Reflection(5 points)

•        Absolutely I learnt more about reading,thinking and writing.But this week I paid more attention on Cultural Identity Poster.You know,different country have their own unique culture,such as China`s Spring Festival,England traditional food,Thailand traditional clothes and so on.After that,I made a poster which identity who I was.I researched our flag,map,traditional food ,festival,clothes and construction.I discussed with my classmates and found their posters are all interesting.In addition,I wrote a text about this beautiful culture.After I saw amount of posters,I learnt more about different culture.
•       My Aha moment was when I read PACKING FOR AMERICA,I found a new word “machete”.I did not know what`s the meaning of it.But after I read the sentence“No one will crash through our door with gun or machete "again,I thought that would be a tool which was similar as “gun”.Actually when I checked dictionary, I knew this is a big knife.I was right!
•      The essence of this unit is introduce the culture and define American.
•      I did not know that how to be a good reader before I started this class.But now I get the idea.Firstly is skimming which you need to read rapidly to find specific in formation and details.Secondly is scanning which means read shorter texts for detailed information with an emphasis on precise understanding.Thirdly is intensive reading that means read longer texts,often for pleasure and for an overall understanding.Finally is extensive reading that means read rapidly to get the main oints or main ideas.That is so helpful for me to read the book.