1. Springboard Activity 1.3 You need: Springboard, Vocab List, Pen/Pencil & Highlighter
Narrative Voices

2. Period Three Survey Write your name on the top of your notecard.
Now answer the following questions:
1. Do you have WIFI access at home?
2. Do you have a computer at home?
3. Do you have access to your home computer?

3. Learning Targets
I can apply the double entry journal strategy for active reading and note-taking.
I can interpret writers’ choices that create voice, engage readers, and suggest meanings.

4. Double Entry Journal
A Double Entry Journal is a note-taking strategy for actively reading a text.
In your journal, you can connect your own experiences to those of the characters, share your opinions about what is happening, trace the development of the characters, and comment on the writer’s choices that create the voice of the narrator.

5. Analysis/Question/Opinion
Double Entry Journal
Trigger Text
(The book says…)
Analysis/Question/Opinion
(I say…)
“I find my locker after social studies. The lock sticks a little, but I open it” (1).
This quote shows the narrator’s voice because we know she is a student, possibly in a larger school, and she’s facing challenges, but overcoming them.
If you are having trouble thinking of what to write, try using these stems:
* I really like/dislike this part because…
* I wonder why…
* The diction/imagery creates a ______ tone because…
* This quote shows the narrator’s/character’s voice by…
* I predict that… because…
* This reminds me of the time when I…
* If it was me, I would…

6. New Vocabulary
Narrative: Tells a story about a series of events that includes character development, plot structure, and theme. It can be fiction or nonfiction. Example: Lord of the Flies, Catcher in the Rye, To Kill A Mockingbird,
Narrator: The person telling the story. The narrator is often the protagonist or main character. Example: 3rd person (not a character), Holden, Scout

7. Before Reading
In the following scene from Speak, the narrator, Melinda, is dealing with a new experience: the first day of high school.
As you read, highlight quotes in the text that make you think.
-- Examples of imagery -- Make personal connections
-- Notice the diction, syntax, tone -- Ask questions
Use the My Notes section and the sentence stems to write a variety of responses to the text.
-- I really like/dislike this part because…
-- I wonder why…
-- The diction/imagery creates a ______ tone because…
-- This quote shows the narrator’s/character’s voice by…
-- I predict that… because…
-- This reminds me of the time when I…
-- If it was me, I would…
Aim to have a minimum of 10 highlighted quotes and responses.

8. Check Your Understanding
After you finish the reading, complete the Check Your Understanding task on the bottom of page 11. (three entries).
Do this on your own paper.
You will turn this in at the end of the period :)
Trigger Text
(The book says…)
Analysis/Question/Opinion
(I say…)
“I find my locker after social studies. The lock sticks a little, but I open it” (1).
This quote shows the narrator’s voice because we know she is a student, possibly in a larger school, and she’s facing challenges, but overcoming them. I can infer that…

9. Learning Targets
I can apply the double entry journal strategy for active reading and note-taking.
I can interpret writers’ choices that create voice, engage readers, and suggest meanings.