Double Entry Reader Response Journal for To Kill A Mockingbird

What is a double entry response journal? This type of journal is a place for you to examine important quotes from the novel of study. It is a place to study concepts, discuss characteri ation, express opinions, expand on a event!scene, ma"e connections #ith the text to your o#n life, and analysis literary devices such as theme and symbol. $s you read To Kill A Mockingbird durin% our novel study unit, you #ill complete literary analyses on si%nificant quotes or passa%es. What kind of quotations should I choose to analyze? &ind passa%es or quotations that you thin" help us better understand the author's subject matter, characteri ations, themes, symbols, or (bi% ideas). *lease don't just repeat #hat the quote says and!or summari e the scene or context. +iterary analysis can also include diction, style, fi%urative lan%ua%e, plot development, etc. What format should I use? ,ee the attached double entry response journal template. This is the format I expect you to use for each entry. -se the left side of the column to copy do#n the si%nificant quotes or passa%e from the novel #ith its pa%e number. -se the ri%ht hand column to analy e its si%nificance. How many entries should I complete? &or each entry, complete two si%nificant quotes or passa%e analyses. Each analysis should be at least ,I. sentences, and interpret or analy e, not retell the plot. These entries should be in your noteboo". /our completed journal #ill have EIGHT entries. +isted belo# are the chapter bloc"s in #hich a journal entry is expected. Entry 0 3 6 2 4 8 9 5 !hapter "lock 012 415 7103 06108 0913: 30132 34135 371end

In the template provided, I have completed t#o passa%e analyses for ;hapter 0 as a model.

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To Kill A Mockingbird, by >arper +ee ;hapter ?loc"@ 012

,i%nificant Auote or *assa%e

$tticus, the la#yer, (#as Baycomb ;ounty born and bred, he "ne# his people, they "ne# him, and because of ,imon &inch's industry, $tticus #as related by blood or marria%e to nearly every family in the to#n) C8D.

+iterary $nalysis
&rom #hat I can %ather about $tticus so far, he seems #ell "no#n and respected in the to#n of Baycomb. >e is a la#yer, so I assume quite intelli%ent, and if everyone "no#s him or is related to him, the to#n must be really small. I thin" $tticus #ill play a lar%e role in the boo" H perhaps his job as a la#yer #ill come into playI $lthou%h, it says $tticus #as %ettin% a (profound distaste for the practice of criminal la#)C4D. >mmFmaybe because of the han%in%s his clients %ot. I thin" this is foreshado#in% events to come.

Esometimes you may not #ant to include the entire quote to #hich you are referrin%, so instead you #ill use an ellipsis CFD to quote only the important part. &or example@ (Ghen he #as nearly thirteen, my brother Jem %ot his arm badly bro"en at the elbo#F)C6D (The Radleys, #elcome any#here in to#n, "ept to themselves, a predilection unfor%iveable in Baycomb) C00D.

Jilla%e politicsK It seems li"e the to#n is a little close1minded in vie#in% the Radley's because they don't %o to church or do common thin%s in Baycomb. This seems to be prejudice as people are jud%in% them because they aren't li"e everyone else. It seems that the to#nspeople are suspicious about the Radley family because they don't "no# them H often people %et mean #hen they misunderstand a person or culture. The house too is a mystery. ;learly this is %oin% to play a lar%e part in the novelL the (mystery) of the Radley family Cespecially ?ooD #ill be solved. >o# #ill the to#nspeople handle itI