Sunday, 31st of May, 2009.

In today's lesson i spent the first 10 minutes finishing up my essay. I shifted my paragraphs then i printed it out again. Once that was done, i handed it in. Then i started to work on my PowerPoint. I think that it will be a fairly easy project to do. At first i didn't understand what we had to write in our slides but now it kind of makes more sense. Today i finished my first slide about education. I worked well in the lesson. I did talk a little bit today but it wasn't that much. Since we only have 3 lessons left i really need to use my time wisely. If i spend my time fooling around i won't be able to finish it. My plan is to work on my second characteristic tomorrow and to finish it. Also i want to start on my third. On Tuesday i will finish my third characteristic so i can edit and print my PowerPoint on Thursday.

Thursday, 28th of May, 2009.

During today's class i continued writing my conclusion. Once i was done with my conclusion, i printed out my essay and started to edit all over again. This time i wasn't checking for spelling errors or anything like that, i was trying to shift around my paragraphs and find a way to make my transitions work. By the end of the class i knew where each paragraph should go and how it should be. All i need to do now is go to my actual essay and shift the paragraphs then print it out again. Since the lesson ended and we had one more extra period to work on it, i wasn't worried at all. During the next lesson i'll shift the paragraphs in the actual essay and print it out again. That won't take me more than 10 minutes. Once i finish with that, i will be able to start on my PowerPoint. I think that i have done a good job in writing this essay. Hopefully i will get a good grade on it because i really put the effort in and tried to use my time wisely.

Tuesday, 26th of May, 2009.

During today's class i didn't do much writing. I Spent almost the whole class editting. I started to edit even though i didn't quite finish my essay. I wrote part of my conclusion. I had to deduct 300 words from my essay. It was a very hard thing to do. I really had to concentrate so that i don't miss any mistake. I had to cut out some of my paragraphs. Also while i was editing i realized that my organization wasn't quite well. I need to shift some of the paragraphs around because in some parts of my essay it makes no sense. My transitions from one paragraph to another aren't that good. I really need to work hard on thursday's lesson since it is the last lesson. In that lesson i will finish writing my conclusion then i will shift some of the paragraphs and finally i will finalize everything. Hopefully i'll be ready to hand it in by thursday.

Monday, 25th of May, 2009.

During today's class i worked on my last characteristic. I also worked on my bibliography. I was on task most of the time but i would loos concentration from time to time. There was a lot of information about my third characteristic that i couldn't include because of the word limit. I wish that we could have a bigger limit. That would help a lot because i would be able to include a lot of important information that i can't include now. By the end of the lesson i finished my bibliography and writing up my third characteristic and i was ready to write my conclusion. I have exceeded the word limit. My essay is over 1700 words. I need to remove over 300 words at least so that i will be able to stay in the limits and so that i can write a conclusion. Hopefully i will do that in tomorrow's class.

Sunday, 24th of May, 2009.

In today's class i started to type up my third characteristic but i wasn't able to finish it . I used most of the class time and i tried to stay focused. I did talk every once in a while but eventually i would go back to working again . I realized that some of the information i had in my cards was unnecessary. Also there was some information that i wanted to write in my essay but i couldn't because of the word limit. Today i finished 2 out of 4 topics for my third characteristic. I think that during the time that we have spent writing this essay, i tried to use the most of it. Hopefully in tomorrows class i will finish writing my third characteristic.

Thursday, 21st of May, 2009.

Today i continued to write my essay. I was still working on my second characteristic. Since my goal for today's class was to finish my second characteristic, i reached it. I was able to do that because i tried to stay on task most of the time and i avoided fooling around. So far, everything is going well except for the amount of words. I still didn't write about my third characteristic and conclusion and i have already reached 1, 100 words. I really need to limit my words or else i will go way over the limit. Becuase of the word limit, there is a lot of information that i want to include but i can't because i have too many words. Next lesson i am planning on starting my third characterstic but i don't think i'll be able to finish it.

