Collaborative Project Update

For our collaborative project, my group will be presenting how to write effective definitions and descriptions.  We have met for two class periods so far to work on the project.  In the first class period we learned what the project was going to be about, and then were divided into groups and assigned our particular document.  We then had a brief period of time to begin to discuss how we wanted to go about doing this project.  Our group spent that time reviewing the chapter in our textbook on definitions and descriptions.  We then agreed that for the next class period we would all read the chapter in more detail and also find some outside resources that might help us further understand our topic.  As I read the chapter, I typed up an outline of the main points and brought a copy in for each member of our group.  Yesterday, we went over what we felt was the important topics in the chapter and discussed how we would divide the workload.  Kate will be working on the introduction and discussing how to write definitions.  We will also be sending her all the resources we use, and she will assemble our work cited page.  I will be working on discussing how to write descriptions and the conclusion of our presentation.  I will also be assembling the powerpoint presentation.  Jaimin will be finding and discussing particular examples of good and bad definitions and descriptions.  We are hoping to gear our examples to be relevant to college students.  As there is such a diversity in majors in our class, we want our examples to be relatable and understandable to everyone.  We are also hoping to come up with something creative to use in addition to our powerpoint that Jaimin will put together.  For tomorrow, we agreed to have researched our individual parts and determined what we plan to talk about so we can begin to assemble the presentation.