Your journal is a writing space to reflect upon and explore course readings, content discussed in class, and more. The intention of this journaling assignment is to help you reflect and further your thinking as you address issues in academic writing with the intention of connecting them to your lived experiences as an emergent writer and contributing member of our society.
Reflection is an attribute of professional practice. Indeed, we do not learn and develop from experience as much as we learn from reflecting on that experience. In this context, reflection is the process of constructing meaning by thinking about and interpreting the significance of lived experience. Journal writing or maintaining an online weblog (Blog) is critical to the development of reflective practice. It is a tool for documenting experience and for transforming ideas and assumptions about writing, reading and researching into personal understanding and professional knowledge.
By creating a journal, you can identify issues and activities that are of concern to you as an emerging writer and formulate and communicate your thoughts and ideas to yourself and to others. Further, journals afford an opportunity and a means to describe, feel, express, analyze and question your experiences, beliefs, and ideas as a writer.
Journal Assessment Rubric
- Exceeding | In responding to the Learning Experience assignment prompt, the writer demonstrates a rigorous and in-depth understanding of content and purpose through the development and support of their blog post. Appropriate organization and style is evident. [5 grade points]
- Meeting | In responding to the Lx prompt, the writer demonstrates a thoughtful understanding of content and purpose through the development and support of their blog post. Appropriate organization and style is evident. [3 grade points]
- Approaching | In responding to the Lx prompt, the writer demonstrates an awareness of content and purpose and attempts to develop and support their blog post. Appropriate organization and style is evident. [2 grade point]
- Needing Improvement | In responding to the Lx prompt, the writer demonstrates minimal or no attention to content and purpose. Blog post may be unsuitable, and/or the writer may not develop or support an argument. Appropriate organization and style might not be evident. [1 grade point]
Tuesday January 21 | Journaling => The Moves that Matter: Entering the conversation => They Say / I Say in your. For Tuesday, please discuss the moves you use to enter the conversation. As you are reading the introductory chapter and as you are interacting with people in the world, reflect on and write about the strategies, implicit and/or explicit, that you use to enter into conversations with others. (+/- 250 words).
Welcome to a Seminar on Academic Writing 