UTEP ENGL 0310 Journal assignment

Fall 2009

Directions for Reflection Journals

1. Each week, you will submit your Reflection Journals electronically as attachments to e-mail messages sent from your UTEP e-mail account.

a. Go into your e-mail account and select "new" to send a new message.

b. Enter your English 0310 instructor's e-mail address on the "To" line of the message. Your English 0310 instructor's e-mail address is williamson@sol.dk

c. On the "Cc" line, enter the following e-mail address: developmentalenglish@utep.edu

d. On the "Subject:" line, clearly identify the course, the day & time that your class meets,

and which journal or journals you are sending.

Example: Subject: English 0310, MWF 9:30, Reflection Journals 1a & 1b

e. To attach your typed journals, click on the "Attachments" button and browse for the file.

Once you have found the file, click on the "Attach" button and wait for the file name to

appear in the box titled "Current file attachments." Then hit "Close" to return to your

message.

f. Send your e-mail message.

2. Use the name and numbers of the Reflection Journals as the titles of your journals. The titles

should appear centered and double-spaced below your heading.

3. The heading for your Reflection Journals should appear against the left-hand margin of the

text and be double-spaced. Do NOT use the header tool. Simply begin typing your heading

as the first lines of your documents.

Your heading should contain your name, your English 0310 instructor's name, the course

title, and the date.

Sample heading and title:

Your Name

Your Instructor's Name

English 0310

The Date

Reflection Journal 5

Begin typing your response here.....................................

1b. Discuss the barriers that may interfere with your success in this class. Barriers may include

financial problems; lack of support at home; difficulty in a specific subject matter such as

writing, math, or reading; managing your time; or other obstacles that will make going to

2b. How will reading be important in your life once you graduate from college, both in your

3. What are the qualities or skills of a successful college student? Which of these qualities

4. What strengths do you have as a reader? How could you become a stronger reader?

5. When you find an assigned text difficult to read, what do you do to understand the

6. How are you applying what you have learned in this class to your other classes? Please

7. How have your basic reading skills changed since the beginning of the course? Discuss all

8. What do you think you have done successfully in your classes so far this semester? What

reading strategies or study skills could you use to be even more successful during the rest of

9. When you find an assigned text difficult to read, what reading strategies do you use

10. How have you applied what you have learned in this class to your other classes? Please

11. How might you apply what you have learned in this class to a job or future profession?

12. How have your basic reading skills changed since the beginning of the course? Please

13a. What are the qualities or skills of a successful college student? Which of those qualities

13b. What strengths do you have as a reader? What reading skills do you plan to continue