Writing+Sketchbooks


 * __Writing Sketchbook Guidelines__**

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Purpose of your writing journal:

Writing is the basis for all communication. The more you write, the better a writer you become. Each writing assignment is set to help you think in different ways and to use different types of skills to create a cohesive paragraph. You will need to THINK, PREWRITE, and REVISE in order to create a great assignment. Your paragraphs will get more cohesive than the one before it. Lack of effort is usually the reason for a non-cohesive sample.

Guidelines:

1. All rough drafting and revising of paragraphs must be done in the small, lined composition book that has been provided.

2. Final drafts must be clearly labeled and may appear in the composition book or be typed and handed in on a clean, white sheet of 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper. Final drafts must be free of smudges, cross-outs, folds, or tears or it will not be accepted.

3. Each student must write about the ASSIGNED piece of art. All pieces are located online and posted in the classroom.

4. Due Dates are listed with each sketch. They are also posted online. It is the student’s responsibility to check due dates. It is also the student’s responsibility to hand work in on time!

5. All sketches are considered HOMEWORK and must be done outside of class unless otherwise specified by the teacher.

6. All sketches will be grades on the basis of 100%. This means that they are worth between 30% and 40% of your OVERALL grade each marking period.

7. All sketches must be turned in by 3:00 p.m. on the due date. There is NO grade reduction as long as the sketch is in by 3:00. It can be placed in the crate on in my mailbox in the office.

8. All sketches MUST include the assigned paragraph and/or sentence structures. You do NOT have to label them. Sketches that do not contain the appropriate structures will not be accepted.

9. A student evaluation sheet must be completely filled out and turned in with every sketch. Evaluation sheets must be taken seriously, as the teacher will consider honest evaluations when grading. If the teacher thinks the self-evaluation is not honest, those points will NOT count towards your final grade. Your work will NOT be graded and considered turned in until this evaluation is complete.

10. NO LATE SKETCHES WILL BE ACCEPTED

Below is the rubric you will be grading yourself on:
 * |||||||| **Evaluation **  ||
 * **Evaluation ** ||  **Self **  ||  **Teacher **  ||  **Out of **  ||
 * Clear Thesis  || || ||  5   ||
 * Clear Support/Details  || || ||  5   ||
 * Clear Conclusion  || || ||  5   ||
 * Sentence Patterns  || || ||  5   ||
 * Topic Consistent  || || ||  5   ||
 * Point of View Consistent  || || ||  <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">5   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Proper Grammar  || || ||  <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">5   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Proper Spelling  || || ||  <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">5   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Paragraph Pattern  || || ||  <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">5   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Overall Evaluation  || || ||  <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">5   ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Total ** ||   ||   ||  **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">50 **  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';">Final Grade (average of self and teacher) ** ||||||   ||