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Double Entry Reading Logs

Double Entry Reading Logs. Analysis for Independent Reading Assignments: Julius Caesar and Animal Farm!. What are my expectations?. Date each entry, and ALWAYS give reference page numbers. Produce thoughtful and provocative responses---these are NOT summaries!

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Double Entry Reading Logs

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  1. Double Entry Reading Logs Analysis for Independent Reading Assignments: Julius Caesar and Animal Farm!

  2. What are my expectations? • Date each entry, and ALWAYS give reference page numbers. • Produce thoughtful and provocative responses---these are NOT summaries! • You will DIALOGUE about the material presented, therefore you will have material in both columns.

  3. What does a well-written response look like? • Articulate your thoughts clearly using appropriate vocabulary and diction terms. • Writing should flow smoothly from one idea to the next. • Demonstrate an understanding of the text by making inferences and connections with textual support provided.

  4. What can you write about in your journals? • Make predictions about what will happen next. • Agree/disagree with the author’s purpose or the message of the text. • Provide personal reactions or connections to the story. • Explain strategies and skills the writer utilizes throughout the work and their effect.

  5. What else can you write about? • Describe complex characters and their personalities providing a purpose. • Compare the text to other texts. • Comment on the tone the writer conveys. • Describe how a passage in the text created an image in your head. • Discuss questions you have about the text in a meaningful manner. • Select quotes that are significant and explain why.

  6. TheNovelsataGlance --what you really need to understand about each • ANIMAL FARM • Plot and Setting • Literary Elements: Allegory, Satire, Fable, Dramatic Irony, Symbolism, Internal and External Conflict • Main Characters • Themes: • The corruptive nature of power • The oppressed tightening of the noose of oppression • Tyranny distorting history and language

  7. The Novels at a Glance—what you really need to know about the novels. • Julius Caesar • Plot and Setting • Literary Elements: Dramatic Irony, Allegory, Internal and External Conflict, Symbolism • Main Characters • Themes: • Fate vs. Free Will • Public Self vs. Private Self • Misinterpretations and Misreadings • Inflexibility vs. Compromise • Rhetoric and Power

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