todays class

 

Today in class we filled the white board up with topics for our second essay on crime and punishment . 

brainstorming

When thinking what I was going to write about for the first essay, I had no idea what I was going to write.  My mind kept drawing a blank.  Mr. Sweeney got to the class to fill up the white board in the classroom with topics that we could write our papers on.  Even though this took an entire class period,  brainstorming in this manner was very beneficial.  I could eliminate topics that I didn't like and focus on the ones that interested me.  This helped so much with the planning of the paper.  Once I had my topic decided on, the writing went pretty smoothly. Then, having a classmate check over our rough drafts was also very helpful in making sure that when I submit my final paper, it will be the best that it can be with no errors.

Topics

This week we still had to finish picking out  our writing topics for class.  Things got a litttle stressful and the class thought that they would never be able to pick a topic. After dabating for 30 to 40 minutes, we finally reached our decision. When we returned to class, Mr .Sweeney gave the class a quiz letting the class know why he chose this assignment . The class the worked together and did the quiz coming up with what worked to pick the topic and what didnt work. He wanted us to realize how using these strategies would work and how we will continue to use this in everyday life. We realized that  any time we make a choice we use the strategies of discussing and rationalizing.  This assignment also gave us the opportunity to get to know our classmates better.
Have a great day :)