TreadwayProcessJournal

What did you discover about the research process? About writing? Other thoughts? || to begin! || but it's hard to focus on the information that I know I'm going to need. I'm still not sure of what genres I'm set on doing, which makes finding sources a bit harder. Before I continue on, I'm going to plan out what genres I want to do. An outline might do the trick. || of what genres I plan to incorporate into my project. After simply sitting down for just a few minutes, I came up with six genres I wanted to do. Although there is still one more I have to figure out, I may be able to come up with that one as I am looking for information for my other genres. I never found a use in making outlines, but doing so today made me realize how effective they really can be. || amount of information on Autism. To be honest, I didn't think the FQI sheets had much of a point to them at first, but now that I have ten complete, I have some direction as to what information I'm going to put into my genres. || included information about the center, what services it provides, and some quality information about the stresses Autism places on parents. I learned a lot of information that I had never learned in a textbook or in any of my previous classes. In a more general sense, I learned how to organize and present information in a new, more creative way. || who is Autistic. Within the book, I put together breakfast, dinner, lunch, and dessert recipes that are gluten and casein-free; this is a healthy diet for any child, and is thought to reduce symptoms of the disorder. I also made an opening page with some insight as to why gluten and casein-free diets are good ones. I plan to add even more to my book with some further research and advice from my classmates. I liked this genre, because it taught me to go to other resources outside of standard books and websites. || through with the peer editing process, however, I realized that my "flyer" looked more like a web page. With that said, I'm going to have some editing to do! I will either fix it to make it look more like a flyer, or change my genre altogether. I discovered that just the way you arrange words and pictures on a page can completely change the context or message. || used Wordle. On my poster, I incorporated words that described Autism, in a more positive light. I am planning to add some more words as my research goes on. || statistic into my work, but want to do some alterations to it. I'm thinking about using a more "inspirational" slogan, rather than just a statistic. It is now getting closer to the date, so I need to step up my time management skills! || controversies regarding negative portrayals of Autism; I plan to talk about this in my presentation as well. I like what I have so far, and can't wait for my genres to be completed! || the items in the basket, in addition to other basic information regarding Autism. This is the final genre; I never thought I would be able to compose 7 different works all about the same topic! || you've done over the course of a few months sitting right in front of you! All I have left to do are my works cited pages, cover page, and a few minor alterations! ||
 * //Date// || //Items Completed// || //Thoughts:// What did you find particularly surprising or interesting?
 * 2/11/11 || Topic Proposal || I chose Autism as my topic. I didn't learn anything yet. However, I'm excited
 * 2/18/11 || Research Begun || I have begun the research process. I thought this step would be simple.
 * 2/23/11 || Made an Outline || In order to make my research a little easier, I decided to make an outline
 * 2/28/11 || FQI Sheets Completed || After doing research on both the internet and in books, I found a decent
 * 3/02/11 || Genre 1 Draft Completed || For my first genre, I chose to make a brochure for a counseling center. In it, I
 * 3/14/11 || Genre 2 Draft Completed || For my second genre, I decided to make a cookbook for parents of a child
 * 3/21/11 || Genre 3 Draft Completed || For my third genre, I made an event flyer for an autism walk. After going
 * 3/28/11 || Genre 4 Draft Completed || For my fourth genre, I created a poster. In order to make this informative, I
 * 4/04/11 || Genre 5 Draft Completed || For my fifth genre, I created a bumper sticker. I incorporated the prevalence
 * 4/08/11 || Genre 6 Draft Completed || For my 6th genre, I made a magazine article. In it, I talked about some of the
 * 4/11/11 || Genre 7 Draft Completed || For my 7th genre, I wrote a letter from the counseling center that discussed all of
 * 4/12/11 || Drafts Revised and Completed! || Today, I went back and revised all of my drafts. It's great to see all of the hard work
 * 4/15/11 || Project Completed and Presented! || Today I presented my project. Everything is finally done; it's hard to believe! I've learned a lot through doing this project, which I discussed further in my reflection. ||