THE NATURALIST’S JOURNAL
Fulwiler, T. & Hughes, J. The naturalist’s journal. Retrieved April 13, 2008, from http://www.uvm.edu/~fntrlst/journalmonograph.pdf .
TAP
The topic of this article was writing, specifically writing in journals. The article described what a journal is, what a journal does, and the purpose of writing a journal. The different types of journals were also described; personal journals, dedicated journals, and field journals. The audience for this article could be broad. Anyone who is interested in writing or keeping a journal would find this article beneficial. The purpose of this article is to describe journal writing and to provide strategies and techniques for writing in journal format.
CLAIM(S)
1. A journal memorializes what you do, what you think, what you see, and what you need to do next.
2. All types of journals have three characteristics in common; sequence, audience, and language.
3. A journal is informal and flexible. There’s no set way of writing a journal entry. The writer can write whatever and however he wants without following a set writting style or paying attention to grammatical errors.
4. A journal reflects the thoughts of only the author.
EVIDENCE
The author referred to a biology professor and a botanist who both kept a journal for years. Examples of writting from each professionals journal was given in the article and described. The author included a list of additional resources about writing and journal writting.
CONNECTIONS
Text-to-self: This article is relevant to me because I am keeping a journal/writing notebook for phonology class. The information I have gained from reading this article will help me to understand why I am keeping a writing notebook and will help me to organize my writing.
Text-to-text: This article does not connect to any other text I’ve read. At least, not that I can think of right now.
Text-to-world: This article is relevant to any professional interested in documenting their work and to any person wanting to document their life. Reading this article makes me think of my sister. She has kept an electronic journal everyday since she was pregnant with her first child. This is the ninth year that she’s kept a journal. This article is something that she would be interested in reading. I will have to pass it on to her.
