journal

Journals: Close Reading of the Text http://www.allaboutbharat.org/post/Ramayana-Story-Summary-PDF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oC2ZlQVIP4

Length: At least 250 words

Journal entries are critical responses to the texts that we read. You must closely read the text and provide an answer that includes a quote or paraphrase from the text, in-text citation(s), and a Works Cited. The journal entry assignments will close after the due date and time ends. Every other week, you must submit a short journal response.  The journals must only cover the corresponding week’s reading material.  

Your journal entry can be relatively informal; that is, you may simply explore your response to the reading or a portion of the reading and include some of your personal reflections on it.  Obviously, you must write over a different subject for each journal.  For each journal, you must include at least one quote or paraphrase from the text.  You must provide an in-text citation for the paraphrase/quote. Provide a Works Cited at the end.  Citations for literature are covered in the MLA handout; however, this should be a review from ENGL 1302.  

I am not looking for a summary of the material; rather, I am looking to see your engagement and understanding of the readings by your comments.  A good place to start would be to simply determine whether you liked/disliked/agreed/disagreed with a portion of the text, then to elaborate on your judgment by explaining why you responded in this way.  Please use oneof the following approaches (or something very similar):  

1.  Personal Reaction

A.  Complete one of the following statements by referring to a particular incident in the reading.

 1.  “I was struck by_____________”

 2.  “I was confused by___________”

 3.  “I was surprised by___________”

 B. Include your quotation or paraphrase from the text with citation ie. (Moliere 1.3.56-59) or (Kafka 262).  

 C. End your journal entry with a detailed explanation of your statement.

 D. Provide a Works Cited.

2.  Parallel Story

 A. Tell your own personal story that was triggered by the reading.

 B. Include your quotation or paraphrase from the text with citation ie. (Moliere 1.3.56-59) or (Kafka 262).  

C.  Include events and experiences that were either similar to or different from the reading, and explain how your story and the reading are related to each other.

D.  End your journal entry by stating the theme/moral/lesson learned from your story.

E.  Provide a Works Cited. 

3.  Double-Entry Journal (What or Why Questions)

A.  Create two separate columns on your page.

B.  In the left column, keep a running list of “what” or “why” questions that occur to you as you are reading.

C.  When you are finished with your questions, go back to the top of your list and answer your questions as completely as you can in the right column.  (If you don’t know the answer, take a guess!)

 D. Include your quotation or paraphrase from the text with citation ie. (Moliere 1.3.56-59) or (Kafka 262).  

E.  End your journal entry with a significant discovery about the reading (“I discovered that_____________”)

F.  Provide a Works Cited.