The wolf has the strength of a man but the mind of nine men.

--Estonian saying

CONTENT PAGE
 

Foreword Thinker
Metacognitive reflection1  Metacognitive reflection2  Metacognitive reflection3  Metacognitive reflection4  Adult Critics


Leader
Leadership experience monitor  Leadership experience prefect  Other leadership experiences


Pioneer
RIB Block Vice Chairman  RIBC


Appendix
Artefacts  Graphic Organizer


FOREWORD
Summons of the Wolf Totem


Even before I finished reading the first chapter of the novel Wolf Totem, I knew that my definition of a successful individual and a leader had been subverted. I realized, to survive and excel in this brutal world of cutthroat competition, I need to become a wolf! In the novel Wolf Totem, wolves were still savage and cunning, but their profound wisdom and spirit, as well as their ability in leadership were truly beyond what I could imagine. Wolves were intelligent and decisive, and were born strategists. Before every hunt, they would observe the astronomy and reconnaissance the surroundings, and hence lay down a watertight plan. They could predict and utilize weather change, start their attack amidst the chaos of thunder storm; they could attack from almost all directions, and leave the preys only one way to escape, and of course, a trap has been laid for the panic fugitives; they would make a feint to the east but attack in the west, so as to upset the foes plan and defeat them while they were still in confusion. They knew that sacrifices are always necessary to achieve other goals. Sometimes, when chasing a fast Mongolian gazelle, their usual prey, they would regurgitate out the food from their stomach in order to lighten themselves and assure a faster sprint. Also, if a wolf get shot on one leg, to escape from more wolf-hunters bullets, it could bite off the lame which would compromise the speed, and run faster with three perfect legs. Wolves were patient, and would wait, no matter how long, until the best opportunity has come, and they will grab it firmly and confidently. When a wolf wanted to catch a gazelle by itself, it would wait in bushes for a whole night, quietly observe the prey. With any obvious movement, the gazelle would woke up immediately and escape. Not until next morning, when the gazelle wanted to pee, did the wolf started the chase. Consequently, the gazelle with a full bladder would experience a spasm, and the wolf could enjoy his meal. They had a strong sense of unity, and treat all fellows equally. After a bumper harvest, not any wolf would taste the food until the physically disadvantaged ones had taken some. And then the leader would distribute the food equally. Similarly, any wolf which earned some snacks would bring some back and give to the starved ones. Additionally, if a wolf get wounded in a hunt, the unity would never leave it behind, instead, provides extra care.

Wolves were always learning. They reflect on their successful experiences, and enhance those strategies. Though they might not always succeed in hunting, they were able to learn from mistakes, and ensure these mistakes would not repeat. They were greedy, but also temperate. Never had the wolves hunted a complete herd of gazelles, even though they always could. They would leave some preys alive and let them go back to their habitat. This was not pure mercy, but just to ensure that the wolves would still be able to find preys next year, as the survived gazelles would multiply and flourish a new herd. They were truly the master of establishing a sustainable society. They were synonyms of bravery, and were keen to take risks and challenges. They were prudent perfectionists; every move and decision they make had been calculated and planned Instead of saying that wolves are like great persons that we can learn from, Id rather regard their qualities and spirit as a totem- The Wolf Totem! The Wolf Totem perfectly embodies the concepts of thinkers, leaders and pioneers. Proactivity, creativity, reflectiveness as well as responsibility, all those qualities we try to endow to Rafflesians can be found in a wolf totem. As a Rafflesian, I would like to meet the schools standards, and promote the Rafflesian Spirit. To achieve so, I need to look up towards the wolf totem, extract the quintessence and develop myself. Now I howl to the Mongke Tangri, and summon the wolf totem, in the name of a Rafflesian as well as an adolescent wolf! Xu Peiji 2011.07.27

 

