2J21t13 t--x a Assig t'rTerrt Print View 1I E;<ercise 15-9 Journal entries for labar L.O. P2 The fulowing infurmation is arailable for Lock-Down Company, whic,h produces special-order security products and uses a job order cost accounting system. rn\,entories A'ril i;o MaY 31 Rawmaterials $41,030 $ 47,000 Goods in process 10,7r:)0 22,000 Finished goods 59,0r:)0 30,600 ActiVties and information for May Raw materials purchases (paid with cash) 190,000 Factory payroll (paid with cash) 415,000 Factory or,erhead lndirect materials 12,000 lndirect labor 75,000 Other o\Erhead costs 103,500 Sales (receired in cash) 1,270,000 Predetermined overhead rate based_on direct laborcost 65% l. Factory payroll costs in cash. 2. Direct labor usage. 3, lndjrecl labor usage. Prepare joumal entries for the abo\,e e\,ents for the month of May. {Omit ilhe "$" sign in your response.} E\,ents General Joumal - Debit Credit & 1. Lrt 41g,000 ffi/- 41s,ooo,/ 2. ,./ , ffi,2 3. /' ffiu' Vbw l-rnt#l W*rksfreet ffxsrs:lse f 5-S Jo*rn*f sr?friss for fafo *{ L.0. F2 2, Exercise 15-4 Analysis of cost flortvs L.O. C2, P1 , P2, P3 As ofthe end of June, the job cost sheets at Racing Wheels, lnc,, show the following total costs accumulated on three custom jobs. Job 102 Job 103 Job 1D4 Direct materials $ 31,000 $ 65,000 $ 49,000 Direct labor 14,000 25,400 45,000 Orcrhead 6,580 11,938 21,'150 Job 1O2 was started in production in May and the following costs were assigned to it in May: direct materials, $11,000; direct labor, $3,300; and ovrefiead, $1,551. Jobs 103 and 1M are started in June. O\,erhead cost is applied with a predetermined late based on direct larbor cost. Jobs 1O2 and 1OB are fnished in June, and Job 104 is expected to be finished in July. No rar,y materials are used indirectly in June. Using this information, ansu/er the ficllot'ving questions. {Assum,: this company's predetermined o\,erhead rate did not change across these months). 1. What is the cost of the raw materials requisitioned in June foreach r:f the three jobs? {Omit the ..$', sign in your response.) ezto.nhecloud.nrcg rarhill.con/trm.tpx 1t12 2J21t13 Assi g rrrrent Print Viar Job 102 $ Job 103 $ Job 104 $ 2. How much direct labor cost is incuned during June for each of the three jobs? (Omit the "S.' sign in your response") J&1O2 $ Job 103 $ Job 1O4 $ 3. what predetermined or,erhead rate is used during June? {omit the "g1," sign in your response.) Predetermined o\erhead rate % 4. How much total cost is transfuned to finished goods during Junre? {Omit the ',$* sign in your response.) Total transfened cost $ View Hnt#1 Sforksh*et frxer*is* 1 5-4 '4nalysis of c*sf ff*ut* L"#. C2, Ft r P2, I r .." .,...*- 4 ,' '1. -:' e g4 t rJ r.) ., _ ,- &n' Ir. 'v: tc- Vv cJl lciiJ.-rt : . , - - lrt .:*r,, .' 3. €xercr.se 1545 Arnrhead rate calculation, allocation, and anat' is L.0. ps Red Wing Company applies factory or,erhead based on direct labor (:osts- The company incuned the f.

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E;<ercise 15-9 Journal entries for labar L.O. P2
The fulowing infurmation is arailable for Lock-Down Company,
whic,h produces special-order security
products and uses a job order cost accounting system.
rn,entories
A'ril i;o MaY 31
Rawmaterials $41,030 $ 47,000
Goods in process 10,7r:)0 22,000
Finished goods 59,0r:)0 30,600
ActiVties and information for May
Raw materials purchases (paid with cash) 190,000
Factory payroll (paid with cash) 415,000
Factory or,erhead
lndirect materials 12,000
lndirect labor 75,000
Other oErhead costs 103,500
Sales (receired in cash) 1,270,000
Predetermined overhead rate based_on direct laborcost 65%

