DOUBLE ENTRY JOURNALS

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PURPOSE

• The purpose of double-entry journal (DEJ) is to give you an opportunity to express your thoughts and become more involved with the material you encounter. You can do Double-entry Journals for both articles and listenings that are assigned in class.

ASSIGNMENT:

• As you read Holes, you will be keeping a double-entry journal. In this kind of journal, you will record your thoughts and questions in response to your reading. In your double-entry journal you may respond in these ways:– write about an experience in your own life that

relates to what is happening in the novel

– write your opinions about what is happening in the novel

– write questions you may have about the novel.

HOW???

• You will divide your page into two with a vertical line down the center, OR use the page I provided. An example is in your Spring Board book pg. 222

• On the left side, you will copy down short quotes from the original text that you find interesting in some way. 

• In the right column, you will write your personal responses to the quotes on the left.

#3 P. 221

• In a double-entry journal, you copy or summarize passages from the book on the left side (textual evidence) and write your response to that passage on the right side (commentary).

• Draw a horizontal line under each entry. It will look something like this example:

P221 EXAMPLE

WHAT SHOULD I WRITE

• Write your reactions to the quote that you chose. • Your reactions can include your own opinions,

disagreements, interpretations, events in your life that the quote reminds you of, comments about grammar, and guesses about the meaning of new words. 

• In effect, you are talking back to the author or speaker as you write your responses.

Response starters:

• 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) …

WHY????

• Double-entry journals allow you to pick out the parts that YOU think are important, and to ask the questions that YOU have, instead of doing exercises that the teacher made up.

•   Doing your reading this way will help to improve your comprehension and vocabulary.

• It will also help you remember the material better.

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EXAMPLELINE FROM TEXT OPINION