GLOWING EYES OF THE WOLVES

METACOGNITIVE REFLECTION 1
 

Piece of work chosen: Sec4 Biology Practical Test Biology has always been a difficult subject in RI, especially for me. Before I joined RI, I was sheerly ignorant in Biology. With such background, even though I put full effort in this subject, I only achieved 63% in the End of Year Exam. However, in the Sec4 Biology Practical Test, I actually scored 85% and was the third highest in class. While many were questioning my integrity, deep in my heart, I knew how hard I had fought and how much effort I had put in. I would like to reflect on this practical test, to show that with a positive attitude, plenty of hard work and firm perseverance, success can be achieved. I was nonplused for the first year by the unbelievable difficulty and complexity of the Biology subject I was facing. But I told myself, if the local students can manage Biology, theres no reason that I cannot handle this subject. It is my character of unyielding to obstacles which enabled me a sustainable motivation in learning Biology. Later I realized that motivation alone cannot help me persevere. Though I put in double effort in, I still found it difficult to understand many of the biological concepts. As the topic goes deeper and deeper, I received more and more red crosses on my quiz papers. Mentally, I was almost defeated. Actually, after so many failures, the teacher would like me to join the remedial. However, since the timing of the weekly Biology remedial clashed with that of my compulsory English supplementary lessons, I had to give up this valuable opportunity. Desperately, I had to spam myself with practice questions. After studying the model answer for some time, I realized that there was a similar pattern appeared in the model answers. I discovered that there was actually a format, structure, or a framework to answer structured questions, all I have to do is to fill in with the correct data. So I tried this format in the next quiz, and amazingly, I got many of the questions correct!

After some analysis, I found that biology structural questions are like argument construction, each point needs to be elaborated in logic, and the format I discover helps to ensure a sound logic. After tackled the structural questions, I set off for another goal to be clear about every biology concept that the teacher has covered. To achieve this, I tried many methods, once when I drew a mind-map, and I found all the key points of the concepts and their relationships became very clear to me. As I perceive better through graphics, I realized that I am a graphic learner. With the help of the mind-maps, I caught up with the class in a very short period of time. During the practical test, by applying the logical format, and subbing in appropriate data, I finished the test with great confidence. To sum up my reflection: dont be afraid of failure, be positive, and work hard, with some perseverance, and success is not far ahead.

METACOGNITIVE REFLECTION 2


I included this piece of work in my Showcase Portfolio because I worked very hard to achieve satisfying marks in this essay assignment. By perserverance I edited my essay for seven times, and vanquished the boredom as well as fatigue. In addition, I feel that I benefited from my persistence and hard work.. I noticed that I did more research on this essays topic than those of the previous essays. It was not an attempt to spam all the related points and information into my essay because I was very sure that would not work at all; just like comparing to a student exceling in one or two subjects, another student who knows everything a bit will not stand out. I realised only when I choose three to four points, and fully elaborate on them can I have the best persuasiveness effect. On further relection, I think my essay was more convincing because: 1. I could select the most suitable information from my researched data to reinforce my points of views as examples. 2. After consulting my teacher and other friends about the wording and grammar, I deliberated the diction and edited the essay for seven times, so as to make sure my arguments are cogent enough. However, I also found that collecting too much data could make me confused. As when I was collecting information for the balanced point, I realized that the opposite stand was actually easier to elaborate, and seemed to be more valid and convincing. Althought I maintained my original stand after a mental struggle, I experienced great loss in confidence. And another problem was that when I started to select facts for examples, I did not have a criteria. Thus it was hard for me to accept or reject certain data. What I have learned is that to write a good persuasive essay, some research on the topic is actually necessary. I should also bear in mind that a proper criteria is crucial when I need to select useful materials from a large amount of information. Additionally, it is a good habit to persevere and work hard; no pain no gain! My biggest take away is the saying, no pain, no gain! And only when you paid efforts, can you get satisfying results!