2. l. Factory payroll costs in cash.
2. Direct labor usage.
3, lndjrecl labor usage.
Prepare joumal entries for the abo,e e,ents for the month of
May. {Omit ilhe "$" sign in your response.}
E,ents General Joumal - Debit Credit &
1. Lrt 41g,000
ffi/- 41s,ooo,/
2. ,./
,
ffi,2
3. /'
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2,
Exercise 15-4 Analysis of cost flortvs L.O. C2, P1 , P2, P3
As ofthe end of June, the job cost sheets at Racing Wheels, lnc,,
show the following total costs
accumulated on three custom jobs.
Job 102 Job 103 Job 1D4
Direct materials $ 31,000 $ 65,000 $ 49,000
Direct labor 14,000 25,400 45,000

3. Orcrhead 6,580 11,938 21,'150
Job 1O2 was started in production in May and the following
costs were assigned to it in May: direct
materials, $11,000; direct labor, $3,300; and ovrefiead, $1,551.
Jobs 103 and 1M are started in June.
O,erhead cost is applied with a predetermined late based on
direct larbor cost. Jobs 1O2 and 1OB are
fnished in June, and Job 104 is expected to be finished in July.
No rar,y materials are used indirectly in
June. Using this information, ansu/er the ficllot'ving questions.
{Assum,: this company's predetermined
o,erhead rate did not change across these months).
1. What is the cost of the raw materials requisitioned in June
foreach r:f the three jobs? {Omit the ..$',
sign in your response.)
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Job 102 $
Job 103 $
Job 104 $
2. How much direct labor cost is incuned during June for each
of the three jobs? (Omit the "S.' sign in
your response")
J&1O2 $
Job 103 $
Job 1O4 $
3. what predetermined or,erhead rate is used during June? {omit

4. the "g1," sign in your response.)
Predetermined oerhead rate %
4. How much total cost is transfuned to finished goods during
Junre? {Omit the ',$* sign in your
response.)
Total transfened cost $
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is L.0. ps
Red Wing Company applies factory or,erhead based on direct
labor (:osts- The company incuned the
following costs during 2011: direct materials costs, $636,s00;
direct labor costs, $1,400,0d0; and hctory
orierhead costs applied, $588,000.
{. Determine the company's predetermined or,erhead

5. "atefor
year 20111. (Omit the 'yo.. sign in your
response.)
Predetermined oerhead rate %
2. ln the Goods in Process ln€ntory account for yeat2011, the
ending tralance is $53,000 which includes
$21,000 in direct laborcost, determine the direct material cost.
(Omit the ..$.. sign in your respcnse.)
Direct materials costs $
3. ln the Finished Goods lnrentory account for yeat 2011, the
ending balance is $337,420 which includes
$137,420 in direct material costs, determine the direct labor
cosis arrd owrhead costs. {Round your
intermediate calculationsand final anssversto the nearest dollar
amount, omitthe ..$.'sign in
your respanse,)
Direct labor cost $
Factory or,erhead costs $ :
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ffx*r*is* "" 1s #v*rhead ref# *el*ulatian, aff*rati*n,
and *nalysis L,{3. trS ..4. : , .: - ..*rc.
Exercise 15-11 Adjusting factary overhead L"A. p4
The following information is aailable for Lock-Down
Company, which icroduces special-order security
products and uses a job order cost accounting system.
April 30 May 31

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$ gg,0t)0 $ #,000
11,zfiA 20,000
66,0,110 38,000
lnrcntories
Raw materials
Goods in process
Finished goods
Actir,ities and information for May
Raw materials purchases (paid with cash)
Factory payroll (paid with cash)
Factory orcrhead
lndirect materials
lndirect labor
Other owrhead costs
Sales (receir,red in cash)
Predetermined owrhead rate based on direct labor cost
1 99,000
420,000
13,000
73,000
95,000

7. 1,210,000
65%
Prepare the joumal entry to allocate {close) olerapplied or
underappliecl or,erhead to Cost of Goods Sold.
i0mit the "$" sign in your response.)
General Joumal
Fa oterhead t
Credit
Cost of goods sold i-
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Problem 15-1A Production costs computed and recorded; reparts
preDared L.a. cz, p1, pz, pJ, p4
flhe following information applies to the questions displayed
belowl
Winfrey Co.'s March 31 in,entory of raw materials is $150,000.
Raw mi:rterials purchasas in April are
$400,000, and factory payroll cost in April is $235,000.
Or,erhead costs incuned in Apdl are: indirect
materials, $26,000; indirect labor, $15,000; factory rent,
$19,000; factory utilities, $14,000; and factory
equipment depreciation, $63,000. The predetermined orcrhead
rate is 60% ef direct labor cost. Job 306 is
sold for $350,000 cash in April. Costs of the three jobs worked
on in April follow.
..lloll 308
Balances on March 31

