Engl 110:
Process Journal
Overview:
You will use this online journal to reflect on your processes as a thinker, information-gatherer, and writer. During the semester you will need to write three journals where you will discuss three different writing processes based on your writing in this class. The length of the posts may range from 500 words to two pages.
Instructions:
• Go to our Bb siteProcess JournalCreate Journal Entry
• You will need to write three journals
• For each post, write about one of the following processes: o your idea/thinking/researching process
– Your early writing (drafting) process
– Your later writing (revising) process. _examples of questions to explore any of these processes—please do not approach these like a “laundry list”: how did I do it?; why did I do it?; what was it like?; how successful was it?; what was most challenging about it?; what did I learn about myself?; what surprised me?; how is my process changing/evolving? • _Journal Prompts
Spend some time freewriting about particular difficulties you have encountered so far when drafting your essay. What strategies have you used to work through these problems? What special concerns about your first draft would you like your peers and professor to address?
Write about the specific parts of the composing process that are most difficult for you. What particularly pressing concerns do you have when drafting your essays? How was it different or similar compared to your other writing assignments? What presented you with the most trouble? Why? How did you attempt to overcome these problems?
• Use the rubric below to help you write good posts, and to help you determine the grade you feel you deserve for them
• The instructor reserves the right lower/raise the grades you indicate on your form, based on evidence submitted on the form.
