Learning Log 2

Superstitions...Whenever that word comes to mind, my mind automatically zaps to thinking about some of the most popular ones such as "if you walk under a ladder, you will get seven years of bad luck", totally unlogical ones like "if you sing in the kitchen, you will get married later in life" and sometimes, my mind even wanders to things like black magic, which is commonly associated with superstitions too.

Last week, we had an entertaining Literature lesson, learning about these superstitions, similar to what I mentioned earlier. However, we were not alone. Mrs Woo divided us into groups and I found myself in the company of Fatimah, Kelvin and Brian, and we were tasked to discuss the different superstitons we each had researched. During presentation, I found some of the superstitions shared by my fellow classmates pretty funny and enjoyed myself thoroughly. Never had I thought that superstitions could be this vast.

Later on, we found out why Mrs Woo had decided to introduce us to superstions. After reading Macbeth, particularly the first scene, I found my answer. Mrs Woo had wanted us to fully understand what superstitions really meant before she introduced us in depth to the Macbeth play by William Shakespeare. Why was this necessary? Well, I think it is because Shakespeare decided to introduce the three witches in the very first scene itself to indicate that a bad omen was about to curse someone in the play.

The entire superstitons lesson was a lot of fun, but the icing on the cake was when Mrs Woo called out some students to act as the three witches, with her famous 'number selector'. Boy, was I glad that I was not called out. The students were supposed to act exactly like witches, with their creepy voice imitations, which kept the rest of us in stitches throughout the lesson.

All in all, our recent literature lesson was a huge success, and as you can see, I have no further feedback to give as I wait eagerly for oour coming lesson. I can only hope that it will be quite as eventful as our lesson the other day...

Yours truly,
Sanjna~