Reading Journal
| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page | Murray, Donald. “The Maker’s Eye.” Nabuckler.files.wordpress.com, jamespaulgee.com/pdfs/Gee What is Literacy.pdf. |
| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words | This article talks about how a beginning writer reads over his paper and how an experienced writer reads over his paper. It tells how experienced writers see it as a first step to start writing and how beginning writers see it as a big step. Writers must also be able to handle criticism that this will only make their piece better than before. This is hard for many writers due to their ego and that these stories are self reflections of themselves.Experienced writers also don’t check line by line they check to see if all the lines flow together to form their idea. |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. | Typographical – relating to the style, appearance, or production of printed matter. |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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It connects with Mother tongue, and A lesson from the Amish about how writing is a way to express your idea and the way you wish people to view it. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. | What is the hardest part of writing for you? |