Week Five - Nose to the grindstone - due Friday March 8th by 11:59 pm

  I know that the end of the semester looks as tough as navigating these steps at times, but with proper planning you will make it to end relatively stress free.   

What I want you to remember is that you have chosen what you want to do with this class, so be PROUD of what your plan is, and follow through with all the details.  This is your time to shine as an independent, strong, young adult.  Do not disappoint yourself, "stay the course" and finish strong with something to share and celebrate in May. 

This week I want you to work on either firming up the connections or creating connections (real people connections) for your project AND I want you to start fleshing out just what you will be doing for the project.  I do not want vague ideas like, "I am going to work with kids in a school".  I want step by step plans...you have at least 20 hours of work in the field after April break.  What will those 20 hours look like?  How will you schedule your days? What are you doing?  If you are teaching someone a sport, set up a schedule of what to teach and when, and set a series of goals to check your progress. The final project plan will not be given to anyone until you have submitted it to me for a grade and possible corrections....this means that you are looking at giving it to your community member(s) as early as the week of March 18th, but no later than March 25th.

You should also be about a third the way through your research book.  As of the end of this week you will have almost half your annotated bibliographies completed.

The month of March is for refining the project details (a formal guide to what you are doing) and prepping to write the research paper. 

So, my requests for blogging this week are short and sweet:

1. Where are you at in the process?  Do not be vague, tell me in great detail what you have done to further yourself in your project and your research.  If you have done nothing or very little, be honest, and share your realistic plan on how you are going to get back on track. I have noticed that this first week of annotated bibliographies are slim....by Sunday morning only six students have turned them in.  Considering you have the week, in and out of class, to do them this is disappointing.  I would suggest that you share a plan of how you are going to tackle these each week so that they are submitted before Sunday.  (Stop leaving things for the last minute...this is a bad habit that becomes both bad and expensive in college).

2. Then find me a picture that represents you working through the process....it can be a real picture or a cartoon, or even an original drawing.  Attach it to your post. No explanation needed, the picture should tell me everything.