Last Blog!

Now that I have an idea for my presentation, I need to finish my creative project. Over the past weekend I was able to create a Dr. Seuss-like story that I’ll share with the class when I present. Now all I need to do is create the illustrations, which will probably be the most time consuming. Before this weekend I hope to have two illustrations finished out of the ten I need to do. Over the weekend it'd be good if I finished three more illustrations. I’m hoping to get all this done, but it will be tough!

Presentation Ideas

On Friday I handed in my last high school research paper EVER, and boy did it feel good, but unfortunately for me the year is not over. I now have to figure out what I am going to do for my presentation that is supposed to be between 10 to 15 minutes. I plan on starting the presentation by discussing what I have learned from the research I found for my research paper. A poster will be made to show the class Dr. Seuss’s political cartoons and book illustrations. Once I talk about everything I learned from my research paper as well as everything from my poster I will share the book I created for my creative project with the class. After reading the book I will ask the class some questions to make sure that they understand the meaning of my book. I plan on getting the class involved at the end of my presentation, by handing out blank sheets. The sheets will have a quote from one of Dr. Seuss’ children’s books at the bottom, and there will be space for the class to illustrate what the quote says. When everyone is done we will compare the student’s artwork to Dr. Seuss’s.

Almost Done!

So, I surprisingly stayed somewhat true to what I said I was going to do in my last week's blog. By the end of the weekend I managed to have my introduction paragraph finished, along with two body paragraphs. I am half way through my third body paragraph, and plan to finish that by Tuesday along with my conclusion. On Wednesday night I will complete my bibliography. If I end up doing all of this I will have Thursday night to completely revise everything, and get my research paper ready to hand in on Friday. Over the weekend I plan to create a Dr. Seuss- like story for my creative project. 

This Week's Agenda

Last week I never got around to starting my opening paragraph of my research paper, so I need to get that done this week. By Wednesday I am going to have an outline along with my opening paragraph completed. I think that the opening paragraph and outline are the hardest things to organize when it comes to creating a research paper, so if i get these two things done by Wednesday I will feel much better about my paper. Thursday I will begin my first body paragraph, and I am hoping to have at least two body paragraphs completed before the weekend starts so that over the weekend I can really focus on editing my paper. 

Approval

Today, my project idea was approved by my teacher, and I will now be able to begin my fourth marking period project! I decided to research Dr. Seuss for my project, which is based off of my book illustration idea. Last week I came up with the idea of creating my own Dr. Seuss-like book with my own rhymes and illustrations for my creative project. Now that I have my creative project idea down, I am going to begin my research paper because the due date for the research paper is much sooner than the due date for the creative project. So, for this week my goal is to find out as much as I can about Dr. Seuss, read as many books of his as I can, and hopefully start my opening paragraph this week.