Giving and Asking Opinions

     This week, we are tasked to make another dialogue but this time about opinions. So here is my dialogue.

Steven: Hello Chris. What's that on your phone?

Chris: Oh hi Steven. It's just a picture of a suit I'm considering. What do you think?

Steven: It's for the prom right? I think that suit is too colourful. It has a lot of colours and patterns which is not suitable for the prom. Do you have any other thoughts?

Chris: Actually I was thinking of this brown suit. What do you think?

Steven: In my opinion, that brown suit doesn't look that well in you. Why don't you try another one?

Chris: Well, I do have this casual black suit. What do you think?

Steven: I believe that black suits you well. I feel that it makes you look more manly.

Chris: Oh yeah. I think so too. Thanks, Steven.

Steven: You're welcome. 

Offer and Suggestion

We are asked to make a dialogue including an offer and a suggestion using the topics our teacher has decided.

Max:   Hey, Steve. I saw you all by yourself, so I came here. Why do you look so serious?

Steve: Oh hey Max. I was just wondering about myself. You know we recently got our reports right?

Max:   Yeah. How was yours?

Steve: Well, I didn’t do so well in my subjects. Even though I tried hard to study, it just won’t stick in to my head.

Max:  Well. Um, did you try another method of learning, like using video perhaps? Or do you want me to lend you my notes?

Steve: It’s not the problem. It’s just that I feel like school is pointless. I don’t think that school is very useful to my career in the future. I’ve always wanted to be a professional musician. But in school there are no subjects related to serious and deep learning about music.

Max:  Well, I think that even though you wanted to be a musician, you must be educated enough to have the necessary knowledge before you start working.

Steve: Well, I guess you’re right. What do you want to be in the future?

Max:   Well I still don’t know. I like to think a lot though, using strategic and critical thinking to solve different kinds of problems.

Steve: Well since you helped me with my situation. May I suggest a job for you?

Max:   Oh yeah sure. What do you suggest?

Steve: I suggest you become an expert mathematician. You’ve always like math right?

Max:   Oh yeah. Why did I think so hard? Thanks a lot dude.

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Story Telling-Tom Sawyer

     Once upon a time, there lived a mischievous young orphan named Tom Sawyer. He was punished every time by his aunt named aunt Polly.

     One day he fell in love with a new girl at his neighborhood called Becky Thatcher. But his love was crushed after being discovered him getting back to his ex, Amy Lawrence.

     One day, he went to the graveyard with his friend, Huckleberry Finn, to perform a ritual, when they suddenly encountered three grave robbers, Muff Potter, Injun Joe and Dr. Robinson, who were in a quarrel. Both of them had a fight with Dr Robinson, who then knocked out Muff Potter, while Injun Joe killed Dr Robinson, but framed Muff Potter into killing Dr Robinson.

     Tom and Huck saw the whole situation, and made a blood oath to never mention that situation, fearing Injun Joe's revenge. So, at the court Muff Potter was found guilty and was sent to prison, while Injun Joe was free from any sentence.

     Tom grew bored of school, and eventually went to an isolated island along with his two friends Huckleberry Finn and Joe Harper, to live a free life. However, they became aware that the people at the city were searching for them and eventually surprised the citizens by coming to their own funeral.

     At one of his trials, Tom eventually broke his blood oath and decides to speak to the court about the truth but unfortunately, Injun Joe managed to escape. Since then, Muff was freed and Tom was haunted by the thought of Injun Joe's revenge.

     Summer arrives, Tom and Huck decided to go treasure hunting in a haunted house, when they discovered Injun Joe at the ground floor burying a treasure along with his companion. However, the villains have found themselves even greater treasure and decided to hid them on another place.

     One day, Huck spotted the villains and decided to follow them, while Tom went with his other friends to explore the McDougal's cave. Tom went with Becky but found themselves separated from their other classmates. They were lost but encountered themselves to Injun Joe, but was not spotted.