  

 

METACOGNITIVE REFLECTION 3


I would like to reflect on my sec4 Maths MYCT and mainly focus on my learning attitude as well as the accuracy and speed of solving questions. Firstly I have to admit that I scored uncompromisingly bad in the recent Mid-Year-Common-Test, especially the Maths subject. In fact, what really disappointed me were not the poor marks I gained, but many of the stupid mistakes I made disheartened me. Faults like copy wrongly, missing numbers and simple calculation mistakes were unceasingly repeated. As a Chinese saying goes that, It could happen once or twice, yet a third time cannot be tolerated, which emphasizes that we shall learn from mistakes instead of repeating them endlessly, it is embarrassing that these mistakes accompanied me throughout the test. The second problem I face during the MYCT is that I could not finish all the questions in time, when the final bell is about to ring, therere still a few questions that I havent yet attempted. From the corner of my eye, I saw most of the others have completed the entire paper and seemed ready to submit at any time. Not until then did I really experience a strong wave of nervousness overwhelmed me. I realized that I was too slow! As a Chinese Scholar, I am expected to show great talent and capability in Maths. Sarcastically, I was lack of speed and accuracy during the exam, and scored worse than our classs average! How could this happen? I wonder. Since I did prove myself in year3, there must be something inside me which changed in the first semester. Finally I realized that what I lack was practicing. As a saying goes that practice makes perfect, it illustrated that sufficient practicing is the basic way to raise accuracy and speed when solving a question. And thats what fundamentally induced the grand failure.

On further reflection, I found that a change in my attitude occurred. After excelling in Maths in year3, a sense of arrogance began to sprout; I became over-confident, and naively I thought without hard work or practice, I would still be able to do well. Sadly, I cheated myself, and the tragedy became unavoidable. Actually, I discovered that the reason I did well in year3 is because most of the Maths topics were familiar to me since I have learned them before I came to Singapore. That means I have already done sufficient practices on those topics, and I was live off my past gains. But like a vole cannot survive the winter without enough reserved hay, I failed to survive the year4 MYCT without sufficient hard work. Even though I did not score well in this MYCT, I actually learned some exam strategies from it. For the second part of the second question, I actually got the correct answer on the draft paper. However, as the method which obtained me the answer was weird and complicated, and also the answer itself was strange and complex, I did not believe in myself and left that part of the question blank. What I learned from this is that always be confident with your answer. Additionally, even if the answer looks wrong, when you dont have much time left, just copy it down, because theres still a chance that the answer is correct; whereas if it is left empty, the chance to score is absolute zero. Moreover, I practiced another exam strategy during this MYCT. When I realized not much time left, I quickly scanned through all the questions which I have not attempted, and priorly complete those questions which seems to have a easy or obvious answer, or basically whichever question that takes shorter time to solve but embodies more marks. This strategy really helped me saving a few marks, and minimizing my failure to the minimal scale. No one is perfect; we all make mistakes, but the one succeed at last best understands the importance of learning from mistakes as well as success. Failure is not fearful, neither is success cheerful. My mother always tells me, No matter what you have achieved, good or bad, things which passed have passed, learn from the experience, but dont rest on the past glory. Instead, utilize these useful experiences to build up a better future!

METACOGNITIVE REFLECTION 4


Piece of work chosen: Sec4 MYCT Chinese Literature I would like to reflect on my Chinese Literature sec4 MYCT, and share my insights on how to excel in language learning. Generally, I did well in this exam and scored 84%. The result was satisfactory, and I was very proud of my victory. As everyone knows, learning a language, especially the literature, is a long process; reading widely and miscellaneously is a necessary, or vital to excel in literature understanding, and of course, it must become a habit. As a saying goes, Rome is not built in one day, my results were a perfect portrayal of my hard work. To make reading Chinese literatures a habit, I actually faced a hard time. At first, I think spending one hour reading Chinese was a sheer waste of time! As an international student, my first priority should be on improving my English language. If I have one hour spare time, I would rather use it to read English without the least hesitate. At that period of time, I refuse to pay effort in Chinese Literature. As I spent less and less time in reading Chinese, I found it harder and harder to catch up with the class. Unavoidably, I did unacceptably bad in the year3 EOY. As a Chinese scholar, it was embarrassing for me to achieve such low score, so I realize that there was a need for me to put effort into Chinese Literature learning. Ok, I will just spend half an hour everyday to read some Chinese novels.

