Day 13

March 31st 

Today I was early for class because it was break and Maha was absent. I wanted to finish my bibliography. Luckily the other class did not show up in the library today, meaning there were more books to look at. I wrote all the bibliography for the books I used throughout the whole research. I worked well in class, probably because the environment was quieter without the other class. However, I did have difficulties in some of the books where I went to ask Mr. Sparks about it and then we asked the librarian then another teacher joined to figure it out. At the end they came with a conclusion that seemed right to me. There were some other books with this problem that I was able to figure out, according to the teachers solutions.

Day 12

March 30th

I was early to class because I had P.E. the lesson before. That gave me an advantage of choosing the books before anyone else.  The books were perfect for answering the rest of my guiding questions for Religion and Art and Architecture. By the end of the class time I was able to have all questions answered in full sentences. I think I am done, I have about 19 back to front post cards or more. If I by any chance find more information I will add it to my notes.  What I did in class is basically the same thing as yesterday (March 29th).  I worked well again because I was relaxed with no worries. 

Day 11

March 29th

In class I looked at my guiding questions and tried to answer them. I basically found all the answer from my pervious knowledge from books. There was only about three questions that I needed to research for. I am glad that I finished the guiding questions for all Art and Architecture and half Religion. I intended on finishing the rest of the questions tomorrow in class. I think I worked well on my work , because I felt relaxed with no worries during class. The only thing that was missing in class was Maha, it just didn't feel the same.

Day 10

March 26th

In class I intended to add the finishing notes to each characteristic, but there were more books about Egypt. So  I checked them out. They were very useful. Most of the new books I read had great information about religion. I think I worked well in class I looked over each book carefully and summarized it in my own words. I am just scared that I miss out a couple of important points. At the end I will go over the books to see if I left any important points. Hopefully I didn't, because then I wasn't working  hard enough on all the research days. I am now running out of stuff to write because it is the same thing everyday.

Day 9

March 24th

Today in class I did horrible. I didn't work that well, at all. My mind was full of worries, because the next lesson I had a math test, then a science test, and then I had a music assessment. All these were after each other. My brain did want to work, so basically the whole class I sat and thought about the tests and assessment (which was useless, and a waste of time). Now I regret what I did, it wasn't beneficial at all. I got one post card done at least (better than nothing). I think many other people have the same case as me.

Day 8

March 23rd

In class I mainly worked on social class again. I think I did better this time than the others time. I am  not sure why, but maybe because I didn't use my brain much in the previous class (P.E). I looked in about two more new books which I found very useful. I used both books for each of my characteristics. I must admit I did chit chat then and now, but at least I worked. During class some of the classmates kept on asking me in how many days we should have on our blogger. There was a discussion about it, and at the end we came up with eight days including today. Mr. Sparks kept us five minutes after class to talk about the amount of cards and the bloggers. Thankfully I had everything he mentioned, so I was on the right track so far. Other than I was one day late in my blogger process journal.    

Day 7

March 22nd

Today in the library I looked for more books about social class because I did not have enough information. I carefully studied about six books and only two of them helped me in social class. I added two more post cards for social class. However, the other books did help me in my other two characteristics. In total I have added three of four post cards by the end of the day. I think I worked very well in class today. I have put lots of effort in my work. I stayed in at break to look at more books. I found some other books about Egypt that I have never seen before (probably other people took it before me). I took a quick look at the books by looking at their table of contents. 

Day 6

March 19th

When I reached the library, I quickly started my research. Surprisingly the first book I picked up had a whole page about social class. That was exactly what I needed. When I finished looking at the book I only ended up with one post card, which wasn't enough.I checked many other books but with no luck. However, I did come across some good books about religion. I think I did good in class. Half the time was wasted on looking for a book about social class but other than that I did put lots of effort.   

Day 5

March 17th

Today in humanities we met in the library directly instead of going to class. Everyone started their research. I have finished Art and Architecture so I added more information to my religion.

I have added about 2 extra post cards. Unfortunately I did not have enough time to start off with social class. I think I did well in class today because surprisingly I couldn't find that many good books for religion.

Day 4

March 16th

Today in class we took the register and waited for the late students to come and give their pathetic excuses. After that we directly went to the library and started our research. In class time I choose three books and looked at them, but one of them was useless and did not contain any information that would help me in the essay. I intended on doing Art and finishing it in class, but I found more useful information about Architecture. So I added more notes on Architecture and went back to Art. I was distracted because a girl joined the table and would not shut up, in that case I did not fully complete Art, so I decided to stay in the library during lunch and do more research. I was not allowed to keep my folder with me during lunch. Instead I took to post cards and wrote all my information on them, and I intend to put them into my folder tomorrow. Not much was accomplished during lunch but it's better than nothing. Hopefully I will do better next class.

Day 3

March 15th

Today in the beginning of class half the time was wasted because of people late and talking. Mr. Sparks told the class what we were going to for the next few weeks. We were going to go to the library every lesson till further notice and look at books and take notes. Our notes were written down on little post cards that we can slip into the pockets in our file. For half the lesson the class was in the library researching books on their civilization.  Mr. Sparks gave the class a sheet on how to write a bibliography for a book in the library. I first decided to start with Architecture then move on to the other characteristics. During class I finished all notes that I needed for Architecture. I also written a correct bibliography for all the books I used. I don't think I did well in class today. More work could have been accomplished if time wasn't wasted like almost everyday.

  

Day 2

8th March

Today Mr.Sparks did not attend class for some reason, so Mrs.Flicher came to subsitute. We went to the library where the librarian showed the class how to write a bibliography for the books that we would use in our essay. The books were going to be the first source that we would use in the assessment. We used "Easy Bib". The librarian kindly took out all the books we needed and placed them in a little section. No one was allowed to borrow the books or take the home. After that there was about 10 minutes till class ended. In those ten minutes we got to look at the books and find the civilization that would suit our characteristics best. I picked up a number of books and looked at each one carefully. I needed a civilization that explained each characteristics I chose clearly. At the end of the class I found out that the Egypt civilization was the perfect pick in my case.

Day 1

5th March

Today in class we were asked to choose three characteristics of a civilization. I was kind of lost because I was absent when this project was first introduced. We were then asked to write a minimum of eight questions for each charactristics. In my percpective it was not a difficult task. My three characteristics were "Art and Arichetecture", "Religion", and "Social Classes". "Art and Arichetecture" was the easiest in my situation, since we have already done many questions during class time with Mr.Sparks. I found "Social classes" very hard to come up with eight questions. I tryed to link my three characteristics so I'm not jumping all over the place when I start writing the essay. I started with "Art and Architecture" then linked it to "Religion" and then linked that to "Social classes". At the end when I finished I looked back at my questions and found out that I have made a mistake in "Social Classes". I basically had two of the same questions but written in a different way, so I changed that Question to a different one. I think I did good in completing the given task. I probably could have done better, but I didn't want to have any HomeWork. At least I competed my task (No H.W.)