Time to work

In our English2 class last week was all about note taking for our research paper, we only met once that week. Tuesday February 16, discussed the ways on how to take notes on our sources we have collected. Collecting notes through quotes, summary and paraphrase, using quotation marks, ellipses and own words respectively by doing so. It is for us to know how to avoid plagiarism. Deadlines were also scheduled for our term paper and requirements. We are tasked to make 10page draft of our paper for just a week and the time is really running fast. Hope we could make it to the deadline where I have another requirements too in other subjects.

Last week

Last week was all about activities. Last Tuesday, we checked our group's assignment given last week that each group has topics where they should supply specific topic, specific claim and thesis statement. Every groups answer from group 1 to 4 didn't pass through Ma'am's critics so she gave us another time to revise it. Our group's topic is about Television Violence, after enough time of analysis we presented the revisions of our answers. At this time, Ma'am Lynnie just give us some little corrections, basically she maybe is satisfied of it. Then the meeting ended with another assignment, same group with same topics about making sentence outline of the topic we just presented. The assignment will be posted in a Manila paper and present it the next meeting.

Our math midterm was also held last week on that Thursday which is 10:30 AM-12:00PM, the same schedule with my English 2 class. So didn't able to get on my 2nd English2 meeting of the week.

Another Week

Last Tuesday's we had an activity. We were grouped into four, it is about to construct and arrange sources in APA format. The mechanics of this is that every group has to have 3 representative, 1 for each book, and each has to get information about that book then will be written in the Manila paper given in APA format. It was a very fun activity yet educational, very funny for some of my group mate were pressured for the time given is just 60 seconds each book that they cannot even read their own hand writing and some collected wrong informations. Group work is one lesson we learned in that activity.

In Thursday, we discussed on how to have a good thesis statement, and the kinds of thesis statements; analytical, expository and argumentative. Ma'am Lynnie individually checked our topic and thesis statement and all went into silence. The class was too serious for all were preparing for their thesis statement. It is very embarrassing in a quite fun way that Ma'am will be asking questions and the whole class is listening, especially when you will be asked with the "So what about that?" Actually, Ma'am didn't agreed on mine and let me revise my thesis statement.

Weekly Update

In our English 2 class, last Tuesday February 26, Ma'am Lynnie was not around. The following class that Thursday we discussed about how we write our sources for the term paper in APA format. After we were tasked to search for at least 10 sources for our research paper, it gives us an idea on looking and choosing the right sources for our paper. For our assignment next Tuesday, Ma'am told us to write down our sources in a 3 x 5 index card in APA format. Trying to look for more sources which we can refer more to our topic. Aside from the discussion on APA formats, we had a little activity to exercise and familiarize the formats. Also, Ma'am asked us to bring Manila paper, marker and masking tape for our activity next meeting.