Journal Writing Assignment

Due:Thursday, May 6th

Journals are a great place to record our ideas, feelings, questions, and
reflections about certain topics. For this assignment, you will edit and revise
two of your journal entries for grading. 

1. Choose two of your best journal entries that you want to write more
about.
2. Indicate the journal prompt/question for each entry. 
3. Each journal entry must have at least 5 complete sentences.
4. Go through the editing checklist.

Journal Scoring Guide

Outstanding! Good Work! Could Do Need to

Better improve
4 3 2 1
Content The entry fully The entry The entry The entry is
(Does it answers the adequately partially unclear and
answer the prompt and answers the answers the does not
prompt?) elaborates to give prompt. Ideas prompt but answer the
many are interesting lacks overall prompt
X2 well-developed and well clarity appropriately
and sophisticated thought out.
ideas
Student’s work Student’s
Sentence Journal is highly Journal is has some  work is very
Organization polished; has little polished and sentence difficult to
(spelling, if any errors contains few organization  understand
capitals, errors errors but is still and has many
punctuation) understandable sentence
errors
X1
Total: /12
 Prompts
Journal #1
If you were to sacrifice your life for someone, who would it be and why?

Journal #2
If you could go to summer camp year-round instead of attending school, would you
do it? Why or why not?

Journal #3
If you were offered the choice in Percy’s dream – to save your own parent’s life or
complete your quest and prevent a terrible war, what would you choose and why?

Journal #4
Describe your dream vacation. Where would you go? What would you do?

Journal #5
Why is it important to learn about Indian Residential Schools? What are the lasting
impacts of the Indian Residential School system?

Journal # 6
Prediction
What do you think will happen when Percy brings the lightning bolt to Zeus? If you
were writing the next scene, what would it be like?