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Index
Keeping an Issues Log
- Directions
and Marking Criteria for Issues Log Projects
- What to Look for in the Issues Log Examples
- 12 Examples of Issues Log Entries
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What to Look for in the Issues Log Examples
The following set of "12 Examples of Issues Log Entries"
(for Project 1.0) was submitted by a student who attained a high A grade
in Social Studies 11.
As you look over the entries, notice how you will meet these requirements:
- Date when you made the entry. Example: Tuesday, September 5,
2000.
- Connection to the course—to a lesson or textbook chapter.
Example: Lesson 1.1F "Exploring the Issue."
- Source, including all the information shown in the "Examples
of Works Cited" in the Writer's Style Guide. Example: "King
Coal." Canadian Issues. 36 - 37. (For Issues Log purposes,
you may cite Canadian Issues chapters briefly, as shown—not
fully as "King Coal." Canadian Issues: A Contemporary Perspective.
Francis, Daniel, et al. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1998: 3637.)
- Main points—a brief summary of the parts that you found
interesting, relevant, and noteworthy.
- Response—your informed reaction, opinion, or evaluation
of the information, written in a clear, insightful way.
As you look over the entry examples, you will see that they meet criteria
1a - 1d and might receive full marks for each of those criteria. (Note:
You may find shortcomings in some aspects, but the criteria do not require
perfection.)
Now look at the quality of the three entries that the student chose for
thorough evaluation. You will probably agree that they meet the criteria
for a rating of "Outstanding" in the "Standard Marking
Criteria for Longer Answers."
Conserving Time on Issues
Log Work
Notice that the student could have received a high mark with
far less work—perhaps with only a third as much work!
Briefer entries could still have met the criteria, especially for
entries not chosen for thorough evaluation. As well, the student could
have done fewer entries without losing any marks. If your time for this
course is limited, realize that you may sometimes need to restrain your
enthusiasm and just meet the project requirements—so that you will
have time left over for all the other aspects of the course.
Suggestion: Read just a few
entries now, and save the others for later.
Check off each entry after you have thought about it. |
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