Weekly Reflection One
For the first week we have read the introduction of “The Botany of desire”. We only read the first half introduction we have learned about the mutually beneficial relation ships between bees and plants. Also we have read the research about the flora of China it helps me understand more about the flora in my native country. So we have written an essay “The Flora in China”. Another essay is the mutually beneficial relationships between bees and plants, we just write the first body paragraph.
Weekly Reflection Two
This week I have read the book of “the Botany of Desire” chapter 1 P.1-12 and the exploring the essay of “Cinderella and her Odious Household Chores” and “How do you Say…" We have discussed with the writing group about the body paragraph #2 of mutually beneficial relationships between plants and humans. From those group discussed can help me to improve my listening skills. In the grammar practice this week we are learned about the verb tenses. For next week, I think I was doing the some study by the different knowledge.
Weekly Reflection Three
The first day of this week we have took the test about the part one the apple, and grammar. We have finished three essays: "The Flora of China", “Mutually Beneficial Relationships" and "Summary and Reflection of Miscommunication", than to publish on weebly website. In listened, we have listened about "Comparing the Language of Lecture to The Language of Writing". For grammar we have practice verb tense of simple present, simple past, present progressive, past progressive, non-action verbs, etc.
Weekly Reflection Four
In this week we are finished reading part one the apple of the book “The Botany of Desire”. In next week we have to start to read Part two the tulip. We have written an essay to compare the QCC and CLIP. We have doing a listening note taking practice about “NU SHU”. “NU SHU” is Chinese ancient women secret written language. We have practice speaking game with five people. For grammar we have review the transition words.
Weekly Reflection Five
This week we have written the summary about the play “Othello”. It is a famous written by William Shakepeare. Also our class has doing presentation about what is beauty. Every students has they own topic to presentation the beauty. My topic is the beauty of jewelry. When I present in front of my classmate, I was so nervous. When I talk my tongue was tied. I think we should do more presentation in the class because in future when we study in college or go to work we will have done a lot presentation.
Weekly Reflection Six
This week we have began to read the chapter 3 “marijuana”. Before we start read the book Mr. Zach has teach us some basic knowledge about drug, such as morphine, heroin, cocaine, and ice etc. marijuana is illegal since 20th century. It can make people high, ovary crazy, sate of trance, excited and fall down. Often people smoke. In New York States marijuana can use for medicinal, marijuana can use to relief pain. In USA, each states has difference appropriate penalty of people who are dealing with the marijuana. More serious punishment will be death penalty and life in prison. Other punishments have pay fine, community service and take education class.
Weekly Reflection Seven
This week we have learned about the base knowledge about crime, for example, murder, bank robbery, smuggling (ex: drugs, animals, weapons, people, and tectonics), theft especially is the identity theft are often happen in The United States, and driving under the influence by intoxicated or alcoholic, etc. also we have writing a big essay about the Education or Othello.
Weekly Reflection Eight
This week we have started to read part four potato. Potato is another desire of the plant- control. Humans like to control everything, even the nature. Something nature also can control us. For example, flood, typhoon, tsunami, and tornado etc are cannot be control by human. But in this chapter we have meet a kind nature catastrophe - “Famine”. People because the potato come in northern Europe stop of malnutrition and periodic famine. Because the potato blight visited all of Europe started another “Famine”.
Weekly Reflection Nine
In May 12, 2011, that day is Zach birthday, but no one knew about that. In here I have to say “Happy Birthday Zach”. This week we have a big activity is to grow flowers. I have goes to Home Depot to buy a flower call “African Daisy”. When we grow flowers first we have to take out the root of the old plants, and take half old soil use to mix with new soil. After, we have to grow flowers into the flower pot. In class we have to eat some organic or non- organic food to compare what they taste different, and which is taste more delicious. My personal more prefer to eat the organic food, but in the super marker most food are genetically modified food. Sometime they haven’t says that is the organic or non-organic.
Weekly Reflection Ten
We have finish reading The Botany of Desire and starte to prepare of CAT-W test. The instructions of test we have to read the passage carefully, to write a summary that contains the key idea in a passage, than identify one key idea and write your opinion. Last thing is to review and edit your essay. When your write a summary. First, don’t write your personal opinion you have to reference the passage. Second, include article title and author. Last, be careful not to mix up citations. We have prepare some grammar of adverb clauses and noun clauses.