Reflection Entry #34 May 18 ,2009

Today I lost my 500 word essay which was in the progress of completion along with my plan. I had to restart my whole essay and now I currently have 256 words putting me behind the rest of the class. I'm hoping Mr. Sparks will give some more time to complete my essay. Since I already had a backup plan printed out already, i don't have to worry about losing the plan. To catch up on the class, today I went over my note cards to try to remember what I wrote in the essay I lost. As I remembered I typed it down on my new essay. I think I'll stick to the strategy I made earlier: I'll simply just type every important note down on my essay regardless of the word limit and make the changes earlier. This strategy should be effective because it's straight forward and I don't have to take pauses between my work time to think what I want to write, i'll just copy down whatever's on the note cards without taking any pauses or getting distracted. Once I'm finished: I'll reduce the word limit and improve and explain my ideas better in the essay or discard any unneeded information. Also, I think it would be better if I saved my work on my school drive and my USB so there's a slim chance of me losing my work.