Process+Journal

**Process Journal**

**What road did you choose?** **Thoughts** **Reflections** **Concerns** **Inspirations** **Contemplations** || > //I chose my topic because I have loved the NBA since I was in 1st grade. My dad and I have learned most of the starters in the league. I do not regret researching the NBA and I have enjoyed learning about the league.// > //I collected a good amount of information during this project. It was pretty challenging to find info on the web because the computer kept sending me to the same site.// > //I think that I used my strength at writing stories in this project. I developed some skills, like being able to write a 6-room poem and making a poster.// > //I think that I used genres that matched the NBA, like a poster and a list. I think that the hardest piece to write was the Sports article because I had to do more research to find information from the Heat-Celtics game. However, the Sports article was also my favorite because I got to write about a game that I saw on t.v.//
 * **Date** || **List the** **items you** **worked on** **and/or** **completed** **each day.** || *
 * **5/7/12** || I start researching a subject || I have some ideas in mind. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**5/8/12** || I chose to research the history of the NBA || I find the NBA very inspirational. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**5/10/12** || I finish my first FQI || I find a lot of good info. I think I will be successful with this project. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**5/16/12** || I finish my 3rd FQI || The information is promising I have no concerns for this project. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**5/18/12** || I finish all of my FQIs || Finally they are done and I am ready to get into the meat of the project. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**5/22/12** || I start my narration. || All of my FQI are destroyed by accident. It is going to be a pain to redo them. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**5/28/12** || Today I continue rewriting my FQI's || I hope to have them in by Friday. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**5/30/12** || I start writing my second genre; A list. || I am not sure that the information is satisfying to me. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**6/1/12** || I finished my third writing which was a Poem. || I hope to finish all of my genres by Thursday and do the intro on Friday. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**6/5/12** || Today I finished my fourth genre and started on my fifth which is a Newspaper article. || Tomorrow I will finish all of my genres and start the introduction. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',serif; text-align: right;">**6/7/12** || Today I finished my FQI questions and started my intro/dear reader. || # <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">Why did you choose your topic? Are you still happy with your choice.
 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: comic sans ms,serif;">What goals did you have for your research? Did you meet those?
 * 2) <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?
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">How much information did you collect? How easy or hard was it to find information?
 * 1) <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.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">What strengths did you use as a writer in this project? What new strengths did you discover?
 * 1) <span style="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?
 * 1) <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.
 * 2) <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: 12px;">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: 20px; 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: 20px;">**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. 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: 20px;">**Score B ___ Date 6/4__** ___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: 20px;">**Date 6/8 23 points** _10 points Student is up to date with her/his journal entries. Progress toward the final collection is apparent. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> 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. 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 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">. 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: 22px; 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. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">_8-9 points Student answered four of the final reflection questions with thoughtful and thorough responses. _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.