As days passed by, I fell in love with the refreshing style of the Chinese short stories. And from then onwards, I found motivation for reading Chinese Literature.

It was not surprising that although in the sec4 MYCT, there were actually quite a few challenging inferential questions, and I got most of them correct. I think this is because after vast amount reading, I have acquired the ability to comprehend the inner emotion of the writer through the authors use of language and different shades of meaning of the vocabularies. On further reflection, I realized I could utilize this successful experience to improve my English standards. Firstly, I tried to cultivate a consistent reading habit. In order to ensure my reading habit can last long, I needed to find myself a motivation. Since I love reading Jules Vernes science fictions, I started my reading habit from savoring his novels. After about three weeks time, reading English books became an important part of my life. With more reading, my language perception has been raised to a higher level, and I am able to do deeper comprehension. Additionally, reading enhanced my writing skills. And now, my English standard is still constantly improving, and I believe, by keeping up this habit, I will excel my English language in RI.

ADULT CRITCS

Piece of work chosen: Blog Post

Look Before You Leap

Dysprosium, Neodymium, Praseodymium, Samarium, Terbium, Erbium, Europium. I bet youve never heard about those chemical elements before, but I am also very certain that you can find a certain amount of them in your pocket. Yes, these are some common rare earths which you could easily find in your daily life. Its true that rare earth is regularly used in techs such as IPods, fibre optics and even in the TVs. This fact gives people a wrong impression that rare earth is in great abundance. However, that is not the truth; the actual reason for the substances plentifulness is over-mining. The worlds rare earth is mostly buried under the landscape of U.S, Australia and China. With environmental reservation taken into concern, U.S. and Australia have shut down most of their rare earth mines, whereas China, my homeland, considers the withdrawal of the two giant competitors as a chance to monopolize the rare earth market. Yes, she does manage to raise the rare earth price 20 times higher by vigorous and devastative mining as well as by restricting the export. I shall be proud of my countrys discerning move of dominating the rare earth market, however, I am not. I am very clear about the inevitable aftermaths of the Chinas fervent madness in rare earth mining. Undoubtedly, for the sake of economic growth and GDP, the eastern giant has certainly ignored the lethal effect on the effect brought by over-mining. Id like to share with you some research I did on how not-well-managed mining can harm the ecosystem nearby.

Water, as the key of all creatures survival, is vulnerable; it is easily polluted as it can dissolve anything, including harmful chemicals. Once the water is contaminated, the whole landscape is damned! One major pollutant from the mine will be the waste separating fluid, which mostly consists of strong acids such as nitric acid, compounds rich in nitrogen and also radioactive elements. Without the support from foreign technologies, the fluid cannot be purified or reused, and is directly released into the environment. Chinas greatest rare earth mine which is named Bai Yun E Bo(97% of Chinas rare earth, almost 30% of the worlds) filled a 11 square km lake, has 70000 tons of radioactive metal. No doubt that people dwell there get a higher chance of getting cancer and weeds flourish due to the great presence of Nitrogen. Finally, this place will become a desert with a polluted oasis. Also, when the toxic liquid is excreted to a river, the acids will acidify the soil along the river, and make it inarable. This will greatly harm human health if the producers and the consumers of the food are unaware of the fact that what they eat is poisonous. And of course will deter Chinas agricultural development. Mining in this sense is spoiling the ship for a halfpennyworth of tar. As a loyal citizen, I question myself, shall I be satisfied by my countrys great economic development, or shall I be worried about Chinas environment? Shall I support or protest Chinas rare earth mining? Maybe, just like what the social study teacher said, its never the countrys fault to make a decision which is seemingly uncompromisingly unacceptable; there might be a reason that China has to do so, helplessly. But, environmentisnt that a truth that a beautiful earth is the ultimate ideal, the common goal which all countries, all people of all race, all religion are fighting for?! So shall we be reminded that we must love our mother earth before we want to sacrifice her for other goals? Lastly , Id like to appeal to the Superpowers: no matter how you want to develop your country, think about the environment! Look Before You Leap!

