Reading Journal Guidelines
When you finish reading the reading assignment, select two - three questions from the list below to answer in your journals. Focus on your thoughts and responses to the assigned reading. Don’t be overly concerned with grammar, but do put a lot of thinking into your reading journals since they will be important for class discussions.
Your journal entry must follow this format: typed, double-spaced, 12-point font, and 1” margins all around. Your journal entry should be approximately ½ page.Email the journal entry to: . Include the following information at the top of each numbered reading journal:
Your name
Date
Reading Journal #
Title of story
Suggested Questions to answer for Reading Journals
1. What did you enjoy most about the reading? What did you dislike?
2. What were some new words or phrases you read?
3. Choose a quote from the reading and comment on its meaning.
4. Comment on ideas, characters, or events in the reading that caused you to think about your life and experiences; How does this story relate to your own life?
5. Comment on the people that you’ve read about. For example, what do you think of them? How did they change or grow? Why are they important?
Example
I readRunning for her Life, a story about a famous Cuban runner named Ana Fidelia Quirot. Ana Quirot overcame difficulties in her life and became one of the fastest runners in the world.When she was young, she said, “If I work hard, I can be the fastest girl in Cuba.” She was very hard-working and I was very impressed by her determination. For example, she was burned very badly and stayed in the hospital for five months, but she did not give up on running. She had many things against her like her age and her accident, but nothing stopped her! I really liked the story. The only thing that I did not like was that the storyended in 1996, and I wanted to learn more about Ana’s life after the Olympics. I learned some new words. For example, a courage is a noun that means fearlessness at a difficult or dangerous time, and courageous is an adjective describing someone with courage. When I read about courageous people, it inspires me to be more courageous also.