How to do a Two Column Journal

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How to do a Two Column Journal

• Please print this slide show as a handout, follow
  the directions in creating your Two Column
  Journal, and staple the handout to the back of
  your assignment.

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Formatting Your Paper

• First, divide the paper into two columns. Label
  the column on the left Note-Taking and the
  column on the right Note-Making.

• Put your name, teachers name, class name, date
  and period, assignment number and title in MLA
  format.

• The following slide shows which information goes
  into each column.

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Note-Taking Note-Making

• Respond to Note-Taking by one of the following

• Write down an important passage from the story
  or essay (authors last name page).

• Connecting entry to your life

• Connecting entry to events at school, hometown,
  state, country, or the world

• Expressing your feelings to the entry. Do you
  agree? Disagree? Was it funny? Touching? etc.

• Note-Taking entries must be direct citations

• Asking a question about the entry. Leave space to
  answer it when you discover the answer?

• Making a comparison to the entry with other
  stories, TV shows, movies, songs, etc. Making a
  comparison to any of the above by creating an
  original simile or metaphor

• Each entry must be at least two sentences long

• All Note-Making Entries are 10 Words or more

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Guidelines

• Every note-taking entry must have a note-making
  entry or no credit is received

• Must be neatly written or typed or no credit
  received

• Number all of your entries

• Entries must line up across the page

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Example of How to Do a Two Column Journal
Christine Ortiz Mr. Jeffrey English III-P, Period
6 31 March 2008
(Click on the dude above for an on-line Two
Column Journal example)
Assignment 37 Two-Column Journal 6 Becoming
America, Pages 154-158

• Note-Taking
• Loyalists wishing to remain faithful to the
  mother country complied with the new taxes and
  other regulations (Purves 154).
• 2) In the late 1780s, the newly formed United
  States drafted a Constitution to structure its
  government and guarantee the rights of its
  citizens (154).

• Note-Making
• Even though it is not stated in the passage, this
  implies that those who were not loyal, did not
  pay taxes or comply with any other regulations.
  This would probably anger the ruler of Great
  Britain.
• The constitution was drafted almost 220 years
  ago, and it still manages to do a very good job
  of setting rules and guidelines, checks and
  balances, for our government to operate by. I
  think it is a magnificent piece of work, and it
  must have taken serious thought for it to be
  written so well that its words could still be
  effective 220 years later.

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How to Grade a Two Column Journal
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Scoring Guidelines
1. Each double entry is worth the amount of
points noted in the chart on the next slide.
2. If the Note-taking side is cited incorrectly,
only ¾ credit earned for that entry.
3. If the Note-making side is less than 10 words,
only ¾ credit is earned for that entry.
4. If both Note-taking and Note-making entries
are incorrectly formatted, only ½ credit is
earned.
5. If Note-taking, Note-making entries do not
line up across the page, multiply total score
by .75.
6. After totaling the score, write a two sentence
evaluation focusing on what you did well
according to the standards of comprehension,
analysis, and evaluation for your subject.
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Scoring Chart
(based on 100 points)

• Entries Points ¾ Pts
  ½ Pts.

4 25 19 12.5
5 20 15 10
6 17 12.5 8
7 10 7 5
8 12.5 9 6
9 10 7 5
10 10 7 5
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