Active Reading Log Sample
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Name____________________________ Date___________________ CA Period______
Title of Book A Wrinkle in Time Author Madeline L’Engle
What I read (exact quotation from the book
What I thought (connect, question,
with date and page number)
infer, predict, visualize, clarify, evaluate)
paraphrase, draw conclusions)
“’The Tesseract—‘ Mrs. Murray whispered.
Predict: I predict that the ‘tesseract’,
‘What did she mean? How could she have
will be connected to Mr. Murray’s
Known?’” p. 27, Nov. 3
mysterious disappearance.
“It was a dark and stormy night. In her
Visualize: I can visualize a wild storm and a
attic bedroom, Margaret Murray, wrapped
scared girl in a dark, old-fashioned bedroom.
in an old patchwork quilt, sat on the foot
of her bed and watched the trees tossing
in the frenzied lashing of the wind.” P. 7,
Nov. 3
“A delinquent—that’s what I am…that’s
Connection, Text-to-Self: Meg’s
What they’ll all be saying next.” p. 8, Nov 3
anger towards herself and her feeling
of being different reminds me of my
own teenage years—feeling like an
outsider in my own group of friends,
like no one understood me, my thoughts,
my ideas about life. Meg has difficulty
showing people her real self, just as I did.
“How did Charles Wallace always know
Question: Is Charles Wallace a savant,
about her? How could he always tell?”
a genius, or someone who can read minds?
p. 13, Nov. 3
Why would a science fiction novel have
something supernatural like that?
“Shall I transform too?” p. 72, Nov. 3
Clarify: So far, I realize that most of the
characters are different from what they
appear to be at first glance. Meg seems
dumb, lazy, and fearful at first, but she’s
really intelligent, hardworking, and brave
once you get to know her. Mrs. Whatsit
transforming from a plain, dumpy, silly
little woman into a majestic creature shows
that we often underestimate the strength and
beauty that lies beneath many people’s
surfaces.
“Calvin fell to his knees…’No,’ Mrs.
Evaluate: I believe this is a powerfully
This scene makes me realize that
religious book!
Watsit said…’not to me, Calvin, never
The author has religious convictions, even
to me.’ ” P. 73, Nov. 3
if it is a science fiction book. Mrs. Watsis
tells Calvin not to worship her, as she is not
the Creator and, even though she’s beautiful
and powerful, she’s not The Power…G-d is.
Because the characters are all fighting evil,
they are all doing G-d’s work.
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