CRITICS FROM ENGLISH SUPPLEMENTARY PROGRAM TEACHER

   

Hi Peiji Hope you don't mind, I'll write the adult critic comments here: THINKER/LEADER Peiji exhibits good thinking skills as he questions the wisdom of overmining earth's resources. However, he also shows good balance in understanding the motives of the country's efforts in these economic activities. Using thought-provoking questions, he leads the reader to a discussion of China's "fervent madness in rare earth mining and finally making an earnest appeal to all countries to "look before they leap". His writing is persuasive in the use of supporting details and a writing style that is direct, even down-to-earth. To improve, Peiji can use more transitional links especially in the fifth paragraph which looks like a "stand alone" paragraph causing the reader to be a little disorientated. Also, the topic sentence is missing in that paragraph.

 

PIONEER This is Peiji's strongest point as evidenced by a catchy introduction which piques the interest of the reader. Like a pioneer who is unafraid of challenging established practices, Peiji criticizes his country's economic policy and stresses the need to rethink rare earth mining for the sake of the future of the earth & its inhabitants. Rgds Mrs Nina

PERSONAL RESPONSE


This blog post was written with deep emotions after I read the article Got Yttrium. As I am a strong supporter of the environment preservation, I did quite a lot researches on the topic environmental pollution and over exploitation. This enabled me to know my enemies psychology, hence I can find their flaws and oppose to them with strong and solid arguments. And thats why I show good balance in understanding the motives of the country's efforts in these economic activities. Actually, this idea of know your enemies and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat was from the book Art of War, written by Sun Zi, an ancient Chinese military strategist of the Spring and Autumn Period. I found this theory very useful in our daily life. For example, exams are to test whether the student has acquired the knowledge or not, so to best achieve this, the teachers will most likely test on the most difficult part of the topic as well as the key understandings. After predicted those key points, I could spent more time on them, and surmount the difficulty. Utilizing this idea will save me plenty of time on exam preparations. And as I have mentioned, this blog post was written under the strong motivation of my deep emotions, I naturally expressed my thoughts by questioning those who oppose the environmental preservation; these questions were not asked affectedly or purposely used as linguistic devices. And thats the reason why Mrs. Nina pointed out that Peiji exhibits good thinking skills as he questions the wisdom of over-mining earth's resources. I realized that when emotions are expressed naturally from the depth of my heart, it doesnt matter if the words were not expressed in a beautiful sentence structure or phrased with resplendent vocabularies, it would show great effects in terms of pathos, and strike a deep chord in the audiences; whereas when I polish my expressions over and over, it wont have much influence on the audiences, they would think that I am just quoting a beautiful poem. So whenever I need to write an essay or give a speech, I would focus more on emotions rather than rigidly embellishing my language, and it really makes me more persuasive. After all, emotions are the best language, right?

Mrs. Nina has also mentioned that more links are needed to fluent my essay, and the fifth paragraph is a bit off the track. After re-reading my passage, I did realize that the essay was lacking some transition words, and the fifth paragraph was somewhat excessive. Actually, my purpose of writing the fifth paragraph was to elaborate on the massive negative effect that discharge of acid into rivers will bring. I would improve this by summarise the fifth paragraph and put it into the fourth one. Moreover, I will try to use more transition words such as furthermore, and thus to make my logic more obvious. And to respond to Mrs. Ninas comments on my pioneer character, I would say that I criticize Chinas economic policy because I love my country, and I dont want to see that one day my homeland becomes barren and infertile. If all these could be prevented from happening by raising awareness among my fellow countryman, then why should I not express out my idea and earnestly criticize the wrong decisions of my country? I would like to thank Mrs. Nina for her comments and guidance, and I will do my best in improving my English language skills.

