Process+Journal

**items you** **worked on** **and/or** **completed** **each day.** || * **What road did you choose?** **Thoughts** **Reflections** **Concerns** **Inspirations** **Contemplations** || Why did you choose your topic? Are you still happy with your choice? I chose my topic because I have always felt strongly against dog fighting. I wanted to learn more about it so I would have the knowledge to make other people aware of it. I am still very happy with my choice because I learned more than I expected to, which is always a good thing.
 * **Date** || **List the**
 * **5/7/12** || Today I learned about all of the details of the project. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times-Roman,serif; font-size: small; text-decoration: none;">I am a little overwhelmed by the project overall. I understand the project, but there are a lot of topics to choose from. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**5/8/12** || I am interested in a lot of things as my research topic. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times-Roman,serif; text-decoration: none;">I’m not sure what to do as my research topic. I hope that I can choose something that will keep me interested throughout the project. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**5/10/12** || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times-Roman,serif; font-size: 16px;">I have decided to do dog fighting as my topic. || I think that this is the right topic for me because I am strongly against dog fighting and I wasn't to learn more about it so I can make others aware. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**5/16/12** || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times-Roman,serif;">I have been doing my FQI’s and I am learning a lot about my topic. || I have only found websites that have enough information. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**5/18/12** || I am done with my FQI's || I'm glad that I am finished with my FQI's. I have learned a lot of things that I did not know before. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**5/22/12** || Working on Narrative Story || I like writing my narrative story because it allows my creativity to flow and I had a clear vision of what I wanted my story to be so it is turning out well. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**5/28/12** || I looked over the narrative rubric. || I think that I did a good job with my narrative, even though I rushed the end a little bit. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**5/30/12** || Today I started writing my 6 room poem. || I enjoy writing poems because I have always written them for my parents' anniversaries and funerals. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**6/1/12** || I finished writing my 6 room poem. || I feel confident in my poem because I worked very hard on it. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**6/5/12** || Today I started my newspaper article. || I think that this genre will come out well because I have a good idea of what I want it to be like. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**6/7/12** ||  || <span style="font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; text-decoration: none;">**For this last reflection, you should choose**  <span style="font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; font-size: 20px; text-decoration: none;">**four** <span style="font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; text-decoration: none;"> **of the nine questions listed here:**

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; text-decoration: none;">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? I though it was interesting that a lot of adult dog fighters bring their children to fights. They bring their children so they become accustomed to it. They want the children to find the fights entertaining so they will pursue dog fighting when they become adults.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; text-decoration: none;">How much information did you collect? How easy or hard was it to find information? I collected more than enough information for my project. It was very easy to find this information because dog fighting isn't a rare thing. There were a lot of news articles and reports.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; text-decoration: none;">What strengths did you use as a writer in this project? What new strengths did you discover? As a writer I used my strength of writing poetry in this project. I also discovered that I have a strength in writing news articles. I think that I developed this skill because I listen to the news with my parents and I picked up a lot on the way that they phrase things. ||
 * Process Journal Scoring Checklist**

Total Process Journal Points /50 points

Score A Date 5/27/12 9 points _10 points S tudent 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 journal entries at the time of scoring. 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.__

__Score C__ _30 points Date 6/8 28 points _1 0 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. Plus _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. _5-6 points Students answered some of the final reflection questions. The responses answered the questions with little elaboration or insight. _ 4 points Student did not answer any of the reflection questions.