PREWRITING

·        given by the instructor at the each class

 

·        upper-right-hand corner information

·        typed

·        12-inch type

·        Times New Roman

·        double-spaced

·        number each journal

 

·        no less than one page in length

 

·        due the next class

·        save the journal on a disk

·        print out a hard copy and bring it to class

 

·        test grade

·        Journals will be collected en masse at a future date (students will have the time between class meetings to get the journals together).

·        The instructor will not inform the students of the final number of journals, so keep track throughout the semester.
JOURNALS

 

1) DESCRIPTION:   describe physical aspect of MIP

 

2) NARRATION:       tell story of most frightening/embarrassing experience

                                    tell your 9/11/01 story

 

3) EXAMPLE:            who’s your favorite band/musician/musical entertainer & why

 

4) PROCESS:             tell me how to do something

 

5) D/C:                        discuss the various roles you play during a given day

 

6) CAUSE/EFFECT:  what were the causes/effects of your most frightening/embarrassing experience

 

7) DEFINITION:       what does it mean to be a “last name”

 

8) COMPARE/CONTRAST:    how is “your first name” different from “your last name”

 

* BONUS:       respond to (agree with or retort) some aspect of a particular group presentation