Reading Response Logs

by Kooy, Mary; Wells, Jan

• ISBN13: 9781551380407
• ISBN10: 1551380404
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-06-01
• Publisher: Pembroke Pub Ltd

Table of Contents

Introduction	7	(4)
Establishing a Community of Readers	11	(22)
Literature: Beyond Words on a Page	12	(1)
Who Are the Readers in Our Class?	13	(3)
A General Reading Survey	13	(1)
Reading Literature	14	(1)
Tracking Your Reading	15	(1)
Introducting the Reading Response Log	16	(4)
The Reading Response Log: A Guide for Students	17	(1)
A User's Guide to the Reading Response Log	18	(2)
Group Talk About Texts	20	(1)
Assessment and Evaluation: Tracking the Learning	21	(12)
A Teacher's Record Book	23	(1)
The Log: A Reader's Portfolio	24	(1)
Marking the Reading Response Logs	24	(5)
Talking and Learning: How Can We Tell?	29	(2)
A Personal Checklist: Assessing Group Work	31	(1)
Evaluation of Final Products	31	(2)
Exploring the Short Story	33	(18)
Selecting Stories for Reading Aloud	34	(2)
Defining the Short Story	36	(4)
Interrupted Readings	40	(2)
Assessment and Evaluation Criteria for the Short Story Unit	42	(1)
Further Encounters and Explorations	43	(1)
Moving to Independent Reading	44	(1)
Independent Reading: From Selecting Through Sharing	45	(5)
Developing Categories of Short Stories	47	(1)
Consolidating and Demonstrating Understanding of Short Stories	48	(1)
Sharing Favorite Short Stories	48	(2)
Bringing It All Together: Evaluation Activities	50	(1)
Invitations Into the Novel	51	(23)
A Changing of the Guard	51	(2)
Invitations Into the Novel: A Whole-Class Experience	53	(5)
Talking about the Novel	58	(1)
Reading Response Log Entries	58	(5)
Assessment and Evaluation Criteria for the Novel Unit	63	(1)
Further Encounters with Novels: Using the Reading Response Log Independently	63	(5)
The Literary Essay	68	(3)
Extending the Novel Experience: Forming Book Clubs	71	(1)
Independent Novel Study: The Reading Workshop	72	(1)
Class Share	73	(1)
Bringing It All Together: Evaluation Activities	73	(1)
Poetry -- The Best Words in the Best Order	74	(16)
Introducing Poetry: Strategies that Work Using the Reading Response Log	75	(5)
Puzzle Poems	75	(2)
Playing with Words	77	(2)
Filming a Poem	79	(1)
Explorations Through Performance: Read Aloud and More	80	(1)
Responding to Poetry Read Aloud	81	(1)
Assessment and Evaluation Criteria for the Poetry Unit	81	(1)
Moving Towards Individual Choices Using the Reading Response Log	82	(1)
Anthology Browse: The Top Twenty	83	(1)
Using the Reading Response Log to Deepen Appreciation	83	(4)
A Ten-Point Guide to Reading Poetry	84	(2)
``Poetry Is...''	86	(1)
Creating Poetry	87	(2)
Imitative Poems	88	(1)
Image Poems	88	(1)
Found Poems	89	(1)
Bringing It All Together: Evaluation Activities	89	(1)
``The Play's the Thing'' -- Building Meaning Through Performance	90	(15)
Bringing Drama Alive	91	(1)
Assessment and Evaluation Criteria for the Drama Unit	91	(3)
A Five-Stage Model for Working with Modern Plays	93	(1)
``Romeo and Juliet''	94	(1)
Introducing the Play: The Reading Response Log	94	(2)
The True Love Opinionnaire	95	(1)
Reading Aloud	96	(1)
The First Read Aloud	96	(1)
The Chronolog	96	(1)
New Roles for the Reading Response Log	97	(1)
Into the Script: A Choral Reading of the Prologue	98	(1)
Introducing Act I, Scene 1: The Zeffirelli Film	99	(1)
Ready to Read	99	(3)
The Love Connection	100	(1)
The Prologue	100	(1)
A Sociogram	101	(1)
Reviewing the True Love Opinionnaire	102	(1)
Reviewing the Chronolog	102	(1)
Rehearsing the Play	102	(2)
The Reading Response Log and Rehearsals	103	(1)
Performing the Play	104	(1)
Bringing It All Together: Evaluation Activities	104	(1)
The Stories of Our Lives -- An Integrated Theme	105	(17)
An Introduction to the Theme	107	(1)
Exploring Culture Through Autobiographical Scrapbooks	108	(1)
Assessment and Evaluation Criteria for the Autobiographical Scrapbook	108	(2)
Opening the Reading Response Log	110	(1)
A Six-Stage Process of Exploration	111	(5)
Defining Criteria for Success	111	(1)
Creating a One-Page Outline and a Proposal	112	(1)
Collecting Information	113	(2)
Selecting Material for Publication	115	(1)
Publishing the Scrapbook	115	(1)
Sharing with an Audience	115	(1)
Exploring Culture Through Group Reading Experiences	116	(1)
Organizational Concerns	117	(1)
Assessment and Evaluation Criteria for Group Reading Experiences	117	(1)
Opening the Reading Response Log	118	(1)
A Three-Stage Process of Exploration	118	(3)
Reading	119	(1)
Researching	119	(1)
Presenting	120	(1)
Concluding Remarks	121	(1)
References	122	(2)
Index	124