The journal can:

• be a section in a journal or a journal in itself
• be used to record your reactions to whatever you are reading
• help you keep track of what’s going on
• help you see how your reading relates to your own life

Responding Creatively

• write a news flash
• imagine yourself as a main character
• write about the character visiting your home

Responding to Learn About yourself

How? When you reflect on it in light of your experiences

The journal can give you a chance to:

• think more about a work of literature
• relate a story or poem to your own life

How is it the same as your life?

How is it different?

What do you think about . . . ?

What if . . . ?

Would you have done what the character did?