 

 

FIRM HOWLS OF THE WOLVES

MONITOR


I was elected as the class monitor during my first year in RI, and that was my first leadership position I acquired in Raffles. This monitor experience was significant to me, and I regard it as my first teacher who imparts rudimentary knowledge of leadership to me. The first leadership skill I learned was how to get along with classmates, and develop a good relationship with them while not losing prestige. Actually, I spent quite a long period of time to achieve this balance. Before I could manage this skill, I found it hard to cultivate close friendship with some classmates; they regarded me as an authority instead of a fellow. In order to solve this problem, I decided to find the common interests between us, and have more chats with them on those topics. Gradually, with more and more communications, we knew each other better, and naturally, the friendship was strengthened. Benefited from frequent communication with all classmates, balance between friendship and prestige was then found. Since then, I realized the significance of communication in leadership. The first leadership concept I acquired was the importance of maintaining cohesion or a sense of unity of a group. During class activities, I found that the class would usually automatically divide into several groups: those who prioritize their studies would stay together doing homework, those who are interested in the activities will actively participate, and some other students would like to just fool around. In this sense, the class does not have a spirit, and sadly is not a class any more. It seems that everyone is so close to each other, but their hearts are actually far far away! Rome is not built in one day; with the help of the form teachers, the phenomenon still exist but has been weakened. Even though I was not the class monitor any more this year, I will still need to work on this, because that leadership is not about the position, but the responsibility!

PREFECT


After three terms of leadership experience in RI in terms of class monitor, I took up new challenges and joined RIPB, the top leadership positions in RI. And in the prefectorial board, I learned the importance of teamwork and effective communication in organizing events. Usually, in order to organize an event with greatest efficiency, prefects will be divided into different sub-committees, for example, Dcor, Invitation, Program and Guestbook. And under each sub-com, prefects will be given individual tasks. For instance, one or two prefects might be working on seating arrangements, and another one or two might be deciding the theme. All individuals need to progress simultaneously so the event organization can advance at full speed. The importance of teamwork was shown when we were organizing the Prefect Investiture 2011. As a member of the Dcor sub-com, I could not start discussing about decoration plan with other sub-com members until the theme has been decided by the Program sub-com. So, in order to maximum efficiency, we decided to join the discussion of the Program subcom and help them choose the best theme as soon as possible. This is mutually beneficial to both sub-coms, and saved time for both sub-coms. This could be regarded as excellent teamwork as the two sub-coms worked together successfully to achieved one goal. Also, I realized the necessity of effective communication during this PI planning. Due to varies reasons, the theme had to be revised, however, the Program sub-com did not update this information to other sub-coms until the new theme has been decided, so the other sub-coms wasted time and energy as well as resources during this piece of time. I learned that to work in one big team towards the same goal, each member must regularly update their progress, and communicate effectively with the others. RIPB as the top leadership challenge in RI has really imparted with a great deal of leadership skill, and I am truly thankful for the school to give me such an rare opportunity to develop my ability as a leader.

OTHER LEADERSHIP ACHIEVEMENT

 

 

Career Guidance Club Chairman Completed Raffles Leadership Program Completed REAP Program Completed Student Leaders Camp 2010

SWIFT STEPS OF THE WOLVES

BLOCK VICE CHAIRMAN



For easier management of the RI Boarding, a Roll Call system is used to check the attendance of the borders at 10 pm. However, due to lacking of formal arrangement, the Roll Call always took more than 20 minutes. Many boarders had sent feedback to their respective Boarding Master that the Roll Call was inefficient and disordered. As the Hullett 3 Block Vice Chairman, after detailed planning, I proposed to Hullett 3 Boarding Master Mr. Kwan a new Roll Call system. The details are as follows:


  

Instead of random seating, the boarders are to sit according to their room level. The level 13 will be sitting in two rolls on the window-side, level 11 two rolls on the door-side, and level 12 two rolls in the middle. Boarders are also to be seated according to their room numbers, room1 in front and room16 at the back. Three Block Chairmen each in charge of the attendance of one level, instead of one of the three chairmen in charge of the whole block. When Roll Call starts, the Chairmen will call out room numbers, and the boarders are to raise up their hands if their room is called. And three Chairmen should be conducting their attendance check simultaneously. Late comers are to entre from the first door, and the punishment will be standing until the roll call finish.

