Journal

9 June 2010

During this week I have continued researching about musical instruments in Asia. I have successfully caught up with what I allocated myself to do last week which means that I have caught up to my timeline. Now all I have to do is to continue working at this pace. Then I won't have to do any catching up work during the holidays. But that is only if I do not stop working at the same pace. My goal for next week would be to finish decorating my book's title page and to finish researching about the instruments in Asia. This seems a lot right now because I still have a few assessments left until the end of the term. But I'll see how I go and determine whether I am behind or ahead of my timeline. I hope all goes well for the next week :)

Journal

1 June 2010

My progress during this week was not very productive. This is because we had test week this week which meant that I had to revise for tests and work on assignments. As a result of this, I did not have time to work on my WISE project. After this week I plan to catch up on the work I have not yet completed. So my goal for next week would be to catch up on last week's work and begin this week's work. If I complete all this then I would be up to date with my project. Hopefully I would be able to finish all the tasks I allocated for myself this week and then I would not have to work on my project during the holidays.

Journal

22 May 2010

During this week I have successfully finished researching about the African instruments and have started decorating my book. This means that I have caught up to my timeline for last fortnight. However, there is still one job I have yet to do which is to start researching about the instruments in Asia. In order to catch up to the timeline completely, I would need to start researching in week 7. The only problem with this is that I have many tests to study for and assignments to finish so I don't think I would have much time. But I will try my best and hopefully I would manage my time well to work on my WISE project.

Journal

17 May 2010

From the last time I updated my blog until now, I have continued researching about the instruments from Asia. However, due to my term 2 timeline I believe that I am still not quite up to date with my WISE project. I have not yet started decorating my book and have not completed the title page or the first page (which is the world map). My goal for next week would be to catch up to my timeline so that I would be able to finish my WISE project in time.

Journal

15 May 2010

During this week I haven't been working much on my WISE project because of all the assignments and tests from school. I also have a scholarship interview and piano exam next Saturday so I would imagine that I would not have enough time to work on it. However, I have finished researching for the musical instruments in Africa which is a start. During this hectic term, I plan to just work on the WISE project as much as I can. But if I go along at this rate, I predict that I would not be able to get everything done in time. Therefore, I would need to work on my project during the holidays. My goal for next week would be to start decorating the "Lost Instruments in the World" book and to research the instruments from the next continent.

Planning My Work for Term 3

Planning:

Term 3:

Week 2 - Finish researching about the Australian instruments, start researching about the European instruments and continue decorating the book that is going to be my end product

Week 4 - Finish researching about the European instruments, start researching about the instruments from North America and start drafting everything I've done

Week 6 - Finish researching the instruments from North America, start researching about the instruments from South America and continue the drafting process

Week 8 - Write a bibliography on all the sources I used to find my information and create the quiz that is supposed to be the last page of my book which tests the reader on their knowledge they learnt from reading my book

Week 10 - Make sure everything is done and well decorated and find a place to donate my book (for example: the Broadbeach Library)

Journal

3 May 2010

Last lesson I have been completing a timeline that shows how I am going to manage my time this term. So far, I believe I am not up to date on what I should have completed in week 4. I have started researching about the instruments in Africa and am pretty well into it. But I haven't started decorating the book yet. To try and catch up, I will start decorating the book tomorrow and continue doing so during the week, as well as researching about more instruments. My goal for next time would be to not fall behind on my schedule and to manage my time properly.