Today in class I worked on putting pictures and words in my book. It was interesting because before I started the project I thought this would be my favorite part but I am realizing that I would much rather do the writing. I think this is because I am writing about such personal stuff that it becomes so easy. I get to write about my friends and my connections with them and why we get along which is so interesting to me. I also have enjoyed the reading although as I said in my presentation it is hard to read with a purpose. I am really enjoying this project and finding it easier to stay on track than I had anticipated.

Tonight I finished working on the Virgo page. It took about a hour to figure out how I wanted to arrange the page but eventually I put it together. This week I will be working on the Cancer page and start writing up one of the other signs. I also decided today that at the end of the project I am going to do a full write up of all the signs and what I found out and any other information I have collected throughout the project. I think this will give me the oppurtunity to put all my findings together.

Today I presented my project and in doing so I became a lot more confident in what I plan on doing. I started writing about the Cancers last night and I hope to finish that up this weekend. Everything is on target as far as deadlines go. I hope to be completely done with the Virgo page and Cancer write up my the end of class on Monday. If anyone has any suggestions for my project let me know!

Today in class we started presentations. I really enjoyed seeing what other people were doing for their project, it made me start thinking about my project in depth. I really liked the presentation that Ferris put on just because I really enjoy food! I can't wait to see his finished project. I also thought Jake Whaley's website was really cool and looked really complicated. I already knew what Anabel was doing but I like the idea of writing stories for everyone. I want to take little pieces of each of theirs to help me with mine. Tonight I started typing up the Cancer piece. I am nervous that I am being manipulated by the book for each person but I really think that they all fit the descriptions. I wonder if there is another way I can incorporate stories or something that will help get my point across.

Last night I finished writing up all the Virgo information. This part was really interesting to me because it was about my roommate, my best guy friend at LA and my sister. I thought it was so cool how they had such similar traits and as I was writing I began to realize why I get along with them so well. As a Libra I have learned they tend to give in in order to keep the peace and a Virgo likes to be right which is why I have been able to get along so well with these three. Today my grandma and Papa were here so I went through and told them what I was working on and showed them their signs. They were interested in it which made me happy cause I am getting very into the whole zodiac thing. Tonight I am going to go through the questions and make sure I know what I am going to say for my presentation I am also going to completely finish the Libra section with pictures and everything so I can show what I am doing with my book.

Today in class I started writing the Virgo analysis. I finished the general description and started on each individual. I am really enjoying writing about this, it's very interesting because every person fits their description almost perfectly so far. I am also learning a lot about why my relationships with these people work and why each one is so special. It was cool doing the Virgo because my sister and then two of my best friends are all Virgo's and I noticed that I was drawn to these people for a reason. I hope to finish the Virgo writing tonight and then start putting the pages together because I have to be ready to present these two pages on Friday.

Today in class I printed out images of the zodiac sign to finish the cover page of my book. I finsihed the page and I really like the way it looks. It has a good introduction paragraph that gives a brief description of astrology. I am trying to figure out if I want to add myself into the Libra section or not. After school today I am going to go pick up the pictures of Jimmy and Bridget so I can put together their page. This weekend as I stated earlier I am going to start typing up the virgo sections. I have three virgos I have to write about and then compare and contrast according to what their sign says. The libra part took me a total of about 5 or so hours throughout the week. Now that I know what I am donig it will hopefully go a little faster because I now have three people to do it for.

Today I finished the history of Astrology writing piece. I also started printing out all my libra information and began figuring out how to oraganize it on the page. I can't decide if I should write out words that describe the person so that they are more noticeable, or if I should type them. I am going to continue trying to organize the page tonight and tomorrow and then tomorrow and over the weekend I plan on starting and hopefully finishing the Virgos. There are three virgos I have to do a write up for so it might take longer than I am anticipating but I will have to wait and see. I am going to plan on being done with it by Tuesday at the latest.

