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IO Practice

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On Tuesday 15th, I did my practice IO presentation. It compared the section from TILOHL about Henrietta’s procedure with an article from IFLScience about drug use on rats. I connected this through the ethics and consent in scientific procedures. To practice what I was going to say, I memorised the introduction paragraphs for each text as that had necessary information in it that I needed to say, and then with the analysis sections it was easy to do as my 10 points included the examples and why I used them. I found it a lot easier to learn what I was going to say for the analysis sections as I could easily analyse the examples I had and for the memorised paragraphs I just practiced them over and over again.

After doing my IO, I got feedback. I did well on keeping time and staying within 10 but also not being too short. I also had a good balance, time wise, between the extracts. The main thing to work on is my analysis of the different elements as my literary extract was analysed better than my non-literary- this was mainly due to not being that focused on this practice as it wasn’t anything like what I would be doing in my final. I think overall I did okay for my practice, my grade wasn’t the best but I know I can improve for my final.

Creative Writing Article Practice

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On the 17th of March 2020, the campus of Luanda International School of Angola (LIS) was closed down due to the fast spread of COVID-19, a flu-like virus that’s all over the news with new cases and developments of the outbreak daily. following in the footsteps of many schools around the world. The board of directors made a quick but important decision, after weeks of discussion, and the next day the campus was closed. For the students of LIS, this means online schooling like many other schools worldwide, international or not. It’s an unsure time but the school and the country are doing what they can against COVID-19.

Angola is one of the countries where schools are shutting. Along with the schools like LIS, the airport is also stopping international flights as a way to reduce incoming people that could have the virus. Other smaller measures are being taken with more masks, hand sanitizer provided in places like the supermarket and self isolation as well.

Hopefully the actions taken by the government and the people of Luanda and other areas in the country can all help prevent and reduce any cases of COVID-19 present in Angola. Along with the actions taken by the school, hopefully this situation can be handled fast in the country and in regards to the world, each country’s actions will impact the situation for the better to put a stop to this outbreak and eventually, allow LIS to reopen again.

Essay Outline

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For the second paper 1 practice it is on articles as a non-literary text type. I chose quotes to do with juxtaposition and irony, descriptive language and their connotations, and the tone. These techniques link with the situation and how Donegan is presenting the different sides of #MeToo movement and the two sides with the feminist and anti-feminist ‘groups’. 

It was hard to decide the different body paragraphs and what to talk about as some things were hard to pick out from the text but also hard to explain. The thesis as well, it is still confusing to write about what Donegan is trying to communicate through the article.

Through the article there was a lot of different language used and different connotations to the words which made it harder to pick out a consistent tone but also a lot of the words linked in with other sections of my essay outline. The descriptive language was the easiest to decide quotes to use as there are a lot of words used that fit with this and the connotations also are clearer to pick out. Though explaining the irony and juxtaposition used in the article was harder as the way it was used I felt it was harder to find good examples. With the tone, it changes as there is a negative tone through most of the article when talking about the assault cases and the anti-feminist movement, probably to do with Donegan’s bias. Though the article kind of intended to show hope for the movement which is shown by the title and how the article ends as well.

IO Preperation

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When preparing for the IO it was difficult to find segments from both the literary and non-literary text types. I couldn’t decide what made lines from different texts connect with each other. I looked through the articles to look for the first pairing and when looking at one of the articles, specifically to do with the “What Christine Blasey Ford reveals about womanhood” article, I found that Moira Donegan gives examples of what is expected of a woman and certain gender roles and behaviours that they are expected to have. This idea that is represented through how Donegan wrote the article is also present in The Handmaid’s Tale through what is expected of the handmaids and other women in their roles for this society. I looked at how the handmaids were expected to act and compared it too how Christine Ford acted.

When using a political cartoon as the non-literary text type I found it was easier as I could clearly see a connection with the ‘Rule of Law’ cartoon and a segment from ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ at Jezebel’s when the commander was saying how you ‘can’t cheat nature… at least for men’. I saw a connection as ‘Rule of Law’ implies there is a rule hidden in the law (law against assault and fair judgment of punishment) if you were a man, particularly a rich white man. This links to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ as there are things that men are able to do which in comparison women aren’t, but women understand that men can get away with these things and accept that it’s in men’s nature. I looked at how men can act and be treated differently to women which was what I focused on when thinking of points I can analyse.