JOURNALS

= = =__**JOURNALS**__= ==You are required to write in your journal daily. In your daily journal you will be able to reflect on the lessons we have been doing in class, answering questions posed by the teacher or answer the question "I wonder?" or "So What?". See the success criteria below to help you be successful in your posts. Journals will be assessed for completion daily and will be handed in once a week for marking. Incomplete journals will be assigned as homework.==

Journals will be marked as complete if they have:

 * 1) A minimum of 5 sentences that are in paragraph form and are in response to the appropriate prompt or question
 * 2) Have an opening sentence that identifies the question or prompt ie. Today we discussed..... or In response to our reading I......
 * 3) The writing is clear and stays on topic
 * 4) The language is appropriate and the writing is legible.
 * 5) There are no spelling or grammar errors. (A friend or teacher has edited it for me).
 * 6) I have shown thought in my response and have made connections to other content, personal stories, the world around me, etc.

**__RUBRIC FOR JOURNALS __** (expression and organization of ideas and understanding in written form) || Expresses and organizes ideas and understanding with a high degree of effectiveness || Expresses and organizes ideas and understanding with considerable effectiveness || Expresses and organizes ideas and understanding with some effectiveness || Expresses and organizes ideas and understanding with limited effectiveness ||
 * CATEGORIES || LEVEL 4 || LEVEL 3 || LEVEL 2 || LEVEL 1 ||
 * Knowledge and Understanding || Student demonstrates thorough knowledge of the content in their response to the question or prompt provided || Student demonstrates considerable knowledge of in their response to the question or prompt provided || Student demonstrates some knowledge of content in their response to the question or prompt provided || Student demonstrates limited knowledge of the content in their response to the question or prompt provided ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Thinking || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Uses critical/creative thinking processes with a high degree of effectiveness || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Uses critical/creative thinking processes with considerable effectiveness || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Uses critical/creative thinking processes with some effectiveness || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Uses critical/creative thinking processes with limited effectiveness ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Communication
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Application || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Makes connections within and between various contexts with a high degree of effectiveness || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Makes connections within and between various contexts with considerable effectiveness || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Makes connections within and between various contexts with some effectiveness || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Makes connections within and between various contexts with limited effectiveness ||

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">LEVEL 4- identifies achievement that surpasses the provincial standard. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">LEVEL 3-represents the provincial standard <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">LEVEL 2- represents achievement that approaches the provincial standard <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">LEVEL 1- represents achievement that falls much below the provincial standard