Eighth Grade Journals
A journal entry of one notebook page (front and back) will be required of each eighth grade student each week. The prompt (topic) will be given on Monday and the journal will be due on Friday (these could change with days off). The front page will be written on the prompt and the back page will be whatever the student wants to write about - preferably their thoughts and emotions.
Each journal entry is worth 10 points. Each journal entry will be one daily grade for either Literature or English. It will alternate each quarter. The grade for each journal entry will be based on what is said (content), not how it is said (grammar). The purpose of this journal is to give the students experience writing so they are comfortable with it.