The preceding week in AEP unfolded as an exhilarating episode! The balance of indulging time on leisure activities while also progressing further in learning was delicate yet rewarding.
On Monday, our AEP class commenced with the warm-up game of Squardle. The round consisted of a tremendous amount of 73 words, with 15 words pre-filled, thereby challenging us to tackle the remaining 58. After several minutes, we managed to complete it along with a few bonus words as well. At this time, I developed a newfound appreciation for Squardle as I realized approaching the letters as a crossword helps me a ton when brainstorming on all the possibilities!
Next up, we read an article in DOGOnews titled, "Adidas "Super Shoes" Help Tigist Assefa Shatter Women's Marathon World Record". When I heard we'd be reading an article, I put on my "excited shoes" since I derive great pleasures from delving into perceptive articles as such.
As Miss Disa had instructed, we each took turns reading one sentence, and concluded with a factual insight related to the topic. I recall it being an informative piece regarding the product details of specific shoes that costs a lot of money! It seemingly elucidated the distinctive features to advertise the shoes, with the purpose of making it stand out and prove it's worth the cost.
The following day, on our two- period session, we began class with yet another Squardle game. This time around, the words had minimized into a total of 22, consequently taking up less time for us to complete. Afterward we had a review on the upcoming Vocab Test pertaining to Unit 5. It was supposedly today, at the time I am writing this; however, I didn't attend school so I believe I'll have to answer it on my own time.
Anyway, as we had the last time, Miss Disa gave each of us two words to define using a dictionary. With the words "clemency" and "dearth" designated to me, I commenced my search on Merriam-Webster. When everyone had finished, we did the Vocab Test on the website and formed the closest associations to the meanings of the words. Surprisingly, many of the vocabulary words were relative to one another to a certain degree, and relations could be formed, making it slightly more difficult to derive to a final answer. Regardless, we swiftly passed through the review.
Last but not the least, we were given a writing task about the hourly duration youngsters spend weekly performing activities in Chester between 2002 and 2007. At first sight, the complicated outlook of the bar chart got me startled. It was like a jump scare since there were a lot of aspects to consider. This is where the planning bit came in handy!
I promptly clicked on my notepad app and jotted down the main points. Upon grouping the activities based on the performed timespan, I was off to get started on writing the actual essay. By the end of class, I had most of it done and by the time recess was over, all I had to do was submit it in Google Classroom.
In retrospect, I believe I did fairly well on the essay. When I checked the word count in Google Docs, I was surprised to find that I had written 238 words. I guess typing it out improves my essay's final output as opposed to writing it by hand. Nevertheless, I believe there are various bits in my essay
that could be further enhanced.
With the ever-so accumulated assignments and tests given in most subjects, I believe we can all agree that it has been quite hectic recently. Even so, taking a moment to blog is somewhat relaxing to me. Although we do have a fair share of work to do in AEP, I'm glad most of it is completed in class, enabling us to learn in an untroubled manner. Additionally the review for the vocab test has also been very useful, serving as an overview to the 20 words we get tested on the following week.
All things considered, as I mentioned in the beginning, I felt accomplished with how much we were able to do in the span of three periods in AEP class. As the final examinations draw closer, so does the AEP exam, which will focus entirely on writing essays. Naturally, this frightens me more than the midterm did, and I truly wish to do well. Thank you for reading this and I'm hoping to see you in the next one!
Signing off,
Meral
👏👏👏 Amazing blog as always, Meral! Love your blogs 🫶
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