29/09, 30/09 - On-The-Spot Essays and Multimodal Posters

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 This week took us back to quite a few previous sessions. The first class of the week took us through constructing an argumentative essay. Nikhil Sir reiterated the five aspects essential to an academic essay's structure - introduction, arguments, counterarguments, qualifiers and conclusions. This took me back to my own previous attempt at writing an argumentative essay. We were then asked to write an argumentative essay in class on the topic 'Are Two-Hour Classes Necessary?'. We got into pairs and discussed possible arguments, evidence and counter-arguments. We went through all the processes of writing an essay, from brainstorming, to free-writing, to editing. We also read each other's essays and gave peer feedback. 




The next class was a showcase of our multimodal posters. We made our multimodal poster with inspiration from our previous poster on Canva and iMovie. We used visual, aural and linguistic modes on our poster. We added a newspaper article about the Kerala floods as our background to emphasise the topic. We also used graphics of various consumer durables to further connect to what the article was about. We also decided to add an audio description of the poster for people with visual impairment. Further, we added a QR code that leads to the article for anyone who might want to check it out. We got very good comments and advice from both the panel and our peers. I also got to see the posters my classmates had done and the kind of work they put into it. Overall, it was a very fulfilling experience.  


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