Journal format The format of your reading journal is up to you. Here are some fo

Journal format
The format of your reading journal is up to you.
Here are some format suggestions that you may find helpful:
a slide presentation with multiple slides of images and text, with detailed reflections in the speaker notes
a blog with sequential entries
an interactive digital journal
a digital folder containing a separate file for each journal entry
an audio journal with ongoing entries
a physical pen-and-paper journal, which includes drawings and images
your culminating project reading should be a combination of images, notes, and artifacts that capture your thinking and discovery as you read your novel.
Entries in your reading journal should be based on the following:
narrative structure
character
theme
biographical and historical context
critical analysis through different literary lenses
text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections
Reading journal requirements
You will need to include 10 entries in your reading journal. Your entries will be based on specific incidents in your novel as well as interpretations on your novel as a whole.
For three of the 10 entries, you will have the choice of what to do. Your choices will depend on what you are discovering and are curious about in your novel.
The remaining 7 entries will be based on the prompts provided.
Ten journal entries: requirements checklist
Item No. 1
Create a reading schedule.
Item No. 2
A short, written reflection about why you chose your novel.
Item No. 3
Notes about character development in three parts.
What have you learned about the main character(s) from the first third of the novel?
How have the main character(s) changed, grown, or revealed themselves in the second third?
How have the main character(s) changed, grown, or revealed themselves in the final third?
Item No. 4
Explanation of your novel’s biographical and historical context based on your research on
the life of the author
the time in which the author was writing
the novel’s setting/time period
Item No. 5
Notes on resilience in response to the following questions:
How do the characters demonstrate resilience?
How is the concept of resilience linked to themes in the novel?
What is the author saying about the role of resilience in people’s lives?
Include significant quotations. You may need to reference other journal entries.
Item No. 6
Analysis of novel using literary lenses
Examine how one or more of the following literary lenses informs your interpretation of the novel:
contextual lens
psychological lens
gender lens
socio-economic lens
archetypal lens
Item No. 7
Notes on text-to-text connections
Make ongoing comparisons between your novel and other texts or media that you are familiar with, such as:
films or television shows
texts you have read in this course (short stories, personal essays, poems, songs)
other novels you have read
Items No. 8 to 10
No. 8: Your choice from the list of prompts Group A “Sentence starters…”
No. 9: Your choice from the list of prompts Group B: “Questions to consider…
No. 10: Your choice from the list of prompts Group C: “Alternative responses…”
Choose one of those Novels: life of pi by yann Martel,
the jaguar’s children by John vaillant,
alias grace by marget Atwood,
medecine walk by Richard wagamese, heart of darkness by Joseph Conrad,
the illegal by Lawrence hill,
the great gatsby by F.scott Fitzgerald, middlesex by Jeffrey eugenides
Rubric
Your teacher will assess your reading journal using the following rubric. Press each tab to review the success criteria and expectations.
Knowledge & Understanding
Expectations:
demonstrates complex and accurate knowledge of literary lenses
identifies and explains relevant perspectives and interpretations using examples from the novel
explains appropriately and logically how biographical and historical contexts can inform interpretations and opinions
Expectations:
uses multimedia, links, images, audio and artefacts appropriately and creatively
uses examples from the novel to make relevant and significant inferences
Communication
Expectations:
includes journal entries that are organized, logical, and clear
uses appropriate language for the purpose and audience
uses conventions accurately
Application
Expectations:
uses multimedia to demonstrate depth and significant interpretation and analysis
applies literary lenses to show depth of understanding of character and theme
makes connections (text- to-self, text-to-text, text-to-world) with breadth and depth
completes 10 required entries