Point Of View In Narrative Writing (Dead Poet Society)

A New Student:

Poon! Poon! The blaring sounds of bagpipes resonated through the room. The headmaster greeted the students and the parents. He beckoned a teacher to pass down the light of knowledge. Oh cool! I thought as the students passed down the 'light of knowledge'. "Ahem!" The headmaster cleared his throat as he prepared his speech. "Aye! Another long speech!" I gave a sigh. "School's achievement.... blah and blah..... All this words are just going to pressurize me...." I  thought as I looked at the headmaster. 

A Parent:

The headmaster droned for God-knows-how-long, listing all the achievements from last year. I was filled with awe. I had really chose the correct school for my son, my son is so smart.  Thereafter, the headmaster called to the students to recite the four pillars. "Tradition, Honor, Discipline, and Excellence!" the students answered as I beckoned my son to stand up too since he was also a student at that school. 

LA Programme reflections

For Term 1, I thought it was quite alright for me since we were only learning about short stories and the elements of them, such as characterization, plot, setting, mood, climax and rising action.  Term 1 was kind of fun as we were only needed to analyse the short story given to us which is "All Summer's in A Day". I liked the group discussions and the presentations. However, it is very difficult to jot down notes as they the presenters talk very fast. it would help if the presenters write down points on the board before starting their presentation. This would allow the audience the audience to at least get the gist of the presenter is about to say. The only approach to attain ACE points is through blogging, I think it should be widen.

My favorite lesson was the one where the LA teacher showed us "Where is the love?" by the Black Eyed Peas. After that lesson, I became interested in  prejudice and discrimination. Thereafter, I found a song on discrimination too. It is "Tell Me Why" by Declan Galbraith.

Description of the picture (term 1 week 5)

The school gate, a symbol of the school, stood majestically, like a noble knight guarding the path to the grandiose fortress. The school gate against the light looks magnificent. The sky is a bright blue with the sun's rays. The school gate welcomed the students with opened arms. The school gate is as beautiful as a double rainbow. Day and night, the school gate would look over the school rain or shine. Students entering the school would be in awe of this baronial infrastructure. The road was sparkling like jewels shining in the glorious rays of sunlight. The school gate, is supported by two pillars, which seemed to have been placed lovingly and with a view that the structure should stand forever. The structure is painted white to symbolize the cleanliness of the school, examples of a clean and caring school. Of course, the school gate is a masterpiece and a beautiful infrastructure made to represent the solid foundations upon which the school was founded.

Characterization (Story Excerpt)

Name : Tsunayoshi Sawada (Cartoon character)


Story Excerpt : 


"Tsuna! Tsu-Kun! You're going to be late again!" Tsuna's mother hollered to Tsuna's bedroom. "I guess it can't be helped," she mumbled to herself as she strolled up the staircase. Opening his bedroom door, his mother saw his room in a mess. 


"Ah, as messy as usual....." she sighed as she went to wake him up, but to no avail. "Ah, this happens every morning...." she sighed and noticed a piece of paper sticking out of one of Tsuna's drawer. 


"What could this be?" she wondered as she walked towards it. Pulling out the paper, she saw his mathematics test paper with a score of only 15 marks. 


"Sigh! This is usual too.."  she gave a sigh. "Sawada Tsunayoshi-kun, who received fifteen marks in maths!" Shocked, Tsuna woke up with a start. 


Techniques used:

To develop this character, I used both dialogue and actions. As Tsuna has many flaws,  I portrayed all of them in this short story excerpt. Quoted from the story, “Aye, as messy as usual” , “Aye, this happens every morning” and “ Failing as usual at only fifteen marks”. This shows that he is weak in his studies, he is a messy and lazy person, and is often late for school.