JOURNAL GUIDELINES

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="040d4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0b8927e0.gif" border=0 width="146" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The only way to make your journals happen is by thinking and writing.</div> <bR> <div> Give yourself time to write in advance of the deadlines.  One journal every week is easier than two journals on Thursday night every two weeks.</div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>Ray Knight's Learning Experiments </B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ray Knights Learning Experiments "><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PROBLEM SOLUTION ESSAY "><U>PROBLEM SOLUTION ESSAY </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PLAGIARISM PROJECT"><U>PLAGIARISM PROJECT</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id50.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quizzes 3201"><U>Quizzes 3201</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Slogans "><U>Slogans </U></A>   |   <B>JOURNAL GUIDELINES</B>   |   <A HREF="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Website Assignment"><U>Website Assignment</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id45.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="EXAMPLES OF SUCCESSFUL Journal WORK"><U>EXAMPLES OF SUCCESSFUL Journal WORK</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Examples of Unsuccessful work"><U>Examples of Unsuccessful work</U></A></div> <div> JOURNAL GUIDELINES</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <A NAME="3201_journal_guidelines_and_suggestions_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >3201 Journal Guidelines and Suggestions </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id21_handouts.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Handouts for English 3201"><U>Back to Handouts</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Journals may be turned in on paper in a folder, or electronically through e-mail to your professor.  Each JOURNAL entry must be separate and should be identified by number (ex. Journal #1, #2, etc.) Make sure to include your name, the date, and the # of the the suggestion you are using near the top. If you send your journal by e-mail, use "copy and paste".  DO NOT USE ATTACHMENTS.   <U>Journals</U> <U>sent as attachments will not be accepted</U>. <B>Be sure to keep a copy on a CD, USB,  or floppy diskette</B> in case of disaster! Thanks.  As discussed in class [ CYA :) ], always send yourself a copy of work sent to the professor in case of any confusion or dispute.</div> <bR> <div> Each entry should be a <U>minimum</U> of two typed double-spaced pages, in size 12 font type with 1-inch margins.  Translation:  Each JOURNAL  must be at least two pages long-- not one page and a sentence, not one and three-fourths pages, etc. They can of course be longer than 2 pages.  <B>As important as length is that your entry be logically complete, and that your ideas are complete.  Longer journals are welcome.</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><U>Spelling and grammar are unimportant in your journal entries as long as they do not interfere with understanding.  </U></I></div> <bR> <div> You will be expected to turn in two journal entries every two weeks,  beginning with the two week period that starts on ends on Sept. 14th.  Your professor recommends doing one journal each week so that your work does not get to be too much  just before the due dates.  Not having computer access on the last day before the assignments are due is not the professor's problem. </div> <div>   </div> <div> <B>The first 2 journals are due on or before Friday,_September 14th_. </B></div> <div> <B>The next 2 are due on or before Friday,_September 28th_.</B></div> <div> <B>The next 2 are due on or before Friday,_October 19th_.</B></div> <div> <B>The last  2 journals are due on or before Friday,_November 2nd_.</B></div> <bR> <div> You may also propose <I>specific alternative topics</I>, as long as they are very specific, and proposed with <U>at least 4 days</U> time for me to react and approve/disapprove the topics in advance.  Translation: asking with fewer than 3 days before the deadline for turning in the journals will ALWAYS result in this answer--"No. Just use some of the suggestions I gave you."</div> <bR> <div>      <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Suggestions for journal topics</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> The following are some suggestions for possible topics.  <B>You may</B> <B>choose other topics </B><B><U>only</U></B><B> after consulting with the professor</B>.  If you use a topic below, identify it by # but <B><U>do not</U></B> <U>copy it as part of the text</U><U> </U><U>of your journal</U><U> entry.</U>  Copied text will not count towards the two page minimum.</div> <bR> <div> 1.  Use the library or other source to find a newspaper or magazine printed on the day you were born. Read it, and discuss what has changed since then or perhaps what has remained the same during that time.  Discuss <I><U>specific</U></I> issues or examples.  What importance or relevance can knowledge of what was happening twenty years ago have for us today?</div> <bR> <div> 2.  React to and discuss the lyrics of a song you like or dislike.  You may criticize or analyze the song, or show why it has affected you in some way or why it is important to consider its message.  You should provide a copy of the lyrics along with your journal, and a translation if you choose to analyze or discuss a song written in Spanish.  The lyrics do not count as part of the two pages.</div> <bR> <div> 3.  Choose some current event from the news, and follow how the newspapers, TV, radio, etc. present it over a period of three or more days.  Why or how is it important to you?  to Puerto Rico? to the rest of the world? Will it continue to be important 5 (or 15)  years from now?  