Happy Snow Day! Enjoy your day. Here's your weekend mission:
Work on your research!!! You should have your detailed outline on paper for Monday. The more developed and refined this outline is, the better feedback you'll be able to get, so don't settle for just getting something done.
Reading details: Count your research time spent outside of class toward your 120 minutes, as well as any time your spent reading Absolutely True Diary, including on class days that you were actively reading when the bell rang and read for the entire 10 minutes. For research, be specific about what you accomplished and when.
You only need to make one post this week, but it will count as two. Make sure each paragraph is fully developed and that you address the whole prompt.
Post 1 (20 points): In your first paragraph, explain your research topic and preliminary findings to a friend (or sibling, parent, etc.). Tell this person why you are interested in this topic and what, specifically, you have learned about it so far in relation to your research question. This can be informal - try to keep the person's interest and maintain a sense of conversation in your writing. Include your answer to your research question (thesis) in everyday language.
In your second paragraph, explain your topic again more formally, like you might in a paper or a formal class presentation. Include the same type of information and level of detail--including your thesis--but work on more sophisticated word choices and sentence structures.
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