Today, we finished the body paragraph and I finished infographic. I cannot believe that I finished all the body paragraph in one day! BTW, my infographic is so good and so cute! I really like it so much and I am so proud of myself. Tonight, the whole sschool do not have electricity for 5 hours from 5 until 10! So crazy! And I am going to work on my product! Also, I am going to revise my body paragraph.
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Today, we've been assigned to write the body paragraphs and we should finish it by the beginning of the class tomorrow. I feel so tired and spent my whole study hall and D block working on my four paragraphs which is really sad. I wrote more than 700 words for the first paragraph but just a little for the last one. I think I can improve it more and add more things in it. Keep working on the research paper and product!
I. Introduction: My thesis statement is that the muti-cause theory is the most plausible reason for the dinosaur extinction
A. General Introduction of Dinosaur 1. General description: Dinosaur is the reptile ... 2. Behavior: Dinosaurs are group animals 3. Habitat: Dinosaurs live in many terrestrial environment 4. Extinction: Dinosaurs went extinct at about the K-T boundary B. Introduction of Mass Extinction 1. General Introduction of Mass Extinction a. When? : at about the K-T boundary b. Who? : Many of animals at that time including the dinosaurs which are non-avian or avian c. How? : It is unknown for how they died, which is main discuss subject for my following passage d. Few hypotheses: There are many hypotheses: egg theory, volcanism theory, and so on.( General) II. Paragraph I: An asteroid played a major role in the cause of dinosaur extinction A. Asteroid theory 1. History and general ideas about the theory 2. Evidences that support this theory 3. Causes and effect of the theory 4. Doubt and unanswered questions for the theory III. Paragraph II: The volcanic theory is the second most important cause of the mass extinction A. Volcanic theory 1. Introduction and general ideas about the volcanic theory 2. Evidences that support the theory 3. Causes and effect of the theory 4. Doubt and unanswered questions for the theory IV. Paragraph III: Even the unpopular theories play a role in the mass extinction A. Various unpopular hypothesis which were put forward in the past 1. Egg theory 2. Hot-blooded theory 3. Climate Changes theory V. Paragraph IV: Mass extinction is muticausal. A. Combination of both or even more 1. General idea and transitions from separate theories into one 2. Supporting evidence and analysis 3. Doubt 4. Even more theory added VI. Conclusion A. Conclusion for dinosaur: description words- Many years ago, there was once.... B. Summary for the theories above C. Emphasis for the main idea: combination of the theories D. General ending: maybe we are able to know the answer, maybe never Today, the class is still cancelled due to the weather. However, I am already in the school for one day. Since today is a virtuous class day, Ms. McGroarty revised the outline for us and I think I am really pretty clear about the things I am going to do. I am going to start the body paragraphs. And I really do not want to go schools... I wish the school can be delayed or cancelled.
Today in class, we finished four post comments which we did not finish yesterday. And then, we did the outline draft for our essay. I roughly did the outline and basically divided it into three parts, which are introduction, body paragraph and conclusion. And I also wrote specifically what am I going to write below every point and I still need to finish and work more on that, that is to put the resources and topic sentences of each point into my outline. Before doing that, I was still very confused about what am I going to write my essay and how am I going to organize it, however, now I am clearer about what to do and I think I should really find more resources other than extinction to improve my essay and make it more interesting to read.
Today in class, we did the post for our ideas and topics, and we commented each other's post and idea. I think it was really helpful. Originally, I was thinking about many a survey as a part of my project. However, after gathering the information from my class mates, I think doing a survey is too simple and boring. Thus, I am now considering to do a video about the dinosaur extinction or the card games for the dinosaur extinction. For doing the card games, I would like to mimic some of the games we are now playing which are casual or popular.
http://www.wired.com/2008/12/deccantraps/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/extinction/dinosaurs/volcanism.html http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/science/03/08/dinosaurs.asteroid/ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130212--chicxulub-asteroid-dinosaurs-volcano-mass-extinction-environment-science/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/asteroid-killed-dinosaurs/ http://www.history.com/topics/why-did-the-dinosaurs-die-out https://www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/g9YGtvWifmU/ise-genius-project/
Compare the different theory to prove the asteroid is most plausible
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