Week 3 Learning Journal

Hey all, 

For the journal this week, please make sure you have 150 words at least. Otherwise you won't get point for it. Be sure to follow the rules. If you have any questions, please contact me before the deadline. 

1. New things that you learnt from any of your HELP classes. (What are you learning in other classes? Share with me and also reflect on it.)

2. New things that you learnt outside of HELP. (You can talk about more than one thing. Is there anything interesting that you learned outside of class? Any interesting activities? Anything new in terms of cultural differences? )

3. Apparently, there are certain steps for creating GOs. What are your steps when creating GOs? Try to recall what you do (step by step) while creating GOs for readings. 

(For example: 

First, I read the reading from the beginning to the end once without stoping for general understanding. 

Second, I look for all the signal words before sorting them out and decide the pattern of the text. 

.......so on and so forth.)

 <Write down the steps in DETAIL. First tell "what" you do in detail and then "explain why(purpose)" you take this step.>

4. After reading part of the article "Graphic Organizers in Reading Instruction" by Jiang and Grabe (2007), explain what the questions are in GOs research in your own words (p. 35). Also, according to Jiang and Grabe, what are the merits of GO instructions suggested by researchers (p.35)?

(You don't need to write 200 words but I would like to see good quality of writing.)