Learning Log 5

I have learnt that the unseen are literature works that one may not be familiar with. To have a full understanding of the text, one must analyze the passage and get an idea of what it is about.

To approach an unseen prose passage, one must read it three times to fully understand the text. The first reading should be swift to get the main idea of the text. The second reading requires one to have a better understanding of the text. The third reading involves annotation and jotting down notes of possible answers.

I have also learnt two techniques in organizing answers in an essay. They are IBC and PEEL. IBC stands for Introduction, Body and Conclusion. The introduction is a brief context of points one is going to make. The body includes all the points stated and evidence from the passage to support it as well as elaboration on the answers. The conclusion summarizes all the points and gives a judgement. PEEL stands for Point, Explain/Elaborate, Evidence Example, and Link. One has to make a point and explain why one has chosen it. One has to support this with evidence from the passage and link it with the questions.