Double Entry Journal Format Reference Page
Apply to
each
chapter.
Choose three (3) strategies for each chapter. Use different events throughout the chapter to
demonstrate each strategy you use and show proof or reading the entire chapter. Do not
repeat events or strategies.
Instructions: Write a title and summary for every chapter. Then choose three (3) other strategies to
use for each chapter. Make sure you are using a different event in the chapter for each strategy you
choose. Answer the information in the section of the text. Do not repeat events or strategies.
Give a
 Choose a chapter title. Explain why you choose it. (You may want to decide on a title
chapter
after you’ve given the main points of the chapter in the summary. If the writer has
title to
each
already named each chapter, explain why that title is appropriate for the text or create
chapter.
a new one.)
What to record on the left of
Double
What to record on the right of the double-entry
Entry
the double-entry
Record any question you have
here. Ex. I wonder why…?
Record any prediction you make
about what will happen next in
the text here.
Record any word or phrase in
which you need to clarify as you
read here.
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Record any inference you make
(what you can tell is going on
“between the lines) here.
Record any connection you
make to the text here. (What is
happening or has happened in
the world, to you or in another
text that connects to an event in
this chapter?)
Record what you were able to
visualize as you read.
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Record the specific event that happened in the chapter
which made you ask the question(s)? Write the page
number.
What is the answer (if you’ve found it)?
Record the specific event that happened already in the
chapter which made you believe this? Write the page
number.
Did events happen as you predicted?
If yes, place a ✔mark.
If no, write what actually happened.
Record how the word or phrase used in context? Write
down the clues found around the term or phrase. Write the
page number.
How did you check for understanding? What strategies
helped you figure it all out? Ex. Context Clues, Connotation,
Dictionary (Denotation) skills…
What does the word or phrase mean?
Record the textual clues that helped you draw this
conclusion? Write the page number.
-Example: What hidden desire and/or feelings does the
character have?
What specific event happened in the chapter of the text
that is similar to your experience? Write the page number.
Was your connection
 Text to text; Text to self or Text to world?
Explain.
Quote the exact imagery (descriptive sensory words) the
author used to help you “see, hear…” what was is being
described. Write the page number.
Make an evaluations about a
 What specific event happened in the chapter that helps you
character’s action or an author’s
make these judgments and opinions? Write the page
choice in the text.
number.
 Summarize the chapter. State four to five main (important) events in the chapter. Make sure
your summary supports reading the FULL chapter. (These events should support the author’s
reasons for including the chapter by showing why this chapter is important to the rest of the
book and may help you in choosing a title)
Full Name ________________________________________________
Date __________
Block ___/___
Book Title ___________________________________Chapter#___
Chapter Title: _______________________________________________________________________________
Explain why you named the chapter this? _________________________________________________________
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Choose three strategies and follow the directions from the format on what to place in the boxes on the left and
the right for each choice you made. See guidelines.*Do not repeat events or strategies.*
Chapter Summary: Summarize 4-5 Main (Important) Events in this chapter. These must be specific events that
support the chapter title and show proof of reading the entire chapter. See guidelines.
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