Exit Report for January 10:
Today I worked on the following tasks:

• 15 min. SSR (The Chocolate War).
• 10 min. meeting with my group; we peer edited one another's I-searches.
• I wrote the words "unprepossessing" and "indubitable" in my "Word List" log.
• I started writing up my interview with my grandfather (15 min.).
• The part of the writing that went best was when I wrote about my grandfather's joke, and the way he laughs at himself (but also how he explains why it wasn't always easy to laugh).

Exit Report for January 11:
Today I worked on the following tasks:

• 15 min. SSR (The Chocolate War).
• I searched the Internet for graphics for my I-Search project (7 min.).
• I wrote-up my interview with my grandfather; I'm halfway done (18 min.).
• I listed two new skills (#7 and #8), one new "Word List" word (#23), and wrote exit report (5 min.).
• Today was a frustrating day, because the time spent on the Internet didn't result in anything useful (and my teacher thought I was just goofing off).

Instructions for Exit Reports

In the final five minutes of workshop each day, students are required to submit an exit report for that day. The exit report serves the following functions:

• It provides a record of what the student has done on each day of workshop.
• It helps the student set goals for what needs to be done in the future.
• It helps the teacher keep up to date on what work the student is doing and needs to do.
• It helps the student reflect on what she or he has learned (and thus helps the students with the reflections and group work that must be done from time to time).
• It helps the teacher and student keep track of and assess the work processes and learning that is taking place in class (and thus the teacher need not give the student so many tests).
• It helps the student reflect on what is going well and what needs further attention.
• It helps outsiders to see how your Webfolio project evolved over time.
• It helps the teacher give you credit for effort on the project (particularly useful, if the project doesn't turn out well).
• It helps the teacher validate the workshop process whereby students are given large blocks of time to work, as well as the freedom to choose what work to do when.

In your exit report, simply say what you worked on, and indicate roughly the amount of time you spent on each activity. You are encouraged to post, briefly, plans, questions, problems, or accomplishments in your report.

All your exit reports should first be posted in your blog. To get full point credit for each report, the report must be time-stamped as posted on the day of the class in question. Each report should also be pasted and posted into this page as illustrated in the example at the top of this page.

In addition to writing exit reports, students are expected to keep a log of how much time is spent on each of the major projects for this unit. See the "Time Sheet"; this sheet helps both the student and the instructor ensure that the student's work habits and efforts are balanced over time.