Four Column Journal

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Four Column Journal
SCE
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How to Do a Four Column Journal

• Vertically divide your paper into four columns
• Label the columns as follows Citation Summarize C
  onnect Explain

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• Citation
• Cite an im-portant passage from the text
  (authors last name and page number).

• Connect
• Make connec-tion with the cited passage
  (person-al or societal)

• Explain
• Give reasons why you made the con-nection with
  what was summa-rized

• Summarize
• Review the main ideas of the cited passage and
  how it advances the plot or essay

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Guidelines

• All column entries, except the citation column,
  must have responses of twenty-five words or more.
• An entry is complete only when all four columns
  have responses
• All entries must line up across the page and be
  numbered.

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In the Citation Column

• Cite an important passage, word for word, from
  the text (authors last name and page number)

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In the Summarize Column
Review the main ideas of the cited passage and
how it advances the plot or essay
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In the Connect Column
Make a connection with the cited passage
(personal or societal)
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In the Explain Column
Explain what makes the reading difficult or
interesting by discussing any aspects of the
cited text or the reason you made the connection.
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How to Grade a Four Column Journal
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• Each journal for the week is worth 50 points
• If the citation side is cited incorrectly, only ¾
  credit earned for that entry.
• If any of the other columns are less than 25
  words, only 1/2 credit is earned for that entire
  entry.

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• If the four-column entries do not line up across
  the page, multiply total score by .75