ENG 510 Module Five 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 the final project, a writer’s 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: In this journal, you will practice your own native writing style and voice, then you will justify your choices as they relate to what you currently think of as your personal style. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Creative Work A. First, page through the contemporary text you have been reading this term and pick five words of interest from it. Next, write a creative work

(fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama) that includes these five words. Your work should convey a very deliberate writing style to depict your authorial voice.

II. Explanation A. At the bottom of your creative work, please list the five words you chose and explain why you chose them. What was it about those words that

drew you to them? B. Write two to four sentences explaining what kind of overall tone or voice you were trying to depict in your creative work, and how it does or

does not align to what you think of as your personal style.

Rubric

Guidelines for Submission: Submit your journal 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, and any sources should be cited in MLA format.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Creative Work Meets “Proficient” criteria, and weaves chosen words of interest seamlessly into creative work

Crafts a creative work that includes chosen words of interest

Crafts a creative work but does not include chosen words of interest

Does not craft a creative work that includes chosen words of interest

30

Explanation Meets “Proficient” criteria, and explanation is clear and concise

Explains rationale for words of interest

Explains rationale for words of interest, but explanation lacks clarity or detail

Does not explain rationale for words of interest

30

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Tone or Voice Meets “Proficient” criteria, and demonstrates keen insight into personal style

Explains the intended tone or voice and how it aligns with personal style

Explains the intended tone or voice and how it aligns with personal style, but lacks clarity or detail

Does not explain the intended tone or voice and how it aligns with personal style

30

Articulation of Response

Entry is free of errors in organization and grammar

Entry is mostly free of errors of organization and grammar; errors are marginal and rarely interrupt the flow

Entry contains errors of organization and grammar, but errors are limited enough so that entry can be understood

Entry contains errors of organization and grammar making the entry difficult to understand