Dominica Journal

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Dominica Journal

• Guidelines and Grading

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Journal Format

• The journal is an important part of the Dominica
  Study Abroad field experience. A major goal of
  the journal is to capture the experience in
  writing for your future reference.
• The journal must contain both information of
  scientific interest AND your personal
  observations on the ecology, geography, and
  culture of Dominica. Your impressions on people,
  food, music, and experiences will often prove to
  be things that you will read and reflect upon in
  the future.
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Suggested Format for Journal

• Date/General Observations on Weather.
• Narrative of days events including
• Places visited
• New habitats or organisms observed
• Progress on individual and group projects
• Other activities of note
• Impressions and reflections
• List of species observed, with scientific names.
• Follow the format on the journal notes we handed
  out in class
  

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Journal Grading

• We encourage lots of personal expression in the
  body of the journal entry, but the journal is
  also part of a graded class and so we have
  devised the following grading system for the
  journal.

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Journal Grades

• C Grade You have journal entries for every day
  of the class, but there is no format followed.
  Daily observations sometimes address scientific
  aspects and at other times are more personal. No
  attempt to summarize daily accumulations of
  information.
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• B Grade Daily entries always cover both
  scientific AND personal observations, but format
  is inconsistent. Some attempt at summarizing
  information over the course of the class.
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• A Grade Daily entries always cover both
  scientific AND personal observations, but format
  is consistent in style, with sections on basic
  observations (time, date, weather) habitats
  visited, species observed, research completed,
  plus personal observations.