Chapter 5 Journal

You will create your own Evidence Log of Chapter 5.   It will help you to be discriminating about what the main points are in each chapter.   

1. Please make sure your log is in two columns. 

2. I have attached a sample double entry log you can download for the format. 

3. Give me 5 golden lines from the chapter that you will put in the left column. 

4. The golden lines should be word for word from the book and give enough of the idea to stand alone.

5.  Then you will put your comment in the right column. 

6. Your comments should reflect a high degree of cognition.  Please don't just summarize the line--get more critical.

You can do one of the following:

1. Metacognition: 

While I was reading, I felt confused when

. . . I was distracted by

. . . I  started to think about
. . . I got stuck when
. . . The time went quickly because
. . . I stopped because
. . . I lost track of everything except
. . . I figured out that 
. . . I first thought but then realized that
. . . I finally understood

. . . I remembered

2.  Make a connection to your own life

3.  Analyze the golden line by doing the following:

Offering Evidence:

• I think one reason is on page xx, where it says . . .
• I don't think . . . could be true because on page xx it says . . .

Building on ideas

• I have a different idea.  To me, the evidence . . . on page xx means . . .

• I agree with the idea that . . . and I would like to add . . .

Sample below:

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