Thursday, 15 March 2012

The Enraged Musician


The Enraged Musician
Chimney is smoking. It means it is winter. There are twelve people and a baby but they are not just this. It is understood from their clothes and hats that picture reflects old times. There were different kinds of musicial instruments. However, there are no musicians. Yes, they are playing them but there is not any harmony. They do not listen to each other so they cause not music but noise. There is a woman in the center of the picture. She carries a big basket on her head. She is faraway, most probably imagines of being somewhere else. Because she is in the middle of all this disorder. She wants to catch the harmony and dance but it is impossible under this circumstance. There is also another person who carries a basket. On the other hand, he is completely different from the woman. It is easy to understand from his face that he is fed up with living this life. He is also a part of this noise. He holds a bell. While these people play their instruments bloodthirstily, apart from them there is an ugly woman who caries a baby. She seems like a mendicant and nobody cares her. Baby is crying but it is impossible to hear it due to the noise. To conclude, picture tells us that speaking, screaming or crying, they are all meaningless noises if nobody listen. To live in a peaceful life, you should think not also yourself but also people around you.

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

The Day of PuCCa


There was only a week to meet my favourite writer. She declined her book-signing via Twitter and just as I had seen it, I decided to attend whatever happens. Immediately, I called Hande one of the best friend of mine from high school and persuaded her to come with me. Althought Hande read her boks, she was not as willing as me. Nevertheless, she could not put up with my pressure and had to accept my suggestion.
The book-signing was at D&R on Istiklal Street on Saturday. Actually, I should have come back to home on Friday but for her book-signing, I postponed it. And definitelly, I am not regretful now. Let’s see what happened.
I woke up at 10. I should have gone early not the wait too much on the queue. I cought the bus but the weather was awful and it impeded to walk. The sky was brown and dark. Nevertheless, I was so excited. I was thinking what would I say when I saw PuCCa while I was on the bus. I could guess she would be excited also because it was her second book-signing and the first one was cancelled because of the congestion. Anyway, I arrived Taksim and we had our breakfast with Hande. Then, we went to the book store and waited the for one and half hour. While we were waiting, we dipped into boks and the time was coming. People started to gather and PuCCa’s friends took their places. It made me more excited, there were only few minutes to meet her. The fans were girls mostly and they were also impassioned. Everybody was asking each other “what would you say when you met her?” And the time came. PuCCa appeared. She came from back-door so there would be no congestion this time.
I started to observe her behaviours. Undoubtedly, she was the most excited person in there. I could see her tension on her face. I nearly know her as much as a friend due to the fact that she tells her life story honestly in her two books. Therefore, it was not difficult for me to understand what she thinks.
Finally, it was our turn. I gave her a letter which is about my admiration and opinion about her and she promised me to read it. She also signed our books,  wrote some notes and most importantly, we had our photo taken. Like all significant photos, I appeared bad in this photo but it was not so vital fort his time. She gave a cup for each fan which is kindness of her. Lastly, we blew kisses for each other and left the book store.
Well, it is one of the advantage of living in Istanbul to see your favourite writer or singer and I used it till the last. It was an unforgettable day in my life and I am sure that PuCCa read my letter because PuCCa never lies to me!

