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

Note Taking Side “Write Down an Important Element from the Story” (author’s last name page). N Note-Taking entries must be direct citations Skip Five Spaces Before Next Entry

Note-Making Side Respond to Note-Taking by: Relating it to your life Relating it to events at school, hometown, state, country or the world Express your feelings (agree, angry, humorous, etc.) with what happened

JAJAJAJAsking a question (leave space to answer it when you discover the answer) JMJMJMJMaking a comparison or connection to other stories, TV shows, movies, songs, etc.

.M.M.M.Making a comparison to any of the above by creating an original simile or metaphor.A.A.A.All Note-Making Entries are 10 Words or more

Guidelines èMèMèMèMinimum One Note-Taking entry per page read or for every five minutes of a video (for a “C” on Assignment) èEèEèEèEvery Note-Taking entry must have a note-making entry or no credit is received

More Guidelines èMèMèMèMust be Neatly Written or Typed or No Credit Received èNèNèNèNumber all of your entries

Example of How to Do a Two Column Journal from the Short-Story, “The Secret Lion.” Note-Taking 1. “And there were words, oh, there were words in junior high school, and we wanted to know what they were, and how a person did them— that’s what school was supposed to be for” (Rios 182). Note-Making 1. I remember when I was in junior high and I asked my history teacher what the difference was between an American kiss and a French kiss. He just stared at me and shook his head.

“Write down an important element or fact from the story or essay” (author’s last name page). “Write down an important element or fact from the story or essay” (author’s last name page). Note-Taking entries must be direct citations Note-Taking entries must be direct citations Skip Five Spaces Before Next Entry Skip Five Spaces Before Next Entry Respond to Note-Taking by: Respond to Note-Taking by: Connecting it to your life Connecting it to your life Connecting it to events at school, hometown, state, country or the world Connecting it to events at school, hometown, state, country or the world Express your feelings (agree, angry, humorous, etc.) with what happened Express your feelings (agree, angry, humorous, etc.) with what happened Asking a question (leave space to answer it when you discover the answer) Asking a question (leave space to answer it when you discover the answer) J Making a comparison or connection to other stories, TV shows, movies, songs, etc. Making a comparison to any of the above by creating an original simile or metaphor. All Note-Making Entries are 10 Words or more Note-Taking Note-Making

How to Grade a Two Column Journal

1. Each double entry is worth ________ points 2. If the Note-taking side is cited incorrectly, only ¾ credit earned for that entry. 3. If the Note-making side is less than 10 words, only ¾ credit is earned for that entry.

4. If both the Note-taking and Note-making entries are incorrectly formatted, only ½ credit is earned 5. If Note-taking, Note- making entries do not line up across the page, multiply total score by.75

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

. EntriesPoints ¾ Pts ½ Pts