LAST CLASS FOR BEL260

01 MARCH 2012
today is last class for BEL260.
Miss Zu give me some of oreo, water, and other junk foods. Miss Zu buy by use money of collect from late comers.

usually, at last class we take some picture. 

I feel very enjoy learnt BEL260 at this sem. I think i have some improvement in my english. I thing i never feel sleepy i this class. It is because Miss Zu have many of ideas to do activities. 

I  my classmate  also have different behaviour when in this class. They more excited in this class.   

PURPOSE AND TONE

29 FEBRUARY 2012
today is second class at last week. today we learnt about purpose and tone in reading part.

Purpose is the reason the author writes about a topic.
Tone is the author’s attitude toward the topic.

author's purpose:

1. Inform to teach someone about something

2. To entertain people 

3. To persuade or convince their audience o do or not to do something.

4. Can be stated or implied. 

TONE:

1. Positive

2. Negative

3. Neutral

 tone describe the attitude the author has taken in the passage.

angry, cynical, frustrated, sarcastic, sad, excited, etc

PASSIVE VOICE

28 FEBRUARY 2012
This is the last week for all class. But, we still continue our learning process. This is the part of grammar that not being taught by Miss Zu, the lucky person that to be chosen are MEGAT, SUE, NIENA and BELLA. They have big responsible to teach us about that.

Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.

Example: My bike was stolen.

In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it.

Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows:

Example: A mistake was made.

In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone (e.g. You have made a mistake.).

Form of Passive

Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle

Example: A letter was written.

When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:

• the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence
• the finite form of the verb is changed (to be + past participle)
• the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of the passive sentence (or is dropped)

Tense		Subject	Verb	Object
Simple Present	Active:	Rita	writes	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	is written	by Rita.
Simple Past	Active:	Rita	wrote	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	was written	by Rita.
Present Perfect	Active:	Rita	has written	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	has been written	by Rita.
Future I	Active:	Rita	will write	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	will be written	by Rita.
Hilfsverben	Active:	Rita	can write	a letter.
	Passive:	A letter	can be written	by Rita.

	Subject	Verb	Object 1	Object 2
Active:	Rita	wrote	a letter	to me.
Passive:	A letter	was written	to me	by Rita.
Passive:	I	was written	a letter	by Rita.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive

After finished the presentation, we have a QUIZ. Today quiz we do n group. Each member will do one paragraph. Our members are suhaila, atiqah, jihan,iffah anh me.

ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY

ESSAY????????
The part that I never like in my life...
However I must learn this ' ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY '

The importance thing before writing:

• Brainstorm ideas on the subject.
• identify the main topics.
• decide which side you are on.
• plan the write an outline your essay noting down the information you will include in each paragraph.

for more information:homeworktips.about.com/od/essaywriting/a/argument.htm

Your outline must have

1. Thesis statement 
2. topic sentence 1, 2
3. Refutation
4. Concluding Statement

conclusion

22 FEBRUARY 2012
This conclusion is for writing.

HOW TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS??????

Use all the facts that you can fine in the passage to help you deduce or figure out what you do not know. But sometimes conclusions are pointed out in the paragraph itself.

EXAMPLE:

Put me on your feet.

i know you wear socks and shoes on your feet.

I will keep you warm and dry.

both of these keep you warm, but only shoes keep you dry.

Wear me when it rains

what do you wear, on your feet, when it rain??

rainboots!

follow these steps to draw a conclusion:

1. Read the paragraph and identify the topic sentence and main idea.
2. Look for supporting details as evidence that you can use to reach a conclusion
3. Combine your prior knowledge with the supporting details to draw conclusions.
4. Ask these question:

• what is the writer trying to prove?
• what is the consequences of these events?
• what is going to happen because of these actions?
• what can i conclude from the paragraph?

Expressions that point to a conclusion:

 Prove that, Thus, Therefore, It follows that, As a result, In fact

INFERENCE

Today is time to learn part of reading, there is inference.

1.  the act or process of inferring as     a.  the act of passing from one proposition, statement, or judgment considered as true to   another whose truth is believed to follow from that of the former     b.  the act of passing from statistical sample data to generalizations (as of the value of population parameters) usually with calculated degrees of certainty

    2.    something that is inferred especially in a conclusion or opinion that is formed because of      known facts or evidence

     3

. the premises and conclusion of a process of inferring

FOR EXAMPLE:

1. Its existence is only known by inference.
2. The program uses records of past purchases to make inferences about what customers will buy in the future.
3. What inference can we draw from these facts?
4. In spite of the fact that there are virtually no controlled clinical trials examining the effects of obesity in people, we can make some inferences from animal research. 

for more information:http://www.thefreedictionary.com/inference

PAST TENSE AND PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE

16 FEBRUARY 2012

After for long time i am waiting, finally today my group will do our presentation. we combine with Jihan's group.
our topic is past tense and past continuous tense.

Do you know when to use past tense????
1. To talk about action that happen at a specific time in the past.
    for example: yesterday, last month, last weak

2. To describe events that happened over a period of the time in the past                    but not now.
for example: I lived in Asia for two years.

3.To talk about habitual action that took place in the past.

SPELLING RULES FOR REGULAR VERB

If the verbs ends in a consonant, 

add _ed

E.g: return- returned

        help- helped

        cook- cooked

If the verbs ends in e, add _d

E.g: live- lived

        create- created

        die- died

If the verb ends in a consonant –vowel-consonant combination ( CVC ), double the last consonant  and add _ed

E.g: hop- hopped

        rub- rubbed

Exception :word ending in _w, x, or _y

(bow-bowed, play-played, mix-mixed)

If the verb ends in a consonant +y, change the _y to _i and _ed

E.g: worry- worried

        copy- copied

If the verb ends in a vowel +y, add _ed

E.g: play- played

        annoy- annoyed

Exception : pay- paid, lay-laid, say- said