Independent-Reading-Journal-1_2018-Fixed (5)

Reading Journal By Student’s name 6031006170This journal is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirementsfor English reading and writing 1 course of Liberal Arts in English Program, Mae Fah Luang University First semester 2018

Week 5 Title:_________________________________________________ Author:_______________________________________________ Source:_______________________________________________ Summary A woman suffered multiple injuries to her neck and right side of the bodyin a slashing incident in Queenstown on Thursday (Oct 11) night.The suspect, a 29-year-old man, has been arrested, the police said in a newsrelease on Friday. The case has been categorised as voluntarily causinggrievous hurt by dangerous weapon.In its news release, the police said they were alerted at around 10.50pm onThursday that a woman had been stabbed by a man at Block 146 Mei LingStreet. The woman is said to have suffered a cut at the back of her neck, as wellas multiple lacerations on her right earlobe, right shoulder and elbow, andbelow her right armpit. The woman was taken to the National University Hospital, the SingaporeCivil Defence Force said. She is said to be in critical condition.Through ground enquiries and with the aid of CCTV footage, officers fromClementi Police Division established the identity of the suspect and arrestedhim at about 9am on Friday. The man will be charged in court on Saturday with voluntarily causinggrievous hurt by dangerous weapon. If convicted, he could be jailed for life. Hecould also be jailed for up to 15 years, fined and caned. My reaction/reflection: I hate this kind of news because this content has lots of violence details that I do not want to read it but I can read this new clearly with no translation because some vocabularies I have read and knew them before. Page 2 of 5

New words learned: (At least five new words that you have learned) New Words Definitions1. Laceration to cut or tear something, especially flesh.2. Multiple The man's face was severely lacerated in the accident. very many of the same type, or of different types. We made multiple copies of the report.3. grievous having very serious effects or causing great pain Her death is a grievous loss to the whole of the community.4. voluntarily n a voluntary way (= done, made, or5. critical given willingly) If you don't leave voluntarily then we will send you away. saying that someone or something is bad or wrong The report is highly critical of safety standards at the factory. Page 3 of 5

Rubric for Independent Reading Journal (10%)Articles 1234 51. Summary (4 %)2. Reflection (3%)3. Vocabulary Learned (3%) Scores Total scores _______ ÷ 5 = _____ marksCriteria for the above categories1. Rubric for Article SummaryCategory 5-4 3 2 1-0Summarizing Provides a very Provides a clear Provides a clear but Provides a somewhatthe content thorough and clear muddled, unclear and and concise and concise shallow summary of rambling summary of summary of the the article; may be the article. article context and summary of the excessively brief or content. article context may include some and content. extraneous information.Identifying Student recalls Student recalls Student is not able to Student cannot locateDetails several details for details for most locate most of the details with accuracy. each main point. main point. details of the main point. Is characterized by theParaphrasing Is characterized by Is characterized substantial copying of paraphrasing of the by paraphrasing Is characterized by indiscriminately main idea and of the main idea the substantial selected phrases or significant details and significant copying of key sentences. details phrases and minimal paraphrasingSpelling & There are few or no There are some There are serious Serious errors inGrammar errors in usage, errors in usage, mechanics, usage, grammar, errors in usage, grammar, grammar, or spelling punctuation, grammar, punctuation, that make the summary sentence fragments, sentence fragments, difficult to understand. or spelling. punctuation, or spelling. sentence fragments, or spelling.Total ________/20 ÷ 5 = 4 %2. Reflection on the Articles (3%)Students who have completely and clearly responded to the guided questions stated in the reading journalform will get 3 marks. Page 4 of 5

3. Vocabulary Learned (3%) ≥ 70% correct = 2 marks 1 ≥ 70% = 1 mark All correct = 3 marks Page 5 of 5