Process+Journal

**Process Journal**

I chose to research the history of basketball because I have loved and played the game ever since I was little and I have wanted to know how the game was invented. This project gave my a chance to fins out a little bit about the game, where it originated, and how it has changed since then. So I couldn't miss the opportunity! I am still happy with my choice to research the history of basketball because I learned a lot that I didn't already know. At the beginning of the MGRP project I set a number of goals for my research that I hoped to accomplish. I wanted to learn about where the game of basketball originated, more about the game in general, and how the game has changed since it was invented. I met my goals for the research of this project because I found out about what I wanted too and learned a lot. The most challenging genre to write was the narrative story because it took a lot of thought and hard work to finish the final draft of my story. The most fun genre to write was the movie poster because I was able to find cool pictures and come up with a name and details for the movie. I learned that the research process is the hardest process to complete but it is necessary to complete well because the entire project centers around it. I also learned that the research project should take the longest out of all of the processes. || **For this last reflection, you should choose**  **four**  **of the nine questions listed here:** Why did you choose your topic? Are you still happy with your choice? What goals did you have for your research? Did you meet those? What facts about your topic interested you most? Did this kind of project help you get a better understanding of your topic than you might have with a more traditional kind of research paper? If so, why and in what ways did it help? How much information did you collect? How easy or hard was it to find information? What did you learn about the research process from this project? Consider: the best places to find certain kinds of information; what sources are most credible; the best order for conducting your investigation; how to record information and sources; anything else that you learned or that confirmed what you already knew. What strengths did you use as a writer in this project? What new strengths did you discover? What criteria did you use in deciding on the genres to include in your paper? What piece was the hardest or most challenging to write? Why? The most fun or interesting? Why? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; text-decoration: none;">How did you decide on the organization of the pieces into a cohesive whole? Consider not only organization but use of transitional devices and packaging. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; text-decoration: none;">What did you learn by working with your peers on revising and editing? Did they give you helpful advice? What was most helpful to you? What kinds of things did you learn from reading their pieces? ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**Date** || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**List the** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**items you** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**worked on** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**and/or** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**completed** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**each day.** || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: times-roman,serif; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">* <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">**What road did you choose?** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**Thoughts** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**Reflections** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**Concerns** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**Inspirations** <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**Contemplations** ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**5/7/12** || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times-Roman,serif; text-decoration: none;">I watched the 20 minute video clip of the speech that the founder of Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos made about change and decisions in life that make a big difference. Then I came up with 5 topics that I would be interested in researching for this unit. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times-Roman,serif; text-decoration: none;">When watching this speech by Jeff Bezos, I chose to take the road less traveled by. I chose to watch this speech as if I were actually about to graduate from Princeton University and Jeff Bezos was giving an inspirational speech about the important decisions that he made in his life that lead to his success. I used this speech as inspiration and it taught me that the easiest road isn’t always the road that one should take, but that the unique or challenging road is the best one to take. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**5/8/12** || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times-Roman,serif; text-decoration: none;">We learned about the FQI Sheets || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times-Roman,serif; text-decoration: none;">I think that It will take awhile to complete the FQI Sheets. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**5/10/12** || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times-Roman,serif; text-decoration: none;">I completed my first FQI sheet out of 5. || It was easier to complete than I thought it would be. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**5/16/12** || I found my second and third resources for the FQI sheets. || I think that it is going to be harder to find the fourth and fifth resources because they can't be websites. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**5/18/12** || I finished my second and third FQI Sheets. || I still have to find resources for my fourth and fifth FQI sheets as well as fill them out. I'm concerned that this might be a lot of work for me to do over the weekend. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**5/22/12** || I e-mailed Ms. Dabrush all of my FQI sheets. || I feel a little bit relieved that I finished all of the FQI sheets, which took a lot of time and effort to complete. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**5/28/12** || I completed my second genre, which was a To-Do List. || Now I have completed my narrative and a To-Do list. I still need to complete 3 more genres by next Friday. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**5/30/12** || I worked on completing a six room poem in class. || I think that I am going to use my poem as my third genre. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**6/1/12** || I completed my fourth genre, which is a journal entry. || I think that I'm in pretty good shape because now I just need to complete a news letter (my fifth and final genre) by Friday. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**6/5/12** || I put all of my five genres into the wiki and I created another poem to add to the genres. || Now I just have to complete my Dear-Reader introduction letter by 2:00 on Friday. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: comicsansms,cursive; text-align: right; text-decoration: none;">**6/7/12** || **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; text-decoration: none;">1.)Why did you choose your topic? Are you still happy with your choice? **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; text-decoration: none;">2.) What goals did you have for your research? Did you meet those? **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; text-decoration: none;">3.) What piece was the hardest or most challenging to write? Why? The most fun or interesting? Why? **
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; text-decoration: none;">4.) What did you learn about the research process from this project? **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: ComicSansMS,cursive; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Adapted from ©2006 by Melinda Putz from A Teacher’s Guide to the Multigenre Research Project, Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: timesnewromanpsmt,serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">**Process Journal Scoring Checklist**

