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For my last blog I will be saying what I will be doing for my final presentation, which is tomorrow. Megan is presenting before me, and then it is my turn. I will be informing the class what I have been working on this marking period, starting with the threee novels I read to what I wrote my research paper on. All students will be looking at my blog and evaluating it. Then, I will have them participate in a mini lesson on memoirs. They will click on the links I have provided that describe how to write one. Students will be required to pretend they had to write a memoir and will be writing a paragraph out of their "book." When everyone is finished, I will be collecting them and reading them over to choose to best ones. The few that are selected will be shown on my blog, as if they were from the students that I created the blog for.

FINAL PROJECT!

Last week, we finished our research papers, so I have been concentrating on my final project. I have changed my idea; instead of writing an actual love story, I am creating a blog that has a unit plan in it. This unit plan will span over a month and is about Nicholas Sparks. All "students" will be required to read 2 out of 3 of the books that I am reading for my final project and follow the unit plan that I am creating. Unlike most unit plans, this one will be created on blogger.com , so no paper is wasted and it can be easily accessed.

In my blog, I will be including pictures, RSS Feeds, links, polls, etc. I just started working on it, and the link to the website is right here . Each post will be a new lesson, but each lesson can span multiple days. I will be presenting my final project on the first day, Thursday, May 29th. Although I may not be finished, I will still have material to present and acitivities to engage the class with. I look forward to finishing my final project and getting the presentation out of the way.

THE LAST WEEK!

Last week, I worked very hard on my paper so I could finish a rought draft and have a somewhat finished project to edit this week. Although it was difficult at times to portray my ideas in writing, I managed to express my points in a way that I feel is sufficient. I made sure to use my published sources to back up my personal opinions, just to ensure that the research paper is strong and all my ideas are supported.

This week, since the paper is due on Friday, I am obviously going to finish editing it and putting on the final touches. I am currently working on my sources cited page, and I am constantly reading over my paper to ensure that it is the best of my ability and it reads the way I want it to. While doing this, I am also reading The Choice, which is my third Nicholas Sparks novel.

Seven Weeks To Go

With seven weeks left of our senior year, we really are almost done. At this point, I have been working on my research paper and will have the introduction and the first two body paragraphs done for Wednesday. Since Wesnesday is our "peer editing" day, I want to have at least those three paragraphs done, since I feel as if that is a signficant amount of the paper to start to get my point through. I always like to have another pair of eyes look at my paper, especially before I have written the rest.

Last week I was having trouble choosing a topic to write my research paper on. I could not find enough published sources to back up my thesis, so I had to completely change my subject. I decided to write my paper on how Nicholas Spark's life experiences affected his writing, whether in the plot of his stories, or even his writing style. I feel as if I can have a strong thesis with this topic and still find published research to back up my ideas.

A blog on the book I'm currently reading (The Choice)

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