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reading the Novel Tangerine
aCTIvITy 3.3
Learning Targets
• Record textual evidence from a novel and respond with questions, connections, predictions, and inferences about the text.
• Write, discuss, and evaluate levels of questions about the text with peers.
Novel Study
In this activity, you will learn how to take notes about your novel in a double-entry journal and how to ask yourself questions about what you’re reading.
1. Quickwrite: Can human beings choose not to remember? When and why might a person make a choice to forget?
Grammar USaGe
Citing Literature
When analyzing literature, do not use the first-person “I.” Instead, use the
As you read Tangerine, you will take notes in a double-entry journal. Copy or characters’ names or third-
summarize passages from the book on the left side (textual evidence) and write your response to each passage on the right side (commentary). Draw a horizontal line under each entry. For reference, record the page number of each quote.
person pronouns such as “he” or “she.” For example, “Where is Paul moving? Why is he leaving?”
Responses could include the following: In addition, when discussing
• Questions about things you don’t understand
• Details about characters or plot events
• Connections you make to real life or other texts
• Predictions (guesses) about how characters will react to events
• Inferences(logicalconclusions)aboutwhycharactersaresayingordoingthings
Consider this example from the first lines of Tangerine.
or writing about literature, use the present tense because the characters and events
of a story are described in present tense. For example, “I wonder why Paul’s family is moving?”
my Notes
Textual Evidence
Page #
Commentary
“The house looked strange. It was completely empty now . . .”
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Inference: I think Paul’s family is moving out of their house.
Question: Where is he moving?
Connection: My classroom looks like this after the last day of school.
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LearNING STraTeGIeS:
Quickwrite, Think-Pair-Share, Note-taking, Questioning the Text
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