Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Research Methods Module Week 5

Achievements this week:

Academic-related
  • Read and made notes on slides from week 4 re: dissertation essay
  • Started getting ideas together for CW1- part 1 and 2
Writing
  • Censorship in Drail re:The Map- why don't they want to go there?
  • Finished questions about Jack
  • Chapter Two plot points and outlined very basic plot for whole story. 
  • Similarities and differences between Jack and Carla
  • 'Free writing' exercises to begin actually writing the story
Reading
  • Read Breaktime by Aidan Chambers
  • Read another section of Writing Children's Fiction (which I love!) 
  • Started reading The Fault in our Stars by John Green (a story about teenagers with cancer...)


Goals for next week:
 CW1 (This is the focus of my work this week)
  • Research possible texts in terms of theory
  • Fill in ethics form
  • Look over examples of CW1
  • Properly complete bibliography 
  • Finish and submit! 
Writing
  • I seem to be having an issue with getting this done, so I'll put it at the top this time- Start Freddie's character chart!
  • Free writing
Reading
  • Finish The Fault in Our Stars

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