8. Direct materials
Direct labor
Applied overhead
Costs during April
Direct materials
Direct labor
Applied orcrhead
Status on April 30 Finished (sold) Finished (unsold) ln process
$ection Break
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Problem 15-1A Part I
Required:
{. Determine the total of each production cost incuned for Aprit
(direct lahor, direct materials, and applied
owrhead), and the total cost assigned to each job (including the
balan,:es from March 31). {Leave nocells blank - be certain to
enter "0" wherever required. Omit the ''tt'. sign in your
response. )
306 307
Job 306
$ 10,000
17,000
10,200

9. 1 05,000
23,000
?
Job 307
$ 16,000
15,000
9,000
190,000
57,000
?
$ 85,000
'140,000
?
5.
Beginning goods in process
:(FromMarch) $ $ $
For April
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6.
Direct materials
Direct labor
Apptied owrhead
Total costs added in April
Total costs
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?rablem 15-1A Part 2
a. Materials purchases (on erdit), factory payrdl (paid ln eash),
indirect materials and indirect labor. (Factory rent and utilities
arc
b. Assignment of direct materials, direct labar, and applied
or,rsrh
lnventory.
c. Transfer of Jobs 306 and 307 to the Finished Goods
lnuentory,
d. Cost of goods sold for Job 30G.
e, Rer,enue from the sale of Job 306.
f. Assignment of any undenapplied or oerapplied orerhead to
the
amount is not rnaterial")

11. 2. Prepare journal entries for the month of hpnl to record the
abovre
yaur reryanse.|
Genenal Journal
a. To record materials purchases.
$$ +".'1'l$'it.:.-+f t'r'.liti','- $":.t"i i
To record factory payroll,
,-
actual overhead costs including
in cash.)
costs to the Goods in Process
t of Goods Sold account. flhe
s, {Omit the "9" s*gn in
Debit Credit
To record indirect materials.
To record indirect labor"
To record tadory rent-
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To record fuctory utilities"
To record depreciation for factory equipment,

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To assign direct materials to jobs.
Hi*-ftttO,$
To assign direct labor to jobs.
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Worksheet
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To apply orerhead to jobs.
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13. To record jobs completed.
ion for direct materials and show
indi*ated vritfr a minus sign,
ll
_" _ * .."" ' _v's:!:r!:r:_"t::
$. i
d. To record cost of sale of job,
Tl
To record sale of job.
To assign Oter/Underapplied orerhead.
3, Preparc a manufacturing statement for Apri! (use a singtre
line
the details of or,erhead cost.) {Amaunts to be deducted *r*nld
Omit the "$" sign in your response.!
"YiH:il":?Y,ffi,For Month Ended April 30
Or,efhead
*
.!F
,ltF
!l!.
'.?

14. Total manufacturing costs
Total cost of goods in process
Cost of goods manufactured
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Prabl*m 15-i A Faft 3
Problem 1 5-14 Parl 4
4.1 Compute gross profit for April. {Omit the "$" sign in your
response.}
Gross profit $
4,2 Shovv how to present the inr,entories on the April 30
balance sheet. (Omit the "$* sign in your
response.)
ln,entories
Raw materials $
Goods in pnocess (Job 308)
Finishedgoods(Job307)i'-......*--"@".-***-
Total inrsntories $

15. Problem 15-2A Source docunents, journal entries, overhead, and
financial repods L. O. Pl , P2, P3, P4
[The tollowing informalion appliesto ffie quesf,bnsdisplayed
belowJ
Thai Bay's computer system generated the following trial
balance on Decen',ber 31,2011. The company's
manager knows something is wrong with the trial balance
because it does n(:t show any balance for Goods
in Process Inentory but does show balances for the Factory
Payroll and Fact:ory Owrhead accounts.
Debit Credit
Cash $ 47,000
Accounts receirpble 41,000
Raw materids inentory 25,500
Goods in process inentory 0
Finished goods inwntory 12,000
Prepaid rent 4,000
Accounts payable $ 10,800
Notes payable 13,800
Common stock 40,000
Retained eamings 93,000
Sales 162,900
Cost ofgoods sold 116,000
Factory payroll 15,mO
Factory or,erhead 25,000
operatins expenses
*.2?::*.1
Totals $320,500 $320,500
After examining rarious files, the manager identifies the
fullowing six soun:,e documents that need to be
processed to h)ting the accounting records up to date.

