1. The Double-Entry Diary

2. Different Methods for Keeping a Double Entry Journal Guidelines: Choose one method per entry. Try to use a variety of methods among your various entries. Write about 3-5 sentences per entry.

3. Left-Hand SideRight-Hand Side Quotes/Passages from the text (Include pages.) Observations, details revealed by close reading Written reactions, reflections, commentary, musings (“Hmmm...”) Significance Quotes/Passages from the text (Include pages.) Observations, details revealed by close reading Connections – Text to text – Text to self – Text to world Significance Quotes/Passages from the text (Include pages.) Observations, details revealed by close reading Questions (Clarifying & Probing) Significance Quotes/Passages from the text (Include pages.) Observations, details revealed by close reading Social Questions (Race, class, gender inequalities) Significance Quotes/Passages from the text (Include pages.) Observations, details revealed by close reading Naming Literary or Persuasive (Rhetorical) Techniques Significance

4. More to Consider about the Text What is happening in the work? How is it connected to what has already happened? Why is this important at this point in the work? How will it be important to the overall work? What did the author do to grab your attention?