This week, we faced a particularly difficult task, which was to write an juxtaposition essay (which is basically comparing two things within the essay) I had some good ideas for this essay, but unfortunatly the chapter choice that Brenon and I wanted to pick was already taken and we got stuck with Chapter 8. There were quite a few challenges along the way to the completion of our essay.
- We were not able to find possible connections within the chapter and if we did we were not able to make a strong link between the two elements
-We didn't understand how to create a juxtaposition essay, we tried referring to other people's work but it didn't really help us understand how the essay would be completed
Although this task was particularly confusing and challenging, we were able to gain some new knowledge such as we currently roughly know how to create a juxtaposition essay and we have gained some knowledge on comparing and contrasting events to find their significance. For the completion of this task, we had to consult teacher, peers, online resources and offline resources. By working together with Miss Abena and with peers, we were able to get the support we needed to finish the essay.
In my opinion, I don't feel as if I have acutually achieved the success criteria as I am still in the dark about many things regarding to this lesson. If I am going to consider myself successful at this lesson, I would strongly suggest that another lesson be carried out on this topic to clarify and strengthen our understanding on the matter.
