First Lesson / Goal Setting

Today was my first lesson of the year as well as the first LA lesson. My class has a new teacher, Ms Soh, who taught us AAP last year.

The lesson mainly involved my class getting briefed on admin matters, and it helped to clarify certain issues I was unclear about, especially online learning. I am excited to try this new method of learning as I feel that online learning can help enhance my learning for LA.

Firstly, it provides convenient platforms for me to share my views with my classmates easily. I feel this will help me to get constructive feedback from my peers to improve on my schoolwork, and it will also allow me to help others in areas they are weaker and I am stronger in.

Secondly, technology will allow me to access a large amount of resources that can help me learn many things outside of the syllabus.

Goals:

1. What went well

- I feel I fared quite well for my letter writing last year, and I was able to grasp the different requirements for letter writing.

2. What can be improved upon

- Overall, I did not understand all the requirements for all the exams/tests.(Not sure what exactly are teachers looking out for when they grade a paper)

- I did not pay attention to details, especially about Animal Farm, which resulted in insufficient knowledge to back up my statements in the test.

3. LA Target

- I wish to attain an A2 as my grade for term 1, and at least an A2 for my EOY grade, preferably an A1. I also do not wish to score below a B3 for any test. I feel this is a reasonable goal as my EOY grade was B3, and the marks of many of my tests fluctuated a lot, between C5 and A1, so I wish to maintain consistent results this year.

4. How I wish to attain these goals

- Pay a lot of attention in class, especially to topics such as the Lit books, as I find understanding them quite challenging.

- Practice more using additional materials for areas I am weak in such as Comprehension.