Tuesday, 19th of May, 2009.

In today's class, the first fifteen minutes were wasted on turning on the laptops. Once my laptop was on, i read everything i wrote before so that i can refresh my mind on what i wrote so far. So far my work is going quite well. My organization of paragraphs is very good. Each paragraph has something to do with the one before it . In today's class, i started to write my second characteristic. Religion is the characteristic that i have been having difficulties with. The Egyptians have too many gods for me to write about all of them. I need to choose the most important ones. That is very difficult because most of them are really important. They all represent something in the ancient Egyptian life. I think that I'm going to write about the god sun, the god of the underworld and the god of birth. Most of the time in class today i was working, but i did get off task once or twice. I think that i need to work a little bit faster so that i can catch up with the others. My aim for tomorrow's class is to finish writing about the gods and goddesses, worshiping in temples, and mummification.

Monday, 18th of May, 2009.

I was absent for today's class. This makes me one class behind the whole class. This means that i need to work faster so that i catch up with the others.

Thursday, 7th of May, 2009.

During the coarse of today's lesson, i continued to type up my essay. About 15 minutes was wasted because i had to go to the nurse. When i came back i started to continue typing my first characteristic. Because my arm and hand muscles were in pain, it was hard for me to type. When i would type something, my hands would start to ache a lot. This affected my work a lot because i couldn't write as much or as fast as i usually do when i type. I don't have all the time in the world so i need to use every second i have. Also i would at times talk to the people around me which put me off task. Today i realized that some things in my plan weren't in the correct order so i slightly changed things. By the end of class i was done with my first characteristic and now i have to write the last 2 and my conclusion.

Tuesday, 5th of May, 2009.

During today's class, i started to type up my essay. When i was writing my introduction, in the beginning i had difficulties. Later on when i read the sheet that Mr. Sparks handed out to us, i finally understood what to write. I just kept on writing and writing while following my plan. I worked quite well in class. I kept on typing up my essay the whole lesson. At times i would talk to the people around me. This would distract me from working but eventually i would go back to working. By the end of the lesson i was done writing my introduction and a few paragraphs about my first characteristic . So far i wrote about 370 words. I think that when i finish writing my first draft i will have too many words and that i will have to take out some things . Hopefully by the end of tomorrow's lesson i will be done with my first characteristic.

Monday, 4th of May, 2009.

Today we worked in the lab once again. I continued to work on my plan. By the end of the lesson i was done planning and now i am finally ready to write my essay. I think that this plan will help me A LOT . I found a way to connect my paragraphs. I think that the order of my essay is great. Each paragraph is connected in some way to the one after it . When i was planning i had to go through my cards to decide on what information goes where. I realized that some of the information i summarized made no sense at all to me. Some of the information seemed to be useless and unimportant. In this lesson i worked quite well. I was on task most of the time. I will hopefully start to write my essay tomorrow and i will stick to my plan.

Sunday, 3rd of May, 2009 .

In today's class, we were discussing the essay. The word limit is 1000-1500. I think that i will reach the word limit in no time . When i opened up my research folder and saw the information i had, i realized that i had more than enough information to complete this essay. Once we were done discussing the essay, we started to plan. I worked well during this lesson. I didn't waste my time talking with my classmates, instead i spent my time planning . I think that my plan is going great so far. I broke down each characteristic to main points. I think that planning my essay will help me a lot when it comes to writing it . I will continue my planning in tomorrow's lesson.

Thursday, 30th of April, 2009.

Today was our last lesson of research in the lab before we go into drafting our essay. When we got to the lab Mr. Sparks wasn't there, so Mr. Sweeny was monitoring us instead. Today i researched about Education. The way i worked today wasn't so bad. I was on task most of the time. The information i would find is the same thing over and over again. This is the only category that i can barely find information about. At first it was the most but now its the least. I did my best today and took as much information as i can. I sometimes would talk to the people next to me but eventually i would get back to work. I think that i am ready to write this essay.