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I'll start the first question. How does diction affect meaning in A Clockwork Orange? Consider how the novel might be different without the use of nadsat slang....

Reading Journal Instructions and Guidelines

While reading each of the summer reading requirements, keep a Reading Journal, in a double entry reading log format, as shown below.

1. Fold several loose-leaf (or notebook) pages in half vertically to make two equal long columns. Label the left hand column "Quotes" and the right hand column "Significance".
2. As you are reading, choose at least 30 quotes that you feel are significant (a key character's development, a recurring or important theme, or which simply made you think about a idea in a new or different way) from each novel, play or nonfiction. Leave considerable amounts of room between your choices (half page minimum).
3. On the right column, reflect on the significance of what is being said. Ponder your selected quotes and try to answer your own questions in this space. Make connections to the world outside the reading, explain how the selected quote is important to a character or event, and/or use the quote as a springboard for personal reflection.
4. Once a week, join with others through instant message, email conversations or post on this blog to discuss points you are pondering as you read. This is an excellent means of keeping your reading schedules, expanding your understanding of the books, and finding more enjoyment in the literature you read. Keep records of these discussions.

To submit your reading journals on your return to school in August, bind them in a paper or plastic folder with your name and date clearly identified on the front of the folder. Include any email or chat transcriptions with your journals.

Evaluation:

• Selection and tracking of a substantial number of quotes
• Thinking about and writing about the significance of quotes;
• Response to literature.

As a response to the literature, the journal’s purpose is to reflect:

• Judgments that demonstrate a comprehensive grasp of the significant ideas;
• Support for key ideas and viewpoints through accurate and detailed references to the text;
• Awareness of the author's use of stylistic devices and an appreciation of the effects created; yes, that means you have to know literary terms.
• Personal connection and reflection as a response to reading.