In the final chapters of the story, Boyne has created a climax by stating that Bruno, Gretel and their mother are moving back to Berlin. The ending would probably end in a twist as Bruno is now emotionally attached to his friend Shmuel. I predict that Bruno's newfound relationship with Shmuel would hesitate's Bruno's decision on moving back to Berlin.
Not only Bruno but other characters such as Mother, who suddenly had an outburst about their lifestyle in Out-With and how it will impact the children also shows a sudden dramatisation in her usual soft-spoken and discreet personality, shows that the story is taking a strong turn towards a different direction, as the climax would have to subsequently lead to an aftermath.
Gretel's lack of enthusiasm after Lieutenant Kotler's shift also tells us that she is ready to go back to Berlin to start a new page as she does not have friends at Out-With. With her willingness to go back to Berlin and Bruno's hesitation, this might lead to a conflict which further develops into the main climax of the story. This might end in a tragic ending as Bruno's family display such hatred and discrepancy towards the Jews while Bruno's innocence prevails him from seeing them from that negative perspective.
After chapter 18-update
My predictions does not seem to resemble the initial ideas as Bruno is now ready to go back to Berlin but he wishes to visit Shmuel on the other side of the fence as their final adventure together. He wants to do something special but at the same time, extremely risky as nobody knows that he will be going to the other side. His sneaky plans might backfire as might be caught by his parents while doing so.
After chapter19-update
After chapter 19, Bruno is now on the other side of the fence with Shmuel. His initial assumptions of the place was instantly shattered by what he's seeing up close. His bond with Shmuel made him stay longer than what he expected as he's suddenly forced to march with the Jews. Even in the middle of that frightening situation, he still hasn't let go of Shmuel and goes on into the unexpected journey.
After chapter 20, final chapter-update
The story ended with a tragic ending of Bruno who went missing after the march with Shmuel. This caused the despair among his family members, rarely and most extremely, towards Father as now he is put off by his work which was his priority at first. The story ended with a cliffhanger, leaving us readers to ponder on what really happened to Bruno? Also, what happened to Bruno's family members? Overall, the book made us all read between the lines, and last but not the least, reading from the perspective of the 9 year old, Bruno.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
reflection-15/2/12
The literature circle discussion has shown progress as compared to the discussion last week. By exchanging roles, every member of the discussion group gets to try their hands on that respective role. My group members and I are engaging in the discussion but its troublesome when some members have not read chapters of BISP hence, discussion is hard to carry out. I really hope that other members will take the discussion seriously as I actually enjoy discussing and analysing the chapters of the story. Every member needs to take the initiative to fulfil their respective roles and read the chapters so that they will not burden the group by merely taking their tasks lightly.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
reflection-dama activity
Through the though drama and tracking activity,I was able to see how it enabled us students to further deepen our understanding towards a character by being in role and think from the character's perspective. I observed and graded my classmates for their individual assessment as I was not able to prepare for today's activity but I believe that I've learnt a lot as well today about the proper usage of vocabulary, idiom, simile and verb during a speech.
The activity also enhanced our comprehension towards chapter 11. When an individual knows the story thoroughly, he/she is able to act spontaneously. Hence, the learner will have no problems being in character and also speaking from the character's perspective. As proven, the rubric definitely served as a guideline for each other's personal target and could also help to show the learner where he/she stands and what more can be done do improve oneself.The introduction of the language record bank would also be beneficial down the road as it would help us in our writing in the future.
The activity also enhanced our comprehension towards chapter 11. When an individual knows the story thoroughly, he/she is able to act spontaneously. Hence, the learner will have no problems being in character and also speaking from the character's perspective. As proven, the rubric definitely served as a guideline for each other's personal target and could also help to show the learner where he/she stands and what more can be done do improve oneself.The introduction of the language record bank would also be beneficial down the road as it would help us in our writing in the future.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Making my first rubric
After working with the whole class today on creating a rubric, we realise again how important it is to reflect the success criteria(SC) and the key competency(KC) onto our work. After being reminded by Ms Abena on the SC and KC, we realise we've forgotten to look back on it and wrote out the rubric which did not reflect the SC and KC at all. Eventually, we all worked together again in correcting the now complete rubric. The rubric is definitely helpful as it helps us to aim at what is expected of our performance capability and hopefully, shows us where we stand in order to see what else is there to be improved within ourselves and others. Overall, I believe that the whole class came together to produce a useful rubric to be used later in our plays.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
reflection (30/1-3/2)
In this reflection, I would like reflect on the importance of ACTUALLY taking the the time to review hence understanding the success criteria as it gives a general understanding of the upcoming assignment related to it. The first assignment, which was to identify the difference in synonyms and to understand the proper usage of the synonyms made me realise the bad effects of simply using a synonym that sounded 'fancier' as it could be misinterpreted into a whole different meaning.
In our personal assignment of exploring a character, I was given the character of Pavel. I did not apply the PEE( point, evidence. explanation) onto my writing thus resulting in the lack of evidence; which were quotations, needed to support my points in the essay. This emphasises on the point of really reviewing the success criteria thoroughly as to avoid such mishaps again in the future.
Also, the introduction of the Literature Circle proved to be helpful as all roles are to be swapped among the group members every week, hence enabling us to dabble in each role. During our first discussion, I agreed to be the discussion leader which engages with the members of the group through discussion. I find this role as an important one as the individual has to be initiative in striking a conversation with other members. This role would also allow other members in the future to familiarise themselves with public speaking.
In our personal assignment of exploring a character, I was given the character of Pavel. I did not apply the PEE( point, evidence. explanation) onto my writing thus resulting in the lack of evidence; which were quotations, needed to support my points in the essay. This emphasises on the point of really reviewing the success criteria thoroughly as to avoid such mishaps again in the future.
Also, the introduction of the Literature Circle proved to be helpful as all roles are to be swapped among the group members every week, hence enabling us to dabble in each role. During our first discussion, I agreed to be the discussion leader which engages with the members of the group through discussion. I find this role as an important one as the individual has to be initiative in striking a conversation with other members. This role would also allow other members in the future to familiarise themselves with public speaking.
reflection (23/1-27/1)
In this week's english lessons, my group members which consisted of Praveen, Afifa, Jerry, Syahirah, Ray and I worked together to produce a photo story of chapter 8 of The Boy In Striped Pajamas using the Comic Life application. We've highlighted the 12 most important and memorable scenes of the chapter with important quotes to visualise how the scene would actually look like. I was fortunate enough to have humorous group members to work with as we had fun taking the pictures for each scene and shared ideas on how to improve the photo story. We've managed to organise our work very well as we finished highlighting the 12 important scenes of chapter within a day hence giving us ample amount of time to snap the pictures and discuss about props for the photo story during the next class. Everyone carried a lively and positive attitude while taking the pictures for the photo story which made the whole process of creating the photo story a smooth one.
Through his assignment, I realise that a vague and open-ended sentence can intrigue the readers by simply leaving them to ponder on the deeper meaning within the sentence and to experiment with the meaning from different perspectives; e.g: the author and ourselves. As an example, I started my paragraph with only an obscure sentence of "5:15 AM." I wanted to bring in a sense of curiosity within the reader to contemplate on the words and hopefully, spark an urge in them to continue reading as to find out more about the story.I also implied a hyperbole when I wrote "snores that passes through walls" to exaggerate and emphasise on how loud the snoring of the other family members could be after a tiring plane ride. I would like to add more adjectives and metaphors in the future when I write as this would greatly brighten up a boring, short piece into a memorable one.
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