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Journal Expectations
Three days each week, you will choose one of the assigned readings, or an article from a magazine, or a story from the newspaper and
1)write a summary of the work (paragraph 1),
2)an intellectual response (paragraph 2), then
3)a personal reaction (paragraph 3), trying to find how it connects to you.
These can be handwritten or typed. These should be no less than three paragraphs long. Spending twenty to thirty minutes in the writing process would be appropriate, not much more than that though.
At the end of the week, you will choose one of the week's entries, revise, and rewrite it. A rewritten journal entry should be between 300 and 600 words in length. These will be turned in on Friday by midnight..
These typed journal entries (TJEs) will be minimally marked
-- a 
will receive 10
points, a + will receive 12 points, a ++ will receive 14 points, a
minus (-) will earn zero (0) 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 Friday to the following Friday. The more energy you put into the journal the higher the score. In addition, please keep all of your journal entries together in one small 3 clasp binder, as I will collect them at the end of the quarter.
Journal Hints:
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Write three days per week -- keep in three clasp binder; | |
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on Friday, choose one, rewrite it, proof it; | |
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be sure to include author, title and source in summary; | |
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be sure to include one paragraph summary, at least one paragraph reaction (heady), and at least one paragraph experience (physical); | |
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give the whole thing a title that alludes to the meaning of your TJE; | |
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write your journal entry in your Word program, so that you can fix spelling errors and such; | |
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when you are ready copy and paste it into the appropriate slot on the discussion board; | |
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take risks, be brave, use vocabulary that is exciting and lively! |
To view journals by former students, click here.
Always post your journal under the assigned designation on the
discussion board. To do so, click
on the the icon indicating the week's journal
.
After reading my response, you will see is a row of commands at the top of
the page:
[ Reply | Next | Previous | Up ].
When you are ready to post your response, click on the reply button. If you have done this correctly, you will open a screen that says, Post Message, followed by a slot that reads,
RE: Week ?.... (this should be fill in for you if you have
completed this task correctly).
From: (place your name and email address in this
slot)
Comments: (you will paste your response here)
When you have finished your response, please add your name, then click on the post article button. If you want to see your message, click on the refresh button on your web browser. Also, please click on the post button only once. Check it the next day and repost if it has not appeared by then--this is why it's important to write your journal on the word program.
Typed journal entries (TJEs) 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.