Friday, 2 March 2012

Outlines


OUTLINES
1.      Choose a particular person that you admire. Write the reasons of admiring her/him.
Introduction :
Thesis : My biggest dream is being a mother like mine in order to be cheerful, sensitive and sacrifice.
Body Paragraph 1 :
Opening Sentence : Smiling in every situation must be one of the hardest thing as a mother
Detail 1 : Smiling when children shout at you
Detail 2 : Smiling when somebody makes a mistake
Detail 3 : Smiling and triying to find middle way when there is an argument
Body Paragraph 2 :
Opening Sentence : Thinking as if you are in other’s shoes is a unique trait that a mother have
Detail 1 : Understanding family’s problems
Detail 2 : Solving these problems in logical way
Detail 3 : Supporting all of the family members in every condition
Body Paragraph 3 :
Opening Sentence : Being selfish is not the lexican of my mother
Detail 1 : Thinking her children before herself
Detail 2 : Prefering their happiness instead of yours
Detail 3 : Helping when they get troubles without thinking her situation
Conclusion :
Reconfirmed Thesis : If I achieve to be a mother like her, I will have to find another biggest dream to come true
2.      Why is art education necessary in the kindergarten?
Introduction :
Thesis : Art education is one of the most significant opportunity that children should have because it enables them creativity, pleasure and exploring their talents.
Body Paragraph 1 :
Opening Sentence : Creativity is such a beneficial ability that it provides children new point of views
Detail 1 : They can show their imaginations via their paintings
Detail 2 : They can design some new shapes and it opens some new doors
Detail 3 : They can learn the basic rules of art and it provides them advantages in the future
Body Paragraph 2 :
Opening Sentence : Art is a kind of activity that is impossible to get bored with
Detail 1 : Art provides both learning and enjoying at the same time
Detail 2 : For a kindergarten student listening to music, watching some short films and painting are the most enjoyable activities
Detail 3 : Due to the pleasure that art gives in their childhood, people tent to art in their future
Body Paragraph 3 :
Opening Sentence : Knowing yourself and your intrests is a necessity if you want to be a well-quipped person and art helps us at this point
Detail 1 : In today’s world, every child should know himself and choose a suitable job according to the his talents and without art and creativiy, it is impossible
Detail 2 : Thanks to the knowledge about art before primary school, children do not be in difficulty about learning some new information when they start to school
Detail 3 : The more children learn younger, the more they do not forget about
Conclusion :
Reconfirmed Thesis : Owing to their art education, children get ability to create, notice the most benefical way to enjoy and knowing their potential.
3.      Why do we need to learn a foreign language before pubery?
Introduction :
Thesis : If we desire to succed in using foreign language without difficulties, the learning process should be before pubery because researchs show that learning is easier, more lasting and also it improves the ability of understanding our mother tongue.
Body Paragraph 1 :
Opening Sentence : It is proved that learing in early ages helps people to get information quiker way.
Detail 1 : A child is always ready to learn because he tries to give meaning to world
Detail 2 : A child’s brain does not need  to write when he is learning a new language
Detail 3 : A child’s sensations are suitable to modify
Body Paragraph 2 :
Thesis : If we think our childhood, we can easily see that we never forget information that we get in younger.
Detail 1 : In early ages, learning process occurs with the help of songs and short poems and they protects their location in our brains forever
Detail 2 : There are some easily-remembered words for children in learning process
Detail 3 : There are special plays applied the schedule and it takes places children’s memory
Body Paragraph 3 :
Thesis : Children can learn two or more language at the same time. It means learing a foreign language support to understand their mother tongues
Detail 1 : While learning, children confront the similarities and differences between their mother tongues and second language
Detail 2 : Speaking another language improves the ability of communicating with others
Detail 3 : Children wonder some new words in both English and Turkish
Conclusion :
Reconfirmed Thesis : Definitelly, learning in early ages is more efficent in terms of easiness, permanence and better understanding our mother tongue.

Thursday, 23 February 2012

Cartoons in Teaching


Cartoons in Teaching
Undoubtedly, every person has a special cartoon character that reminds his
childhood. It means, even if years pass cartoon's impression on somebody
does not disappear. Well, why cartoons have a special place in people's
lives? As an example from real life, my brother learned his first song from
a cartoon and I learned dancing thanks to another cartoon. So, if something
is first, it is almost impossible to forget about. To give another example,
children's shows enable learning new words, numbers and colors before
children's school lives begin. By repeating their new knowledge, children
add these basic information on their minds. To continue, these shows
illustrate the events which can happen in real life. It provides children a
chance to deal with feellings and some obstacles. To summarize, all of
these possitive impacts help children to learn and think about the world.