Name _________________________________________
Period ___________
Active Reading Guide: Note-Taking and Summarizing
To help you keep track of the novel’s events as they occur, you will be keeping notes using a
chart similar to the one below. For each chapter, fill in the chart with the necessary
information. Directions for how to complete the chart are in the boxes below. See page 21
for an example using Chapter One.
(Write a description of where the action occurs,
including approximate time period.)
Setting
(List and describe important information about
the characters in the chapter.)
1.
2.
Characters
3.
4.
5.
6.
Summary of the
Chapter
(Write a 3-5 sentence summary of the chapter.)
Prediction of Coming
Events
(Make a prediction of what you think will
occur in the next chapter.)
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Name _________________________________________
Period ___________
Chapters One—Two
Sample Note-Taking and Summarizing: Chapter 1
To help you keep track of the novel’s events as they happen, you will be keeping notes using
a chart similar to the one below to help summarize the important details for each chapter.
Directions: For each chapter, fill in the chart with the necessary information. An
example for Chapter One is below. (Note: You do not need to write in complete sentences.)
(A description of where the action occurs.)
Setting
The novel begins in December in an unnamed community
sometime in the future. After beginning outdoors, the scene
progresses to the interior of Jonas’s home.
(List and describe important information about
the characters in the chapter.)
1. Jonas- 11-year-old boy who is apprehensive about the upcoming
Ceremony of Twelve
Characters
2. Lily- Jonas’s 7-year-old little sister
3. Asher- Jonas’s friend who is frequently reprimanded
4. Jonas’s father- works as a Nurturer
5. Jonas’s mother- works at the Department of Justice
(A 3-5 sentence summary of the chapter.)
Summary of the
Chapter
Jonas recalls feeling frightened when an unidentified jet flew over
his community, and all the citizens were ordered to go inside. At
the nightly “telling of feelings,” Lily shares her frustration at
playing with children who do not understand the rules. Father
discusses a baby that he is nurturing at work, and Jonas confides
that he is nervous about his upcoming Ceremony of Twelve.
(Make a prediction of what you think will occur next.)
Prediction of
Coming Events
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Since Jonas discusses feeling scared and apprehensive, I think that
something unexpected and frightening will happen to him.
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