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ENG 510 Module Five Journal Guidelines and

Rubric

Overview: Journal activities in this course are private between you and the instructor. A course journal is generally made up of many individual assignments.

The journals in this course will help to prepare you for the final project, a writer’s toolkit. In this final project, you will select creative writing styles and
techniques that you believe will be most effective in both expressing your goals as a writer and reaching the audiences you plan to target in your work.

Prompt: In this journal, you will practice your own native writing style and voice, then you will justify your choices as they relate to what you currently think of as
your personal style.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Creative Work
A. First, page through the contemporary text you have been reading this term and pick five words of interest from it. Next, write a creative work

(fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama) that includes these five words. Your work should convey a very deliberate writing style to depict your
authorial voice.

II. Explanation
A. At the bottom of your creative work, please list the five words you chose and explain why you chose them. What was it about those words that

drew you to them?
B. Write two to four sentences explaining what kind of overall tone or voice you were trying to depict in your creative work, and how it does or

does not align to what you think of as your personal style.

Rubric

Guidelines for Submission: Submit your journal assignment as a Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins.
Your journal assignment should be no more than 300 words, and any sources should be cited in MLA format.

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Creative Work Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
weaves chosen words of
interest seamlessly into creative
work

Crafts a creative work that
includes chosen words of
interest

Crafts a creative work but does
not include chosen words of
interest

Does not craft a creative work
that includes chosen words of
interest

30

Explanation Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
explanation is clear and concise

Explains rationale for words of
interest

Explains rationale for words of
interest, but explanation lacks
clarity or detail

Does not explain rationale for
words of interest

30

Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Tone or Voice Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
demonstrates keen insight into
personal style

Explains the intended tone or
voice and how it aligns with
personal style

Explains the intended tone or
voice and how it aligns with
personal style, but lacks clarity
or detail

Does not explain the intended
tone or voice and how it aligns
with personal style

30

Articulation of
Response

Entry is free of errors in
organization and grammar

Entry is mostly free of errors of
organization and grammar;
errors are marginal and rarely
interrupt the flow

Entry contains errors of
organization and grammar, but
errors are limited enough so
that entry can be understood

Entry contains errors of
organization and grammar
making the entry difficult to
understand

10

Total 100%