Saturday 3 March 2012

SATURDAY 3 February 2012

this semester I learn a lot of thing such as new word,grammar,how to speaking English,listening and the most important that I learn from Miss zu is don't come late to class.Miss Zu is energetic,happy-go-lucky funny at the same time she is very strict person.Miss Zu taught us in different ways everyday.Everyday we will have diffrent activities,game,quiz and I think its a good way to teach us because we can learnt easily in the activities.Thank you Ms Zuraidah for all knowledge that you taught me.See you again and may success in your carrier.bye Bel 260...

Thursday 1 march 2012

today is our last Bel 260 class. Ms Zu bought to us  many foods for us from the collection of latecomers money including me.so today we only eat and laugh in the class.


Wednesday 29 February 2012

today,we learnt about author's purpose and tone in their writing. We need to focus what actually the author wants to tell in his/her writing. Important reasons for author's to write:
WHAT IS PURPOSE ??

important reasons for author's to write:

1) entertain - The author tells a story that describes something or someone in an interesting way.
2) persuade - The author tries to change our opinion on a topic by appealing to our emotions.
3) instruct - The author will explain or teach something in the story that the reader doesn’t know. The author
provides knowledge to the reader.
4) describe - Authors often describe to support other purposes in writing. They use it to create a character,
set a mood or envision a scene.

TONE

types of tone.

•Indignant
•Evasive
•Incredulous
•Optimistic
•Pessimistic
•Mocking
•Malicious
•Compassionate
•Cynical
•Bitter


Tuesday 28 February 2012

today,we learn about passive voice,.

PASSIVE VOICE IS:




Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.

Example: My bike was stolen.
In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.

Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows:

Example: A mistake was made.

In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone (e.g. You have made a mistake.).
Form of Passive

Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle

Example: A letter was written.

When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:
the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence
the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)
the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped)
Examples of Passive
TenseSubjectVerbObject
Simple PresentActive:Ritawritesa letter.
Passive:A letteris writtenby Rita.
Simple PastActive:Ritawrotea letter.
Passive:A letterwas writtenby Rita.
Present PerfectActive:Ritahas writtena letter.
Passive:A letterhas been writtenby Rita.
Future IActive:Ritawill writea letter.
Passive:A letterwill be writtenby Rita.
HilfsverbenActive:Ritacan writea letter.
Passive:A lettercan be writtenby Rita.
Examples of Passive
TenseSubjectVerbObject
Present ProgressiveActive:Ritais writinga letter.
Passive:A letteris being writtenby Rita.
Past ProgressiveActive:Ritawas writinga letter.
Passive:A letterwas being writtenby Rita.
Past PerfectActive:Ritahad writtena letter.
Passive:A letterhad been writtenby Rita.
Future IIActive:Ritawill have writtena letter.
Passive:A letterwill have been writtenby Rita.
Conditional IActive:Ritawould writea letter.
Passive:A letterwould be writtenby Rita.
Conditional IIActive:Ritawould have writtena letter.
Passive:A letterwould have been writtenby Rita.

Passive Sentences with Two Objects

Rewriting an active sentence with two objects in passive voice means that one of the two objects becomes the subject, the other one remains an object. Which object to transform into a subject depends on what you want to put the focus on.
 SubjectVerbObject 1Object 2
Active:Ritawrotea letterto me.
Passive:A letterwas writtento meby Rita.
Passive:Iwas writtena letterby Rita.
.As you can see in the examples, adding by Rita does not sound very elegant. That’s why it is usually dropped.


Thursday 23 February 2012

Today,Ms Zu teach us about argumentative essay. Definition: In this kind of essay, we not only give information but also present an argument with the PROS (supporting ideas) and CONS (opposing ideas) of an argumentative issue. We should clearly take our stand and write as if we are trying to persuade an opposing audience to adopt new beliefs or behavior. The primary objective is to persuade people to change beliefs that many of them do not want to change.

before writing,we must :

- Brainstorm ideas
- Identify the main topics.
- Use these topics as headings.
- Decide which side you are on i.e. which arguments are most convincing.
- Plan and write an outline for your essay.

The instructions are,we must write :
1) introduction paragraph
2) body paragraph
3) refutation paragraph
-This is also used to support your claim.
-Use the counter arguments to show that your idea is the stronger one.
-Do not focus only on the opposing ideas.
4) Concluding paragraph



Wednesday 22 February 2012


today we learn how to make conclusion

Conclusion may refer to:
conclusion: when a statement or question comes to an answer; when an idea or thought is settled.
HOW TO MAKE CONCLUSIONS

  1. Read the paragraph and identify the topic sentence and main idea.
  2. Look for supporting details as evidence that you can use to reach a conclusion (E.g of evidences are: facts, statistics, reasons, definitions and descriptions.
  3. Combine your prior knowledge with the supporting details to draw conclusions.
  4. Ask these questions:

-What is the writer trying to prove?
-What is the consequences of these events?
-What is going to happen because of these actions?
-What can I conclude from the paragraph?


Tuesday 21 February 2012

today Miss zu teach us  how to make an inference and prediction. An inference is a logical conclusion based on what has been stated in the text. You make an inference when you use clues from the story to figure out something that the author does not tell you.
  1. Information which is provided must be analysed.
  2. Use your experience, knowledge, common sense and power of reasoning to draw logical conclusions.