CloseReadingJournalEntriesforFrankensteinForFrankenstein,youwillberesponsibleforcompletingaclose‐readingjournal.Asopposedtojustreadingtogetitoverwithoranswersomequestions,youaregoingtoreadtoactuallyunderstandandformopinionsaboutthereading.Youwillformatthejournalusingtheinstructionsatthebottomofthispageandtheexampleontheback.Youwillturntheseresponsesinattheendoftheweek,orImayrandomlychooseadaytocheckyourresponses;therefore,youneedtomakesurethisisn’tsomethingyoublowoff.Youwillbetoldeachdayhowmanyresponsesyouareexpectedtocompletebasedonthereading.Asyouarereading,thesearethethingsyoushouldthinkaboutandrespondtoinyourreading:

• Characterizationofmaincharacter(s)o Reactionstowardsotherso Thingsrevealedaboutthemthroughtheirownactionsorinteractionswithotherso Thingsyouagreewithanddisagreewithaboutthecharacter

• Relatingpartsofreadingtopreviousworksread,thebackgroundnotesofbookand/ortimeperioditiswrittenin,orpreviouspartsofthebook.

• Insightsoncentralthemes,characterdevelopment,conflicts,andotherliteraryconcepts• Author’swritingstyle• Pointofview• Character’spredicaments/ramifications• Interestingpointsaboutthesetting• Relationshipsinthestory• Treatmentofthe“outsider”• Theroleofscience• Tensionamongstcharacters• “Aha”momentsinthereading/partsofreadingyourfindinteresting• Words/sentencesthatconfuseyou• Author’spurpose• Significantquotes• Personalconnections• Howisthebookreflectiveof2012?

YouareNOTexpectedtorespondtoeachoneoftheseineverysingleentry.Theseareideasyourresponsesshouldreflect.Youcanrespondtotheminanyorder.Youcanpickafewtodiscuss.Donotfeelcompelledtorespondeachoftheseineveryentry.Yourjournal,onyourpapershouldbeformattedinthismanner:QuotefromText PageNumber YourAnalysisYoudonothavetowritetheENTIREquote.Youcanwritethebeginningofthesentence(firstfewwordsjustenoughsoIcangetthegistofwhatyouarequoting)anduseellipsestofinishtherest.

Indicatethepagenumberforeachquote(Icheck)

Whatdoesthisparticularquotefromthetextmakeyouthinkbasedontheideasyoushouldthinkofwhileyouarereading?

Pleasecompletetheseentriesinaneatmanner(seeexample).Yourresponsesneedtobewellthoughtout.

Exampleofhowyourentriesshouldlook: