LEARNING LOG 1

Cinquain poetry was our topic for these recent Literature lessons and I found this style of poetry especially interesting because it consisted of just five lines and gave me the opportunity to express my creativity in thinking of different adjectives to use for my cinquain.

Let me just tell you a little about cinquains in general before I delve into our Literature lessons. Cinquain, is basically derived from the word "cinq" which means "five" in French., Why is this so? Well, like I mentioned earlier, this type of poetry only consists of five lines, each line giving details and describing a particular topic. The best part? The poem does not have any rhyming scheme which offers more freedom in coming up eith various adjectives. Anyway, back to our Literature lessons...

After our class discussion, we were assigned to different groups to work on a group cinquain. I found this rather fun, especially because it was interesting to share with my group members each of our opinions on how to make our cinquain especially unique. Finally, we chose the topic "School" and decided to write all about the knowledge we gain and the challenges we face every day. I enjoyed listening to some of the other groups present their cinquains too. Some of the cinquains were exquisitely well decorated, while others seemed quite plain, but however, their cinquains itself were very well written. Out of all the cinquains presented, I have to say that I enjoyed the cinquain about "Money" presented by Fatimah's group the most. It was humourous and interesting at the same time.

Although I have yet to experience the "full blast" of our Literature lessons, I have to say that I was glad with the way our first lesson turned out, it was fun, knowledgable and interesting, which made it a very productive lesson all in all. I definitely learnt how to express myself more creatively on pen and paper, which built my English skills. I also learnt to work together and communicate well with my group members when discussing and collaborating our ideas for the project. My only feedback for the upcoming Literature lessons would be to probably have more interactive Literature-based games or quizzes which could polish our creativity even more. Apart from that, I thoroughly enjoyed the lessons last week and am looking forward to more fun times in the weeks to come.

Yours truly,
Sanjna