Read,+Read,+Read

400+ pages = 3 books
Exercise a balanced reading diet.
 * Read for pleasure and for learning-- deeper, analytical reading
 * Read fiction & nonfiction, poetry & prose, old & new.
 * Keep an annotated reading list of books in your English binder.

Keep a reading journal, showing ACTIVE, CRITICAL reading. >> >> Try to set aside at least thirty minutes a day to read. Journal as you read. If you approach the journal as just an assignment to turn in to me, you probably won't get much out of doing it. But, if you'll try to making reading and inking your thinking a part of your life, it will pay off--big time! >> >> We'll use your journals often in class, so you need it every day. Expect me to check journals occasionally in class and give you a homework or quiz grade for your progress. Familiarize yourself with the rubric: [|Journal Rubric]
 * Your journal is not the place to revise and edit and compose polished pieces: It's the place to record what's going on in your brain when you read. Jot, doodle, list, graph, draw your thinking!
 * Follow the guidelines on the Levels of Thinking (LOT) handout.
 * Review the information below to see what should be going on in your brain when you read and get detailed instructions for your journal .
 * Make reading and journaling a habit............
 * Make sure to date and assign LOT #s to each journal entry.

= 1. **Reflect and Connect ** = **Keep track ** of what you know and what you don't know. **Make connections ** between what's new to you and what you knew before. Develop your skills as a **Summarizer and a ** **Connector **.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Review these <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Habits of Mind <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> as you read.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">In your own words, summarize what you understand about the
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list 1.0in;">setting, characters, plot and theme.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list 1.0in;">author's bias, main argument and supporting evidence.


 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Speculate about the parts you don't understand or the things that are confusing you.


 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Connect what you're reading to what you know, and explain the similarities and differences:
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list 1.0in;">//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Text-to-Self //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">: Tell a story from your own life that this reading reminds you of.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list 1.0in;">//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Text-to-World //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">: Tell a story about something that is happening in the world that relates to what you're reading.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list 1.0in;">//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Text-to-Text //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">: Describe the similarities and differences between what you've been reading and another book or article.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list 1.0in;">//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Text-to-Media //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">: Describe a song, T.V. show, movie, web site or other media that this reading reminds you of.

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**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 20.5pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">2. Wonder **
**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif';">Ask questions **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif';"> before, during, and after reading that lead you deeper into the text. **<span style="font-family: 'inherit','serif';">Point to what's important ** by quoting the passages that matter most, and explaining why these are worth remembering. Build on your ability to be an engaging **<span style="font-family: 'inherit','serif';">Discussion Director ** and **<span style="font-family: 'inherit','serif';">Illuminator **.


 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Write your questions down as soon as you have them, and select from them later.

<span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0.25in 0.25in 0.75in; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif';">Make a "quotation sandwich": <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0.25in 10pt 1.25in; tabstops: list 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § <span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif';">Say why you chose each quote. <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0.25in 10pt 1.25in; tabstops: list 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § <span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif';">Include the exact quotation, cite it with proper references, and link to it, if possible. <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0.25in 10pt 1.25in; tabstops: list 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § <span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif';">Expand on what each quotation makes you think.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Identify the important aspects of your assigned text, and develop questions other students might want to discuss.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Focus on the major themes or “big ideas” in the text and your reaction to those ideas. What interests you will most likely interest other students too.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Talk to your reader/listener, ask them questions, and request a response.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Be picky. Choose passages that you think are memorable, interesting, puzzling, funny, or important.

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**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 17.5pt; line-height: 115%;">3. Investigate ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif';">Draw conclusions **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif';"> about the text you are reading by making inferences or intelligent guesses based on clues from the text combined with your own experiences or prior knowledge. Work on skills you need to be a better **<span style="font-family: 'inherit','serif';">Problem Solver **. <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0.25in 0.25in 0.75in; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif';">This is what people mean when they say that you have to "read between the lines." To show your understanding of a text: <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0.25in 10pt 1.25in; tabstops: list 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § <span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif';">Explain what you think is true. <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0.25in 10pt 1.25in; tabstops: list 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § <span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif';">Quote specific parts from the text that support your hypothesis. <span style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0.25in 10pt 1.25in; tabstops: list 1.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> § <span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif';">Say why this makes sense based on your past experiences.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Write something like this: "The author doesn’t say __, but I know because__."

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**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 20.5pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">4. Construct **
**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif';">Create and use images and other media **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif';"> (both in your mind and actually) to deepen and stretch your understanding of a text. Develop your skills as an **<span style="font-family: 'inherit','serif';">Illustrator. **
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Draw, record audio, or make video, make graphs, charts, and write about what you read.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Draw a scene as a cartoon-like sequence, or record a dramatic reading of an important scene so readers can better understand the action.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list 1.0in;">Draw maps or charts to show how one person, place, or event relates to the others.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list 1.0in;">Label your drawings so we know who the characters are.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list 1.0in;">Draw objects that symbolic represent the ideas, the characters, the tone of a a text.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list 1.0in;">Draw graphic organizers like venn diagrams, bubble clusters, T-charts to show key ideas, words, meanings and how they relate to one another.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Use writing to explain how your drawing, video, or audio relates to the text you're reading.

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**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 20.5pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 115%;">5. Express **
**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif';">Combine your thoughts **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif';"> about texts with your knowledge of other texts or media. Develop your skills as a **<span style="font-family: 'inherit','serif';">Researcher **.


 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">"Fold in" your analysis of the text you are reading into an ongoing research or inquiry project, the way a chef might add a new ingredient to an already-beaten mixture.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Integrate quotations from the text you are reading--and your analysis of those quotations--by revising something that you have already begun to compose.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Create a mashup that brings together the text you are reading with other, multiple sources around a common theme.

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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif';">This page modified only slightly from <span style="font-family: 'inherit','serif';">Youth Voices wiki <span style="color: black; font-family: 'inherit','serif';">, who compiled the following studies into this document:
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;"> //Mosaic of Thought, Second Edition: The Power of Comprehension Strategy Instruction// <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">, by Oliver Keene and Susan Zimmermann ( <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Seven Strategies of an Effective Reader <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">)
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">The 6+1 Trait Writing framework <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory ( <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Trait Definitions <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">)
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'inherit','serif';">Stripling, B. and Pitts, J. //<span style="font-family: 'inherit','serif';">Brainstorms and Blueprints: Teaching Library Research as a Thinking Process //. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited. ( <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">[|Pitts/Stripling Model of Inquiry] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (PDF), especially pp. 7-9)
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;"> //Literature circles: voice and choice in book clubs and reading groups// <span style="font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">, by Harvey Daniels ( <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">Seven Literature Circle Jobs <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">; <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">The Joy and Jeopardy of Role Sheets <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">)
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'inherit','serif';">" <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'inherit','serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">[|NetSavvy Skills Framework] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">" (PDF), p. 2., by Ian Jukes