Reading+Log+Requirements

=Reading Log Requirements=

The information to include in your reading log is: 1: Page numbers 2: Personal responses 3: Important passages (with pg. #s) 4: Questions 5: Important statistics, facts, or key events 6: In general, anything that struck you as moving, powerful, inspiring, talented, etc.

Additionally, consider:
1. Briefly describe the setting of the story—time and place. 2. Briefly describe the main characters: list them and give quick descriptions. 3. Give a brief explanation of the basic storyline/plot of book: one paragraph, and do NOT give contain “spoilers”—info. that “ruins it.” 4. Find and type up a short excerpt (section) from the book that would appeal to others and helps the audience understand the book better. 5. Explain the theme of the story—What is the deep meaning or what’s to be learned from the story? What did you get out of it? 6. To whom would you recommend this book? 7. Use appropriate language and grammar.
 * Go deeper… **Think back to everything you've learned about literary analysis this year. Pick literary elements that you have discovered while reading your book and discuss the elements and how they affect you as a reader. How did the author's use of those elements affect meaning?