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NOVEL: INDIAN HORSE CHAPTERS 38-56 CREATE READERS JOURNAL. In this…
NOVEL: INDIAN HORSE
CHAPTERS 38-56
CREATE READERS JOURNAL.
In this activity, your focus should be on drawing conclusions. As you finish the novel, think about questions, observations, and ideas you had earlier in the novel. It is a good idea to review your Reader’s Journals from the first three sections to identify some of these details to look for as you read the final section. It’s okay to still have questions, but try to draw some possible conclusions about why the author may have made certain choices.
Remember:
As you read your novel, it’s helpful to break up that chunk into smaller sections.
Consider using sticky notes to mark off your sections of reading. Once you get to a sticky note, jot down some thoughts. These thoughts should include
questions that you have about plot, characterization, theme, language, symbolism.
personal reactions to what you read.
connections you’re able to make to your own life, other texts, and the world around you.
analyses of literary devices, including use of language, metaphor, symbolism, imagery.
conclusions that you’re able to draw about choices made by the author. E.g., What are the big ideas in the novel? What contributed to the development of these big ideas (think about how the conflicts have impacted and changed the characters)? What inferences can you make about the author’s opinions on these big ideas? What do you think the author might be saying about our world, society, life, love, or death?
You can use these notes to help you write your Reader’s Journal so that you don’t have to interrupt your flow of reading. However, don’t wait until the end of this section to write your entire Reader’s Journal. It is meant to show how your thinking evolves as you’re reading.
At regular intervals, reflect on your reading in a Reader’s Journal. Your journal should be written as a double-entry journal with your point form record of the important things you read in the left-hand column*, and your questions, inferences, connections, and analysis in the right-hand column. Point form notes are acceptable.
*Don’t forget to include page numbers for each entry. This will help you later in your discussion and in your brainstorming ideas.
Along with your final journal, please submit a self-assessment where you identify how well your journals as a whole (including this one) demonstrate the following criteria:
I can make inferences while reading;
I can identify significant ideas in a text;
I can make connections between the text and my own experiences;
I can explain the choices the author makes and how these impact me as a reader;
I can describe how a text’s values, belief and power impacts my identity.
