Response to Reading Journals

These response to reading journals help learners to develop and/or practice reading strategies. This resource is ideal as a guide or supplementary document while teaching reading strategies, or when reading an informational or literary text.

***2019 UPDATE: New design and updated content.

***2020 UPDATE: A slightly different Response to Reading Journal also available in the zip file (Version B). This document focuses on taking notes during the explore phase (Students record their observations after every third chapter read -Chapters 1-3, 4-6, 7-10 and so on and so forth. They take notes of the setting, conflict/inner struggle, details about the characters, short summary of the main events). Two extra pages added to take note of the difficult words and their definition/synonym. More space for recording the plot/summary of the book. Response to reading assessment grid included.

⭐How to use this resource?

Use these response journals with:

• informational texts
• literary texts

⭐What`s included?

• A response to reading journal to be used with informational texts.
• A response to reading journal to be used with literary texts.
• A response process assessment grid to evaluate learners' performance.

With the help of these response journals, students will:

• show their understanding of texts.
• show their ability to identify key ideas/elements in texts.
• express their opinion, make judgments and draw conclusions.
• establish a personal connections with the text.
• generalize beyond the text: students will identify relevant ideas in the text and reflect on them or they will make judgments and draw conclusions.

Also available in a bundle: Reading Response Journals and Task Cards Bundle

⭐FILE DETAILS: Paper size: 8.5" x 11" (Standard US Letter). Documents are not editable unless otherwise stated. Resources are available either in a PDF or PPT file.

❤️SATISFACTION: Before downloading a product, read the product description and check out the preview document to determine if the resource is appropriate for your students. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

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