Thursday, March 24, 2016

Learning Objective and Key Questions:

• What is the best way to preview a novel?
• How can I use a Double-Entry Journal to record my responses to a novel?

Please have your Independent Reading on your desk/table so that I can review it throughout the class period.


Opening:
1.  At the end of the period, you will turn in your notebook to me.

2. Tell me what you saw when you examined the cover: 

• Title 
• Author
• Picture
• Words
• First Pages

Work Period:
3. Set up a Double Entry Journal.

• Connection: How do you personally relate to a passage from the novel?
• Opinion: What do you personally think about something happening in the novel?
• Question: What questions do you have about what is happening in the novel?

4. ReRead Chapter One Aloud.

5. With a partner, share the passage you are interested in, as well as your sticky note.  

6. Copy the passage into your DEJ, along with the page number and your response.

Sentence Strips:
Additional Starters (if you need them:)

• I really like (or dislike) this part because …
• I wonder why …
• I predict that …
• I think the character should …
• This reminds me of the time when I …
• This reminds me of a book I read (movie I watched, and so on) …

Closing:

8. Describe to your partner how a Double-Entry Journal is used when reading the novel.

9. This weekend - Read through Chapter 4.

• Create TWO new entries on sticky notes.