16. Materials requisition 21-3O1O: $4,500 direct materials to Job
402
Materials requisition 21-3011: $7,300 direct materials to Job
4M
Materials requisition 214O12i $1,800 indirect materials
Labor time ticket 6052: $7,000 dircct labor to Job 402
Labor time ticket 6053: $3,000 dircct labor to Job 404
Labor time ticket 6054: $5,000 indirect labor
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Jobs 402 and 4M are the only units in process at year-end. The
predetern'rined o,erhead rate is 300% of
direct labor cost.
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r:ro*rnsnfs,3ci.rrnaf e*frf*s,
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L
Frob{em 15-2A Part I
a. Direct materials costs to Goods in Process lnrentory.
b. Direct labor costs to Goods in Process lnlentory.
c. Orerhead costs to Goods in Process lnwntory.
d. lndirect materials costs to the Factory Overhead account,
e. lndirect labor costs to the Factory Orcrhead account'
Required:
1. Prepare joumal entries to assign the aborc costs. {#mitthe
*o$on sigrr im y*ur resp*nw'}

17. Debit CreditDate
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
10.
Date
Dec. 31
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2.1 Determine the reVsed balance of the Factory Orerhead
account aller making the entries in part 1.
Determine lvtrether there is any under- or o€rapplied or,erhead
for the year. {lnput all amounts as
pcsitive values. Omit the "$" sign in your responsa.)
lEti"k t"."t""t) fi $
2.2 Preparc the adjusting entry to allocate any oer- or
undempplied (:,erhead to Cost of Goods Sold,
assuming the amount is not material. {Omit the "$" dgn in your
rer:ponse.)
'c{
1
Debit Credit
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Worksheet
Problem 15-2A Part 3
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12.
Problem 15-24 Part 4
4"2
Assets
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3. Prepare a revised tnal balance. ffhe items in the Trial Bala
drEuld be grouped as
Asets, Liabilities {in arder af their liguidity}, Equity, Reven
and Expenses. Leave
blank - be certain ts enter "0" wherevsr required, Omit the * n
in your response,)
fEllows;

20. no cells
*^'*l::;y'o*"
December 31, 2011
Credit
$l i
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rt
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ir
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4,1 Prcpare an income statement for year 2011. {Amounts to be
dedu d and net loss amount should
be indicated with rninus sign. Omit the *$" dgn in your re )
THAi BAY COMPANY
lncorne Staternent

21. For Year Ended Desember 31, 2011
i: -
** "---* *' * *' * *' *''"' " " * i
$ i _;
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Prepare a balance sheet as of December 31, 201 1. {Be sure to
order of their liguidity. Omit the "$" sign in your respon*.)
THAI BAY COMPANY
Balance Sheet
December 31 ,2011
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.

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Job 137
Job 138
Job 139
Job 140
Total direct materials
lndirect materials
Total rnaterials used

23. Job 136
,job 137
Job 138
Job 139
Job {40
Total direct labor
lndircct labor
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in
[The fottowing infarmatian applies to the questians displayed
betaw.]
Westin Watercnaft's predetemnined orerhead rate for year
2y11is 200%
company's production actirdties during May zo11follows.
a, Purchased raw materials on credit, $200,000.
b. Paid $128,9OO cash for factory wages.
c' Faid $15,5m cash to a cornputer csrsultant to reprwram
factory
d. Materials requisitions recsd use of the following materials
for- the month.
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order cosf accaunting L.0. p! , pZ, p3
labor" lnformation on the
ti t ,&i:i$;p,
lnrcntories

24. *
:F.,
T.
t'it'E€it, Ei;''#-.l,
Total Asseb
Liabiliffes and Equity
Total Liabilities
{el,te,k:.tb.,su
' $l"'t-'fi;
Total Stockholdelu' Equity
Total Liabilities and Equity
-tF.rn
$150,400
e. Tme tickets record use of the following labor br the month.
$ 49,000
32,000
19,200
22,600
6,600
129,4AA
21,AAA

25. $ 12,1AA
'10,900
ffi,188
39,20a
3,200
103,400
25,500
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Total $128,900
f. Applied orerhead to Jobs 196, 13g, and 13g.
g. Ti':ansfened Jobs 1s6, 139, and 1s9 to Finished Goods.
h' sdd Jobs 136 and 138 on credit at a total price of $535,000,i-
The company incuned the foilowing orerhead costs during the
expired factory insurance).
hpreciation of tactory building $ 6g,000
hpreciation of factory equipment 36,500
Expired factory insurance 12,000
.,
A"9ry"d,property,,,laxeg pgyable 3615-00
i' Applied owrhead at month-end to the Goods in process
or,erhead rate of ZAA% of direct labor cmt.

