My task is to write a 3 paragraph journal on each article provided
Directions: Each week, you will write a journal response after reading the assignment from the module. Each response journal should include three paragraphs, and each paragraph should contain a minimum of SEVEN sentences. The first paragraph is a summary, the second addresses the author’s style, and the third is a personal connection. Write your responses to all pieces of what we read from now until the end of the semester. Tell about your feelings, thoughts, reactions, questions, ideas actions, characters, settings, symbols, plot, theme, and any other things that interest you, or puzzle you, or mean something to you. Your response should be double-spaced, Times New Roman #12 font.
You will submit your journals twice a semester, once at midterm and once at the end. You should be working on these throughout the semester. Do NOT wait until the last minute to complete your journals! If you do, you’ll have A LOT of work to do all at once!
Remember, be sure to include:
Summary – summarize what the week’s reading selection from the module was about. (One paragraph of at least seven sentences.)
Author’s style – comment on the author’s style such as reasons for narrator choice, vivid or meaningful passage with examples and an explanation about why they were meaningful or appealed to you or their importance to the story; figurative language; messages, themes, etc. (One paragraph of at least seven sentences.)
Connections – connect what you have read to life – your life or life in general or to other selections you have read or movies you have seen or songs you listen to. You should write about what effects the selection is having on you or what it reveals to you about the lives of people. You should try to add to the author’s ideas and try to discover your own. (One paragraph of at least seven sentences.)
You cannot be wrong in your responses. Some lead in are as follows:
I wonder what… means?
I really like/don’t like this idea.
I really like/don’t like this part because
This character reminds me of myself because
This character reminds me of someone I know
I think the setting is important (symbolic) or unimportant
This section makes me think about …
This section gives me a better understanding of…
These ideas seem very modern to me because. . .
Please do the journals in the order that is given
#9
“The Perils and Promises of Praise”
9
compare/contrast
#10
“Cultural Baggage”
10
cause/effect
#11
“Why We Crave Horror Movies”
11
cause/effect
#12
“Boys Here, Girls There”
12
research
#13
“Fighting Bullies with Babies”
13
research
#14
“Win-win Flexibility”
14
research
#15
“Letter from Birmingham Jail”
15
research
