Process+Journal

**Process Journal**

**items you** **worked on** **and/or** **completed** **each day.** || * **What road did you choose?** **Thoughts** **Reflections** **Concerns** **Inspirations** **Contemplations** || I chose this because I play hockey and my dad is Canadian, so I relate directly to hockey and love it. This topic is great for me because I am super interested in learning more about the sport I play and love! || of hockey. I completed the sheet correctly using a resource called //__Ice Time__// by Micheal McKinley || **really amazing to learn about the history of the cup** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: center;">**and the triumph of winning the cup.** || started. || All of my FQI sheets were turned in complete. I started and wrote about 1 page of my narrative writing. So far the story is going great and it is really fun to write, and invent characters. I think that my narrative is going to turn out great! ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; text-align: right;">**Date** || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; text-align: right;">**List the**
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; text-align: right;">**5/7/12** || <span style="font-family: Times,serif;">The list of topics I chose is
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Times,serif;">Hockey
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Times,serif;">Beauty
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Times,serif;">Hollywood
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Times,serif;">Cats
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Times,serif;">Reading/Books || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">I am interested in all of these topic but I am leaning toward hockey because I play it and I love it. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; text-align: right;">**5/8/12** || <span style="font-family: Times,serif;">Emailed list of topics || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">I have chosen hockey as my final choice for the MGRP.
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; text-align: right;">**5/10/12** || <span style="font-family: Times,serif;">Worked on and completed the first FQI sheet. || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: center;">The first FQI sheet that I did was about the history
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; text-align: right;">**5/16/12** || <span style="font-family: Times,serif;">Three of the five FQI sheets were completed. || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">The second FQI sheet I completed was on the Natick Comets Hockey league. I learned so many things I did not know about the Comets even though I play for them. The third FQI sheet I completed was on women's hockey. Women's hockey is very under-supported so it was really fun to learn about and support the women who dedicate their lives to the game. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; text-align: right;">**5/18/12** || <span style="font-family: Times,serif;">The fourth FQI sheet was completed. || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: center;"> **The fourth FQI sheet was on the Stanley cup. It was**
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; text-align: right;">**5/22/12** || All of the FQI sheets were turned in and the Narrative was
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; text-align: right;">**5/28/12** || The narrative was completed. || The narrative portion of the project was completed and passed in successfully. My story was great because it had a lot of characters and description. I really enjoyed writing this story and I wish I could write more! ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; text-align: right;">**5/30/12** || One genre for the MGRP was completed. || I completed one genre for the MGRP. I made a poem, and I started on a second genre, a list. Hopefully I can finish the list soon. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; text-align: right;">**6/1/12** || The second and third genres were completed. || The second genre, the list, was completed. The third genre was a recording of a hockey game. It was used so that a person could listen to what an actual hockey game sounded like, instead of read about one. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; text-align: right;">**6/5/12** || A fourth genre was completed for the MGRP || The fourth genre was a complete hockey "pictionary". It basically is a guide to the game of hockey with pictures and definitions and explanation. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; text-align: right;">**6/7/12** ||  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">**For this last reflection, you should choose**

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; font-size: 20px;">**four** <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;"> **of the nine questions listed here:**
 * 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: 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 5/27** _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 6/5 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** __**_20 points** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 20px;">**Date** <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 new journal entries at the time of scoring. <span style="color: #548dd4; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 22.6667px; 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. <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.