     After some time, they found a way out and went back to the city. Becky's dad, judge Thatcher, soon ordered to seal the cave so no one would go back in there. Knowing that, Tom realized that Injun Joe was still in there, and finally opened the seal to find Injun Joe's corpse lying on the ground.

     A week later, Tom and Huck figured that Injun Joe must have kept the treasure inside the cave, and eventually finds the treasure of Injun Joe. They split the treasure into two and soon they became rich and lived happily ever after.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13_3HEOPA2s81qMaa7Xb0M-e2inmI9_AO/view?usp=drivesdk

 Questions

1. What is the moral lesson of the story?

2. What is the antonym of the word mischievous?

3. What do you think you will do if you were Tom?

4. Do you think that Tom and his friends are good examples?

5. In your opinion, what could be the factor to Tom's behavior?

Exercise

Make these indirect speech into direct speech:
-Tom and Huck saw the whole situation, and made a blood oath to never mention that situation, fearing Injun Joe's revenge
-Tom eventually broke his blood oath and decides to speak to the court about the truth
-The villains have found themselves even greater treasure and decided to hid them on another place
-They were lost but encountered themselves to Injun Joe
-Becky's dad, judge Thatcher, soon ordered to seal the cave so no one would go back in there

Edu Passion

     So last week, on the 23rd of January,  my school held an event called Edu Passion. It was held at our school which was followed by the students of both my school and other schools in Bandung, even some of their parents.

     Edu Passion is an event in which students all over the city are shown all universities around the country in one place. The faculties include lots of variations, international, national, etc. In this event, we could visit all of the faculties that were shown as stands and ask them lots of questions about the universities and their details.

     The event was separated into 2 different parts. From about 8 to 12 pm, all the participants of the event could look into almost 50 different faculties, universities, and different other stands which include courses, tutors, etc. This is the main event which was held for the entire time of the event and where most of the participants go to.

     The other part of the event was a private seminar. These private seminars are held at different places and are divided into 2 sessions from about 12:30 up to 14:00. These seminars tell us the details of some of the majors at different faculties. These seminars help the students to understand even better about some of the famous majors in the country. This part of the event is most likely my favourite part of the event because we got to hear the different experiences from the alumni of my school and compare them to the universities and their majors.

   

    We were asked to interview some people who went to the seminar. This is the recording.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12CGyRBxoaVapzAaS2z1TikukDS112kno/view?usp=drivesdk

My Last Holiday

     In my last holiday, I went to Jakarta by train. It was a fun trip, since I rarely go by train. I went with my whole family together. Luckily, it wasn't a long journey, so we didn't get tired at all. It was a 2 hour long trip. As soon as we got there, we stayed in my dad's boarding house where he stayed every week to work. Then we finally we stayed there until the next morning.

     The next day, we went to different malls and restaurants with my dad's friend together along with his son. We started the trip by Tuesday and we finally headed back home by Saturday. Everyday, we went to different restaurants and enjoyed many cuisines, some local and others even international.

     Sadly, as soon as we got there, it was flooding in Jakarta, so we couldn't maximize the trip. Luckily, we didn't catch any of the water currents from the flood due to our higher area in Jakarta. But I just wished that we could have gotten more trips rather than just staying at the boarding house.

     I was also glad to be there due to my 'PlayStation' being brought to Jakarta. I played lots of games including 'Fortnite', 'Spiderman', etc. I also played several multiplayer games together with my brother and my father. We had an awesome time playing the games that we had. 

     I was also grateful that none of us got sick during the holidays, increasing the trip's delicacy, all of us, including my dad's friend and his family. Everyday during my holiday in Jakarta, I got to spend a lot of time with my family while enjoying the delicious cuisines. It was one of my joys during the holiday. I also got to celebrate the New Year along with my family which was really fun.

     We eventually came back to Bandung, but this time we used our car. We went back to Bandung together with my dad's friend and we stopped at several rest areas along the way back to Bandung. It was a very fun trip, mostly because I got to spend time with my family and because I got to play a lot of games everyday for the holidays.