Reading Response Journal

For this assignment, you will construct a reading journal to the required, core readings on the course. These journal responses to the readings will do the following: summarize the central argument or point of the article in your own words.
Further, and where relevant, the journal entries will examine the themes discussed, research aims, methods used, key findings, discussion points.
In short, this is a critical response to the weekly readings to show that you understand what is being said, in your own words.
Five readings responses are required from weeks 1-6. You cannot pick two readings from the same week. If you do this, only one of them will be graded, reducing overall marks.
Ensure that the five-reading response are relating to a different weekly topic.
Each weekly response should be between 300-400 words.
The final submission should be in the ball park of 1500-2000 words.
The aim of this is to have a body of material generated mid-semester for incorporation into your longer essay and to help with the overall drafting process.

Specific Guidelines
To develop the summary, do the following:
→ Identify the author and title of the work and include in parentheses the publisher and publication date.
→ Write an informative summary of the material.
→ Condense the content of the work by highlighting its main points and key supporting points.
→ Use direct quotations from the work to illustrate important ideas. When using direct quotations, do include the page number for the citation in accordance with APA standards.

→ Summarize the material so that the reader gets a general sense of all key aspects of the original work.
→ Do not discuss in great detail any single aspect of the work, and do not neglect to mention other equally important points.
→ Also, keep the summary objective and factual. Do not include your personal reaction to the work.
→ Edit the paper carefully for errors in grammar, mechanics, punctuation, word use, and spelling.