Process+Journal

**Process Journal**

**items you** **worked on** **and/or** **completed** **each day.** || * **What road did you choose?** **Thoughts** **Reflections** **Concerns** **Inspirations** **Contemplations** ||
 * **Date** || **List the**
 * **5/7/12** || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">The class learned about the project and the requirements

<span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">watched a video about a man that had hard choices in his life || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: left;">**Jk** when learning about the project it felt very overwhelming,this project seems like there is a <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; font-size: 10.6667px; text-align: left;"> big amount of work that is going to need to be done. <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; font-size: 10.6667px; text-align: left;"> Also thinking about the topic was challenging because I did not know how it would fit. || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times,serif; text-align: left;"> where they can fit to benefit you the greatest can be hard.My fist FQI <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times,serif; text-align: left;"> sheet was easier but I feel it will only get harder later on when you know <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times,serif; text-align: left;"> more knowledge on the topic. || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">I also thought about my Character as young Messi moving over seas to Barcelona,with all his problems he is going to face. || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">The FQI sheets are somewhat easy but they get hard after you do more because you know more facts after each one.
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: right;">**05/08/12** || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Picked my final topic for the project and emailed it to Ms.Dabrush || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Picking my topic I wanted was easy for me considering I Love soccer,and I enjoy watching Messi play.I think picking something I like and a person who I like will help me in this project because I will enjoy learning about the topic. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: right;">**5/10/12** || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Learned about the FQI sheets that we have to fill out. || T<span style="font-family: Times,serif;">he FQI sheets seems hard because learning facts and thinking how and
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: right;">**5/16/12** || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">I finished 3 out of my 5 FQI sheets.

<span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">The story is going to be a challenge because it requires a great amount of imagination. <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">As if right now I feel fine with the project and it is starting to piece together. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: right;">**5/18/12** || <span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">I am starting to plain out how my project is going to look like.

<span style="font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">I also finished all my FQI sheet on Messi || <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: left;"> I am feeling better on the project now,I see that it will take some time but it 's is not as bad as I thought.

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Constantia,serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: left;"> I thought I knew more about Messi then I actually do,I learn knew things everyday. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: right;">**5/22/12** || I started to think about what ideas and how to show different topic about Messi.We also worked on are Narrative. || I don't know many genres that I could use.All that I know of right now is the narrative and a poster.I need to think about what could be used and in what way. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: right;">**5/28/12** || Finished the narrative and got more thoughts about what I could use to show Messi in different ways. || The only problem I have of right now is how not to repeat what I said in my narrative and focus on a different point of view,not all of my genres can be about Messi child life.I have to show the readers what he accomplish and how,the road he took that is different then others,the road less traveled on. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: right;">**5/30/12** || In class we worked on types of genre.

We worked on list and poetry.

I also am almost finished with my newspaper article about Messi winning Fifa player of the year award. || The list seemed hard and confusing for me,I believe I will not use a list for the project.I am thinking about using a newspaper article,timeline,poster,and maybe the poetry part if I can understand how to make it good. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: right;">**6/1/12** || Worked on the News paper article

I also started a timeline of Messi,his goals and his overall life. || The news paper article was easy to write about because I knew Messi is the best player in the world and I have seen him play.His skills and what he does on the ball is different then any other players I have seen.I also knew the other really good players,and how they compare. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; font-size: 13.3333px; text-align: right;">**6/5/12** || I just finished all of my 5 genres.

Now I am working on the dear reader portion and also the bibliography part. || I feel very good about my genres,I feel as if they are well done.I put time to making them good and I tried making the genres interesting to read.

The only thing I have to focus on now is completing the Dear Reader part.

At the end of the day I feel like my project is well put together. ||
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; text-align: right;">**6/7/12** ||  || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">**For this last reflection, you should choose**

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; font-size: 20px;">**four** <span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;"> **of the nine questions listed here:** <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">I <span style="color: #0071ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">I am still happy with my topic choice.Leonel Messi was very interesting to learn about because of how good he is at the sport I love.I knew from the start of my project that this was going to be my topic.I feel as if I can really connect with Leonel.How he did anything to just play the game.He is a role model to me but he also inspires me to do more.I played soccer ever day for at least 2-3 hours,by learning about Messi I can say so did he,I just wish I could reach Messi level.To even see or talk to Messi would be a dream come true.If I work hard that dream could become a reality. <span style="color: #0062ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">My goal for research was to find out how Messi did all of this.I now know that my question can not truly be answered.To find out my goal I would have to have an interview with Messi and see what he thinks about my question.But I also relieved that the littleness stuff matter,like picking what food to eat,time when you go to bed and all of those small things people do not focus on.This all is a factor of how a person will preform,not just in soccer but in anything.I believe Messi answer would be something on the lines of hard work and always trying your best.I may never know the answer. <span style="color: #006aff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">To find information about Messi was both hard and easy,I knew so much about this person and player because he is amazing at what I love.I watch 100 + videos on Messi playing,training,and even his childhood.If I had any advice to the younger age people who were going to do this project is pick a topic you enjoy but also find all the information you can.It is always better to have more information,your options will be limitless.Also find the information why asked because blowing off the information can hurt down the road.I felt that I had enough information,that made the project easy and less stressful. <span style="color: #0080ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Working with a peer can help and improve your work.Tim Chung helped me,by telling me what I should take out and add too.His most helpful information was how to added pictures, he also just helped me with everything that I got stuck on.Without working with a peer I could have still been stuck.I learned from working with Tim that it is always good to have a peer help you with your work,they can improve it and also help you have a better understanding of what you are doing. ||
 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">Why did you choose your topic? Are you still happy with your choice?
 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">What goals did you have for your research? Did you meet those?
 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">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?
 * 2) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">How much information did you collect? How easy or hard was it to find information?
 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">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.
 * 2) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">What strengths did you use as a writer in this project? What new strengths did you discover?
 * 3) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">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?
 * 4) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">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.
 * 5) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif;">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; font-family: Comic Sans MS,serif; font-size: 12px;">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: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;">**Process Journal Scoring Checklist**

<span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; text-align: center;">Total Process Journal Points /50 points

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 20px;">**Score A Date 5/27- 9 points**

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">_10 points Student is up to date with her/his journal entries. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> 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: Times New Roman,serif;">_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: Times New Roman,serif;">_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: Times New Roman,serif;">_ 4 points There were no journal entries at the time of scoring. Score B _ Date 6/5 _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: Times New Roman,serif;">**Score C** __**_30 points** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 20px;">**Date 6/8 29 points** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">_ 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: Times New Roman,serif;">_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: Times New Roman,serif;">_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: Times New Roman,serif;">_ 4 points There were no new journal entries at the time of scoring. <span style="color: #548dd4; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 22.6667px; text-align: center;">**Plus** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">_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: Times New Roman,serif;">_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: Times New Roman,serif;">_ 4 points Student did not answer any of the reflection questions.