Intellectual Journal

Performance Report

 Choose the appropriate phrase from the drop-down combo-boxes below to

answer questions, provide information, and report your performance on the
instructor-graded intellectual journal assignment for lessons 1, 3, 4, 5, 6.
 First choose the appropriate word from the drop-down combo-boxes next to the
specific items listed underneath each capitalized question.
 After you have chosen the appropriate word from the drop-down combo-boxes
next the specific items listed underneath each capitalized question, then—and
only then—choose the word from the drop-down combo-box that best describes
overall performance for each capitalized question.

No DID YOU COMPLETE ALL PREREQUISITES BEFORE WRITING ENTRIES IN YOUR JOURNAL?

Warning: If you are unable to answer yes to all four of these questions, then your
intellectual journal will be rejected and must be resubmitted for a fee.

No I read the lesson material before writing entries in this journal.

No I read each assignment before writing a response in this journal.
No I reviewed the academic honesty policy stated in the course syllabus
before writing entries in this intellectual journal.

Not Really DOES THIS INTELLECTUAL JOURNAL COMPLY WITH ALL TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS?

No Required page length: lesson 1 = 6; lesson 3 = 6; lesson 4 = 6;

lesson 5 = 9; lesson 6 = 7½.
No Pages are numbered.
No Pages numbers are located in the upper right-hand corner.
No The text is double-spaced.
No The text is single-spaced before and after section headings
No Uses 1-inch margins top, bottom, left, and right (reset Word defaults).
No Uses Verdana 11 pt. font.
No The section headings are in Verdana 14 pt. font
No The instructor’s name is spelled correctly—or omitted: Buonforte.
No Saved and submitted as a PDF.
No If printed, printed with a professional quality laser or inkjet printer.
No If printed, printed with clear, dark, black ink on white paper.
Not Really DOES THIS INTELLECTUAL JOURNAL ACHIEVE THE AIMS OF THE ASSIGNMENT?

Not Really Details the questions, confusions, criticisms, ideas, and insights
you have in response to each reading assignment, or describes
how you plan to apply each reading assignment in your
everyday life, the ways you intend to think or live differently, or
to carry out your personal or professional roles differently, in
response to each reading assignment.
Not Really Refers to the particular points and passages in the course
readings that prompt the author’s plans for the future.
Not Really Cites specific page numbers in the course readings.

Not Really IS THIS INTELLECTUAL JOURNAL INTERESTING?

Not Really Entries are interesting, arresting, informative, appropriate,

relevant, specific, and maintain attention.
Not Really Entries are intelligent, insightful, penetrating, profound,
perceptive, and thought-provoking.
Not Really Uses humor, generates emotion, or is intellectually stimulating.
Not Really Entries maintain a sense of narrative tension.
Not Really Entries encourage the reader to continue.
Not Really Entries tell a story.
Not Really Written in an appealing, attractive, pleasing, alluring, engaging,
charming, or striking style or manner.

Not Really IS THIS INTELLECTUAL JOURNAL WELL WRITTEN?

Not Really Sharply Focused

Not Really Addresses the prompt questions directly and exclusively.
Not Really Encourages the reader to continue reading.
Not Really Excludes irrelevant, unimportant, and repetitive material.
Not Really Assumes the proper audience: the course instructor.
Not Really Assumes instructor is familiar with course readings.
Not Really Has a clear sense of purpose.

Not Really Solid Scholarly Substance

Not Really Points are supported with concrete and specific evidence.
Not Really Refers to specific pages in course readings.
Not Really Uses brief quotations.
Not Really Avoids the use of long quotations.
Not Really Uses relevant personal examples.
Not Really Avoids long, drawn-out anecdotes.
Not Really Shows an understanding of course concepts and terms.
Not Really Claims and points are accurate and convincing.
Not Really Well Organized
Not Really A carefully designed structure governs content and order.
Not Really Presents material in a coherent, logical order.
Not Really Divided into ordered sections of reasonable length.
Not Really Divided into ordered paragraphs of reasonable
length.
Not Really Transitions are effective, smooth, and inconspicuous
Not Really between sections
Not Really between paragraphs
Not Really between sentences
Not Really Uses strong topic sentences.
Not Really Shows evidence of sound, logical thinking.
Not Really Maintains a clear sense of direction and development.

Not Really Clear

Not Really Sentence and word meanings are plain and apparent.
Not Really Meanings not vague or ambiguous.
Not Really Uses the active voice.
Not Really Puts statements in positive form.
Not Really Uses declarative sentences.
Not Really Uses plain, straightforward sentence structure.
Not Really Sentences not awkward.
Not Really All clutter has been deleted.
Not Really Sentences are of reasonable and varied length—neither
too long nor too short, nor all the same.
Not Really Sentences rely on nouns and verbs.
Not Really Sentences avoid relying on adjectives and adverbs.
Not Really Avoids the use of qualifiers and awkward adverbs.
Not Really Omits needless words.
Not Really All needless words have been deleted.
Not Really Word choice and usage are apt and precise.
Not Really Avoids cold, stilted, and fancy words.
Not Really Avoids clichés, slang, and colloquialisms.
Not Really Authors are referred to by full name or by last name (for
example, Keith Basso, Basso, etc.).
Not Really Uses proper punctuation and capitalization.
Not Really Book titles are in italics.
Not Really Chapter titles are in quotation marks.
Not Really When combined, quotation marks follow comas and
periods.
Not Really Uses correct spelling and grammar.
Performance Summary
Refer to the preceding report and then choose the word from the drop-down
combo-box that best describes overall performance for each capitalized category
below.

Not Really THIS INTELLECTUAL JOURNAL COMPLIES WITH ALL TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS.
Not Really THIS INTELLECTUAL JOURNAL ACHIEVES THE AIMS OF THE ASSIGNMENT.
Not Really THIS INTELLECTUAL JOURNAL IS INTERESTING.
Not Really THIS INTELLECTUAL JOURNAL IS WELL-WRITTEN.

Now summarize the overall quality of the intellectual journal by clicking on the
appropriate box below.

EXCELLENT (A) Rated “definitely” for all four standards.

GOOD (B) Rated “yes” or higher for three or more standards.
SATISFACTORY (C) Rated “not really” for two or more standards.

Finally, choose the appropriate word from the following drop-down combo-boxes
and sign this performance report by typing your name in the space provided below.

No I affirm that all answers and information provided in this performance report
are accurate and true.
No I affirm that to the best of my knowledge, the entries in this intellectual
journal comply with the academic honesty policy stated in the course
syllabus.
No I affirm that I wrote the entries in this intellectual journal myself.
No I affirm that I wrote the entries in this intellectual journal without
copying material from unattributed outside sources.

Signed

Type your full name in this space

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