Raising the Level of Thinking in Reading Notebooks
Raising the Level of Thinking in Reading Notebooks.
Reading: Growth in higher levels of thinking (Vs. “Moving up reading levels”) Interpretation Book Clubs Complex Non-Fiction Texts Raising the Level of Interpretation Argument and Advocacy Test Prep Reading through Social Studies (Civil Rights) ● Fantasy Book Clubs ● ● ●
Reading Notebook Entry ● Big Push - Revisit old jots and revise our thinking. ● Types of jots: author’s craft, themes, symbolism, etc. ● Students weigh their evidence (ex: relevant? Good vs. great? ) ● Collecting jots to lead to a reading response.
Examples of Student Entries This is an example of a student taking a quick jot, and then expanding on that jot This is an example of a student noticing character’s traits and differing perspectives across the book
Reading Response (homework) Expectations ● What is a Reading Response? *An opinion piece based on all of your ideas that you’ve come up with throughout the week! ● Responses begin with a topic sentence that communicates the writer's thesis. Example of a thesis statement = “The author shows theme that family can support you when you face obstacles. ” ● Details/quotes from the book support thesis in body paragraph. ● Organization is structured with a beginning, middle, and end. ● Sentence structure, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization are mostly correct.
Student Mentor ● Thesis highlighting 2 themes. ● Accurately quotes the text ● Explains how the quote support thesis. ● Ends with final insight.
Rubric ● Explains any Reading Response characteristics ● Rubric should be out as students craft their reading response. ● Students can use teacher feedback to set personal goals.
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