Formatting Your Formatting Your PaperPaper

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

Note Taking Note Taking SideSide““Write Down an Important Write Down an Important

Element from the Story” Element from the Story” (author’s last name page).(author’s last name page).

Note-Taking entries must be Note-Taking entries must be direct citationsdirect citations

Skip Five Spaces Before Skip Five Spaces Before Next EntryNext Entry

Note-Making Note-Making SideSideRespond to Note-Taking by:Respond to Note-Taking by:

Relating it to your lifeRelating it to your life Relating it to events at school, Relating it to events at school, hometown, state, country or hometown, state, country or the worldthe world

Express your feelings (agree, Express your feelings (agree, angry, humorous, etc.) with angry, humorous, etc.) with what happenedwhat happened

Note-Making Note-Making SideSideAsking a question (leave Asking a question (leave

space to answer it when space to answer it when you discover the answer)you discover the answer)

Making a comparison or Making a comparison or connection to other connection to other stories, TV shows, stories, TV shows, movies, songs, etcmovies, songs, etc..

Note-Making SideNote-Making SideMaking a comparison Making a comparison to any of the above by to any of the above by creating an original creating an original simile or metaphorsimile or metaphor

All Note-Making All Note-Making Entries are 10 Words Entries are 10 Words or moreor more

GuidelinesGuidelinesMinimum One Note-Taking Minimum One Note-Taking

entry per page read or for entry per page read or for every five minutes of a video every five minutes of a video (for a “C” on Assignment)(for a “C” on Assignment)

Every Note-Taking entry must Every Note-Taking entry must have a note-making entry or have a note-making entry or no credit is receivedno credit is received

More GuidelinesMore Guidelines

Must be Neatly Written or Must be Neatly Written or Typed or No Credit Typed or No Credit ReceivedReceived

Number all of your entriesNumber all of your entries

Example of How to Do a Two Column Example of How to Do a Two Column Journal from the Short-Story, Journal from the Short-Story,

“The Secret Lion.”“The Secret Lion.”Note-TakingNote-Taking

1. “And there were words, 1. “And there were words, oh, there were words in oh, there were words in junior high school, and junior high school, and we wanted to know we wanted to know what they were, and what they were, and how a person did themhow a person did them—that’s what school —that’s what school was supposed to be was supposed to be for” (Rios 182).for” (Rios 182).

Note-MakingNote-Making

1. I remember when I 1. I remember when I was in junior high and I was in junior high and I asked my history asked my history teacher what the teacher what the difference was between difference was between an American kiss and a an American kiss and a French kiss. He just French kiss. He just stared at me and shook stared at me and shook his head. his head.

““Write down an Write down an important element or important element or fact from the story or fact from the story or essay” (author’s last essay” (author’s last name page).name page).

Note-Taking entries Note-Taking entries must be direct must be direct citationscitations

Skip Five Spaces Skip Five Spaces Before Next EntryBefore Next Entry

Respond to Note-Taking by:Respond to Note-Taking by: Connecting it to your lifeConnecting it to your life Connecting it to events at Connecting it to events at

school, hometown, state, school, hometown, state, country or the worldcountry or the world

Express your feelings (agree, Express your feelings (agree, angry, humorous, etc.) with angry, humorous, etc.) with what happenedwhat happened

Asking a question (leave space Asking a question (leave space to answer it when you discover to answer it when you discover the answer)the answer)

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

All Note-Making Entries are 10 All Note-Making Entries are 10 Words or moreWords or more

Note-Taking Note-Taking Note-MakingNote-Making

How to Grade a How to Grade a Two Column Two Column

JournalJournal

1.1.Each double entry is worth Each double entry is worth ________ points________ points

2.2.If the Note-taking side is If the Note-taking side is cited incorrectly, only ¾ cited incorrectly, only ¾ credit earned for that entry.credit earned for that entry.

3.3.If the Note-making side is If the Note-making side is less than 10 words, only ¾ less than 10 words, only ¾ credit is earned for that credit is earned for that entry.entry.

4.4.If both the Note-taking and If both the Note-taking and Note-making entries are Note-making entries are incorrectly formatted, only incorrectly formatted, only ½ credit is earned½ credit is earned

5.5.If Note-taking, Note-making If Note-taking, Note-making entries do not line up across entries do not line up across the page, multiply total the page, multiply total score by .75score by .75

6.6.After totaling up the After totaling up the score, write a minimum score, write a minimum two sentence evaluation two sentence evaluation of why the person of why the person earned that score. State earned that score. State positive comments first. positive comments first. Then, make constructive Then, make constructive criticisms, if needed.criticisms, if needed.

Entries Points ¾ Pts ½ Pts..

55 20 20 1515 1010 88 12.5 12.5 99 6610 10 10 10 77 551515 6.7 6.7 55 331616 6.25 6.25 44 332020 5 5 3.753.75 2.52.5