Process+Journal

=__Process Journal__= 5/7/12: •Viewed Jeff Bezos video/brainstorm •The Jeff Bezos was very interesting to watch. 5/8/12: •Picked research topic- Basketball •I am very pleased with my decision of my topic. 5/10/12: •Worked on FQI 1 •Ended up finishing my first FQI the 13th. 5/16/12: •Worked on FQI 2 •From what I have learned I find it inspiring how the game of basketball developed. 5/18/12: •Worked on more research citations towards topic •The more I learn about basketball the more interesting the subject is for my project. 5/22/12: •Worked on narrative •My story is really coming along about a young basketball player. 5/28/12: •I completed my narrative and emailed it. •My story is about how a young boy gets his family back through trust and basketball. 5/30/12: •I worked on my lists and poems towards completion •My list is about items necessary to play basketball, and my poem is about a picture from my head that is about a superstar living his dream, until he gets injured. 6/1/12: •I have finished my poem and my list. •My poem is not too lengthy but not to short, also my list has everything that I know of necessary to play basketball. 6/5/12: •I have started and completed half of my project. •My project has at least 5 pages already. 6/7/12: > 6. I used my strengths of writing such as my strength of getting my message across. I did not discover any new strengths.
 * 1) I chose my topic because basketball is my favorite sport, and would like to know more about it.
 * 2) My goals were to learn who had invented the game of basketball, and to make sure that I remembered some facts about basketball, and yes I met those goals.
 * 3) I think the fact that was most interesting was who invented basketball.
 * 4) I ended up collecting and learning a lot of information about basketball, and it was pretty easy to find the information.


 * For this last reflection, you should choose**


 * four** **of the nine questions listed here:**
 * 1) Why did you choose your topic? Are you still happy with your choice?
 * 2) What goals did you have for your research? Did you meet those?
 * 3) 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) How much information did you collect? How easy or hard was it to find information?
 * 5) 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) What strengths did you use as a writer in this project? What new strengths did you discover?
 * 7) 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) 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) 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?

Process Journal Scoring Checklist

Total Process Journal Points /50 points

Score A Date **5/28 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 journal entries at the time of scoring. Score B ___ Date 6/5 8 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.__

__Score C__ _30 points Date 6/9 24 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. Plus _10 points Student answered more than four of the final reflection questions with thoughtful and thorough responses. _8-9 points Student answered four of the final reflection questions with thoughtful and thorough responses. _5-6 points Students answered some of the final reflection questions. The responses answered the questions with little elaboration or insight. _ 4 points Student did not answer any of the reflection questions.