8/6/2019 Hi I'm RJ - Directions

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Hi! Im R.J.! Thats Reading Journal to you!

Each week youre supposed to read at home for an

half hour each night. Record the time you read on

your Reading Log bookmark. After you read,

write responses to your book in me! Use the

following heading for each of your responses:

Title of the book: Whirligig Date: 8/19/00

Each week youll write a response to your

reading. Your response may be about the book, a

memory sparked by the book, or something that

strikes you about the character. You may write

several short responses or one long one.

You can choose to:

copy a quotation from the book and comment on

it discuss what confuses you about the book

discuss what you would do differently from one of

the characters in the books

compare the book to other books you have read

compare the characters in the book to people you

know

predict what will happen next in the book

draw a picture in response to what you read and

write a description/explanation of your picture (one

picture per week for credit)

create a collage of magazine pictures that relate tothe book and write a description/explanation of

your collage (one per week)

write a poem in response to the novel (one per

week)

find a poem that reminds you of something from

the novel, copy the poem into your journal write a

paragraph explaining how you connect the poem to

the book youre reading.

Adapted from Linda Reif, Seeking Diversity by Lee Ann Spillane

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Reading/ Writing

Grade EnglishI

Honors

EnglishI

Reading/ Writing

2 hours/ 2 pages

1.5 hours/ 1.5 pages

2 hrs / 2 pages

1.5 hrs/ 1.5 pages

1 hr. / 1 page

2.5 hours/ 2.5 pages

WHATS MY PURPOSE?

I want my student readers to . . .

read, read, and read some more

develop a habit of reflecting and thinking

about what they read.

practice making specific connections tothe books they are reading.

practice strategies we may have used in

class, on their own (e.g.: double entry

diaries, visualizing, predicting, questioning).

practice writing about what they read as

this is a major component of English 2-4

and beyond.

How Do I Assess Students?

When I look at students journals I . . .

notice what they do spontaneously.

Do they spontaneously relate the text to

themselves? the world? other texts?

Do I need to do a making connections

mini-lesson?

Do they spontaneously give specific

examples from the reading to prove their

points?Do I need to model how to incorporate

specific examples (that dont digress

into plot summary) into writing?

look for patterns.

Do they read the same types of books?

Do I need to do a mini-lesson on genres

and introduce high-interest pieces from

a variety of genres? Do I need to book-

talk more books?

Do they always respond in the same wayto what they read?

Do I need to model how you respond

differently (e.g.: respond to a quote, write

a poem about your reading, draw and

write about significant scene, etc.)

Do they use what we do in class?