My proposal was agreed to try out, and increased the speed of the roll call for averagely 6 times. Due to the good quality of the New Roll Call system, it replaced the original one, and all feedbacks are positive. After using my new Roll Call system, the efficiency and accuracy of Roll Call was much higher. This revolution of Roll Call was my first approach to become a Pioneer, and i would like to take more initiatives to practice my ability as Pioneer, and serve the fellow Boarders.

RI BOARDING COUNCIL


As Hullett 3 Vice Chairman, I have shown good potential as a leader and a pioneer. I was then invited by Mr. Dennis Teo, the boarding overall in-charge, to join the first batch of Raffles Institution Boarding Council. The RIBC is the first formal student body serving and leading the RI Boarding, and is aimed to bring better life to the RIB boarders, and organize various events to increase the Happiness Index of the dear boarders. As the founding father of the RI Boarding Council, we put in great effort to set the standards for the future batches of the RIBC. We formally organized Inter-block soccer competition, RIB Night, RIB Idol, Chinese New Year Steam boat dinner and many other events. As Pioneers, we are the first group of boarders which successfully organized grand events.

APPENDIX
Artefacts:

Xu Peiji (23) 4B

~Become an articulate speeker with the ablility to express ideas clearly. ~Express a suggestion of a certain tone, when necessary, by adjusting the stressing and pacing of the sentence. ~Be able to stress certain points with proper body language which displays my confidence.

~Be able to write a composition at one stretch with great fluency of thoughts, as well as correct grammar. ~Be able to display a large variety of examples to support my essay and make it more convincing. ~Give vivid discription by using shade of meaning of vocabularies.

~Be able to understand the gist of the passage by one quick scan of it. ~Be able to find the tone and attitude correctly by identifying the shade of meaning of the key words. ~Show a large variety of vocabulary and sentence structure when rephrasing.

In Defence Of... As that was the first time I gave a oral argument, some basic concepts about body language was learned, Without a script in my hands, I was given the opportunity to do eye contacts with my audiences. I was unable to control my tones because of my nervousness.

Process Writing I was able to show good grammar and a variety of words and sentence structures. However, I could not provide my essay with enough good and valid examples. The points of my argument were creative and decerning, and could show the depth of my thoughts. The introduction could be more catchy.

MYCT Although I worked hard and hoped to get a 3.2, I actually failed it. I was unable to identify the types of certain questions and thus unable to answer them. For some questions, even thought I know the answer, I could not express myself by rephrasing. I was also lack of vocabularies.

Social Issue Speech With the experience gained in In defence of, I was more capable of coordinating my eyecontacts, body languages, emotions and tones simultaneously. However, I didnt manage to pace properly, I was a bit rush.

Oral Defence of Portfolio This will be the opportunity to present my two-year learning jurney in RI. Though ill spend time preparing the script, I refuse to mechanically recite it. Instead, I would add in more emotions to show sincerity. I would also like to make use of Ethos, Pathos and Logos.

EOY Since Ive identified my lackings after CT, and I am working hard to tackle them, I believe I can score 65% in EOY. I will try to score 19+ for summary, and 18+ for questions, as well as a 65% for composition. To achieve that, Ill need more practice.

ERP2 To get ready for Oral Defence, I will practice to use ppt to reinforce my presentation. I will try not to refer to the screen too frequently so as to prevent lacking of eye-contacts with audiences. I will work on my body language and make it more natural. I will try to avoid uhh in my presentation.