What background information would help me get an overview of my topic? 
The background information i have for my topic is that the teenagers get more distracted when driving. Because they are new drivers they are prone to get into more accidents.

Exit Ticket 11/20/13
What do i already know or think i know about this topic?
      I already knew that one of the main causes for distracted driving was texting while driving. I knew that music could cause you to get distracted because you can get lost within the music and then not pay attention to your surroundings.

Exit Ticket 11/18/13

What interests me about this idea or topic?
The topic i chose was distracted driving. I am interested in this topic because i wanted to know what causes people to get distracted from driving and why do they get distracted. I wanted to know if texting is the main cause of distracted driving.

What are you thirsting to learn and why?Whatever you are thirsting to learn DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ABOUT THIS CLASS. It can be about absolutely anything from skateboarding to horses to Monopoly to Zoology. You are to write a 3-paragraph descriptive essay on what it is you are dying to learn about maybe in college, in life, or in the final months of high school.

           After high school, I want to go to college and study to either become an elementary school teacher or a veterinarian. Being a veterinarian has always been a dream of mine but I recently had an interest in education. I would want to major in education and then minor in biology. Even though these are two completely different topics they both have an impact on me and interest me the most ot of anything I have ever wanted to learn more about.
           Becoming a veterinarian has always been the one thing I wanted to do. I was always interested I science and figured that in college that's what I should focus on. I have always wanted to learn about the structure of animals and how they are different a well as being similar to humans. I have always had a love for all animals and wanted to take care of them, that's why I waned to become a veterinarian.
            Learning to become a teacher was a route that I was not willing to take but recently it has been the one thing I was considering to major in while in college. I would want to learn about what is needed to become a teacher as well as what is needed from 'you' to become the teacher. Learning about education to become a teacher is important because as a teacher you help people and change their lives and that's what I want to do. I want to learn how to become an elementary school teacher. I want to learn and gain the pleasure of teaching.

Wednesday October 30, 2013
Friday November 1, 2013

What was the first research assignment you remember ever having? Were you in elementary school, middle school, or high school? Exactly what grade were you in? What do you remember learning about the research process? What did you choose to write about or was a topic assigned to you? Did the teacher who gave you the assignment teach you about the research process? Or was it the school librarian? Or both? What sources do you remember using? Encyclopedias? Books? Articles? The Internet? Other sources? As you did with the last writing prompt, describe the research process you went through. Did you enjoy it? Hate it? Find it fun? Find it boring? Find it tedious?


The first research assignment I remember having was in the fourth grade. I had to choose a president and write an auto biography on that president. For the research process I remember spending a lot o time at the library looking through other biography books based on the president I chose. I do not remember which president I chose but I know that we had the chance to choose.

My fourth grade teacher was the one who taught us about the research project. I remember using books and he internet for this research project. I did not like the research process. Since I was in fourth grade this was a lot of work which I did no want to do. I found it being annoying but I eventually had to actually do it.

Monday October 28, 2013

During this class time I answered the critical thinking and analysis questions for the four topics, because one topic did not have questions to answer. I started to think about which topic i would want to research more.

Friday October 25, 2013

• What did you accomplish in class?

During todays class I was finishing answering the hooks for all of the five topics that i chose to research. After i finished the hooks for the topics i was able to look at class activity 2 so i could start that on monday.