Project #1 In Progress Report

So far in my project i have started to research the reasons why the five paragraph essay is taught in middle and high school and why they no longer use it when you reach the college level.  I am also looking at personal pronouns and why they say they are inappropriate to use in high and middle school but okay to use in college.  I have searched these topics on the internet trying to find articles about my topics.  I am also trying to find authors who have an interest in my topics so I can see if any of their books will be at the library.  I plan to keep looking for authors and articles on my topic.  I also plan to look up the SAT and ACT requirements and incorporate that into my paper because I feel that those standardized tests are part of the reason these concepts are taught to students.  

As for the workshop.  I think that went very well.  I got some great tips from my partner and good ways to help make my paper better.  I also did the same for her.  I think it was good to be able to go over our introduction and synthesis with a peer to get and give advice on a student level.  The only thing I would do to improve the workshop is I might have done it as we got a little farther into the paper so we had a little bit more to comment on.