Metacognitive Reading Log
INSTRUCTIONS: Copy 1 thru 5 for each log entry, whether you choose A, B, or C. Complete a log entry for each chapter. Use sparknotes.com outside the classroom for additional supporting detail. Every entry will have 1 thru 5 filled in at the top of each entry. You will use your Journals for the log. Some will be completed in class. Once you start, you must stay consistent at one level throughout.
1. Date: _________________ Book Title: ___________________
2. Author: _____________________ Pages read since last time: ____
3. Chapter _____ 4. Page: ________ to Page: ________
5. Sparknotes Citation: _____________________________________
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Layered Curriculum:
“C” WORK – Choose two prompts from the list on the back and complete each thoughtfully. Each response must be 5 – 7 sentences in length. Use detail from your novel. Copy the 1 thru 5 data at the top of this sheet to a separate piece of paper and complete the information. Then write your response.
“B” WORK - Choose three prompts from the list on the back and complete each thoughtfully. Each prompt response must be 5 – 7 sentences in length. Use detail from your novel. Copy the 1 thru 5 data at the top of this sheet to a separate piece of paper and complete the information. Then write your response.
Pick an excerpt from each chapter (something that was said by one of the characters); record it with your journal reflections mentioned above and explain why you chose this excerpt. What is its impact on the story?
“A” WORK - Choose four prompts from the list on the back and complete each thoughtfully. Each prompt response must be 5 – 7 sentences in length. Use detail from your novel. Copy the 1 thru 5 data at the top of this sheet to a separate piece of paper and complete the information. Then write your response.
Pick an excerpt from each chapter (something that was said by one of the characters); record it with your journal reflections mentioned above and explain why you chose this excerpt. What is its impact on the story?
Research your family tree, or if adopted, research your adopted family tree. Pick one relative at least a couple of generations back. Complete a comparison and contrast to a character from the novel MBSID. Report your findings – be sure to cite your sources correctly. The report must be 1 page typed, double-space, titled, and with footer (name, date, and hour) on the bottom left. Include your work citation as a second page.
While I was reading:
· I felt confused when…
· I was distracted by….
· I started to think about…
· I got stuck when…
· The time went quickly because…
· A word/some words I did not know…..
· I stopped because…
· I lost track of everything except…
· I figured out that…
· I first thought that but then realized that…
· I finally understood….
· I remembered that earlier in the book….
· I related to the protagonist because….
· The climax disturbed me, because I thought….
· I would change the ending to….
· It surprised me that the antagonist was …. And not….
· The author’s perspective was/was not effective because….
· If I had to use the five step synthesis process on a character, I would use ……………………… and the lesson learned would be……….