Group Report Numero Dos

We've decided that our how-to video is going to be of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean". Our group member, Darryl, will be actually doing the video with some of his friends and at the end we're going to be saying a thoughtful message about Michael Jackson, which we all will participate in. We're going to try and get side-to-side video, with us on one side of the screen and Michael Jackson's original video on the other, so that will be cool to see. Everyone knows their part in the group and I think that we're right on track with our project.

Group Project :)

Our group consists of Natalie, Rebecca, Darryl, and myself. We decided to do a video because Darryl is a telecommunications major and has access to a video camera and knows how to work it and everything of that nature. Our video is going to have something to do with Michael Jackson, we're just not sure exactly what yet. We haven't decided if we're going to be showing Michael Jackson dance moves or interviewing people about him but we do know that the video is going to turn out great!

So the readers don't get bored...

As I was reading Chapters 47-49 I came across an interesting point about the elements of design. The element of design can be anything from what type of font you use to the layour of your paper. Design is very important for any paper because it's what makes the reader interested at first. If you go to a library and look for a book to read you're not going to pick one with a boring-looking cover are you? You figure that since the cover is boring the book will be boring. People want to read something that entertains them. The same thing is true for papers. In Chapter 48 I found the part thats entitled "a tone to suit the occasion" is also very true. If you are mad at someone and you yell at them in a happy voice they're going to think you're a little weird.

And this is how you start..

As i was reading Chapter 28 and 29 of The Norton Field Guide to Writing, a couple of things came to my mind. For one, everyone is not going to know what you are talking about when you write an essay. So giving background information on your thesis and what you're writing about is going to help out everyone a lot. Secondly, endings. I'm the first to admit that if the ending isn't interesting i'll just skip it because I feel as if I've read the begnning so I'm justified in saying I've read "the whole thing" when really I haven't. Lastly, titles are hard in my opinion. I'm not a creative person, at all, and I can never come up with a title that I'm satisfied with. We just shouldn't have to have titles, we could use numbers to distinguish papers from one another. Or colors. Or shapes. Anything except for titles that I have to spend hours racking my brain for so it will be good and unique enough.

P.S.-I ACCIDENTLY SWITCHED THE ONES FROM TUE. & TODAY THAT WERE DUE

We've All Done It.

comparing and contrasting. We've all been doing it since elementary school. Remember those little bubble things? ( I think they were called Venn diagrams). Yea, proof that we've been doing this practically since we could read and write. To most of us, comparing & contracting comes easily, we do it all the time without even noticing that it's happening. We compare these pants to other pants, contrast how boys look, and a bunch of other different things that just come naturally. Most people do the "point-by-point" method, which is where you focus on specific points of comparison. You could make a list or diagram to help you out too.