Courage to be an Individual Reader’s Workshop Remember the Reading Response Activity from 1/28 with the 3-Point Scoring Rubric? (Mrs. T. shows her example again with several student examples.) Your journal response / prompt was due 1/30. The average score was a 2.  Several students didn’t even turn it in. Mrs. T.’s reflection: In order to improve reading comprehension, most students need more practice with literary analysis, hence the opportunity to redo the Journal Write/Prompt. More time in class will be provided during RW to practice inferring meaning, finding evidence to support claims, sequencing ideas, and summarizing key events.

Courage to be an Individual Reader’s Workshop Collect your Reading Response Activity Journal (white booklet). Do you want to redo this Journal Write? If so, please advance through the slides.

Step 1 Redo the same Journal Prompt from the 8 choices. The prompt should be the same but it does not matter which RW novel you use. At least one chapter of your RW book should be read. What is your claim going to be? This should be clearly addressed in your first sentence – your topic sentence = claim. Basically, your topic sentence should restate the original journal prompt AND include the title of your novel. Why are these things necessary to do? (Ever heard, “Restate the question in your answer?”) Use this packet to redo your handwritten response outside of class time. Staple this to the back of the original booklet and turn in before 2:05PM. (If you type, just cut/paste your response to this packet.)

Step 2 Once you have revisited your journal prompt and have drafted your claim / topic sentence, study the 3-Point Response Rubric. What should your response include in order to earn a 3? Do you know what claim, reference, analysis, and relevant mean? If not, how will you find out?

Step 3 Reread your chosen journal prompt. Reread your drafted claim / topic sentence. Do they connect? They should connect. Refer to your RW novel to cite text-based evidence. Complete the Text-Based Evidence Chart. Be sure to analyze the evidence by asking, “How does this evidence answer the prompt / my claim?” Complete your reasoning/analysis in the right hand column of the chart.

Step 4 Draft your structured paragraph. Follow a pattern like TS + CM/CD/CM/CD+CS or TS+CM/CD/CD/CM+CS or CLEVR. Remember, the CM (your reasoning) is your analysis of the CD (evidence). Your evidence should be cited. Do you know what cited means? Use editing pens to underline AND label the pieces of your paragraph. For instance, use blue for TS, green for CM, red for CD, and black for CS. (Or, create a key/legend using highlighter colors for each sentence.)

Step 5 Proofread your paragraph. Edit and revise, as needed. Check conventions. Are proper nouns capitalized like the name of your book and main character? Is the title of the novel underlined? Did you spell all the words correctly, especially if they are on/in the booklet? Did you punctuate your sentences? Slow down. THINK. Reread. THINK.

Step 6 Does your response answer the prompt? Revisit the prompt again. Will your Journal Write earn a 3 according to the rubric? Revisit the rubric; use it like a checklist. Edit and revise your structured paragraph, as needed. Follow the directions on the Step 1 Slide for proper Turn-In procedures. (ZERO late REDO’s will be accepted. Late passes do not apply.)