Reading Journal Instructions

• Choose a reading from the textbook or a homework assignment.  For TWO of your journal entries, you may respond to any reading of your choice.
• Read through the chosen text to gain an overall understanding of it.  Take notes, highlight passages of importance, and make observations as you read.
• In your blog, include the title of the reading.
• In the first paragraph of your blog, briefly summarize the reading in your own words.  Include only the main point(s).
• In the next paragraph(s), reflect on the reading.  You may want to discuss one or more of the following questions about the reading:
• What do you think about it?
• How does it make you feel?  Do you have any negative feelings about it?
•  Is there anything you agree or disagree with?  Why?
• What questions do you have about it?  What passages or ideas were difficult to understand?
• What particular passages or details stand out to you?  Explain why these passages caught your attention and/or might be important.
• How does it relate to your personal experiences or background?
• Does it remind you of an event that happened to someone you know?
• Would you like to acquire a personality trait or characteristic of someone from the reading?  Who and why?
• How has it changed you?  What did you learn?
• Who else should read it?  Should anyone not be encouraged to read it?  Why?
• Would you like to know more about this topic?  Why does it interest you?
• In the last paragraph, list three things you learned about English through reading (vocabulary, grammar, prefixes/roots/suffixes, spelling patterns, word forms, word combinations, expressions, etc.).
• You may include images, videos, and music on your blogs if you wish.