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For my group, we were writing an argumentative essay entitled ‘Should Covid-19 be referred to as Wuhan Virus’.

Starting from the proposal phase, our group was confused about what topics we shall choose to write as an essay plus this was the first time we carried out meetings online, so there were minor difficulties in terms of channeling messages and ideas but fortunately, we able to keep the discussion active and came out a few opinions based on what we thought about MCO and Covid-19, then slowly sort out the ideas and categorize them into different topics.

Gladly, on the first and second meeting, we supported each other’s idea and took the opportunity of every single potential idea that may lead to the title we were going to write by bouncing the ideas back and forth. Then, we came out with three titles and proposed to Ms Sze Ee during the tutorial.

a) Should Covid-19 be referred to as Wuhan Virus’
b) Is Covid-19 bringing unity or distance among the community
c) Is social media bringing more positive or negative impact towards racism in this covid19 pandemic

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After getting support from Ms Sze Ee, our team agreed that Should-Covid 19 be referred to as Wuhan VIrus’ was a very interesting topic because during the initial stage of the pandemic, a lot of people argued about this and we thought that we could learn a lot by doing this topic too. For example : racial issues, scientific conflicts, social awareness and so on.

According to the argumentative essay outline, we equally divided ourselves into 3 small groups to work on introduction, thesis statement  3 body paragraph : argumentative points (both supportive and opposition), and conclusion.

Some of us had debate skill and experience, so it was not too tough for us to come out with 3 body paragraph points. Firstly, we categorize the focus of each point like scientific, political and social and we work on the points by pairs : why should and why should not. Because we found that it’s easy to work on the support and its controversy.

This is one of the most difficult stages of the overall project as the points determine the overall quality of the paper. Some points we forwarded to Ms Sze Ee were irrelevant and ran out of topics, therefore, there were many adjustments and brainstorming to be carried out during this stage. But overall, it was beneficial and encouraged us to do more research on our topic.

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For our paper’s proposal, we were still a little bit confused on the points. Therefore, we suggested that to make amendments and refinements in table form to make clarification. We were inspired by the other group who did so and it worked better for us.

Then, me and Eugene, who were in charge of working on the second body paragraph, refined the writing by looking at more references like Google Scholar, news and articles online.

For our point, it was orientated with China’s image and relationship with other countries, somehow orientated with political issues, so it was a sensitive point, therefore we found it quite difficult to find proper references and evidence that can support our points. But overall, we managed to do so and assisted other groupmates by giving suggestions on their writing.

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We write the paper from table format into essay form. I think my group mates were very collaborative, we completed the paper in one day. It was easy to write the body paragraph but introduction and conclusion.

We took longer time to think about the hook of the introduction paragraph and the thesis statement due the introduction should be very interesting to attract people to read our paper.

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We made a pre-recorded video. At first we suggested a few presentation methods like infographics style, comic style, images slide shows. Due to time constraint and other assignments in hand, we went for an easier way, which is slideshow with images and our voices masking as background. We did it individually and few of us were responsible as master editor for the whole video. It was a fun stage.

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SHOULD COVID-19 BE REFERRED TO AS WUHAN VIRUS?

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Overall, it is a good opportunity for us to learn and research about Covid-19 even during this social distancing period (Staying indoor). It is a community-based awareness project that teaches us how this pandemic affects the society, countries, health industry, economy and so on. This paper has taught us that humanity and conscience is the main decision of whether Covid-19 should be referred to as Wuhan Virus. That’s why our group has chosen ‘Should not’ as our stance.