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Reading journals are used to help readers think about, digest, summarize, question, clarify, critique, and remember what is read. They are one way to critically read a text and help improve reading comprehension. You will be reading and annotating the novel Every Day by David Levithan, as well as any text assigned for this class.

You will keep your reading journal on lined loose-leaf paper. The journal should be composed by hand. STAPLE journal together when you submit. I will not collect it if it isn't stapled.

  • Include in-text citations (author and page number) after each quote. This will help you locate the quotes later.

  • Annotate at least 25 QUOTES PER JOURNAL CHECK.

  • 50 points (25 per check)

The following explains how to format the journal:

Left Column:

The left column is used for direct quotations, paraphrases, or vocabulary words from the text being read. Copy the quote and include quotation marks and the page number in parenthesis.

A quote is when sentence are copied directly (word for word) from the text. Quotation marks (“ “) are placed at the beginning and end of the passage.

Right Column:

The right column is used for commenting on quotes in the left column. The comments on the right may include:

• what the passage reminds you of

• feelings toward the author’s words

• words or passages not understood

• words or passages that look important

• connections among passages or sections of the work

• If it’s a vocabulary word, the right column should have the definition

 

Date of Entry

Quote

Commentary on Quote

  1. “ Joe, in a fit of rage, screamed at his friend Sue” (Sheldon 4).

 

 

 

 

  1. “Money, he had more than he could spend” (Sheldon 8).

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. “There’s always been a divide between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. Skilled and unskilled labor came from all parts of the world to seek jobs in the automotive industry” (Sheldon 32).

 

  1. “Proletariat” (Sheldon 40).

 

 

 

 

  1. “They arrived later than expected... It was marvelous” (Sheldon 44).

 

 

  1. What does this mean? Are they at the end of their friendship? I wonder what Sue’s feeling inside. I hate when arguments turn into screaming matches.

 

  1. I wish I had lots of money. Sometimes I wonder what I would do if I won the lottery. I think that I would buy presents for everybody that I know, and then I would buy a new car. I don’t think I would keep my same job.

 

  1. I am confused by this passage. I don’t understand some of the vocabulary in this passage. I know that it’s a discussion about workers but what kind of divide? Who are the proletariat?

 

  1. Noun: the class of wage earners, esp. those who earn their living by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working class.

  2. I think this is an important part. It seems like this is where the author is stating the main idea.

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