5/05/09

Today I completed everything in my essay apart from the conclusion. I worked really well again today, and now all I have to do is write my conclusion and edit my essay. I will try and edit my essay tonight at home because, otherwise I might not have engough time. However Mr. Bonnallie said that it probably won't be due tomorrow, however I will still work at home. I had forgotten that we had to do a powerpoint after the essay, but I think it will be much easier because we will already have all of the information needed.  Looking back on the project I think that I have worked very well. I think that some days I got more things done than on other days but I managed to keep up and not fall behind. I think the best part of my work was my research, which is a strong point of mine. A weak point would probably have to be time management, that is because at times I should have used certain resources better. For example I didn't use the books that much because there was not that much information about my topic, to answer the questions. Instead of continuing to look at them, I could have gone and started using the computers earlier, which is where I found the majority of my information. I really enjoyed this project because I chose a topic that I was interested so researching was not that much of a burden. This helped me a lot I think because it was a driving force in my work. Overall I am ery proud of my work and I look forward to seeing how I have done!

4/05/09

Today I did a lot of work on my essay and I am nearly finished! Today my work ethic was the best it has been for a while and I am really really proud of myself. I am no longer worried about handing my essay in on time because I feel that I am keeping up with the writing of my essay. I have also decided that I do not need extra information about social classes, because I found a few of my index cards, which weren't in their place which had more information. Also yesterday I was a little bit concerned that I would not have enough words to meet the amount required. if I can continue my strong work ethic tomorrow then I will probably have completed my essay by the end of the lesson. I am very happy with my work and progress today.

3/04/09

Today I completed my government and law section and I finished my social classes section also. I am very proud of my progress today. However I dont think that I have enough information about social classes. This has been a hard characteristic to find information about from the begining of the project. The majority of the information that I have found about social classes. If I can't find any more information, then tomorrow I will go to the library to look for more information about it. Despite getting a lot done today I found it very frustrating because I had to move labs because my computer wasnt working. Even though I wasted time logging on and off computers and moving. I felt that I worked better in the other lab, because it was quite and I could concentrate. Tomorrow I will ask if I can move labs again because, that way I get a lot of work done. I am pleased with my progress today

29/04/09

Today I finished my introduction. I also started writing up my paragraphs for my first characteristic, Government and Law. I worked really hard today, despite getting off to a slow start. I have written 2 out of 3 paragraphs for Government and Law. I have found that I have been moving my questions between paragraphs, according to which one relates to the paragraph more. This has become easier to do as I write more because I can experiment with the structure. And use which ever one works better. Next week we our essay has to be finished but I am not worried because I think I am up to date. I would like to continue my good work ethic next week and continue to get A LOT done!

28/04/09

Today we started writing our essays in the Multi Media labs. I have started my introduction, but I haven't finished because I was trying to decide what to include. I have already started moving changing my plan around. But I don't think that it was unexpected. I feel that I worked well today but I would like to be more productive in the next few lessons because I know that we don't have that much time before the essay is due in. I have answered all of the questions in my introduction, except 'When was Ancient Mesopotamia around?' Tomorrow I need to hurry up with my introduction because some people have already finished theirs, which means that I am a little bit behind.

27/04/09

Today I had to catch up with the planning that I missed when I was away. We are planning our essays today and then starting to write them tommorow, which is a little bit scary! I think that my plan will be a good guide as I write my essay, as I will be able to tick off all of my questions as I go. Planning made me think more about the structure of the essay and it gave me a better idea of what the essay is all about. Today I worked really well because I finished my plan during the lesson, even though the rest of the class has had longer to do it. So now have caught up with the work that I missed while I was away. I am glad that I caught up quickly, because now I dont have to wrry about falling behind. During the next few lessons my goal is to make sure that I keep up with writing my essay! My plan is as follows:



Introduction:

Where is Mesopotamia?

What time period was it around?

Why was the Ancient Mesopotamian Civiliation important?



Paragraph 1: Government & Law

What kind of Government was it?

Was the Government always the same?

How was the country divided? What was the setup? How did it work?



Paragraph 2: Government & Law

What jobs were there in the government?

What were the different levels in government?

How did the government make decisions?

Did the government control the army? How did this work?



Paragraph 3: Social classes

What were the different social classes?

What jobs ranked higher? Why?

How did class affect people's lives?



Paragraph 4: Social classes

Were the different classes completley seperate? Explain.

Did class affect peoples movement?



Paragraph 5: Education, Mathematics, Science and Astrology

What was the education system and how did it work?


Paragraph 6: Education, Mathematics, Science and Astrology

What are some examples of succesful breakthroughs in education, astronomy, mathematics, science and writing?

Why are these important to us?



Paragraph 7: Education, Mathematics, Science and Astrology

What Mesopotamian discoveries do we use today?

Why are they important?



Conclusion:

Why was Ancient Mesopotamia important to us?

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22/04/09-26/04/09

From Wednesday to Sunday I wasnt here because I was in Cairo for Track&Field. So I missed some lessons where the class was planning their essays.