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: timesnewromanpsmt,serif; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">Total Process Journal Points /40 points

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif; font-size: 20px; text-decoration: none;">**Score A Date 5/28/12** _10 points Student is up to date with her/his journal entries. Progress toward the final collection is apparent. There is evidence of thoughtful reflection about the components of the project. The reader is not distracted by grammar/spelling errors.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif; text-decoration: none;">_8-9 points Student is almost up to date with her/his journal entries. Progress toward the final collection is visible. There is evidence of some reflection about the components of the project, but the journal is more of a list than a reflection at times. While there are some grammar/spelling errors, the reader is not distracted. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif; text-decoration: none;">_5-6 points Student has fallen behind in his journal entries. Progress toward the final collection is inconsistent; work needs to ramp up. The entries report rather than reflect. Reader is distracted by grammar/spelling errors. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif; text-decoration: none;">_ 4 points There were no journal entries at the time of scoring. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif; font-size: 20px; text-decoration: none;">**Score B ___ Date__** _10 points Student is up to date with her/his journal entries. Progress toward the final collection is apparent. There is evidence of thoughtful reflection about the components of the project. The reader is not distracted by grammar/spelling errors.

___8-9 points Student is almost up to date with her/his journal entries. Progress toward the final collection is visible. There is evidence of some reflection about the components of the project, but the journal is more of a list than a reflection at times. While there are some grammar/spelling errors, the reader is not distracted.__ ___5-6 points Student has fallen behind in his journal entries. Progress toward the final collection is inconsistent; work needs to ramp up. The entries report rather than reflect. Reader is distracted by grammar/spelling errors.__ ___ 4 points There were no new journal entries at the time of scoring.__

__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif; text-decoration: none;">**Score C** __**_30 points** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif; font-size: 20px; text-decoration: none;">**Date 6/8 28 points** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif; text-decoration: none;">_ 10 points Student is up to date with her/his journal entries. Progress toward the final collection is apparent. There is evidence of thoughtful reflection about the components of the project. The reader is not distracted by grammar/spelling errors.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif; text-decoration: none;">_8-9 points Student is almost up to date with her/his journal entries. Progress toward the final collection is visible. There is evidence of some reflection about the components of the project, but the journal is more of a list than a reflection at times. While there are some grammar/spelling errors, the reader is not distracted. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif; text-decoration: none;">_5-6 points Student has fallen behind in his journal entries. Progress toward the final collection is inconsistent; work needs to ramp up. The entries report rather than reflect. Reader is distracted by grammar/spelling errors. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif; text-decoration: none;">_ 4 points There were no new journal entries at the time of scoring. <span style="color: #487dc6; display: block; font-family: timesnewromanpsmt,serif; font-size: 22px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">**Plus** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif; text-decoration: none;">_10 points Student answered more than four of the final reflection questions with thoughtful and thorough responses. _8-9 points Student answered four of the final reflection questions with thoughtful and thorough responses. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif; text-decoration: none;">_5-6 points Students answered some of the final reflection questions. The responses answered the questions with little elaboration or insight. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT,serif; text-decoration: none;">_ 4 points Student did not answer any of the reflection questions.