Journal Expectations

One day each week,  you will be asked to respond to the discussion board question for the week.  The question alludes to the readings and other pertinent information.  Please read the question, then think about it before responding.   Give yourself plenty of time to frame your response.  In other words, do not sit down and spill your thoughts on the page. You will have one week to respond to the question.  Put the question in a notebook that you carry with you, then during the week take notes, talk about it with friends and family, see what the NYTs and other media say about it-- if anything--, then you will have plenty to write about by the end of the week. A well-written response will be anywhere between 400 to 600 words in length, which equates to one and one-half to two pages -- how could they be any less if you are truly following the prompt.

I would suggest that you prepare your response in your word processing program, then paste it into the discussion board after you have spell checked and proofed for errors.

 Check it the next day and repost if it has not appeared by then -- this is why it's important to write your journal in the word program. Also, be sure to make copies of the week's notes and final copy to include in your three clasp binder which I will collect at the end of the quarter.

Accessing Blackboard amd the Journal

Go to http://bbccs.spokane.edu.  

Click on login. 

Insert the username and password given to you by the DL office.

Once in, click on Winter English 201.

Use the navigation buttons to get around. 

Find Discussion board.

Read and do first Discussion board assignment.

Typed journal entries (JEs) are given points rather than grades. A check () is worth 10 points, a plus (+)=12 points, a plus-plus (++)=14 points, and a minus (-) will earn zero points, check-minus (-) will earn 7 points. You will receive points only if you respond within the allotted time frame.  You will have exactly one week to respond, from Sunday to the following Saturday.

Journal Hints:

bulletRead the question at the beginning of the week;
bulletput it in a little notebook, jot ideas, thoughts, quotations, news articles, etc., in the notebook during the week;
bulleton Friday read through your ideas and write your response in your Word program;
bulletsave, reread, proof, then post;
 
bulletbe sure to include author, title and source if you choose to allude to other writers (as you should at times); !
 
bullettake risks, be brave, use vocabulary that is exciting and lively--make us think about what you say
 

  Responses from former 201 students.

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