About the EN 190 Context Journal

About the EN 190 CONTEXT JOURNAL

Adapted from Heal McKnight and Prof. Jill Kronstadt

Purpose:                  These context journal entries will help you learn new vocabulary, build cultural and historical knowledge you can apply in other courses, connect word choice with the overall meaning of a passage and a piece of writing as a whole, and demonstrate that you have read and thought about each assigned reading.

Assignment:            Every week of the semester, you are responsible for posting a context journal entry to the "EN 190 Literature Context Journals and Conversations" blog for credit. 

Grading:                  Context journals are worth 5 % of your overall grade in this course.

§  Each word entry (see instructions below) is worth 3 points.

§  Each cultural knowledge entry (see instructions below) is worth 5 points.

§  Since our class will meet 15 weeks this semester, I expect you to post enough context journal entries for you to accumulate 40 points by the end of the semester. 

You will not earn any points for incomplete entries.