Sample Reading Log Response With Weekly Reading Log
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Banned Book Week Reading Log Weekly Analysis
Your final essay on this book will be a justification on why this book
deserves to be on the shelf. You will need at least three reasons this book
should be saved. Your weekly reading logs are searches for t.e. for this
justification.
SAMPLE READING LOG RESPONSE
VOCABULARY and ETYMOLOGY
“At lunch he spoke insolently to his father, spilled his baby sister’s milk, and remarked that his teacher
said we were not to take the name of the Lord in vain” (Jackson 73).
INSOLENTLY :
showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect
adverb
ORIGIN late Middle English (also in the sense [extravagant, going beyond acceptable limits] ): from
Latin insolent- ‘immoderate, unaccustomed, arrogant,’ from in- ‘not’ + solent- ‘being accustomed’
(from the verb solere).
SIGNIFICANT PASSAGE WITH COMMENTARY
TEACHER NOTES:
When writing about stories, write in the present tense.
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CITE GOLDEN NUGGESTS OF TEXT! When citing passages, try not to cite more than one or
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two sentences. Pick THE MOST APPLICABLE QUOTE. Then, if you need to describe what is
going on before or after
that quote, you can summarize it or quote small parts in your commentary section. If you quote
long sections of text (again, try not to do this), you have to use block format. See Ms. Hoefer or
the Internet for clarification.
Analysis paragraphs are a mix of text evidence and commentary. Commentary is abbreviated as
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CM. This is YOUR OPINION, not a summary. Having read and thought about the text, you are
the expert. CM is your expert thoughts on the topic.
What are you looking for in analysis and commentary--anything that really adds to the
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text, be it great writing, plot and character development, powerful language, interesting or
defining style, or great revelations.
Here are some ideas to write about:
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The introduction of, building of or the results of the conflict;
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The description of, motivations, reactions, relationship shifts or changes in character;
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The description of setting or its significance on the conflict, plot or character
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Style/Voice (significant literary devices; e.g., metaphor, symbolism, dialect, irony,
mood, tone, verse, point of view, humor, figurative language)
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