Reflection Process Journal Day 17 (31-3-09)

I think I was very lazy today! I couldn't really get the energy in myself out in the library. I had managed to produce a meagre one note card. I think I wasted a lot of my time. Even though I had written a considerble amount of information on the note card, I feel I could have and should have done more work. All I can say is that I am to blame. I think I can improve though, I should talk less to my friends, and read faster with more concentration. I hope my last day in the library can be a productive one, so that I can finish with a large amount of information.

Reflection Process Journal Day 16 (30-3-09)

I think I worked well today. I had written lots of information, though it only produced two note cards. In the library I had not talked with anyone, and I think that was a great improvment for me. I also didn't disturb anyone today. I had done a good thing by taking an Greek encyclopedia, intstead of a normal non fiction book about the Greeks. I got the most wanted books because I came early today, and I hope I come early for every humanities library period. I also think I can improve by reading faster and get distracted less. I also had to write the reflection you have just read for homework.

Reflection Process Journal Day 15 (29-3-09)

I think I worked well. Though I only made two note cards in the library, I believe I worked well because the quantity and quality of my information was very high. I think I made some excellent note cards today. Apart of my class was disrupted as Khalifa was porpously taking the books I was about to take, even though he isn't doing Greece and annoyed me for a lot of the period. Apart from that I concentrated on reading the books I took and writing notes on them. I had used many different books today, but unfortunatly they (the books) combined only produced a meagre two note cards. Mr. Sparks also told us that he would be checking our reflection blogs this week. My lesson ended well and badly as Mr. Sparks had told me I was getting a six out of seven in my report card for the term, but the bad part was the fact that Khalifa spat on my pencil case.

Reflection Process Journal Day 14 (26-3-09)

I think I worked well today. As soon as I reached the libary and quickly got my folder of notes and books, and started working immideatly. Starting off was slow as finding the right pages in the books took some time, but once I got down to it, nothing distracted me (apart from joking with Mr. Sparks once!). Today, I chose not to sit with my friends, because sitting with them would slow me down. I think I mad the right decision, and I hope I can cotinue making good desicions like this one. I had wrote three note cards, and I really wanted to do four, but I didn't have enough time. To improve, I want to make more note cards next lesson. Mr. Sparks also gave us homework; to write the reflection you have just read.

Reflection Process Journal Day 13 (24-3-09)

I think I worked very well today! I finally managed to stop talking and work. Though I only managed to produce two note cards I had worked well, and didn't talk at all. I think this is how all students should work. I hope that if I follow this system of working, I can work to my maximum potenial. I also hope that I can get to the library earlier so I can get the book I want and need. I don't think I need any improvement for today, but I hope to work even harder the next lesson.

Reflection Process Journal Day 12 (23-3-09)

I don't think I was at my best today. In the library I had only managed to write two cards. The amount of cards produce wasn't my main problem today though, the real problem was the fact that I kept on talking to my friends (I'm lucky Mr. Sparks didn'y notice!). The fact that I am talking too much is bothering me, it (the talking) is lsowing me down. I hope I can develope a method to stop this excesive talking. As I have just mentioned I could improve by talking less.

Reflection Process Journal Day 11 (22-3-09)

I think I worked very well today! We had went to the library, and much to my amazement I wrote three note cards! I ahd taken the book with the write information. I still think that I could have written more information today, but for the moment I am pleased with my progress. I think I could improve by working faster, if I could do what I have mentioned I belive I would write many note cards in no-time.

Reflection Process Journal Day 9 (17-3-09)

I think I worked well today because I wrote three note cards. I think my progress today has been a further step for me to achieve my goal; have a lot of information. I think I worked very slowly before, but now that I have found the right books which will give me the information that I need. I still think I could improve by working faster on finding information and writing it down. I am hoping that in due course I will write many notes in a lesson. Mr. Sparks also told us to write the process journal entry that you have just read.

Reflection Process Journal Day 8 (16-3-09)

I think I worked poorly today. We went to the library to write notes for our essay. Today, I only managed to write one note card, this is why I think I worked poorly. I think that I could not get much done today because I was talking to much to my friends. I think I can improve on this by talking less and working more. I really hope I can lift myself up and start getting some work done, I will need to! I also need to write the reflection you have just read.

