Your Journal

Your journal is a collection of your informal writing assignments. We will work on a short writing assignment. These prompts will be varied in content. Other times, we will be writing for specific Composition or Grammar Skills. One of the entries will be selected and refined. These selections will be called Required Topics. You may choose one from the topics that you completed during those two-three week timeframe. These required topics will be graded more closely according to the Specific Skills Check List. These required topic assignments will be posted in your working folder on the Internet. For specific requirements on the kind of notebook to use for your journal, please refer to Mrs. Dowling's Supply List.

The following are the sheets that may be required to be in your journal. Some of them are used as reference. You will be responsible for filling some of these forms as you complete your writings. Parent Letter My Journal Writing Goals Proofreading and Correction Symbols Specific Skills Troublesome Words The following sheets are located in the classroom and may be obtained as needed: Student Self-Assessment-End of Term Student Self-Assessment-End of Year Peer Assessment

The Journal and the Working Folder, comprise a Two Step process. Journal Daily entries Working Folder Required Topic Assignments Rough Drafts of unit assignments End of Term major assignments and work, as assigned

Your journal must be in class everyday. See supplies for kind of folder needed. Your journal will receive a grade when it is checked. They will be turned in on an average of 2-3 times per term.