Thursday, 27 February

Today students had time to do research with the support of Mr. Zartler and Ms. Paige in the library.

Also these important notes and reminders were shared:

1) You’re restaurant review should be in. If it is not and you did not come to tutorial your parents will be notified that you are currently NOT taking care of business appropriately. 2) You should have Mr. Zartler’s initials on the front sheet of your thesis packet approving a topic. If NOT: See Mr. Zartler immediately. 3) Research                 A) Today is the last day the class will come to the library to do research.                 B) You should have a list of questions that you are searching for the answers to, do NOT just “do” research on a topic.                 C) You should make a bibliography card for EVERY source you consult.                 D) You should be using NOTE CARDS for your notes and bibliography cards.            E) I am moving the due date for Notes and Working Hypothesis to Tuesday, 4 March. You should have 25 notes (facts) (on note cards) with you on Tuesday. This is important to maintain your timelines and to ensure you are successful. 4) Please ask for help as needed.

Apologies for the missed entries, I got sick. 13-26 February

Restaurant Reviews were due on Thursday, 13 February. Students who had their reviews to turn in on time wrote a self-evaluation and shared their reviews. Students who did not have their reviews wrote an explanation of why they did not have it, and what they or Mr. Zartler should have done differently to help them meet this deadline. This analysis is to be signed by a parent and turned in with the review.

The week of 17-23 February was spent studying the handout for how to write the thesis. Students should get a copy from Mr. Zartler as there is currently no convenient way to post on here.

On Monday, 24 February Ms. Battle gave a lesson on Effective, Efficient, Ethical research techniques, and the class then went to the library to begin researching.

Tuesday and Thursday, 25 and 27 February are the only other day that the class will be in the library doing research.

Things that students should have done so far for

Restaurant Review

1) Turned in the Restaurant Review
2) Come to tutorial on Tuesday or Wednesday 25 or 26 February to discuss the review if it is not already in .

Thesis

1) Had Mr. Zartler sign off on a topic
2) turned in a list of 25 questions about the topic
3) begun research

Tuesday, 11 February

Restaurant Reviews are due on Thursday!

Juniors began OAKS Writing Testing today.

Seniors had time to begin researching their thesis topics.

Thursday will be the same activities.

Tuesday, 4 February

Class began with a review of the Anton Ego speech.

Next the class read a review / critique of the french reviewer Francois Simon, who many see as the model for Anton Ego.

One key take away from the reading is that a review is for a potential eater, not for the chef, cook, or owner.

Next the class was given a substantial handout / guide to doing the research paper / thesis.

The class began studying the requirements, and the class was asked to have read the entire document for next class.

Monday, 3 February

Class today discussed a review of a poor restaurant owned by famous chef Guy Fieri.

We viewed a clip of Ratatouille in which critic Anton Ego discusses reviewing.

The class has now read at least three good professional reviews of good restaurants, and one good review of a poor restaurant.

Students were shown a "capsule review" and cautioned not to submit a review such as this for their assignment.