In this English 11 class, I learned a lot of things. First, this class helped me to improve my English skill. As I read and heard a lot of English through books, articles, discussions, videos and many more, I learned a lot of new vocabularies as well as grammar. At the beginning of the second semester, I was […]
Category: Grade 11
Design Thinking
We made an advertisement for gender stereotypes with a shoe box. We put word on a side of a wall of a shoe box: NO GENDER STEREOTYPES in order to visible our problems. On ad, there are television right side and a woman who has faced a problem of gender stereotype is arguing. We also made people […]
Essays corrected – Synthesis Essay
2 things proud of; 1. I chose meaningful and insightful points. 2. I am proud of great use of transition words. 2 things to improve; 1. I could use more quotes and find better quotes to support my thesis. 2. I need to show the “so what” in order for my essay to be more […]
KINDNESS
Two things I did well; 1. I chose a meaningful topic. 2. I used lot of imageries and dialogues so that readers could image the situation easily. Two things I want to improve for next time; 1. I want to improve grammar mistakes. 2. I want to improve choice of the words. I should […]
Dinnerware – 3D Art
Our theme was Renaissance which was the time that a lot of artists started to paint human body. So we decided to express the human body with clay. There were 3 members, Haan, Leo and me in my group and we decided to make a total of four art that each person would make own art […]
Should the Washington Redskins change their team name?
The name Washington Redskins has caused considerable controversy, raising public awareness of the word Redskins as a slur for Native Americans. Some people consider Redskins to be a slur and an offensive term. Other people including many Native Americans find it to be a minor issue. Even though the term may be seen as discrimination, […]
Do you think Joseph Boyden should write stories about the Indigenous people of Canada? Why or why not?
I believe that he should continue to write about the Indigenous people of Canada. He should have freedom to express his thoughts and I believe there is no restriction on his identity as long as he is responsible for what he writes. He has written many books about indigenous people in which all his work […]
Beatty’s Lecture
In the society of anti-intellectualism, personal opinion and individualism are not welcomed. The government put a barrier on people’s knowledge by destroying books. First of all, according to Beatty, books are considered as “loaded gun (p.56)” because they are the tool of imagination and freedom to discuss about whether something is good or not, which […]
“Are writers and artists as important to society as scientists and engineers?”
In my opinion, writers and artists as important to society as scientists as engineers. Scientists try to solve issues in a scientific way and engineers always think what technology can make people live comfortably. They invent practical devices for the convenience of life. As they work together, developing of the technology has been advancing rapidly […]