SUMMER READING JOURNAL - Township of Ocean School District
2015-2016 Ocean Township High School English Department Name:___________________________________________ Teacher:_________________________________________ Grade/Class:______________________________________ Title:____________________________________________ SUMMER READING JOURNAL Students entering 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades are required to select one book from their grade level reading list and complete 3 reading journal entries. Students should complete one entry at the beginning, middle, and end of the novel for a total of three entries. One complete entry includes a response to all seven items listed below. Entries may be typed and printed or handwritten. This assignment will be collected by your teachers during the first week of class and will count as a grade. Summer Journal Reading Assignment NOTES Write anything you feel is significant. Include characterization, setting, conflicts, plot events, quotes, and anything else you may need to know. QUESTION Write down questions you have about the novel, and any questions about the reading you do not understand. Does the novel confuse you? Why? CONNECT Write down anything that you find familiar. Does this remind you of a film, work of literature, current event, historical moment, or experience? SUMMARIZE Retell, in your own words, the action and important details of your reading. (five sentences) PREDICT What might happen next? What effect will this have? Think short termrather than trying to predict the ending of the novel, think about what may happen in the next chapter. Write down any examples of literary devices such as metaphor, simile, LITERARY DEVICES allusion, personification, irony, foil, alliteration, symbol, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, ect. Include the page number. How does this affect the reader? Why the author might use this device. REFLECT Write down any quotes, sayings or moments that affect you in some way. If you choose quote or saying, be sure to include reasons why you chose that quote. What else would you like to learn about this author/genre/ topic? 1 This Secondary Solutions© worksheet has been modified from its original version. Bowers, Kristen. The Great Gatsby. Secondary Solutions. Rancho Cucamonga: 2010. Print. Entry #1 NOTES QUESTIONS CONNECT 2 This Secondary Solutions© worksheet has been modified from its original version. Bowers, Kristen. The Great Gatsby. Secondary Solutions. Rancho Cucamonga: 2010. Print. Entry #1 Continued SUMMARIZE PREDICT LITERARY DEVICES REFLECT 3 This Secondary Solutions© worksheet has been modified from its original version. Bowers, Kristen. The Great Gatsby. Secondary Solutions. Rancho Cucamonga: 2010. Print. Entry #2 NOTES QUESTIONS CONNECT 4 This Secondary Solutions© worksheet has been modified from its original version. Bowers, Kristen. The Great Gatsby. Secondary Solutions. Rancho Cucamonga: 2010. Print. Entry #2 Continued SUMMARIZE PREDICT LITERARY DEVICES REFLECT 5 This Secondary Solutions© worksheet has been modified from its original version. Bowers, Kristen. The Great Gatsby. Secondary Solutions. Rancho Cucamonga: 2010. Print. Entry #3 NOTES QUESTIONS CONNECT 6 This Secondary Solutions© worksheet has been modified from its original version. Bowers, Kristen. The Great Gatsby. Secondary Solutions. Rancho Cucamonga: 2010. Print. Entry #3 Continued SUMMARIZE PREDICT LITERARY DEVICES REFLECT 7 This Secondary Solutions© worksheet has been modified from its original version. Bowers, Kristen. The Great Gatsby. Secondary Solutions. Rancho Cucamonga: 2010. Print.
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