Process+Journal

**Process Journal**

**What road did you choose?** **Thoughts** **Reflections** **Concerns** **Inspirations** **Contemplations** || •I felt that I had a solid story but average ending || •Drafted a list of things Eminem needed before a concert. 2/3 genres complete || •Fun time drafting my poem, happy I learned it || •I changed the color and fonts and created a logo that matched my topic •Worked on my poem, almost complete! || •I had a lot of fun changing my wiki I think it looks great. •Editing your wiki is definitely hard and should be explained a little better though. •I'm almost finished with my poem. I am very happy we were taught how to write a good poem with that 6-room activity. || 3) The facts about EMINEM that interested me the most were about his childhood. He obviosly had a tough childhood and being so fortunate and seeing souch a troubled kid was very interesting. 4) I collected a lot of information from multiple recources. It was fairly easy due to all the fan pages and bibliographies on the interent. EMINEM is also very open about his past. It made it a relatively easy topic to research. 6) My strengths as a writer are drawing the reader in my introduction. I think I wrote a good narrative and put my strengths to good use. Over the course of this unit I learned how to write a better poem, and how to create a list. Mrs Dabrush gave me a "mini" lesson on Romance as well. || **For this last reflection, you should choose** **four**  **of the nine questions listed here:**
 * **Date** || **List the** **items you** **worked on** **and/or** **completed** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**each day.** || <span style="font-family: Times,serif;">*
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**5/7/12** || • Began new unit • Viewed speech on creator of amazon  • Reviewed rubric and FQI sheet.  || • I like this new unit. I'm glad I can finally work on a subject I like.  • I'm not 100% sure what subject I will choose. I want to do it about someone who is inspirational, and went through many hardships and thrived  ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**5/8/12** || • Did some of FQI sheet. • Chose my topic  • Learned about Eminem's childhood  || • I chose to look deeper into the life of Marshall Mathers, also known as Eminem.  • I like him because he went through many hardships in his childhood and adulthood but still became one of the best and most inspirational rappers of all time.  • People judge him because of his crude lyrics. So, he decided to take a new approach, and use softer words.  ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**5/10/12** || • Finished FQI sheet. Learned even more about the about Eminem. • Leaned about his career and troubled family.  || **Today I discovered about Kim, Eminem's ex Wife,** **who he married twice and had one daughter with.** • **It's a sad and touching story.**  • **I really enjoy seeing a different side of Eminem.**  ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**5/16/12** ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**5/18/12** ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**5/22/12** || •Worked on narrative. Almost done || • I absolutely loved writing a narrative about a topic I liked researching.
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**5/28/12** || •Drafted a poem. I think it will be one of my genres!
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**5/30/12** || •Today I edited my wiki page
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**6/1/12** || • I am almost finished with my list and poem! They should be up on the wiki very shortly || •Extremely happy Mrs Dabrush showed us the lists and poems! They helped a lot and will make this project much more enjoyable! ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**6/5/12** || •very productive day || finished poem and poster ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**6/7/12** || 1) My favorite type of music is hip-hop. I love how artists are crafty, and rhyme words together and put it in a song. The master-mind of doing these "raps" is EMINEM. I wanted to find out more about him and learn about what got him into hip-hop, and how he got to where he is today.
 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">Why did you choose your topic? Are you still happy with your choice?
 * 2) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">What goals did you have for your research? Did you meet those?
 * 3) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">What facts about your topic interested you most? Did this kind of project help you get a better understanding of your topic than you might have with a more traditional kind of research paper? If so, why and in what ways did it help?
 * 4) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">How much information did you collect? How easy or hard was it to find information?
 * 5) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">What did you learn about the research process from this project? Consider: the best places to find certain kinds of information; what sources are most credible; the best order for conducting your investigation; how to record information and sources; anything else that you learned or that confirmed what you already knew.
 * 6) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">What strengths did you use as a writer in this project? What new strengths did you discover?
 * 7) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">What criteria did you use in deciding on the genres to include in your paper? What piece was the hardest or most challenging to write? Why? The most fun or interesting? Why?
 * 8) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">How did you decide on the organization of the pieces into a cohesive whole? Consider not only organization but use of transitional devices and packaging.
 * 9) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">What did you learn by working with your peers on revising and editing? Did they give you helpful advice? What was most helpful to you? What kinds of things did you learn from reading their pieces? ||

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',serif; font-size: 9pt;">Adapted from ©2006 by Melinda Putz from //A Teacher’s Guide to the Multigenre Research Project,// Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman',serif; font-size: 15pt; text-align: center;">**Process Journal Scoring Checklist**

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman',serif; text-align: center;">Total Process Journal Points /50 points

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 15pt;">**Score A Date 5/28 8 points** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">_10 points Student is up to date with her/his journal entries. Progress toward the final collection is apparent. There is evidence of thoughtful reflection about the components of the project. The reader is not distracted by grammar/spelling errors.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">_8-9 points Student is almost up to date with her/his journal entries. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> Progress toward the final collection is visible. There is evidence of some reflection about the components of the project, but the journal is more of a list than a reflection at times. While there are some grammar/spelling errors, the reader is not distracted. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">_5-6 points Student has fallen behind in his journal entries. Progress toward the final collection is inconsistent; work needs to ramp up. The entries report rather than reflect. Reader is distracted by grammar/spelling errors. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">_ 4 points There were no journal entries at the time of scoring. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 15pt;">**Score B ___ Date 6/5 9 points__** ___10 points Student is up to date with her/his journal entries. Progress toward the final collection is apparent. There is evidence of thoughtful reflection about the components of the project.__ The reader is not distracted by grammar/spelling errors.

___8-9 points__ Student is almost up to date with her/his journal entries. Progress toward the final collection is visible. There is evidence of some reflection about the components of the project, but the journal is more of a list than a reflection at times. __While there are some grammar/spelling errors, the reader is not distracted.__ ___5-6 points Student has fallen behind in his journal entries. Progress toward the final collection is inconsistent; work needs to ramp up. The entries report rather than reflect. Reader is distracted by grammar/spelling errors.__ ___ 4 points There were no new journal entries at the time of scoring.__

__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Score C** __**_30 points** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 15pt;">**Date 6/9 28** **points** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">_10 points Student is up to date with her/his journal entries. Progress toward the final collection is apparent. There is evidence of thoughtful reflection about the components of the project. The reader is not distracted by grammar/spelling errors.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">_8-9 points Student is almost up to date with her/his journal entries. Progress toward the final collection is visible. There is evidence of some reflection about the components of the project, but the journal is more of a list than a reflection at times. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> While there are some grammar/spelling errors, the reader is not distracted. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">_5-6 points Student has fallen behind in his journal entries. Progress toward the final collection is inconsistent; work needs to ramp up. The entries report rather than reflect. Reader is distracted by grammar/spelling errors. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">_ 4 points There were no new journal entries at the time of scoring. <span style="color: #548dd4; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman',serif; font-size: 17pt; text-align: center;">**Plus** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">_10 points Student answered more than four of the final reflection questions with thoughtful and thorough responses. _8-9 points Student answered four of the final reflection questions with thoughtful and thorough responses. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">_5-6 points Students answered some of the final reflection questions. The responses answered the questions with little elaboration or insight. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">_ 4 points Student did not answer any of the reflection questions.