Last Post!!!!!!

Senior year is coming to an end, and there are just a few things that I need to finish before the end of the year. For my english presentation, I plan on talking about my paper and what my whole project was about. To get the class to interact, I'm going to hand out a copy of Stairway to Heaven for the students to analyze. There is a lot of speculation on the meaning of the song, so I want to see what everyone thinks. While they are trying to figure out its meaning, I figure I'll play the song in the background. After having the class share what they think, I will show them the blog that I've been working on. It will have an entry in which I did the same thing, along with a little research. As for the blog itself, I just need to finish a few entries.

weekly outlook 5/19

Having finished my paper, I can now focus on my creative project. As I have mentioned before, it will be a blog similar to my paper. On the blog, I will debate major issues such as which bands were the best in each decade, who started rock music, and other rock and roll related topics. The blog will delineate the mental selection process I went through to decide which bands I woud include in my paper. The format will be similar to my research paper; I will go in chronological order starting in the 1950's and work my way to the present. In regards to the presentation, I'm thinking of handing out a copy of the lyrics to Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and having the students get in group to determine what they think is its meaning.

weekly outlook 5/12

Last week I wrote three body paragrpahs for my paper. I did the rock music of the 1950's through the 70's with Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin respectively. This week I will finish up my paper with Van Halen for the 80's and the Foo Fighters for the present decade. The 90's are still up for debate. I'm trying to decide between the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, and Pearl Jam. So far I have been able to find all of my information from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's website, but since more recent bands have not been inducted yet, it may be more difficult to find reputable information on them.

weekly outlook 5/5

For this week I will be altering my primary focus from working on both my blog and paper to just my paper. At this point, the paper is more important since it is due soon, so I will be holding off from working on the blog until my paper is finished. Last week I wrote the intoduction to my paper and what I thought would be my first blog post. The post will now be the first body paragrpah in my paper. This week I plan on writing a few more body paragraphs, each one being about a separate decade of rock music.