I'm happy to say that last Thursday I handed in the final essay. This means I'm one step closer to the end of the fourth marking period. However, I have yet to complete my final project and make the presentation for it. Nothing's set in stone yet, but in my presentation I'll probably show a brief clip from 'V for Vandetta' to hook the class with a dystopian film relevant to my research. I'll then give each student a portion of the final product I'll be working on: a Utopian story of my own. Students will divide into groups and compare and contrast the two fictional worlds. Towards the end of the presentation, the class will come together and discuss their findings. I'll add the comparisons/contrasts that I've found and we'll see if they match.

Final week for the essay...

Last week went well. I'm just about finished with "Brave New World," and I have a solid introductory paragraph for my research paper. I discovered a bunch of additional materials in the back of the book that might help me write the essay. I haven't yet read this additional content, but I plan on scanning through it tonight to get an idea about what's there. Obviously, since the essay is due Friday, I plan on devoting all of my efforts (with the exception of Thursday's wiki) to finishing it. Hopefully, I'll have most of the body paragraphs done by Wednesday, so I'll have the final day to create a conclusion and edit everything.

This week...

By Friday, I'd like to have Brave New World finished. However, I'm going to start my research paper this week because I've gathered a couple criticisms and these combined with what I've read in the book so far should be enough information to get started on the essay. I won't be in class tomorrow because of the AP Exam, but I will continue to read that night. On Wednesday afternoon, I'm going to begin my research paper, and by Friday I should have a solid introductory paragraph. So for this week, there are two goals that I plan to have finished by Friday: finish Brave New World and have up to if not more than an introductory paragraph for the research paper.


Monday Night: Read.
Tuesday: AP Exam. Read.
Wednesday: Begin Research Paper. Read.
Thursday: Class wiki. Continue Research Paper. Continue reading.
Friday: Have at least an introductory paragraph. Finish Brave New World.

This week...