Reading Response Journals are a
great opportunity for students to retell and make connections to a book.
HOWEVER, what we expect and what we get are two very different things. What we
expect is a thoughtful account of what a student read. What we end up getting
is a jumbled mess of three to four sentences with zero direction. Usually,
these sentences begin with "The setting is____" or "The
characters are____". END
Frustrating
to say the least.
After a
few weeks, I realized that maybe, just maybe, I need to provide a little more
structure. A way to organize the jumbled mess into something more clear and
concise. So I did. I made a graphic organizer that we fill in once a week, or
every five or so chapters. Once the graphic organizer is filled out we transfer
it into the reading response notebook and voilà! A full page with
information, thoughts, and opinions!
Remember
the Gradual Release of Responsibility teaching model?
I
Do, We Do, You Do?
Weeeeeeell, sometimes you need a
lot of the first two, to get a good "You Do".
Click on the link below for a
free download of the organizer and please share how you modified it in the
comments!
Reading Reflection Graphic Organizer
Before
After
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