Reading Times

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
1/9- 45 min 1/11-55 min

The Warrior Heir
1/8-30 min

World History Text
1/12-30 min

Total=2 hours 40 min

NHD Topic, Significance, and To-do List

My topic for National History day is about Double Jeopardy and its justification based off of multiple sources including the general public, known experts, and law cases. Double Jeopardy is a law stating that someone may not be charged twice for substantially the same crime. It has been controversial due to its ability to set people free (guilty or not) according to the public while experts guarantee that its use is still needed in the law systems all across the world. My job is to take the information I gathered and make a conclusion on whether it's justifiable and to see if it still has use in today's world in contrast to when it was enacted.

My research has been progressing well in my opinion. I have 10 good sources that suit my purpose but my bibliographies had minor mistakes throughout so that's first on my agenda. Second, I'd like to begin to write an graphic organizer based off of my research that begins to draw conclusions about Double Jeopardy and so I can choose my stance.

Chosen Prompt: Imagine Your in a Story by Another Author

Lights flickered in the airliner. There was shaking as if there was earthquake on board. A typhoon outside rumbled and roared. Bolts of light stuck the air. And then us. Blue light engulfed the passengers and pilots, teachers and students of the plane. Flames ignited all around the cabin and the engines burst outside the plane and we fell, and fell, and fell. We dropped for what seemed like hours but in seconds we were down.

I awoke to pure white sand in my face and cuts and bruises covering my body. My clothes were torn but functional and my hair was thrown every which way. We must've crashed  I thought. I explored the new environment to find that I was surrounded by water, an island. From what seemed like the other side of this land I heard a deep bellowing horn. I traversed the land between me the sound to find a fair-haired boy with a gleaming conch in his hand.

Reading Log

Biology  Text book
12/5- 30 min
Chapter 7

The Warrior Heir
12/7- 1 hour
Pg. 1-60

The Lord of the Flies
12/8-30 min
Chapter 12 and quotes

Total= 2 hours

Omar's Prompt: Just Your Average Bus Driver

Prompt: The next time you're in a public place such as a coffeehouse, park, or a store observe the people around you. Pick a person, couple, or a group and imagine what their lives might be like. 

Every other day, I look out the window on my way to school and I swear the same bus driver pulls up next to us at the same intersection. I look through the window and see an aged man who seems to have seen a lot of life and then I wonder what kind of life that is. Has he served his country or working because it's what he loves to do? What is he like and what about family? Who is he?

From what I see, he's living a quiet life after a great deal of violence. He served his country and with a great deal of pride judging by the American flag that occupies the space beside his seat. He has a family and a quite nice one by the calm look in his eyes. His wrinkles show a long life and perhaps a long marriage and though all I do look out the window, I feel like I know him. He's that old, wise neighbor that I never had.
 

The Writing Center

The Writing Center helped me in more ways than one. First of all, I was rather... late in setting up my appointment. The last paper we had assigned for the semester was due the night of my appointment so one could say it was last minute. Even though it was so late, Ms. Spaht was able to help me set up a time. They were very flexible which is quite a plus. Another plus would be their helpfulness with my paper. I explained where I was with my paper and what I thought of it. I then read it aloud and that alone helped a great deal and the writing fellow i was working with assisted me by giving feedback that made more confident about my paper and enhanced the writing itself.

The experience as a whole was wonderful. I received help in technical matters as well as those having to do with the flow of the paper as well. I came out felling much better about the assignment as a whole. There was confidence in writing as I was revising. I was happy with the paper I had written and even though i wouldn't credit the writing center with gving me that happiness but the certaintly played a role in it.

Reading log

Science Text
11/21- 30 min, 11/23-30 min, 12/1-45 min
Chapter 5 & 6

Lord of the Flies
11/19-45 min, 11/20- 45 min
Chapter 4-7

The Hot Zone
11/30- 1 hour,  12/1-30 min
Pgs. 200-295

Total since 11/18 = 4 hours 45 min