composition 102
The Double-Entry Journal
What to Do:
The “double-entry journal” is a tool for tracking your research and your responses to the ideas you encounter in your research for Essay 1. As you research, write the APA or MLA citations for the sources you’re consulting in the left-hand column and below them jot down quotes and paraphrases (at least 3 for each source). In the right-hand column, type your commentary on these quotes and paraphrases. Be sure to place quotation marks around any exact phrasing borrowed from a source, and do include page numbers as applicable (some sources don’t have page numbers, so you can’t give page numbers).
As Ballenger discusses in The Curious Researcher, “diving deep” into your topic helps you become knowledgeable about your topic. Therefore, include entries for at least 3 news items, at least 3 internet sources, at least 3 scholarly journal articles, and at least 3 other sources (books, ebooks, etc.). We’ll spend quite a bit of time in class working on finding sources.
Value:
15 points. (5 for correctly formatted works cited entries, 5 for quoting and paraphrasing correctly, and 5 for thoughtfulness of the commentary).
| Each Source’s APA or MLA works cited entry & at least 3 quotes or paraphrases from each source (include page numbers): | Your commentary (what you notice, what you’re confused by, what is surprising, what you initially agree with, what you initially dispute, what you want to learn more about, what you might want to use for Essay 1 and how, etc.): |