26. PrirE Mev
(credlt Prepaid trnsurance for
(Jobs 1 14Al' using the predetermined
$ecticn Break
Prabfem fS-JA Fart t
Required:
'l- Prcpare a job cost
respon*.)
Materials
Labor
Orrerhead
Total cost
Frablem 15-SA S d s cu m e nts, i* u rn a I e ntri e s,
and accounts lnybi,
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27. Problem l5-gA Part Q
2. Preparejoumal entries to record the ercnts
respcnse, )
sheet for each job worked on during the
e' :I
and transactions a
{Omit the 'n$" sign in ysur
{Ornit the *g' sign in your
$,
General Joumal
d.
b.
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Pr*blern t 5-SA Part 2
Prablem 15-3A Pasl 3
3. Prepare T-accounts for each of the following general ledger
accounts, each of which started the month
with a zero balance: Raw Materials lnpntory, Goods in Process
lnrr:ntory, Finished Goods lnrentory,
Factory Payroll, Factory Overhead, Cost of Goods Sdd. Then
posit the joumal entdes to these T-
acccunts and determine the balance of each accannt. {Record
lhe l:ransactions io the given order.
Leave no calls blank - be certain to enter"0" wherever required.
Omit the "$" sign in your
response,)
GENERAL LEDGER ACCOUNTS
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29. Bal.
Bal.
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16.
Probtem rS-34 Part 4
Worksheet
?roblem 15-SA part 4
4- Prepare a rcport showing the totar cost of each job in process
an
f::1" the Good: t lr*ess rnrcntory accounr barance. preparc
Print Mernr
:' ' -" "' ''
i

30. that the sum of their costs
fior Finished Goods
Goods in proces"iffi*:;r
Job' costs
W
@
Balance
Finished Goods Inwntory
lnventory and Cost of Goods Sold. {Omit tfte '*$" si$n in your
re .)
ar reports
Balance
Balance $: :
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Journal 1
Norton Vol. C – Whitman – “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” and for

31. Tues. “Song of Myself”
Emily Dickinson – “Success is Counted Sweetest,” “’Faith’is a
Fine Invention,” “I Taste A Liquor,” “Wild Nights,” “I Felt a
Funeral,” “I Heard a Fly Buzz,” “Much Madness,” “My Life
had Stood,” “A Narrow Fellow,” “Tell All the Truth.”
Journal 2
Twain’s Letters from the Earth in Vol. C his “The War Prayer”
Chopin’s “The Storm”
Journal 3
Chapters I-XX in Chopin’s The Awakening
Journal 4
Chapters XXI-XXX in Chopin’s The Awakening
Crane’s “The Open Boat” and Vol. C Sinclair’s The Jungle ch.
IX
Journal 5
Robinson’s “Luke Havergal,” “Richard Cory,” “Miniver
Cheevy,” and “Mr. Flood’s Party” and in Vol. D. Pound’s “In a
Station,” “The River Mechant’s,” “from The Cantos: I”
Eliot’s “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock,” “from Tradition
and the Individual Talent,” “The Waste Land,” and “The Hollow
Men”
Journal 6
Stevens’s “The Emperor or Ice Cream,” “Anecdote of the Jar,”
“Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird,” and “The Idea of
Order at Key West”

32. The Journal
The reader response journal should serve more as a tool to assist
you in reading works from The Norton Anthology: American
Literature than as an assignment for me to grade. It will help
you to read actively, as a participant in a conversation with the
text. You will use it to record your thoughts, feelings and ideas
– your reactions to the readings. A record of such reactions
teaches you important analysis skills, but without the punitive
consequences of a check for errors in grammar, spelling, and
punctuation. I will assess mechanics skills in your essays and
exams, but not so much in journal entries, which again serve
you, not me.
When I grade these I will check for two qualities:
1. Length – each entry should be at least one typed page.
2. Analysis – you must not, under any
circumstances, summarize the text. Assume I’ve read the
piece. Don’t tell me the story, poem, essay, etc. all over
again. Instead, react to it – talk back to it – in your own
words. However, you must refer to details from the text in
order to convince me you’ve read.
You should have one typed journal entry per week. You may
respond to any of the readings assigned for that week, but I
recommend only taking on one reading at a time so as not to
dilute your response. Don’t try to respond to everything. You
learn more by focusing – by both zeroing in on and by deeply
exploring a single text.