Independent

Reading

Log

Name: ______________________________________

Book Title: _____________________________________________________________

Author: _______________________________________________________________

Number of pages: _________

Weekly Plan: Monday Read 20 min. Vocabulary 10 min. Tuesday Reflection questions using DOK 15 min. Read 15 min. Wednesday Read 30 min. Thursday Read 20 min. connections 10 min.Friday Read 20 min. catchup 10 min (questions, vocab, or connections)

Required per chapter:

Vocabulary: 3 or more interesting words, unknown words, or words used in a new or different way.

1. Define2. Use the word in a meaningful sentence3. Draw a picture or find 2 synonyms

Questions: Create one question from each level. Then answer your questions using evidence from the text.

Level 1: Recallstate, tell, illustrate, list, label, identify, draw, 5 Ws, name

Level 2: Skill/Conceptinfer, predict, cause/effect, compare, relate, identify patterns, summarize, context clues

Level 3: Strategic ThinkingCritique, compare, investigate, hypothesize, draw conclusions, formulate

Connections: Choose two types of connections and write about them at the middle of the book and at the end, so that you make 4 total written connections

Text-to-self: What does this remind me of in my life? What is this similar to in my life? How is this different from my life? Has something like this ever happened to me?How does this relate to my life?What were my feelings when I read this?

Text-to-text: What does this remind me of in another book I’ve read? How is this text similar to other things I’ve read? How is this different from other books I’ve read?Have I read about something like this before?

Text-to-world: What does this remind me of in the real world?How is this text similar to things that happen in the real world? How is this different from things that happen in the real world? How did that part relate to the world around me?

Required per chapter:

Vocabulary: 1 or more interesting words, unknown words, or words used in a new or different way.

1. Define2. Use the word in a meaningful sentence3. Draw a picture or find 2 synonyms

Questions: Answer 1-2 of the prompts below per chapter or make up your own question related to the story and answer it.

Who is the main character? Describe the main character? What happened in this chapter to the main character? What is the setting of the chapter?Use 3 details to describe the setting of the chapter. Identify the problem of the chapter. What is the main idea of the chapter. List 3 details about this chapter you thought were important. Explain or draw a picture of how the main character is feeling.Explain or draw an important event in the story.

Connections: Choose two types of connections and write about them at the middle of the book and at the end, so that you make 4 total written connections

Text-to-self: What does this remind me of in my life? What is this similar to in my life? How is this different from my life? Has something like this ever happened to me?How does this relate to my life?What were my feelings when I read this?

Text-to-text: What does this remind me of in another book I’ve read? How is this text similar to other things I’ve read? How is this different from other books I’ve read?Have I read about something like this before?

Text-to-world: What does this remind me of in the real world?How is this text similar to things that happen in the real world? How is this different from things that happen in the real world? How did that part relate to the world around me?

Required per chapter:

Vocabulary: 3 or more interesting words, unknown words, or words used in a new or different way.

1. Define2. Use the word in a meaningful sentence3. Draw a picture or find 2 synonyms

Questions: Create 2-3 questions from each level. Then answer your questions using evidence from the text.

Level 2: Skill/Conceptinfer, predict, cause/effect, compare, relate, identify patterns, summarize, context clues

Level 3: Strategic ThinkingCritique, compare, investigate, hypothesize, draw conclusions, formulate

Level 4: SynthesizeAbout ½ way or during week 2 and in addition to the above, develop a level 4 activity to work on for 2 weeks or as a final product. This would be finding an expository book that you could read that connects to your novel, then create a guiding question that you will answer in your investigation into the topic. You also could do an author study based of a level 4 guiding question.

Connections: Choose two types of connections and write about them at the middle of the book and at the end, so that you make 4 total written connections

Text-to-self: What does this remind me of in my life? What is this similar to in my life? How is this different from my life? Has something like this ever happened to me?How does this relate to my life?What were my feelings when I read this?

Text-to-text: What does this remind me of in another book I’ve read? How is this text similar to other things I’ve read? How is this different from other books I’ve read?Have I read about something like this before?

Text-to-world: What does this remind me of in the real world?How is this text similar to things that happen in the real world? How is this different from things that happen in the real world? How did that part relate to the world around me?