I always was a believer in the Zodiac signs but I never looked into the history or research behind it. Last night when flipping through my books I discovered a brief history and Science behind it section. I ended up reading it for an hour because I was so interested. I also worked on the Libra section of my book even more last night. I wrote up a description of the Libras individually and then a background of Astronomy. It took me about two hours to do the writing aspect but its starting to come along. I keep pushing off actually printing the writings and putting the page together because I find something else I want to write about. Hopefully I can completely finish the Libra writing section today in class and finally start putting the page in my book together.

Today in class we spent a lot of time discussing the zodiac signs. We read some out loud and there was general consensus that the personality fit the person. This made me even more excited about working on my project and as soon as the conversation died down I began writing my Libra section. I am almost acting as a source of zodiac signs in my book. I want people to be interested when they look into my book and see how many connections can be made in day to day lives. Although some of it is a bit of a stretch as far as accuracy it comes down to how much you want to believe in it. I think my project will open a door for a lot of people and they will begin to look into the zodiac signs and see how well they match up with their signs. Tonight I am going to make my page for the Libra, hopefully I will be able to finish it tonight but I am going to bring the rest to class tomorrow.

I got a lot of work done this weekend and today. I started writing, at first I wasn't sure what I was going to write about but as I started it just began to flow. I wrote about the general description of a Libra and how other people portray them, based off my interviews and some of the books I read. I also started finding patterns in words that were used to describe people. Tomorrow in class I am going to make my first page in my book on the Libra's. I think this is going to take a little longer than I expected but I am excited to start and figure out how to organize the information into a book.

Today in class I started typing up some conclusions about the libra sign. I have ordered two books about zodiac signs and how they came to be and the story behind them which will help me writing my conclusions. I have now successfully interviewed all my participants and the results are pretty ironic how accurate they are to the persons sign. I am now trying to figure out how I will organize all the thoughs into my book. I think I am going to begin constructing the book this weekend. I will be going home so I can put a lot of time into this project and I want to hopefully get a layout of how to organize the book. As I continue with this project I get more and more intrested in what I am researching. Anabel asked what I hope to get out of this and why I choose this topic and thats a hard question to answer. It came to me one day in class when we were doing those webs and I have always believed in the zodiac signs because it has been so accurate, I wanted to look into it further and look at not just my family but my close friends to see if it also relates to them.

Yesterday in class I typed up my interviews with the three people I interviewed. After class I interviewed Shayna, David and Ashley. It's very interesting to see what peoples responses are because they are so similar to what their zodiac signs say. We don't have class today but after school I am going to the store to get my book and some things I can use in the book. I am also going to start researching the virgo's and libra signs.

Yesterday in class I went through and made my list of people to interview and find infromation about. I narrowed it down to eleven people. I then went through and wrote down characteristics about them. I also found out their birthdays and what sign they are specifically. This took a lot longer than I expected because its hard to sum peoples personalities up. I thought that I would find myself using the same words over and over again but I found that some words stuck out for certain people. Out of class I interviewed Jimmy, Hailey and Bridget. It was easy to interview them because I know them so well that our conversation was much more of that than an intergation. I am really looking forward to seeing how their answers line up with the zodiac signs.

Findings

Today in class I started working on finding information about zodiac signs. I also started talking to the group of people that I plan on using for my stories and had them answer the following questions, Describe their personalities in three or more words, describe my personality in three or more words, and describe what you would look for in a friend. As I started looking at the information for each zodiac sign I started to see how similiar my friends are to what their zodiac signs say.

Yesterday in class we made a web to help us figure out details for our project. I was orginally set on doing a scrapbook about my time at Lawrence Academy and memories I had with people. While making my web I cam across the word friendships, which led to personalities which led to Zodiac signs. I decided instead to research personality traits within the zodiac signs and figure out what signs go well together and which of my best friends are which signs and if they fall under the typical description.

Class Practice

Today we are learning how to use the blog website. I've never really done a blog before so I am writing a post just to see how it works. I am excited for this project!!!