Methods- Comic Strips

The Lottery
For the Lottery, I used a T-Junction road setting for the background as the scene was outdoors and I wanted to give the readers a feeling that the roads were deserted as everyone in the village had gathered for the lottery. I used Tessie's gesture and facial expressions to show that she was upset about her husband "winning" the lottery. At the end, I used her hands to cover her face as I wanted to show that she was scared of people throwing stones at her and that she was pleading for people to restart the lottery.

The Purloined Letter
For this story, the setting was supposed to be in a room, thus I changed the background to a attractive purple and light-red coloured wall. As there is nothing much going on in the story, the most important part of this comic strip would be the speech bubbles as there would be a lot of talking going on, and would show the most important part of the story, how Dupin managed to find the letter.

All Summer in a Day
For this comic strip, since Venus was supposed to be raining every day, people would tend to be indoors and not come out, thus I made the background to where the children's classroom would be. I also made the first picture have many raindrops to show that it was rained cats and dogs in Venus and no sun could be seen, thus the dark and eerie setting. After the sun came out, the children played for an hour, during which they locked Margot in a locker, and then the raining continued. After they remembered that they left out Margot, I changed their facial expressions such that they look regretful of their decision and scared that Margot would be angry.

Setting and Mood- Ace

On board a crowded train

6pm. Rush Hour. Everybody was getting off from work and I was no exception. As everyone jostled around the train station, ready to rush into the train when the doors opened, I managed to get a spot near the entrance. As the train doors opened, the breeze from the air-conditioning cooled me down and everybody squirmed into the train, trying to get in. As more and more stops passed by, everybody became more and more cramped, trying to squeeze in more to accommodate the newly arrived passengers. The cool air in the train also became hotter and hotter as the air-conditioning could not handle the amount of people on board, thus everybody started sweating profusely. The odor of people sweating also got worse and everyone was wet, the sweat making wet patches all over the shirt and mostly, under the armpits. No matter if the seats were for the people with specials needs or not, they were all taken. When a pregnant lady got up to leave, the place immediately turned chaotic. Everybody was rushing to that spot, trying to get the seat and rest their tired legs. Finally, the train reached my stop. As I squeezed through the "human shield" blocking the entrance, I breathed in a huge breath of fresh air. Home sweet home, here I come! (219 words)

First day at school assembly

A new school year had finally started! Students everywhere were walking up the giant steps to the hall for the morning assembly, I was no exception. The school was abuzz with students chatting excitedly about their interesting holidays and competing whose holiday was more "special". As I approached the hall, I saw many primary one students wandering aimlessly in the hall, unsure of where their classes were. Many of their parents were standing at the sides of the hall, trying to take some memorable photos of their children's first day at school. I looked fondly at them and remembered when I was primary one, on the first day of school I was so frightened and excited at the same time, as I wondered what my teacher would be like and if I could fit in with my classmates. Now, I proceeded towards my class, 5F, and sat down, waiting for flag raising. Five minutes before flag raising, late comers hurriedly flooded into the hall, sweating profusely from all the running and sprinted to their classes. After that, it was time for flag raising. As the National Anthem was being played out, I sang it with pride for my country. It was going to be a great year indeed! (208 words)

Prose- Critical Analysis

Extract
"Everybody who goes home to lunch hold up your hands," said Miss Caroline, breaking into my new grudge against Calpurnia.
The town children did so, and she looked us over.
"Everybody who brings his lunch put it on top of his desk."
Molasses buckets appeared from nowhere, and the ceiling danced with metallic light. Miss Caroline walked up and down the rows peering and poking into lunch containers, nodding if the contents pleased her, frowning a little at others. She stopped at Walter Cunningham's desk. "Where's yours?" she asked.
Walter Cunningham's face told everybody in the first grade he had hookworms. His absence of shoes told us how he got them. People caught hookworms going barefooted in barnyards and hog wallows. If Walter had owned any shoes he would have worn them the first day of school and discarded them until midwinter. He did have on a clean shirt and neatly mended overalls.
"Did you forget your lunch this morning?" asked Miss Caroline.
Walter looked straight ahead. I saw a muscle jump in his skinny jaw.
"Did you forget it this morning?" asked Miss Caroline. Walter's jaw twitched again.
"Yeb'm," he finally mumbled.
Miss Caroline went to her desk and opened her purse. " Here's a quarter," she said to Walter. "Go and eat downtown today. You can pay me back tomorrow."
Walter shook his head. "Nome thank you ma'am," he drawled softly.

Question 1: From the above extract, what can we infer about Miss Caroline's character?
Question 2: What do you think was the reason why Walter rejected the quarter from Miss Caroline?

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Reflections- Lesson on Prejudice, Discrimination & Stereotypes

I felt that the lesson on Prejudice, Discrimination & Stereotypes was very interesting. During this lesson, I learnt many new things such as what Prejudice meant, the unreasonable belief or group of people, the definition and the differences between Prejudice and Discrimination and Stereotypes. I also learnt when and where Prejudice is used and that Discrimination can be found in our everyday life, whether we know it or not, such as people being teased for being obese, tanned people being referred as Indians/ Africans.
There are also many types of Discrimination, such as gender, nationality, social and racial. For Stereotypes, many people feel that students in Hwa Chong are nerds because they study hard for their examinations and wear glasses. I felt that this lesson was thoroughly interesting and fun as before this lesson, I did not understand the meaning of Prejudice, Discrimination and Stereotypes. However after the lesson, I could even differenciate between Prejudice, Discrimination and Stereotypes.