The Rules of The Game — Leo's Second Blog

What a perfectly fine day to complete the second blog of AEP!

Continuing our week, we made sure to cultivate a productive time for assignments and lectures. The first blog explained what I was expecting to encounter, and our expectations were basically fulfilled within the two classes. The rules of the game are simple. For instance:

1. We were introduced to two new warm-up wordle games that were named "Diffle" and "Evil Wordle". Diffle is quite fun, with us having to scour for a word with any length, it's impossible to be inerrant. Evil Wordle, on the other hand, was simple. A bit confusing, but different, nonetheless.

2. We had our first vocabulary quiz! We had to study 20 words and ready ourselves for the "Wheel of Doom". It was an immediate pick, so we'd have to stand and spin, and then explain the word. The word I got was 'opulent', fancy and ostentatiously lavish. I was successful in defining it and creating an example. We'll have this weekly, with different sets of 20 words, all packed and ready to go into our barren void that we call our "lexis"!

3. We continued doing essay work! Our essays are generally short; however, we have to make sure our lexis is able to sustain a high level. For now, we began learning and practicing how to paraphrase the essay's prompt and form it into something brand new but keeping the meaning of the original context.

4. There was an article from DOGO News that we had read aloud. It was about how hammerhead sharks can last in the deep oceans because of their evolutionary physique. Of course, we had a good time.

Not much can be said other than the week was a struggle to get by. Homeworks, seatworks, a seatwork that was practically a project with an available time of 3 days, 4 different quiz announcements and many others had just rained on me like a typhoon and a hailstorm combined. If this is what grade 10 is about, then I'm in for the biggest treat ever!