SCEFour Column JournalFour Column Journal Writing Standard 1.3:

Organization and Focus

Please print this slide show, follow the directions, and staple it to your reading response.

How to Do a Four Column JournalHow to Do a Four Column Journal

Vertically divide your paper into four columns

Label the columns as Label the columns as follows:follows:CitationCitationSummarizeSummarizeConnectConnect ExplainExplain

Formatting the Four Column Journal: SCEFormatting the Four Column Journal: SCE

Cite “Cite an important passage from the text” (author’s last name and page number).

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

Citations must be two sentences or more in length!.

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Four Column Journal

Example for Four Entries

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•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

Grading GuidelinesGrading Guidelines

(See next slide for Bloom’s Taxonomy Grading Scale)

Higher Order Thinking Skills

Lower Order Thinking Skills

Creativity

Bloom’s Taxonom

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Bloom’s Taxonom

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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

Write one sentence Write one sentence explaining what you did well explaining what you did well according to the skill being according to the skill being learned using the language learned using the language of Bloom’s taxonomy. of Bloom’s taxonomy. Then, Then, write one more sentence write one more sentence explaining what you could explaining what you could do better or differently next do better or differently next time and how you could time and how you could move up one level on move up one level on Bloom’s Taxonomy.Bloom’s Taxonomy.

Student Directions for Written Evaluation

0 Errors = 4.5/A to 5/A 0 Errors = 4.5/A to 5/A 3 Errors - = 1.5/L to 2.4/L3 Errors - = 1.5/L to 2.4/L1 Errors = 3.5/B to 4.4/B 1 Errors = 3.5/B to 4.4/B 4+ Errors = .1/K to 1.4/K4+ Errors = .1/K to 1.4/K2 Errors = 2.5/C to 3.4/C2 Errors = 2.5/C to 3.4/C

EvaluationEvaluation

Grading Scale

Writing Standard 1.3: Organization

and Focus

Printing DirectionsPrinting 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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