Reading Journal

Each journal installment should have several responses. it should include:

1. A vocabulary section. In each section you should include at least five words that are new to you. These words may be terms that you have seen before but are used in a way new to you or in a new context. Write out a definition and include the page number
2.  A brief literary analysis of a passage. Choose a passage that you would use to generate a classroom discussion.  Explain why you chose this particular passage and analyze it closely. What images, themes, plot turns, or other literary issues do you find? What meaning can you "tease" out of the passage of the passage?
3. Reader Response. Here you should respond simply as you like. Feel free to complain or compliment. You will not hurt my feelings if you do not like the novel--just be specific either way. Cite the reason/s why you feel as you do. Feel free to reassess any earlier predictions you made. Respond to characters.
4. Additional notes. Feel free to add comments based on class discussions; ideas presented by your colleagues.

These installments will be used to support class discussions. You will share your installments with each other. I will review the journals periodically.