♫ Fiiiive, Blog Entries! Four Sources, Three Works Cited, Two Websites; And A Giant Paper To Turn In By Friday! ♪(to the tune of 12 days of Christmas)

टुडे I worked on my bibliography for my paper (duh). Then I started writing my rough draft on Microsoft Word; starting a paper always stumps me. I mean, a graphic organizer helps, but in order to get the ideas and words flowing, you have to have a thinking cap. I don't have one of those. I have thinking food. Another word for it would be candy. If I could have used my class time on a special "do-over" day, I would've started the first 2 paragraphs, and save the bibliography-making for last. I am very pleased to report that I hunted everything down to get the proper citation format; I wrote it down with the guide of Ms. Long's How to Create a Works Cited Page/Bibliography Reference Sheet. I used Easy Bib, but only after I had written the correct citation in my notes. THANK YOU, EASY BIB!!!

The plan for tomorrow: finish my first page in my research paper. Honestly, I am much better at Creative Writing than anything; it's my own plot, I'm hardly limited in terms of format and guidelines, and I don't have to sound very formal. Also, it gives me the excuse to eat a lot more thinking food! In the meantime, it is time to move on to my paper. This is my closing blog entry for this assignment; I may use this blog for another assignment in the future, but my clairvoyance is telling me probably not. So long, blog!

♪ On the Second Day of Research, This is How I Did. . .♫ (To the Tune of 12 Days of Christmas)

Today, my class went to the school library, and will be doing so for the next week. I found a book on Argentina. As I was skimming through the government chapter of the book, I came across the "Peron Rule" heading. Unfortunately, it was mainly about Juan Peron, Maria Eva's husband, the president of Argentina back then. I found a footnote about Eva, but that's it. My plans for tomorrow are to find a source about significant women who had an impact on the world in the mid 20th century, and look through encyclopedias. Hopefully Eva (I may refer to her as Evita) will be in one. . . I felt like today I did just ok in research. I found the one book (every other one was just about the country Argentina), and browsed more websites. I really hope I can snag a great video or old newspaper article about Evita, and not just be limited to a library! I am very proud of my book discovery, as it is I almost always use the Internet as a resource for PAPERS like this. (That "PAPERS" was for you, Ms. Long!) I feel like a super-sleuth now--what clue will I find next?