ENG 520 Module Ten Journal Guidelines and Rubric Overview: Journal activities in this course are private between you and the instructor. A course journal is generally made up of many individual assignments. Prompt: In this final journal assignment, you will provide a description of how you have progressed as a writer throughout this term. You will consider how your skills as a storyteller have developed and you will discuss your methods of approaching and creating a story from the conception of the idea through the completed planning phase, where you have a completed story plan for a work that you intend to write. Comment on the process of pulling together all of the elements you have created throughout the term. Describe the development of your story from your initial idea to the final draft of your story plan. How has your approach to storytelling changed and how have you been influenced to develop stories differently in the future? How will you change your approach to planning both short and long stories using what you have learned in this course? Lastly, list at least two challenges that writers face and explain how you plan to overcome these obstacles. These obstacles might include writer’s block, a day job, the closed-door publishing industry, or even family responsibilities. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: 1. Skill Development: How have your skills improved as a writer? Describe how you have approached the creative writing process. How have you brought all the elements together? 2. Story Development: Describe the methods you have used to bring your story to fruition. How has this changed from when you began this course? How have you been further influenced? 3. Future Approach: Explain how you will approach your writing in the future. Has your approach changed? 4. Challenges and Obstacles: Discuss what you may face as challenges and obstacles in your writing process. What strategies will you use to overcome these? Guidelines for Submission: Submit assignment as a Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Your journal assignment must be 300–400 words and any sources should be cited in MLA format. Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value Skill Development Meets “Proficient” criteria and provides thoughtful and detailed examples of improvements and approaches to writing Describes how personal writing skills have improved throughout the course and how the creative writing process is approached, making connections between the two Description of how personal writing skills have improved throughout the course and how the creative writing process is approached is insufficient and/or does not make connections between the two Does not provide a description of how personal writing skills have improved throughout the course and how th.

1. ENG 520 Module Ten Journal Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: Journal activities in this course are private between
you and the instructor. A course journal is generally made up of
many individual assignments.
Prompt: In this final journal assignment, you will provide a
description of how you have progressed as a writer throughout
this term. You will consider how your
skills as a storyteller have developed and you will discuss your
methods of approaching and creating a story from the
conception of the idea through the
completed planning phase, where you have a completed story
plan for a work that you intend to write. Comment on the
process of pulling together all of the
elements you have created throughout the term. Describe the
development of your story from your initial idea to the final
draft of your story plan. How has your
approach to storytelling changed and how have you been
influenced to develop stories differently in the future? How will
you change your approach to planning
both short and long stories using what you have learned in this
course?
Lastly, list at least two challenges that writers face and explain
how you plan to overcome these obstacles. These obstacles
might include writer’s block, a day
job, the closed-door publishing industry, or even family
responsibilities.

2. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
1. Skill Development: How have your skills improved as a
writer? Describe how you have approached the creative writing
process. How have you brought
all the elements together?
2. Story Development: Describe the methods you have used to
bring your story to fruition. How has this changed from when
you began this course? How
have you been further influenced?
3. Future Approach: Explain how you will approach your
writing in the future. Has your approach changed?
4. Challenges and Obstacles: Discuss what you may face as
challenges and obstacles in your writing process. What
strategies will you use to overcome
these?
Guidelines for Submission: Submit assignment as a Word
document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman
font, and one-inch margins.
Your journal assignment must be 300–400 words and any
sources should be cited in MLA format.
Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs
Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

3. Skill
Development
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
provides thoughtful and
detailed examples of
improvements and approaches
to writing
Describes how personal writing
skills have improved
throughout the course and how
the creative writing process is
approached, making
connections between the two
Description of how personal
writing skills have improved
throughout the course and how
the creative writing process is
approached is insufficient
and/or does not make
connections between the two
Does not provide a description
of how personal writing skills
have improved throughout the
course and how the creative
writing process is approached
22.5
Story
Development

4. Meets “Proficient” criteria and
provides specific examples of
how personal methods have
evolved
Describes the methods used to
develop a story, how these
methods have changed
throughout the course, and
what has influenced these
changes
The description of the methods
used to develop a story, how
these methods have changed
throughout the course, and
what has influenced these
changes is lacking in detail
Does not describe the methods
used to develop a story, how
these methods have changed
throughout the course, and
what has influenced these
changes
22.5
Future Approach Meets “Proficient” criteria and
supports explanation with
specific examples of how the
student will approach future
writing
Explains personal approach for
future writing, describing how

5. the student’s personal
approach has changed
Explanation of future approach
to developing a story and how
the student’s personal
approach has changed is lacking
in detail
Does not explain a future
approach to developing a story
and/or how the student’s
personal approach has changed
22.5
Challenges and
Obstacles
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
makes well-thought-out
connections to the strategies
discussed throughout the
course
Describes possible future
challenges and obstacles in the
writing process and suggests
strategies for overcoming these
challenges and obstacles
Description of possible future
challenges and obstacles in the
writing process and suggestions
of strategies for overcoming
these challenges and obstacles

6. is insufficient
Does not describe possible
future challenges and obstacles
in the writing process and/or
suggest strategies for
overcoming these challenges
and obstacles
22.5
Articulation of
Response
Journal assignment is free of
errors in organization and
grammar
Journal assignment is mostly
free of errors of organization
and grammar, which are
marginal and rarely interrupt
the flow
Journal assignment contains
errors of organization and
grammar but they are limited
enough so that assignment can
be understood
Journal assignment contains
errors of organization and
grammar that make the journal
difficult to understand
10

7. Total 100%