progress

So, the progress on our group project is moving along nicely. At first we thought we were a little bit behind but I think were on track now. We have almost all of our pictures taken and we are going to finish up the rest today. Next week we are going to work on the actual video part and edit it and add words. My group has been working really well together and I think were all really excited to see how it turns out :))) I can't wait to see all the other groups videos too!

group project

So far I feel like our project is going really well. We have a good topic and a good idea of how we want to portray our topic. GROUP: Tess gave me some links of other groups that have done a going green type theme.
http://goinggreeninformation.weebly.com/
http://environmenta.weebly.com/
http://environmentissues1234.weebly.com/
I haven't had time to look through them all really well but I'll do that this weekend. If everyone else wants to browse through them too I'm sure we could get some good ideas or hints for our project. Let me know what you guys think!

from start to finish

In part 4 of the Norton Field Guide to Writing it talks about how to begin and end your writing. When beginning your writing, you need to have something catchy that makes your reader want to read further. Otherwise, your reader is going to loss interest immediately. Also, towards the beginning you need to state your thesis so your reader knows exactly what your writing about. Make sure you provide background information on your topic so your reader isn't immediately lost. Your ending needs to be well written since it is the last thing the reader reads and most likely this is what they will remember. The reader needs to know what to expect next while reading. So, it is helpful to provide them with the information that will be covered in each paragraph in the beginning of the paragraph. So, in order to make sure your reader wants to read your writing and to make sure your reader remembers your writing, you need to have a solid and catchy beginning and ending.

strategies

We often never take the time to think about cause and effect. It's funny to think that every cause has an effect. The reading was helpful because it told you how to identify causes from effects. Ever since kindergarten I've been doing cause and effect exercises but I was never actually taught how to correctly do it by branching out from the subject. The next part of the reading was about classifying and dividing. It's interesting to think about how many different ways there are to divide things. There are endless possibilities for separating categories. The last part of the reading was about comparing and contrasting, yet another topic I've worked on since kindergarten. In life, we compare everything, whether its jobs, people, or places. It's hard to not compare everything to something else. We aren't always comparing for a purpose such as a school project, sometimes we just simply do it without even realizing.