Journal+Entries

You will be expected to keep a journal over the next ten weeks reflecting on your journey through the research process. Each week you will write a short journal entry that answers the following two prompts:
 * Journal Entries **

A. “Something new I learned this week was…”

AND

B. “Something I struggled with this week was…”

Each journal entry should be a minimum of 100 words, so plan for a 50 word response to each prompt. Your responses should contain sufficient detail to explain your statements. Completed journal entries must be submitted through Blackboard by 11:59 pm on the date they are due. A late journal entry will be accepted up to 3 days past its due date, but the final grade for that entry will be reduced 5% points for each day it is late. Schedule **
 * Journal Entry || Time Frame Covered || Due Date by 11:59 pm ||
 * 1 || 9/1 – 9/11 || Saturday, September 11 ||
 * 2 || 9/12 – 9/18 || Saturday, September 18 ||
 * 3 || 9/19 – 9/25 || Saturday, September 25 ||
 * 4 || 9/26 – 10/3 || Sunday, October 3 ||
 * 5 || 10/4 – 10/10 || Sunday, October 10 ||
 * 6 || 10/11 – 10/16 || Saturday, October 16 ||
 * 7 || 10/17 – 10/23 || Saturday, October 23 ||
 * 8 || 10/24 – 10/30 || Saturday, October 30 ||

Each journal entry contains two writing prompts that you must complete. The prompts will be graded separately using the rubric below. Together, all eight journal entries are worth 256 points, and comprise 11% of your total grade for the course.
 * Grading Rubric **

||  Excellent 4 pts. ||  Acceptable 3 pts. ||  Needs Improvement 2 pts. ||  Unacceptable 0 pts. || Completion (x2) || Prompt was completed with a minimum of 50 words. || Prompt was completed but contained between 25-49 words. || Prompt was completed but contained less than 25 words. || Prompt was not completed. || Relevance (x2) || Response was relevant to the prompt. || Response was somewhat relevant to the prompt. || Response was not relevant to the prompt. || No response was provided || Support (x2) || Sufficient detail was provided to support the response. || Some detail was provided but more support was needed or it was vague. || Insufficient detail was provided to support the response. || No details were provided to support the response. || Writing (x2) || Response was well-written and it had few or no grammatical errors. || Response was written satisfactory but contained more than a few grammatical errors. || Response was written poorly and/or contained many grammatical errors. || || // Total: 32 pts. per journal entry (16 pts. per prompt.) // =**View an example here**=