Annabelle


 * Entry 1-03/14/07**

1. What are some of the previous research projects you have done? 2. Based on these projects, what does //research// mean to you? 3. Describe one of your research successes or failures. Why was the experience positive or negative?

1. I have done research projects in this class that include our labyrinth project, and a project on the Assyrians. Last year, I've done projects in Social Studies about national parks (geography) and about Mesopotamia (Hammurabi). I also did one about Paris. 2. A research for me is when you gather several information from several types of sources on a specific subject, and then write a paper about what you have found. 3. My failures in research are mainly when presenting it and making a power ponit on my own. But I am really good with written work and making creative posters.

I find that you are very good at many, many things! Your grade is 10/10. Mrs. D
 * Teacher Response March 15**


 * Entry 2-03/15/07**

1. I think the webbing process helped/did not help me find a topic because:

1. I think it helped a lot, because by trying to find 3 topics, I could make sure which one I would like to work on, and by choosing 3 more subtopics, I could make sure that it was a good subject to be researched.


 * Entry 3-03/15/07**

1. Topic: The Hundred Years' War 2. Why you chose it: I chose it because I believe it's a very interesting subject and I would like to research it further more. 3. What you already know about your topic: I know it was a long war between the English and the French for the control of France. There were many battles, and most of them were won by the English. The English and the French had very different fighting styles and strategies. The French king was tricked in disinheriting his on son during a state of madness. This made the king of England the official king of France.

Your grade is 20/20.
 * Teacher Response March 16**


 * Entry 4-03/16/07**

1. Brainstorm a list of questions related to your topic.

Fat question: 1. How did the war affect the lives of people in France? Skinny questions: 2. What time period was it in? 3. How did it start? 4. Who was involved? 5. How did it end? 6. Who won? 7. What happened after? 8. What effects did the Black Death have on the Hundred Years’ war? 9. How many people were affected by it? 10. Who was Joan of Arc? 11. What effect did she have on the war? 12. Did it really last a hundred years?

middle ages biographies pt.2 (940.1 Kni) France (944 Jon)**
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 * Entry 5-03/19/07**

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?

I though it was easier to come up with skinny questions than fat questions, but after writing down a few skinny questions, you realize that you came up with a fat question. That's what happenned to me. I just had to modify it a little to cover all of my skinny questions. Inspiration helped me decide on my topic and this way I could make sure that the topic was good enough to make a research paper on it. Overall, this helped me a lot.

Good topic. 20/20.
 * Teacher Response March 20**

1. What have I learned today? 2. What problems have I had? 3. How will I overcome the problem(s)? 4. What will I do next?
 * Entry 06-03/20/07**

1. I learned, first of all an easier and better way to take notes instead of using net snippets. I learned more about my topic by doing so. For example, I learned that the Hundred Years' war didn't actually last for a hundred years. And I learned more about the countries, and people involved in the war. 2. I didn't really have any problems today, and I think that the new note taking method is easier to work with. 3. No problems today! 4. I will do more reseach to answer my other skinny questions and try to find more information to explain my fat question.


 * Teacher Response March 21 - Good job! 10/10.**


 * Entry 7-03/21/07**

1. What have I learned today? 2. What problems have I had? 3. How will I overcome the problem(s)? 4. What will I do next?

1. I learned more about getting information from books, and that's also the place where I can probably find the most information. 2. I had problems with finding the right book because the books were out of order. But Mrs. DaQuanno helped me find it.(thank you!) 3. If this happens again, I will try to look elsewhere for it, and if I still can't find it, I will ask for help as I did today. 4. I will continue my research to answer all of my skinny questions in order to answer my fat question.


 * Teacher response March 22 - You are welcome. 10/10.**


 * Entry 8-03/22/07**

1. What have I learned today? 2. What problems have I had? 3. How will I overcome the problem(s)? 4. What will I do next?

1. Today, I did more reseach and learned and gathered more information about my topic. 2. I didn't really have any problems today, because all we did was the usual research, and my topic is easy to research. 3. No problems today! 4. Tomorrow, I will hopefully finish gathering information.