Learning Log for January 16th 2012

What we did

Today when we went in the classroom, we were told to sit with our novel group. Ms.Lees went over today's schedule and she collected our course selection sheet. Then we handed in our four paragraphs, in this order: rubric, good copy, draft(s), outline. You need an outline for every paragraph, except for the narrative paragraph. If you lost any of them, you will need to redo it.

After that, Ms.Lees handed every novel group a piece of white paper. On that piece of paper, we need to write out a plan for the concept map we started few days ago, it's like a rough copy. When you're finished with your draft and satisfied with it, you give it to Ms.Lees and she will look at your group's plan and decide if they're ready to write the good copy. About half the class are done with the draft and got their paper for good copy. That's what we did for the rest of the class. We are going to have more class time to work on the good copy. We will be presenting our web on Thursday.

Why we did it

The reason we were told to sit with our novel group in the beginning of class was because every time we get in to groups we would always take a long time. We handed in the paragraphs so Ms.Lees can take a look at them.

The learning intention for doing a rough draft of the web first was to let you organize your information before doing the good copy. So that you get an idea on what the web is going to look like. Also, there won't be any webs that are unacceptable or incomplete because Ms.Lees will look at it before you do the good copy.

Reflection/Connections

I handed all four paragraphs and my course selection sheet. I think I don't have any problems discussing with my group anymore. Our group worked pretty well together, there wasn't any big problems, but we still need to discuss a little more on the group work part. We are done with the rough draft and we are starting on the good copy.

Write out a rough draft before the good copy can be pretty useful, whether it's in English class or outside. Your work will be better if you write a draft first. We are working on our communication skills in humanities and group discussions is a very big part of it. Throughout your life, you'll always need to communicate with others.

Homework

If you're writing the good copy for your web, remember to bring what is needed. Remember to write the oral communication/group discussion chart.

Tips

Your web might need more information, you can do more research, it is always better when you have more detailed information.

Morgan will be doing the learning log on Tuesday.