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LittleNationRRJassignment4.docxLittle Nation and Other Stories Reading Response Journal Assignment #4
Little Nation pp. 83-109
Purpose: This assignment provides practice in summarizing and responding to reading as well as identifying your personal connections to the text. Practicing these skills regularly will help you develop strategies for managing reading assignments in your other classes. The reading process section of this assignment will help you develop your approach to understanding text and the strategies you use to manage reading challenges.
Skills: Written Communication, Problem-Solving
Before you write your RRJ, read carefully, taking notes on the text as you go. RRJs should include the following:
1. A brief summary of the story “Little Nation” (150 words or 5-8 sentences) including major events, characters, and important information about setting (place and time).
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Type your summary here |
2. Your response to the reading (150 words or 5-8 sentences) including your opinions about and reaction to the assigned story. This section is a place to think deeply about the book and the emotions and complex ideas it brings up for you.
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Type your response here |
3. Identifying our metacognitive reading strategies are important to learning. In this section, please provide an explanation of your reading process (150 words or 5-8 sentences). Discuss your process of comprehending the text: what did you do to make sense of the reading? What vocabulary or comprehension challenges did you encounter? How did you overcome them? Where, when and how did you read? How did those choices support or not support your reading?
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Type your reading process analysis here |
4. A Golden Line from this section that connects to your LA story. The beginning of this section of the story introduces some of the history, characters’ stories and neighborhoods of the complicated place we call Los Angeles. Whether your family has been here for generations or you have been here for a few weeks, we are all a part of this place now. Capture a phrase, sentence or passage that stood out to you as in some way connected with your own LA story. Use MLA format (quotation marks, parenthetical citation with author’s last name and page number) to present the line. Then share a little bit about your own LA story and how it connects with this line. (5-8 sentences)
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Type the golden line with your reflection on why you chose it and how it connects to your story here |
To receive complete credit on every RRJ (20 points), thoughtfully complete the 4 sections, look at the rubric in Canvas to check completeness, and turn your RRJ in on time. The RRJs are a space for you to think through the readings without worrying too much about grammar, organization, or other requirements of more formal writing assignments.
