ENG 510 Module Six 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 tool kit. 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: Select one of the texts in the Module Six resource list that contains a place (or setting) that appeals to you most as both a reader and a writer. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
? Defend preferences for a particular setting, first as a reader and second as a writer. Use examples from this modules resources to support your ideas. Next, use one of your two selected books (either the classic or the contemporary) and:
? Explain the impact that analyzing the works in this course from a writers standpoint has had on your personal approach to creating settings.
? Examine how this knowledge will inform and serve your personal goals as a writer. 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 350 words and any sources should be cited in MLA format.
Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value Setting Meets “Proficient” criteria and
provides exceptional detail in defending preferences for a particular setting first as a reader and second as a writer, using examples
Defends preferences for a particular setting first as a reader and second as a writer, using examples
Defends preferences for a particular setting first as a reader and second as a writer, using examples, but defense lacks details or is unclear
Does not defend preferences for a particular setting first as a reader and second as a writer
30
Impact Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides exceptional detail in explaining the impact that analyzing the works in this course from a writers standpoint has had on a personal approach to creating settings
Explains the impact that analyzing the works in this course from a writers standpoint has had on a personal approach to creating settings
Explains the impact that analyzing the works in this course from a writers standpoint has had on a personal approach to creating settings, but explanation lacks details or is unclear
Does not explain the impact that analyzing the works in this course from a writers standpoint has had on a personal approach to creating settings
30
Goals Meets “Proficient” criteria and
provides exceptional detail in examining how this knowledge will inform and serve your personal goals as a writer
Examines how this knowledge will inform and serve your personal goals as a writer
Examines how this knowledge will inform and serve your personal goals as a writer, but examination lacks details or is unclear
Does not examine how this knowledge will inform and serve your personal goals 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
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