Why or why not?</div> <bR> <div> 4.  Look at the the “Calvin and Hobbes” comic book or the book "The Big Book of Hell" on reserve in the library.  Choose one or more comics and react to it (or them).  Why did you choose it?  What did you like/dislike about it?  <U>Why is it funny?</U>  In what ways is it also serious?  What do you think the artist wanted to communicate with the comic?  How is it like or different from your experience? </div> <bR> <div> 5.  Choose one of the following countries: Madagascar, New Zealand, Guam.  How would it compare with Puerto Rico as a place to live and raise a family?  Why?   What evidence would you give to support your position?  Support your answer with specific evidence or examples.  Where and how did you find the information you used to compare your country with Puerto Rico? What might make you decide to move to that country to live?</div> <bR> <div> 6.  Design an exercise or activity that would use computers and/or the Internet to help <B>YOU</B> to learn English.  You determine the content--vocabulary, grammar, conversation, whatever.  Explain what the teacher might need to do, the materials and equipment he or she would need, and how you think this activity would improve your English skills.  How much work [time, effort] would this new activity require from the student?  from the teacher?  Do you think your fellow students would like this activity?  Why?</div> <bR> <div> 7.    Surf the internet.  Find a site (¡¡not pornographic!!) that you find interesting, exciting, or valuable.  Look for sites that are <U>unusual, helpful, or thought-provoking</U>. <B>OJO. El profe no va a aceptar sitios como yahoo.com, google.com, classmates.com, y otros que no requiere explicacion ni esfuerzo de parte suyo.  Si tiene duda alguna, preguntale con anticipacion. </B> How did you find the site?  What were you looking for when you found the site?  What interested you in the site?  What do you like about it?   Is there anybody you would not recommend this site to? Why?   What kind of links do you find in the site?  Do you think you can believe the information/opinions found in the site?  Why?  Write a brief review of the site to help another person decide whether to visit it or not.  Be sure to include the address of the site.</div> <bR> <div> 8.  As in #4, go to the Reserve and ask for <U>The Book of Questions.</U>  <B>Read the introduction/explanation carefully.</B> Look for a question that interests you and answer it as the book suggests.  Remember, only identify the question number,...<B>don't copy the question</B>.</div> <bR> <div> 9.  You may repeat (<U>one time</U>!) any of #2, 3, 4, 7, 10, or 8, but with a new topic<B>.   Or, as always, you may propose a specific new alternative (in advance) to your professor.</B></div> <bR> <div> 10.     Look in the list of <A HREF="id41_slogans.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Slogans "><U>slogans</U></A> for analysis and discussion.  Choose one you really agree (or disagree) with.  Explain what the slogan means, to you and to society in general.  Would you put a bumper-sticker with this message on your car?  Why? Or Why not?  What actions on your part would be consistent with the message of the slogan you chose?  Do you already do these actions?  Why? Or Why not?*** You may repeat this option two times, but no more than two times.</div> <div>   </div> <div> 11.     What can you and other people like you do to make Puerto Rico a better place in which to live and work?  What specific changes (actions) can you recommend in order to bring about a positive impact in our lives?  How long would it take to begin making a change? Have you already begun these actions?  Why or why not?  Do you think people will oppose your suggestions?  Who would oppose your position?  Why?</div> <bR> <div> 12.     Find a person who is frequently in the LOCAL news.  Do you believe this person shares the same values and interests as you?  Why or why not?  How do his/her actions --as reported in newspapers, radio, or TV-- reflect the values and interests he/she has?  Do you think he/she would agree with your interpretation of his/her beliefs, values, and actions?  Why or why not?</div> <bR> <div> 13.      If you could interview any person alive right now, who would you interview?  Why?  What 10 questions would you ask? [Don't waste your time or the professor's time listing questions to which we already know -or could guess- the answers] Why would this information be useful or important to you?  Why or how could it be useful or important to the rest of us?  Have other people already interviewed this person?  If yes, how would your interview be different?  Would it be hard or easy for you to interview this person? Why?  How could you use the information from the interview?</div> <bR> <div> 14.      As above in # 13, but with any person who died before you were born.  Who would you interview?  Why?....</div> <bR> <div> 15.      Design a page in your webspace to promote social action on an issue important to you.  Example: to get people to adopt children with AIDS or to quit buying and using products made by companies that are polluting our water supplies.  Note:  This page must be different from any pages you create for your problem solution essay.</div> <bR> <div> 16.      What is your biggest question in life? Why is it important to you?  Do you think everyone also has this question? What are you doing to try to answer this question?  How will working on this issue/question affect your life in the future?</div> <bR> <div> 17.      If you could live at any time (in Puerto Rico) in the past or future, when would you choose to live?  Why? What would your life be like in that time?  How would it be different from your current life?  What would you hope to work at in that time, and what impact would you like to have on the country and its history?</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>