I am still learning…………….

It is undeniable that doing the position paper is the toughest assignment that I have ever had. After completing the thesis statement, today I have come out all the supporting points for thesis statement. It is definitely not an easy job for me to come out with all the supporting points. Eventually, I have read the short story-“The Journey” for so many times as I never did this before. As Cik Siti said, I need to read between the lines to come out with supporting points. I have analyzed the story in so many ways after discussing with my friends. Luckily, I did not choose novel or play for this position paper. If not, the length of these two literary texts was so long and it will really require lots of time for me to read and analyze it. Even though it is the initial stage of doing the position paper, personally, I feel that I have learned a lot. This is the first time I truly read and examine the text thoroughly. I learned to look at different perspectives of a text. I learned to think critically about how the writer presents the characters in the story through their actions, their speech and so on. I started to realize that all this while I did not think critically when I read a literary text. Besides that, I also realized that the question “why does he say this?”, “why does he do it?” always come in my mind when I read the text. Honestly, I did not like to think about “why” before this when I read a literary text. What I would like to do last time was just finish reading the text as soon as possible. Now, doing the position paper has changed my attitude towards reading a literary text. Therefore, I have learned a lot………..

Thanks A LOT for helping me in this position paper……..

Although at first I used to be very stress about doing the position paper, but at last I managed to console myself to keep trying. I feel grateful to have a tutor, Cik Siti, who is willing to guide me to do the position paper from the beginning. Cik Siti really helped me a lot in many ways. I feel thankful because she spends her times in discussing the thesis statement with me. Through the discussion with her, I have learned a lot. I learned on how to form a thesis statement. Although I have learned to form thesis statement in expository writing before this, but, for me, doing a thesis statement for this position paper is a bit different. I think this may be due to the reason that when I do a position paper, I need to think a lot on an issue of a literary text that I can write for four pages. Furthermore, I learned that when doing a thesis statement, it is important to list out all the issues of the story so that it will help in forming thesis statement. Besides that, reading a text for many times is also crucial because it will enable me to have a better understanding of the text. Analyzing the text for many times will help me to think of more issues of the story. Lastly, her suggestions when doing the thesis statement helps me to get a clearer idea on what should I do. Most importantly, her encouragement and support motivates me to keep on trying to try my best in doing the thesis statement and supporting points. Thanks a lot, Cik Siti!

It only the beginning of all.........

I started to feel so tense doing position paper. I do not know why I have such feelings? Last few days, I wrote so many thesis statements. All had been rejected, rejected and rejected...Why? Why? Why? I felt so tense, not even can sleep peacefully for a few nights.
I never been so worried about things like this since long time ago. I just felt sad when my thesis statement was rejected. I kept on thinking, what's wrong with my thesis statement? What mistakes that I have done? Should I change another story? Should I redo again? What should I do? So many questions came in my mind at that moment. I really considered so many things at one time.
No, no, I must not give up! I must find out what is the problems with my thesis statement. I must do more thinking. I must improve my thinking! I must discuss with my friends and tutor with my thesis statement! I must try my best to come out with a good thesis statement!
I must keep trying doing thesis statement. It is only the beginning of all assignments that I have in this semester..........................

It’s all Daedalus’ fault………………..

In my opinion, Daedalus should be blamed of causing his son death. I felt that he is the one who had killed his son indirectly. The death of Icarus will not happen if Daedalus did not create wings for him. As we can see in the story, Icarus is still young and innocent. He might not know what had happened to his father and what his father wanted to do. As a result, he just followed his father’s advice and forgot about it immediately when he was disturbed. Icarus would not die if Daedalus did not plan to get out of Crete. Furthermore, Daedalus should wait until his son is mature and only they fly out together then. From what I have stated above, I felt that it was one the reasons Icarus is more famous compered to Daedalus. Icarus had to sacrifice indirectly because of his father’s selfishness. Therefore, Daedalus should be responsible of Icarus’ death.

let's introduce something different to our students...

In my opinion, I feel that it is a good idea for teacher to use Greek mythology in literature classroom. However, teacher needs to consider students’ ability to understand the language of the story. As we know, the language that is used in Greek mythology may be difficult for students to understand. Therefore, teacher plays an important role here in making the text easier for students to understand. Teacher needs to write the text in modern English so that he or she can design activities through the text that is written. However, teacher needs to make sure that the language written is appropriate and suits the level of proficiency of the students. By doing this, I feel that students will comprehend the story better. Besides that, they will learn about Greek mythology which is totally new to them. In addition, they will also learn about different culture and widen their knowledge. In conclusion, using modern language in teaching Greek mythology to students will bring lots of benefits to students.

Why not if we teach tales??

Exposing students to tales will benefit them in language. Tales are told orally and are passed from generation. In my opinion, when teacher teaches tales in class, students will enjoy the lesson. It is because one of the functions of tales is to entertain. As a result, this will improve their listening skills. If students want to know about what the tales are about, they will have to pay attention to what teacher says. Besides that, when students are taught on tales, they will also learn about moral values which is another function of the tales that is to educate. There are many moral values in tales and teacher can inculcate moral values in them when taught on tales. Other than that, teacher can ask students to write about tales that they know as it will improve their writing skills. Besides that, if teacher tells tales in class to students, I feel that teacher can ask students to reflect about what they have learned in class and this will improve their writing skills as well. In addition, teacher can also get some students to come to the front and tells the class about tales that they heard before. This will practice their speaking skills in public. In spite of that, teacher should encourage students to read tales at home and have some discussions on what they read. As time goes by, it will help them in developing their reading skills. For me, teaching tales will increase students’ interest in a lesson. Therefore, when teacher expose more tales to students, learning will take place. It is because when students’ affective filter is low, their motivation will increase and this will help them in many ways especially in language. So, let’s teach our students on tales in the future!