Reflections

Weekly Reflection Reports

aka...R2’s

Each week students will be completing a weekly reflection report regarding what they have learned and what they have accomplished for the week as well as goals for the upcoming week. Weekly reflection reports help students to see what they have accomplished for the week and what they need to do in the future to be successful. Reflection reports really help students to see where they worked hard and where they might have slacked off. Reflection reports document personal growth.

Students will be required to complete R2’s at the end of each week. If a class does not meet on Friday the R2 will be due that Thursday. Students are to keep all R2’s in their notebook for the entire year. Students will have completed 35 R2’s by the end of the school year.

Grading Rubric:

10 points: (Maximum points): Student responses are more than three sentences per question and are honest and thorough.

5 points: Student responses are brief and concise (1-2 sentences) and do not show in-depth reflection or analysis.

0 points: Student did not complete the reflection report.

Journal Entries for Senior Seminar (Honor Students Only)

During the Senior Project, you will want to keep an up-to-date record of the effort, problems and solutions, results, and time you have spent working on your paper and project. This journal is important for several reasons. First, it keeps you on task and focused by requiring you to write down what you have accomplished so far and what you need to do next. Secondly, it helps you keep record of the time you have spent. Finally, the Senior Project journal allows your instructor and the Senior Project Evaluators to realize the effort, thought, and learning stretch you have expended. It will give them a clearer idea of the scope of your project. This journal will be a part of the Portfolio the judges review before the Final Senior Seminar Presentations; therefore, you will want it to be clearly, neatly and accurately written.

Journal entries should be dated and include the following when applicable:

The tasks and the time spent doing them: writing, note taking, designing, construction, planning, taking classes or lessons, interviewing, contacting sources, volunteering, reading, purchasing materials and any other pertinent notes. Write in your journal what you accomplished and how time was spend doing it and include any cost involved.

· Any resources you have used: materials, people, printed or online sources.

· Any problems you may have encountered and possible solutions.

· A list of what you need to do next with an approximate date you plan to do it.

· Feelings or thoughts you have about the various stages of the Senior Project. Let this journal be a thinking tool for you as you process any problems or successes you might be having. These journal remarks will be especially helpful to you when you prepare for the Senior Oral Boards.

· Any suggestions or responses others give you.

Not only is your Senior Project Journal Entries an important way of keeping track of the work you have done on your project, but it also can let others know the skills and attitudes you have demonstrated throughout the process. Also writing and completing journal entries as you work on your paper and physical project will be very useful to you when it comes to preparing your speech. You can review all your entries and pick out certain ones to highlight in your oral presentation.

Students will write journal entries each week. Weekly journal entries must be a minimum of one-half page, typed, single-spaced, 12 font size.

A man would do well to carry a pencil in his pocket, and write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are uncommonly the most valuable, and should be secured because they seldom return.