L. Battiste

Name:______

Instructions to the students: For your daily journal entry you are to use 2 of the following response leads (sentence starters). You must give evidence of your understanding for each of your responses. (Tell why you think that way by using information from the text. Paraphrase, use your own words, to demonstrate understanding or to get clarification.) The line <____ >indicates the part(s) of the story that you are going to talk (write) about. The dots<…….> are for you to continue the thought process or show evidence. The slash < /> indicates a choice from which you must select one then support your choice.

Complete sentences and neatly written are a must!!!

I wonder ….; I predict ____ because…; I infer that____ because….; _____(part of the story) is important because….; I am confused about ____ because...; When I read ____ the picture in my head looks like…; I think ____ means ____ because…; I don’t know this word ___ but I think it means_____ because….; I think that ____ since …..; I feel that ____ .…; I can connect the text to myself/ world/ text when it says____ this reminds me of…; I believe ____ after reading ....; I can conclude____ when it says____ I understand….; Questions in my mind about the text are ____ (explain) ...; The author's tone __ causes me to think...; The author’s purpose of/for ___ is(explain) ...; The authors says___ which make me think...; I can compare/contrast ____ to ___ because...; The difference between ___ and __ is ____. I can conclude that___ because...; ____ is bias/ objective because…; I know ____ is a fact/opinion because…; The events happened (in order) ____ so I can conclude that ….;

Read 180 Reading Log Date Title& Author Startin Ending Responding to text (Use one of the sentence starter to write your response) g Page Page (In class practice) Read 180 Reading Log L. Battiste Date Title Startin Ending Responding to text (Use one of the sentence starter to write your response) g Page Page