PAPER 1

ENG 510 Module One Journal Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: Journal activities in this course are private between you and the instructor. A course journal is generally made up of many individual assignments. The journals in this course will help to prepare you for Final Project II, the creative writing toolkit. In this final project, you will select creative writing styles and techniques that you believe will be most effective in both expressing your goals as a writer and reaching the audiences you plan to target in your work. Prompt: Read How to Read Like a Writer. Discuss the differences between “normal” reading and reading like a writer. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

 Compare the difference between reading like a writer and reading for pleasure. How does reading like a writer differ from simply reading for pleasure? How does it differ from traditional methods of analyzing writing in a literature classroom?

 Examine what a writer looks for in a text when they read as a writer. When you read as a writer, what do you ultimately look for in a text?

Guidelines for Submission: Submit assignment as a Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Your journal assignment should be no more than 300 words andany sources should be cited in MLA format.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value Comparison Meets "Proficient" criteria and

provides exceptional detail in comparing the difference between reading like a writer and reading for pleasure

Compares the difference between reading like a writer and reading for pleasure

Compares the difference between reading like a writer and reading for pleasure, but comparison lacks details or is unclear

Does not compare the difference between reading like a writer and reading for pleasure

45

Examination Meets "Proficient" criteria and provides exceptional detail in examining what writers look for in a text when they read as a writer

Examines what writers look for in a text when they read as a writer

Examines what writers look for in a text when they read as a writer, but discussion lacks details or is unclear

Does not examine what writers look for in a text when they read as a writer

45

Articulation of Response

Journal assignment is free of errors in organization and grammar

Journal assignment is mostly free of errors of organization and grammar, which are marginal and rarely interrupt the flow

Journal assignment contains errors of organization and grammar but they are limited enough so that assignment can be understood

Journal assignment contains errors of organization and grammar that make the journal difficult to understand

10

Total 100%