Sixth Grade Summer Reading Triple Entry Responses
Quantity:
Use the double-entry journal format below to take notes as you read. Find a total of five to seven
examples from the beginning, middle, and end of the novel as evidence of how the relationship
develops between the characters. Write the text and page number in the first column. In the second
column, explain what this text shows about their relationship. A model response has been provided.
o Template:
Book Title:
Characters Selected:
1.
2.
Sentence(s) or Example(s) from the text
demonstrating the important relationship
(include page number)
Explain what this text shows about their
relationship.
A model response from “The Ransom of Red
Chief” by O’ Henry:
A model explanation for what this text shows about
Bill and the narrator’s relationship:
“It looked like a good thing: but wait till I tell you.
We were down South, in Alabama—Bill Driscoll
and myself—when this kidnapping idea struck us”
(p.81).
This text shows that in the beginning of the story, Bill
and the narrator work together to create ideas, ideas
that might not always have good results! It shows me
that together they might be impulsive troublemakers
who live for fun.