Your Writing Journal
Expectations for journal entries:
- separate page for each new entry,
- date your entries
- entries must be in order
- more than a few sentences
- coming in late is not an excuse for not having thorough entries
- about 1/2-1 pages of handwritten text per entry
- you can always finish them at home if you feel you're not developing your in-class writing enough, but this generally is unnecessary unless you come to class late
- Have to be done by hand in a notebook; I discourage laptop use in an ALC
- What does "respond" mean? I mean I would like you to think of writing as thinking on paper.
- Ways to respond: Make connections, give opinions, ask questions, challenge assertions, interpret hidden meanings or symbolism, or have a fictitious conversation with the author.
Journal Entries assigned:
1. Jan 25: What are your most vivid (not necessarily good) memories from your childhood? What details do you recall when you think about your childhood home? What do you miss? Is there anything about that time in your life you long to return to? Never want to return to? in-class entry
2. Jan 27 in class
3. Jan 30: Read "Hill Like White Elephants," "The Story of an Hour" (textbook pp.397-400), and in your journal, write a brief response (not summary) to each. homework entry
1. Jan 25: What are your most vivid (not necessarily good) memories from your childhood? What details do you recall when you think about your childhood home? What do you miss? Is there anything about that time in your life you long to return to? Never want to return to? in-class entry
2. Jan 27 in class
3. Jan 30: Read "Hill Like White Elephants," "The Story of an Hour" (textbook pp.397-400), and in your journal, write a brief response (not summary) to each. homework entry