Introductory Paragraph

Championing Students' Writing Skill through the Use of Wattpad 

 

(I) Many students believe that writing is one of the most difficult English skills to master. Writing is obviously not easy to be mastered in a short period of time because of the grammatical knowledge and the amount of vocabulary needed in order for the them to be able to write properly. (R) Many of them also acknowledge that they may be able to become proficient writer in no time if they have the dedication and determination to learn as well as a lot of practice.(G) However, the real challenge for many teachers is how to get the students to start to write and love the process of learning how to write itself. (F) This paper presentation will illustrate an innovative idea in teaching writing that can be promoted to guide students' writing skill by utilizing wattpad. Wattpad is one of the largest online reading platform that exist. Currently it has about 45 millions members globally. Wattpad has also been considered as the Youtube of writing because it allows any authors to share their work with wider audiences in the world. Wattpad is an ideal tool to help students to enhance their writing skill because they can find and follow their favourite authors on wattpad, choose and read any kind of books that interest them for free and in addition, they can write and release their own works on it as well.

Our Readers Theatre Project (Umi, Kinest, Dona and Novi)

A Cries of An Abandon Child

Life is not always like what it seems. Sometimes it's good; sometimes it's bad. And we couldn't expect everything to be like what we want. However, always remember to be strong, never give up and believe that a good day will eventually come.

I am Umi

I am Kinesti

I am Dona

I am Novi

We are from the first group and we are going to perform a readers theatre about the grievances of a daughter who was abandon by her dear mother with the title “A Cries of An Abandon Child”.

She told her daughter she hated her and wished she was never born. She didn't even seem to care that the child's heart was torn. She blamed child for all of her heartache and pain.

Did she realize emotional abuse can drive a child insane. She said her child was the reason she never achieved her dreams. Those words hurt her child more than to her they may have seemed.

All her daughter wanted was her love and her affection. But all she ever got was her mother's constant rejection, 

Feeling like a lost child with no one to love.

She prayed to be taken away to the heavens above, Not knowing why she just wasn't good enough. Why, when she needed gentleness, was she treated so rough.

Wondering why her existence caused her mother so much pain, Longing for her mother's love she probably would never gain. Wanting her mother to tell her she was a blessing, That she was not the reason for her mother's stressing.

The text was taken from: http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/a-grieving-daughter

Why Mommy must you treat me so bad I was there for you my whole life! And now all you do is make me feel sad. I try to hug you and you push me away. The situation is getting worse day by day.

Why Mommy could you say I don't love you When you know that isn't true? You know I love you with all of my heart and that I need your love too

Why Mommy do you make me cry All these hurtful things you say make me feel like I want to die. How could you choose another man over me, I would have never believed that something like that would've happened, not even in my wildest dreams.

Mommy, I am in so much pain Too horrible for me to even name I will follow your wishes and move So I'll no longer be there to mess up your groove Before I go, there is one thing I must ask

Why Mommy didn't our mother-daughter love last?

Text was taken from : http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/why-mommy-why

See what you have done A broken wall of hopes A small tear across my heart I am left to think I have nothing more You turned and left Not a hug, word or thought Now often down and sad I roam Watching, Waiting For things to end

The text was taken from: http://hellopoetry.com/words/8660/abandoned/poems/

Crashing, hit a wall
Right now I need a miracle
Hurry up now, I need a miracle
Stranded, reaching out
I call your name but you're not around
I say your name but you're not around 

 

The lyrics was taken from: http://www.directlyrics.com/the-chainsmokers-dont-let-me-down-lyrics.html

Dear Mom, You said you'd always be there But you're nowhere to be found I can't believe you left me I feel so low beneath the ground

There's nothing I can do now I trusted you with all my heart But now you're gone You're the one who tore my life apart

I've learned not to trust There's nothing more to say You've lost someone special You can't get back each day

Now you're the one left in the dark And all of a sudden you feel my pain You expect me to take you back But you still feel you're not to blame

I could never forgive you Even if I tried You can never make up For the lonely nights I've cried

You will never know the feeling Of losing the person you need the most To laugh and cry and love you Instead of making you feel like a ghost

I've moved on with my life Without you by my side My pain has kept so long I'm telling you how I feel inside

In a way I want to thank you Because of you I'm strong I just wanted you to know I didn't turn out wrong

The text was taken from : http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/poem-by-child-betrayed-by-his-mother

“When you leave,
weary of me,
without a word I shall gently let you go.”

