Yearbook Journal

You are asked to keep track of your yearbook activities and plans in a journal. 

Make a brief journal entry in the last 2 minutes of every period.

 

You can use a notebook for this,  or if you prefer, you can keep the journal online in your Yrbk login, and you’ll have to print parts of it out to hand in when requested.

 

The journal should have two types of entry: daily entries and thoughts and plans.

 

Evaluation

I will do spot checks of your journal from time to time.  You will receive marks for having an up-to-date journal in two ways:

  1. Journal Mark  - this is one component of your course mark
  2. Overall assessment – Remember that your mark is partly based on my perception of you as a contributor to the Yearbook.  One way to remind me of all the work you’re doing and the great ideas you have is to make sure you jot them down in your journal at the end of each period.

 

 

Example of a Daily Journal Entry  (this example is more than you’d usually do in one day!)

 

Weekly Summary

Try to do these on Fridays.  They help me see what you’ve accomplished and what you need.

  1. Sum up what you accomplished during the past week, how it went, what problems you had, how you overcame them if you did, and what you’re proud of.  See the “What to Do” page for help on what you should be doing.  Use these headings:

a)      Accomplishments  generally what you got done, anything you’re proud of

b)      Problems/Needs  anything that didn’t go so well, or that you’re not sure what to do about.  You can request things like help here.

 

  1. Make a Rough Plan for the Next Week:  set goals for the next week, and then break these down into what you will do each day where appropriate

 

Example of a “Plan for Next Week”

            Next week, I Plan to…