Reflection Process Journal Day 7 (15-3-09)

I think I didn't work well today. I managed to look at some books on the Greeks in the library when we went there in class. I think the overall lesson was un-productive because I didn't manage to write any notes. I think this happened because of two reasons; my lack of concentration and the fact that the books I had taken were usless for me. I think I could improve on today's mistakes by fully concentrating on my work and also to waste less time. I also had to write the process journal that you have just read.

Reflection Process Journal Day 6 (12-3-09)

I think I worked extremly well today. Not only did I finish the task we had to do early, I also wrote some extra process journal entries. Today, the class went to the multimedia lab to make blogs for our reflection journal so that Mr. Sparks could easily acsess our journals. Then we had to link the blog we made to our personal school wikispace page. The whole process was a lot easier for me since I already had a school wikispace for myself (some of the other students had to make their own!) . Once I had finished the main task before the end of the lesson, I wrote soem of the process journal entries in the blog. I think I don't need to improve on anything on anything for today. Mr. Sparks also gave us some homework; to write the process journal entry that you have just read.

Reflection Process Journal Day 5 (10-3-09)

Today, in class I think I worked very well, thoughthe class didn't have to do much work. Mrs. Fletcher showed us how to make basic notes. She gave us a sheet with some information about a civilization and a place to write a summary about the information and write bullet points about the information. In think I made a good summary, but much to my disliking Mr. Sparks didn't choose me to read my summary to the class. I don't think I did anything wrong in class today, thus, making me believe that I don't need to improve on anything for today. Mr. Sparks also told us to write the reflection that you have just read.

Reflection Process Journal Day 4 (9-3-09)

I think I worked slowly today. In class Mr.Sparks gave us folders to put our notes about the civilization that we would chose and write about later. He also gave us sticky note card holders to stick onto the folders. I had quickly finished sticking the note holders to the inside of the folder. Then we had to give titles to the stickers and out of those six stickers, three stickers had to entitle the three characteristics of a civilization that we had chose earlier. The other three notes had titles called "Introduction", " Conclusion" and "Bibliography" . Then Mr. Sparks gave us some note cards which we placed in the note card holders. Under the note card holders for the three characteristics of civilizations we wrote the questions we had made earlier about the characteristics. Unfortunately, I could not finish writing down the questions. I think I could improve my lack of speed by writing faster, as well as concentrating fully on the work.

Reflection Process Journal Day 3 (8-3-09)

Today in class, we went to the library. The librarian tought us how to make proper bibliographies. To make it easier for us, the librarian showes us a site could "easybib.com" This site was simple to use. I believe I participated very well in class today, as I asked many questions. I think I asked lots of questions becuase I was really interested with the topic. I even went up to the laptop the librarian was using to show us the website, and added a new entry for the example bibliography that she was making. Afterwards, we took reference and information books on the civilizations. I had a hard time choosing between the Greek civilization and the Mesopotamian civilization. My overall interest in Greek culture and Mythology made me chose the Greeks. Today, I took three books to look through, but unfortunatly I did not have enough time to write any notes on them. I also had to write the reflection that you have just read.

Reflection Process Journal Day 2 (5-3-09)

On Thursday, we had had to make questions for three characteristics that we could chose from the six characteristics that Mr. Sparks showed us on Tuesday. We had to make eight questions about the three characteristics. (This is similar to what we did on Tuesday). I think the questions I made were very interesting and I also managed to relate them to the other aspects of a civilization. I made these questions like the good questions the whole class came up up with on day 1 (See previous post). I think I could improve by working faster as the question writing process took much longer then I had orgininally planned, "this was not a good sign.....". We also had to write the reflectionb you have just read in our notebooks.

Reflection Process Journal Day 1 (3-3-09)

I enjoyed class the past two days. I believe I worked effectivly in class and that I participated a lot. On Teusday Mr. Sparks told us about six main characteristics of ancient civilizations. The characteristics were" religion", "government & law", "variety of jobs", "social class", "arcitechture/art/design" and "education/writing/math/science". The class had to vote for three characteristics to write questions about. The class chose "government & law", "social class", and "architecture/art/design". On Teusday I activly added questions to the question list Mr. Sparks was making on the the three charcateristics of a civilization that the class chose. Sometimes the other studenst thought of some of the questions I had, (This mad me feel very frustrated!). Though most of the time in class was positive for me, one part I disliked was that the "religion" topic was not chosen. I believe that I had done everything i needed to to do in this class, and that I didn't have anything to improve on.