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Thursday, February 7, 2008

Transactional Journal Entries

After completing three reading assignments, and the corresponding Reading Journal Entry), students have been writing Transactional Journal Entries. The second of these is due Monday or Tuesday (only if they are in the "Green" class.

Below are just a few examples of some of the very nice work I received (along with the prompt option which elicited them) from a few of our students:

Prompt 2, Personal Reaction: "Create a piece of writing that describes and explains a personal reaction to a character, place or event in the text." Personal Reaction Student Sample

Prompt 4, Five Star Quote: React, respond and explicate a “five star quote” of your choice. A “five star quote” is a quote that “jumps off the page” at you for any number of reasons. It may be aphoristic, profound, humorous, universal, or any reason you choose. For clarity, you must include the entire quote somewhere in the entry. Five Star Quote Student Sample

Prompt 5, Original Writing Student: "Create an original piece of writing that is inspired by the novel; it may be a poem, short story, short drama or section of dialogue, advertisement, review, etc. (only one of this type of entry is allowed)." Original Student Writing Student Sample
Ask your student this weekend: "Is what you've prepared to turn in next weekend on par with those on the blog?"

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