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.