It's that time of year again! Christmas? Holidays? Winter break? Yes, those too, but first, midterms! But, hold on, let's rewind back to November 20, where I last left off.
Monday mornings always started with "Squardle." Unfortunately for us, we were extra slow that day and only found 50 of the 65 words. Meanwhile, whilst racking our brains for more words, we received our essays from last meeting. I got 93%- not bad for my first try. I guess that just goes to show how much of a visual learner I am.
On the following day, we started again with "Squardle," but this time it had fewer words so we actually completed in 10 minutes. Then we moved to our real agenda for the day: practicing our vocabulary skills in preparation for the upcoming quiz. We're now on unit 6- some of the words I'm familiar with already like "ironic" or "premeditated," while others proved to be a bit strange like "extirpate," one of the words I received to study. Apparently it means to completely destroy something, but I've never heard it used in daily conversations. Perhaps it's a specialty word.
The second word I got was "inopportune," meaning to describe something that is inconvenient or inappropriate, especially regarding time. Each of us were assigned 2-4 words to memorize in 5 minutes so that we could all learn together and take the vocabulary sentence quiz online. We've done this before to teach us how to use these words in context, so it only took about 1 session to do.
In the second session, we moved to essay writing, but with a twist! Instead of writing an essay, we drew the process diagram ourselves while listening to the model answer Miss Disa read aloud thrice. It's good to switch up gears once in a while!
We were grouped into boys versus girls and had to draw the diagram on "Mural." It took us a few times to get situated and properly wrap our minds around the concept, but we managed to finish with a simple, yet informative drawing. The entire process was about the making of cement and how it's used in the formation of concrete. In the end, everyone did pretty well!
During the following week, on a Tuesday because Monday was a holiday, we started yet again with "Squardle" of course. After playing, we moved to other word games like "Quordle" and "Wordle" because "Squardle" was clearly not enough for a warm-up. It took us less than 5 minutes to solve this time! Haha!
Afterwards, we did the awaited vocabulary test. Each of us took turns asking Miss Disa to spin the wheel. This time, I got the word "solace," meaning comfort in trouble, calamity, or grief. I quickly answered it and received a perfect score. Hooray!
Once that was over, we decided to continue writing more essays. The prompt we were given was about the production of milk in creating dairy products sold in shops and supermarkets. It didn't take me long to figure out that this prompt was a bit tricky in the sense that it could easily be said in 90 words, less than the required 150 amount. So, I added a few more details and descriptions to really describe what I was seeing like "cylindrical" or "large." It was a good exercise overall. I really think I'm starting to get the hang of this.
Overall, these past few sessions have been great! We learned a lot of new words to add to our vocabulary pool, exercised our brains, and even got better at writing process diagram essays. Our impending midterm is about all of unit 6, so I'll be sure to study that tomorrow. We're really starting to close up the year. Let's wrap up 2023 with a bang!
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