Sample Dialectical
Journal Entry
Use Readers Writer’s Notebook for journal.
You must include one journal entry for every chapter (or a specified number
of entries if novels are not divided by chapters) with the following
information:
1. Page number of quote/summary
2. A direct quote or summary of chosen
event
3. Your response as to the
significance of the chosen quote/summary to the development of characters or
other key themes or motifs (especially symbolism) in the novel
a. Page
number of a significant quote
b. The
exact text of the quote given in quotation marks
c. The
following entry responses:
An
interpretation of the quote (who says it, what is happening)
(Minimum: Two sentences)
An
observation about character or theme development (how a
character changes and/or a key theme that is shown by the quote)
(Minimum: Two sentences)
A
question or prediction regarding the quote (Minimum: One sentence)
A
personal response to the quote or the passage (Minimum: Two sentences)
SAMPLE
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Page
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Text of Quote
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Journal Entry
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1/2
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“His people had once been
great makers of songs so that everything they did or heard became a song . .
.In Kino’s head there was a song now, clear and soft, and if he had been able
to speak of it, he would have called it the Song of the Family.”
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Interpretation: The narrator is
talking. Kino’s ancestors wrote
many songs about their lives and circumstances. Kino has written one about family.
Observation: The “songs” seem to represent something important; possibly
values that are important to Kino’s people.
Question: What does Steinbeck mean by “songs”?
Personal Response: I have kinds of songs for
different parts of my life – the song of friends, of school, of things that
are important to me . . . .
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Used
with permission of SAS Teacher Ms. Tobenkin 2012; modified by Carmichael July
29, 2013
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