The experimenting has died down in a sense because everyone is getting ready to go on Winter Break. Currently, we are planning on doing further experiments relating to our sunlight angles. After break, we will more than likely redo the Clinometers experiments if we need better accuracy, or try another form of experiment if need be.

After performing our sunlight angle experiment with the Clinometers (I found out the proper name for them), we found the average sunlight angles. The average angle that sunlight hits our school from the West is 20°. The average angle East of our school is 30°. Using this data, we will know effective angles to set up solar panels on our schools roof so that we can potentially collect as much energy/power/electricity as possible to help towards making our school Green in the future. 

My current progres on the report is somwhat favorable.  I have gained monolouges for all four acts I was assigned with:  Act 1 Scenes 1, 2, and 3, and Act 2 Scene 1.  Today, I gave them to the group leader, Michael Doyle.  I am currently waiting for the script to be fully complete.

Unfortunately, I am waiting for my groupmates to finish their line-hunts in their progress.  My the girls in my group haven't finished their parts, so this could be a problem.  I am at least somewhat impatient, but they have difficulties, so I might as well cut them some slack.

I understand how revenge took place in the play.  Iago wanted it and he got it by tricking Othello into wanting revenge on Desdemona.  He created a villanous trap of vengance and dispair for Othello leading him to his doom.  But it brought him to his own as well.

2/12/08

    From the explanation of this project as a whole, it seems unbearable. Completely impossible. My expectations were that there was no way I could do it. When I first looked it over, I didn’t even know how or where to begin. At this point in time though, I’m pleased with the progress I’m making on this project.
    Don’t get me wrong, this project is HARD. It’s REALLY hard, but I feel like I am getting somewhere. The pluses are that I feel like I am learning about my topic, I am finding some really good examples and I’m learning about a lot of different sub-issues that are covered under my topic. The things I’m struggling with so far are definitely narrowing down my topic. I think as of now, my topic is pretty large. It covers a lot. I think to move on, I really need to refine and decide exactly what I want to focus on.
    I’m generally happy with how this is going so far. I think there are things I need to work on and things I need to fix, but I don’t think I’m nearly as lost as I was when I first found out about this challenge. I think the progress is going up at a steady pace. I think the obstacles are there, but not impossible. Mostly, I think that as a 10th grade English class, we are doing something different and amazing. That’s the most satisfying progress so far.