise return!
I’d been spending the past weekend poring through the Unit Two vocabulary words during my free moments, but not truly absorbing them. The first time I took a shot at the quiz, my result was borderline offensive. The second was too. And then the third. After the barrage of humility thrown at me, I relented and diligently took note of the definitions as I went through it the fourth time. By the fifth trial, I had it all down!
When we got to the classroom on Monday, the morning was chilly. It seemed like the clouds couldn’t decide between drizzle or the textbook definition of rain. Can’t blame them — it was Monday after all. We took to our seats, aflutter with worry for the impending quiz. But, then, Miss Disa proclaimed that today was to be dedicated to Scrabble! The rainy conditions that served as a precedent for such had completely slipped my mind. Truly, an announcement had never been so consoling.
We split up into four pairs: Meral and Naboni; Leo and Haziq; Julia and Chloe; then Sayum and me. Throughout the game, the letters me and Sayum got had coerced us into a ton of hasty placements and a few poor words winning the round by a landslide. :D
The vocabulary quiz finally descended on us the following meeting. We breezed through Diffle and Wordle, the words being "alliance" (not "alliances"! Just one!) and "index".
As the vocabulary spotlight moved along the class, it was quickly my turn. I got the word "tepid", which was quite straightforward. It refers to something or someone lacking in emotional warmth and enthusiasm. After I assumed that everything was done and dusted, I waited and watched til the next activity was to begin.
But then, Miss restarted across the line back to Leo, once again spinning the colorful Wheel of Doom. We were certainly startled, although made sense to make use of as many words as possible, so as to not put all of our effort to waste. On my second go, I got "adroit". I kept getting this one wrong during my tussles with the practice quiz, so the definition was practically branded into my memory: "displaying skill in the use of bodily or mental powers".
Finally, our main challenge for the week had been conquered. We proceeded to have a final crack at the bar graph IELTS essay with all that we had accumulated into our writing skill set so far. We are now certainly on our way to being adroit in the practice of conjuring up twenty-minute pieces.
That's all for this one! It took a while since to be frank, my attention's been divided all weekend among everything I've been meaning to do after such a busy week. So far, it seems this year's gonna be a hectic one.
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