Journal 7

ENG 520 Module Seven 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. Prompt: This journal should be composed after writing your initial post for the writer’s workshop assignment in Module Seven. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

 Explain the differences in the techniques you employed in drafting the book description versus the plot summary. What did you notice when composing the book description versus the plot summary?

 Discuss the marketability of your own story concept. When you compare your book description to the flap copy or product description of published works, do you see the marketability of your own story concept?

 Explain how this exercise informed your progress as a writer. How has this experience informed the next steps you will take in writing this story?

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 must be 300–400 words and any sources should be cited in MLA format.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value Book Description vs. Plot Summary

Meets "Proficient" criteria shows advanced ability for explaining the differences between the techniques employed in drafting the book description versus the plot summary

Explains the differences between the techniques employed in drafting the book description versus the plot summary

Explains the differences between the techniques employed in drafting the book description versus the plot summary but explanation lacks details or is unclear

Does not explain the differences between the techniques employed in drafting the book description versus the plot summary

30

Marketability Meets "Proficient" criteria shows advanced ability for discussing the marketability of the story concept

Discusses the marketability of the story concept

Discusses the marketability of one’s story concept but discussion is incomplete, lacking details or is unclear

Does not discuss the marketability of one’s story concept

30

Writer’s Progress Meets "Proficient" criteria shows advanced ability for explaining how this exercise informed progress as a writer

Explains how the exercise informed progress as a writer

Explains how the exercise informed progress as a writer but explanation lacks details or is unclear

Does not explain how the exercise informed progress as a writer

30

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%