Abney

Wiki entry 1 - Reflections on Previous I Search Experiences Wiki entry 2 - Reflection on Webbing Process
 * Easy to find information using netsnippets.
 * It was fun finding information on different websites then putting the information in your own words.
 * It's sometimes hard to find the right information.
 * You always have to be specific in what your searching for or else the results will be on a different subject.

> Wiki entry 3 - Why I Chose This Topic & What I Know About My Topic
 * I chose my topic about the Vikings because some of my family a long time ago were Vikings from Denmark. I just wanted to learn more about where my family came from, and what type of people they interacted with.
 * I know that Vikings came from Norway and Denmark, and would attack villages and land that was already taken. I know that they were feared and that they were very forceful.

Wiki entry 5 - Reflections on Pre-Notetaking 1. What have I learned today? I learned that the Vikings ised to worship "magical" trees 2. What problems have I had? I didn't really have any problems. 3. How will I overcome the problem(s)? i would probably know what to do with my problem if i had one. 4. What will I do next? I'm going to learn more about the Vikings.
 * It helps me get ready on writing my paper and putting everything i know in a good format and then i write my paper from there.
 * It helps me get prepared to know what i want to wrote and how i'm going to say it.
 * 6 - Search Log (due Wed, Mar 21)**

10 points
 * Teacher Response 3-23-07**

1. What have I learned today? Today i learned that the Vikings lived in really long houses, and that they kept their animals in the house too! The animals were used as a source of heat because apparently their fire places were not working. 2. What problems have I had? I haven't had any so far!! 3. How will I overcome the problem(s)? i don't really know how to answer that. 4. What will I do next? i'm going to keep on searching information on the Vikings and find out more about them.
 * 7 - Search Log (due Thur, Mar 22)**

10 points You don't really have an answer to #3 because you haven't had any problems. And that's okay. That's good!
 * Teacher Response 3-23-07**

1. What have I learned today? I learned that Viking helmets actually didn't have horns on them. (i thought that was really interesting since i think of little chubby men with long beards wearing helmets with extremly long horns.) 2. What problems have I had? NONE!!!!!! 3. How will I overcome the problem(s)? NO IDEA! 4. What will I do next? take more notes! i'm having fun researching my topic because the Vikings are actullay less scarier than i thought, and more weird than i thought they would have been.
 * 8 - Search Log (due Fri, Mar 23)**

10 points You are too funny!**
 * Teacher Response 3-23-07

( sorry i got confused with where the wiki entries were) 1 - Reflection on Previous I Search Experiences (due Thur, Mar 15) 1. What are some of the previous research projects you have done? 6th grade: Scott Joplin, Wild West Project (Crazy Horse) 7th grade: Hollywood in Louisiana, The Spanish in Louisiana, Louisiana Board game 8th grade:Museum project (ancient Sumer), This I-search project, religion ethical delima (polygamy) 2. Based on these projects, what does //research// mean to you? research means finding information on things or people you may know about but want to teach other people about, so you find really interesting facts on them. 3. Describe one of your research successes or failures. Why was the experience positive or negative? My Scott Joplin report was a huge success because i worked a really long time on it and got a good grade. This experience was positive because in class Ms. Leonard put evryone's poster on the wall when we were learning about the time period that they lived in and contributed to.

1. I think the webbing process helped/did not help me find a topic because: i found out what i really wnted to research and find.
 * 2 - Reflection on Webbing Process (due Fri, Mar 16)**

1. Topic:Vikings 2. Why you chose it:I choose it because on my mom's side of the family she said that most of her family lived in Denmark and a long time ago they were Vikings.So i kind of wanted to know a little bit about where some of my family came from, what they did, what they wore, and other things like that. 3. What you already know about your topic:I know that they would go around on raids and violently took other people's land from them.
 * 3 - Why I Chose This Topic and What I Know About My Topic (due Fri, Mar 16)**

1. Brainstorm a list of questions related to your topic. 9. **How did they choose their kings and queens?** 10. **What were their values in life?** 11. Why are they called Vikings? 12. Who are they? 13. What did they do? 14. Where did they come from? 15. How did they influence ancient times? 16. How did they influence modern times? 17. What was their purpose for attacking villages? 18. What did they do with the land they took? 19. How did they come about? 20. Were all Vikings from Greenland? 21. Where they really the first to discover North America? 22. How come no one recognizes Vikings for discovering North America?
 * 4 - Pre-Notetaking Activity - in class (due Tue, Mar 20)**
 * 1.** **What was their lifestyle? (my fat question)**
 * 2.** **What did they wear?**
 * 3.** **What did they eat?**
 * 4.** **What jobs did they do?**
 * 5.** **What kind of weapons did they use?**
 * 6.** **What religion did they practice?**
 * 7.** **What was their daily life like?**
 * 8.** **Did they have royalty?**

1. Describe how the pre-notetaking sheet helped you find both focus for your topic and research questions to investigate. Did you find it easy or difficult to create a fat question from your ideas?
 * 5 - Reflections on Pre-Notetaking - for homework (due Tue, Mar 20)**

It helped me figure out exacly what i wnated to know, and learn about the Vikings.It was very easy for me to create my fat question.