SCE

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Four Column Journal
Writing Standard 1.3 Organization and Focus

• SCE

Please print this slide show, follow the
directions, and staple it to your reading
response.
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How to Do a Four Column Journal

• Vertically divide your paper into four columns
• Label the columns as follows
• Citation
• Summarize
• Connect
• Explain

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Formatting the Four Column Journal SCE

• Summarize
• Review the main ideas of the cited passage and
  how it advances the plot or essay

• Connect
• Make connection with the cited passage
  (personal, societal, or universal)

• Explain
• Give reasons why you made the connection with
  what was summarized

• Cite
• Cite an important passage from the text
  (authors last name and page number).

Citations must be two sentences or more in
length!.
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Four Column Journal, SCE Example
Four Column Journal Example for Four Entries
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Grading Guidelines
Grading Guidelines

• All column entries, except the citation column,
  must have responses of ten words or more.
• An entry is complete only when all four columns
  have responses
• All entries must line up across
  the page and be numbered.
  
• All citations must be two
  sentences or more in length
• Correct parenthetical format

(See next slide for Blooms Taxonomy Grading
Scale)
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Creativity
Evaluation
Write one sentence explaining what you
did well according to the skill being learned
using the language of Blooms taxonomy. Then,
write one more sentence explaining what you could
do better or differently next time and how you
could move up one level on Blooms Taxonomy.
Writing Standard 1.3 Organization and Focus
Higher Order Thinking Skills
4.5 to 5/A
3.5 to 4.4/B 2.5 to 3.4/C
1.5 to 2.4/L .1 to 1.4/K
Blooms Taxonomy
Student Directions for Written Evaluation
Lower Order Thinking Skills
Grading Scale
0 Errors 4.5/A to 5/A 3 Errors - 1.5/L
to 2.4/L 1 Errors 3.5/B to 4.4/B 4 Errors
.1/K to 1.4/K 2 Errors 2.5/C to 3.4/C
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Printing Directions

1. On the tool bar, click on File, click on
   Print.
2. In the Print dialogue box, in the lower left
   corner under Print What, click on the drop down
   arrow and select Handouts.
3. Then, under Color/Grayscale, select the best on
   for your printer.
4. Next, under Handouts, click on Slides per
   Page, and choose 9.
5. Lastly, click on OK, and the file will print.

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Four Column Journal

• SCE