REFLECTION 1 SAMPLE

Before starting this S.B.A, I viewed divorce as just a minor

event in the life of a child. (Previous knowledge) “Come Back

To Me, Mom” speaks of how sad the persona is because their

mother is no longer in their life. This artefact makes clear just

how much a child suffers and misses their parent when they

have left after a divorce.

“Why Mom?” (Title mentioned but not genre) shows how

emotional the persona is about their mother leaving. He/she is

trying to rationalize why they are tormented by this situation.

This artefact shows how puzzled a child can be when their

family is broken apart. “Daddy Walked Out” speaks of what

happened the day that the persona’s father left and the effects

of that change in his/her life from that day onward. This poem
shows that the divorce of parents can enable children to live

in a positive environment with fewer arguments and stress.

(Issue in the artefact)

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The name of this article is “The eruption of the Montserrat

volcano”. I knew that volcanic eruptions are very dangerous.

(Previous knowledge) The main idea of this article was to tell

us when the volcano erupted and the events that led us to its

eruption. For example, there would be lots of earthquakes and

gas would come out of the volcano. (Detail supporting the

issue in the artefact) I learnt when there are {5} five

earthquakes a week this type of earthquake activity is known

as a swarm. The main idea of the story “Volcano” is a person

telling us how their experience was during this volcanic

eruption; it was scary, freighting and terrifying. (Title and

genre mentioned) I learnt that magma melts everything

regardless size or weight and I knew that magma sizzles and

bubbles. In the poem, I knew that earth “makes” disasters

.The main idea of the poem “Volcanic Eruption” is the poet

telling the reader what happens when a volcano erupts, for

example they lose property, flights are blocked and innocent

people die. (Issue in artefact) Instead of people blame the

earth, they blame and question god. I knew that volcanic

eruptions are dangerous and it causes a lot of destruction.

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Artefact one (Mention the genre) “Come Back to Me Mom”

was persuasive. Metaphors (Language strategy identified)

were the main writing technique used. For example,

“drowning in my sorrow” (line 1), showing how much the

persona cries likening it to a body of water, large enough to

makes the persona feels as if they are drowning. This shows

how much a child suffers when a parent leaves.

Artefact two “Why Mom” was reflective. Repetition was the

main writing technique used. Repetition of the word

‘why’, “Gone, why she would leave, why's she not here”

(line 5) (Example of language strategy given) shows how

perplexed the persona is. They constantly query the present

circumstances, showing how puzzled a child is when their

family is broken apart. (Commentary on the effect of the

language strategy)

Artefact three “Daddy Walked Out” was reflective. Repetition

of the phrase ‘The day Daddy walked out’, (Lines 1 and 9)

draws reference to the day that her father moved out. This

poem shows that divorce sometimes creates a positive

environment for children.

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The poem “Vocanic Eruption” (genre and title) causes the

reader to reflect on the poem by using rhetorical statements,

for example: “Don’t you have mercy?” the poet is questioning

the earth. (language technique and example, but no discussion

of the technique) The poet states the damages the volcano

does example “Killing people without any reason, losing

property, and flights are blocked and people dying for being

late.” This helps the writer to achieve his purpose because it

tells us what the volcanic eruption does. (no technique

identified)

The article “Volcano” gives us information that we did not

know about the volcano, and the events leading to its eruption.

The article uses statistics “the first paragraph said that volcano
tectonic earthquake in February had “sparking fears of

eruption” five times a week telling us a fact or a piece of data

obtained from their study. The statistics used gave the reader

and idea of how much time the volcano “sparked” which was

5 times a week. (example) The story “Volcano” causes the

reader to imagine or to be informed about the tragedy that is

taking place in this story by using descriptive language like

personification. The persona uses personification “Magma

melts everything in its part, as the river of molten rock slowly

slithers down the volcano.” This personification helps to

achieve the writer’s purpose because it gives you an idea of

how the surroundings looks like the speed of magma and its

destructive force. (language technique identified, example

given, and some explanation given)

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I learned that children miss the parent who has left home and

the way things used to be before the divorce. But, that

sometimes children benefit from divorce because they are

now able to live in a peaceful home and have parents who are

focused on them. (Knowledge from the topic)

My experience working alongside my group members was

satisfactory. Some members were regularly absent from

school, which made it difficult to have any discussion as a

group. Our English teacher was informed of the situation and

a mandatory date was set for everyone to be present. Working

in a group taught me to be patient and cooperate with others.

(Personal growth and dealing with challenges) As a group, we

helped each other by giving deadline reminders and looking

over each other’s work.

My research skills were improved when I had to search for

artefacts, and word limits helped my summary skills. My self-

discipline has also increased due to the need to complete

satisfactory work within specified deadlines.

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Two new things I learnt about the topic “Volcanoes “are they

can be very destructive for example: it changes the

environment by destroying the trees, killing people by smoke

inhalation and exposure to hot magma which can cause the

death of people and losing property. (Knowledge from the

topic) Metamorphic and igneous rocks are formed from the

cooling of magma. My experience working in a group was

great, two heads are better than one. Everyone contributed by

sharing their information, checking over each other’s

reflections, planned and managed their time wisely by

sacrificing their lunch time, keeping their deadlines,

developed new approaches to resolving differences and

completing the work. No problem occurred while working as

a team .The benefits to me in working in a group are: it

increased productivity- gets work done faster, performance. I

learnt how destructive a volcano can be, the causes that lead

to its eruption from the groups research and communications

skills meaning working together in a team we can archive

more. (Personal growth and dealing with challenges) My

English skills also improved, I was able to summaries my

writing. I learnt new vocabulary while reading and my

research for this SBA was done on the internet. (Academic

growth) My SBA helped with self-discipline, it teaches me to

have patience, how to communicate with others, how to stick

to my decisions and follow them without changing my mind

and how to control myself, my actions and my behavior .