A Discourse Approach in Reading Week 16

 5   April   2016 

Problem and Solution continued

This week was the last day that I studied A discourse approach in reading subject with teacher Usa Noytim. First of all, she let us know the score about the test last week. I got 6 points. I was disappointed just a little bit because I was careless and not review the lesson enough but it was ok for me at least I past it hahhahahahaha.

We began to do Exercise 1, we read each passage, wrote the title,and the sentence explaining the main idea of the passage. Then created a problem and solution graphic organizer. I will give some example in this exercise for you.

The term “machine gun” is commonly applied to any gun that is designed to fire repeatedly and in rapid succession for as long as the trigger is held down. During the course of warfare, the trigger of some machine guns may be held down almost continuously for hours to create suppressant fire (rounds fired not necessarily to kill an enemy, but to prevent them from attacking). All of this firing can generate a lot of heat, which may cause the weapon to overheat and malfunction. But this situation has been addressed in a number of ways. For one, practically all machine guns fire from an open bolt, which allows air to cool the breach between bursts of fire. Additionally, some machine guns have removable barrels, which allow hot barrels to be replaced. And some advanced machine guns even have sophisticated barrel cooling systems, which maintain a functional heat level within the weapon. As you might have concluded, a lot of brain power has gone into keeping those guns firing. 


Title : Solutions to Machine Gun Overheat and Malfunction
             Solving Machine Gun Overheat and Malfunction
             How to Address Machine Gun Overheat and Malfunction Problem
Main idea : The machine gun overheat and malfunction can be addressed in a number of ways.
Graphic organizer :

After that, we did the last text that was Exercise 2, we answered the questions by choosing the best answer and writing the correct answer. Today the teacher stimulated us to think how to be good teacher and told us don't give up to improve and practice yourself. She told her experiences how to she improve herself for us, it made us have power to learn.


What did you find easy?
Didn't have anything easy.

What did you find difficult?
Analyzing the text and finding problem were difficult, I confused between detail and problem.

What did you solve the problem?
I paid attention in class and read more.

What are your attitudes towards the lesson?
In my opinion this lesson is very hard for me because Problem and Solution is similar to Cause and Effect. I should do exercise more and more for comprehension.