Hello! In this blog I will talk about all the test practices, word games, and a project we've completed in AEP class so far this 2nd term. Plus, my thoughts and feelings regarding them. Let's begin!
On November 7, the first day back in AEP class following finals, we played Hurdle as the day's warm-up activity. After roughly 30 minutes, we successfully identified the word "sauté". For the remainder of the time, we wrote a "Retrospective Blog", containing recollections from the first term. It was a good start to second semester as I find looking back at all that has been completed a good way to feel that sense of accomplishment with a sprinkle of motivation for the upcoming activities and projects.
The following day, class started with the warmup game of Hurdle once again. With only one attempt remaining to fill in the blanks to find the word, we continued the one Grade 7 were initially searching for rather than starting from scratch. Fortunately, we were able to access the website on our phones, and after some searching, we managed to find the word "singe."
Next up, Miss Disa told us to finish our blogs, and in case we already were, she gave us a test on the past participial tense to answer. Since I had finished my blog, I clicked the website and took the test. I was able to earn an overall score of 42/50. Although I'm happy with my score, as I found the test quite tricky, I definitely could improve. I was unaware of how frequently I make minor errors in my everyday language. I believe it was an eye- opening and informative test.
The next week, we were introduced to a new game called Griddle. It is essentially a combination of Wordle and Scrabble, which makes it challenging to think of words that would reward us with the most points. Girls and boys were split up into two groups. Even though we didn't win, we scored 501 points in the end, which I guess is fairly good considering it was our first time. After that, we completed an exam on passive voice. Although these are the only ones we have checked so far, I received a score of 10 out of 12.
The next day, we started AEP class with Quordle, a warm-up game that works somewhat similarly to Wordle except that the general search is for four different words. Next, Miss Disa displayed a YouTube video on passive tense on her computer screen. I found the video very creative and educational as always. Miss then gave us an overview of two PDF documents to provide us with more information on the passive tense. It was given for us individually to read-through on our free time.
On November 21, our first period was taken up by the honors' awarding ceremony. By the second period of AEP class that day, we did a warm-up game, being Hurdle. I remember I was very tired that day, so I stared blankly at the board, waiting for the others to find the word. Soon enough, the word "plank" was found after several attempts. Afterward, Miss Disa assigned us two exercises on past participle in google classroom. I managed to finish one of them and turned it in. Miss Disa told us that we would complete the other exercise the next day, and so that's what we did.
After a game of Quordle that lasted for ten minutes, I opened my phone and visited the AEP google classroom to complete the exercise 3 from where I had left off on Monday. At first I struggled to create text boxes for filling in my answers on the active tenses in Kami, but I soon realized that it was easier to type my answers in Google Docs. Even though the exercise was confusing at first, I believe I did well overall. Lastly, we played Griddle as a closing remark for the AEP class of that day!
During the double period on November 28, Miss Disa introduced us to a new game called Weaver. The objective of the game is to find the least amount of words, with only one change of the letters each try, that leads you from the first word up to the final word. The less amount of words one constructs from the initial word to reach the final word, the better! That day we were challenged with the starting word, being "scar", and the final word, being "face". Overall it was done in 7 tries which I'd say was pretty good. Lastly, Miss gave us a heads- up for the project where we had to write a poem relative to AEP classes.
The moment I heard that we'd be writing a poem, I was very excited! The fact that we could talk about anything pertaining to AEP classes was something I was glad about. I guess Miss Disa did that so we wouldn't be limited and it would enable us to expand our creativity. With that in mind, I hurried my way to the notes app in my device and managed to brainstorm five poem topics, which I eventually narrowed down to one that just so happened to be the first one I had typed out.
I composed my poem about rainy scrabble days, with the correlation on how rainy days indicate a game of scrabble that offers delight and happiness to me. It looks into the way the games may easily alter around from one where you're losing to one that pushes you closer to victory. I'm hoping it is presented clearly but still in a poetic manner, with the usage of a few rhyming words and the general theme.
The next day and the week after, we were working on our poems with an addition of Griddle and Hurdle games. With numerous attempts to beat Miss Disa's consistent competitor in Griddle, namely "ABV", there were a lot of rounds we went through with the sole purpose to win over him/her. There were times we did and others where we didn't. Along with that, I had nearly finished my poem by the last meeting which was a few days before the final submission date. The next day, at home, I recorded a video of me reciting my poem and submitted it, to be later compiled by miss with the videos of my classmates as well.
All in all, it was a productive half semester in AEP classes. I'm curious to know how many more word games would be added to the seemingly infinite amount we have already. It's true what they say- "one can never have a limit when it comes to word games". Not sure if that's an actual saying but at least, I'd easily imagine Miss Disa saying so or perhaps she already has. The goals I have set for the next half of the semester is to combine our forces (AEP 9) to win over "ABV"- which is quite a challenge at times! On a serious note though, I'd love to learn more on tenses and further grammatical rules regarding the English language. That concludes the end of this blog. Thank you for reading and I'm hoping to see you in the next one!
Signing off,
Meral
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