Name: ______Hour: ______Date: ______

Animal Farm - Reading Notetaker

Chapter 1

(Level 1) Summary: What does the text say?
(Who/What/Where/When/Why; most important ideas/details/events; facts; key vocabulary)
(Level 2) Analysis: How does the text say it?
(Elements of author’s craft--figurative language, mood, tone, etc.--and how/why they are used)
(Level 3) Interpretation: What does the text mean?
(Themes and underlying messages supported with textual evidence)
(Level 4) Connections: What does the text mean to me? -1 connection to essential question
(Significant connections to self, society/world, other texts) and @ least 1 other connection

Name: ______Hour: ______Date: ______

Animal Farm - Reading Notetaker

Chapter 2

(Level 1) Summary: What does the text say?
(Who/What/Where/When/Why; most important ideas/details/events; facts; key vocabulary)
(Level 2) Analysis: How does the text say it?
(Elements of author’s craft--figurative language, mood, tone, etc.--and how/why they are used)
(Level 3) Interpretation: What does the text mean?
(Themes and underlying messages supported with textual evidence)
(Level 4) Connections: What does the text mean to me? -1 connection to essential question
(Significant connections to self, society/world, other texts) and @ least 1 other connection

Name: ______Hour: ______Date: ______

Animal Farm - Reading Notetaker

Chapter 3

(Level 1) Summary: What does the text say?
(Who/What/Where/When/Why; most important ideas/details/events; facts; key vocabulary)
(Level 2) Analysis: How does the text say it?
(Elements of author’s craft--figurative language, mood, tone, etc.--and how/why they are used)
(Level 3) Interpretation: What does the text mean?
(Themes and underlying messages supported with textual evidence)
(Level 4) Connections: What does the text mean to me? -1 connection to essential question
(Significant connections to self, society/world, other texts) and @ least 1 other connection

Name: ______Hour: ______Date: ______

Animal Farm - Reading Notetaker

Chapter 4

(Level 1) Summary: What does the text say?
(Who/What/Where/When/Why; most important ideas/details/events; facts; key vocabulary)
(Level 2) Analysis: How does the text say it?
(Elements of author’s craft--figurative language, mood, tone, etc.--and how/why they are used)
(Level 3) Interpretation: What does the text mean?
(Themes and underlying messages supported with textual evidence)
(Level 4) Connections: What does the text mean to me? -1 connection to essential question
(Significant connections to self, society/world, other texts) and @ least 1 other connection