The quotes was taken from : http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/heartache

Tell you what…truth is, sometimes I miss you so bad I can hardly stand it. 

The text was taken from Brokeback Mountain (2005): http://www.moviequotesandmore.com/movie-love-quotes/

Where have you gone My heart beats faster and faster every time I say your name, 

Did you ever love me?
 Do you love me now?

I think of you day in and day out and Yet you are so far away I don't know what to think anymore Once I believed in my heart you were someone I could love forever I can't love you anymore

The pain is so deep That every time I think of you My heart is stabbed once again It feels like thousands upon thousands of knives stabbing me in the heart

I can't go on like this anymore I can't go on missing you so much that is jeopardizes my happiness I want to run and be free from all the hurt you have caused me.

This is our last and final goodbye to the person we thought we could love for the rest of our life. We are sorry. But missing you can't go on. Goodbye, Mommy.

The text was adapted from : http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/missing-you-cant-go-on

Below is our recorded readers theatre performance on our Speaking Class with the text written above. 

After Mid-Test Break

Study Hard & Play Hard

After working so hard for the exam, everyone obviously love to laze around and undoubtedly it's no exception with me. On the last of my exam, my classmates and I went to a restaurant to celebrate the end of our test and the start of our holiday. XD It's nothing fancy, but I personally think that the restaurant was very nice and comfy. It was an outdoor restaurant called 'Pondok Apung", they named it Pondok Apung is because all the sitting areas of the restaurant were constructed on top of the large scale of fish pond. All of our hard worked prior and during the exam were paid off well once we got there. The restaurant was located in the outskirts of Banyuwangi, it took us about 15 minutes to get there by motorbike. It's a bit far but I love that place and it's one of my favourites eatery in Banyuwangi. We enjoyed the food, the service and the atmosphere very much. Moreover, the place was very calm and quiet, it's so green compared to where I live and the fresh air is certainly very refreshing for our exhausted mind. :-D
After the meal, we decided to go to a cafe in the town to continue our fun. As I'm not into singing and all, so I was there just to be a spectator while enjoying myself. Some of my mates were singing and playing guitar on the stage and I knew they were really enjoying themselves. When I look at them singing joyfully, sometimes I envy those who had such confidence and I really do wish that I've a beautiful voice as well as owning the confidence to sing in front of others, alas, I have no talent in such stuff. :-(
The following day, two of mates and I went to Villa Solong Banyuwangi to see the beauty of God creation there. Everyone said that it was very stunning and in fact when I look up on Google, it shows some pictures of Villa Solong which is extremely gorgeous. We went there in the hope of taking many selfies (well, my friend does). Honestly, I am not that into selfies very much as I am not very photogenic in front of the camera. Generally, when I went to visit some new places, I really do want to enjoy the site and admire the beauty of it. XD We went to Villa Solong on Saturday evening at about 4 o'clock, but unfortunately it was closed, so we changed our planned and went to Sweets Desserts instead. It's better than nothing, hey! ^_^
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were really lazing days for me. Well, I did had a look on my after mid-test projects for a bit, but nothing further happened yet. I called that three days as lazing days is because I literally did nothing notable for the period of 72 hours; what I did were only listening to Youtube and watching Korean drama. Ghost, I really waste my life away!
Then, yesterday, Wednesday the second of November was my busiest day during my mid-term break. A few weeks ago, I received a message that our friends from Hong Kong were coming to visit us and they due to arrive in our town on the second of November, afternoon time as they were traveling from Denpasar to Banyuwangi by bus. So to prepare for their arrival, I woke up very early in the morning, did all the cleaning and tidying up around the house, vacuuming and mopping the whole house, filling up the refrigerator and all. I am very excited about it. I am always happy entertaining visitor and I like the fact that our friends come to visit us. :-) They arrived about 3pm. We met in front of Roxy department store and we took them to our home. It has been years since we met them, so we chatted and talked loads. In the end, the guys got drunk and I've to clean up the mess! :-P
Now, I am looking forward to visiting Kuta & Denpasar - Bali at the weekend. And, this is going to be the highlight of this university break. Let's enjoy ourselves and party till dawn. XD