2. What You Need to Know Notebook lasts until full Could be for the next three books or the next three years Replacements available Free if filled; cost if lost

3. What Goes Into the Notebook Title and Author 4+ pages (8 SIDES TOTAL) of notes in a two- sided format Includes some shorter quotations (blurbs or phrases) Includes LOTS of page numbers Includes lots of ideas Includes both running commentary and critical reflections Keep a list of titles and authors on the first side of the first page (like a table of contents).

4. Notebook Pages Critical Reflections On the left On the back side of a page AFTER A READING SESSION Running Commentary On the right On the front side of a page WHILE YOU READ

6. What is running commentary? Recording first impressions Asking questions Making connections Speculating on ideas, images, and details Examining language Postulating an evaluation LESS formal

7. What does running commentary look like? Bullets Short phrases Short quotations with commentary Questions with speculative answers

9. What running commentary IS NOT Plot summary Prose paragraph List of quotations

10. What are critical reflections? Critical definition Characterized by careful, exact evaluation and judgment: a critical reading. In other words, start analyzing the literature, creating judgments, etc., based on your running commentary and other ideas that may pop into your head. MORE formal

12. Tips and Pet Peeves Be sure that you plan wisely so that your entries span the whole text– save room for the end of the book! Don’t just stop writing because you’ve reached the end of four sides! Finish writing and plan better next time! Fill the page! –No gigantic margins –Start writing on the first line

13. When does this start? Now! You will do this for your summer readings, as well as for all of your 10 th, 11 th, and 12 th grade reading.