2.  Date each entry, and ALWAYS give reference page numbers.  Produce thoughtful and provocative responses---these are NOT summaries!  You will DIALOGUE about the material presented, therefore you will have material in both columns.

3.  Articulate your thoughts clearly using appropriate vocabulary and diction terms.  Writing should flow smoothly from one idea to the next.  Demonstrate an understanding of the text by making inferences and connections with textual support provided.

4.  Make predictions about what will happen next.  Agree/disagree with the author’s purpose or the message of the text.  Provide personal reactions or connections to the story.  Explain strategies and skills the writer utilizes throughout the work and their effect.

5.  Describe complex characters and their personalities providing a purpose.  Compare the text to other texts.  Comment on the tone the writer conveys.  Describe how a passage in the text created an image in your head.  Discuss questions you have about the text in a meaningful manner.  Select quotes that are significant and explain why.

6.  ANIMAL FARM › Plot and Setting › Literary Elements: Allegory, Satire, Fable, Dramatic Irony, Symbolism, Internal and External Conflict › Main Characters › Themes:  The corruptive nature of power  The oppressed tightening of the noose of oppression  Tyranny distorting history and language

7.  Julius Caesar › Plot and Setting › Literary Elements: Dramatic Irony, Allegory, Internal and External Conflict, Symbolism › Main Characters › Themes:  Fate vs. Free Will  Public Self vs. Private Self  Misinterpretations and Misreadings  Inflexibility vs. Compromise  Rhetoric and Power