Journal Assignment Journal Assignment Journal writing will be an important method for reporting on your observations, reflections, and reactions to the URI 101 experience. There are some guidelines to use which are essential in order for you to produce the kind of journal I expect. The primary purpose of the journal is to provide you with a place for reflection. Reflection means that you think about something, consider it, think about it some more, and begin to draw some conclusions from it.
Reflection is additive in nature.
In other words, you add something to your observations so that it takes on meaning. It is not easy to reflect in journals, especially if you are not used to doing so. Allow yourself the time needed to think hard about what you have seen, heard, felt, and done in various situations and why you did it. The quality of your writing is very important. All journal entries must be typed, neat, well organized, grammatically correct and use accurate spelling and punctuation.