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Novelties 12 AP Carmel High School English 12 Literature and Composition
== Each time you read a chapter or section of your novel, write your entry by choosing the discussion tab. Under the subject heading always include your book title and author. Sign off with your first and last name. If you want to respond to someone else's comments, you are invited to do so. Read what your classmates are saying about their independent reading choices. Be respectful of everyone's comments - no rude remarks, digs or insults, please! ==

Journal Questions to Consider for your Blog Entries

 * === In today's reading, did the setting or any of the characters remind you of people or characters in your own personal life? Were any of the situations or events similar to your own life? How were they alike and how were they different? ===
 * === Does this story or its characters remind you of another story you have read? Does it remind you of a movie? How are they alike? And how are they different? ===
 * === Sometimes we are pulled toward one or two characters in the story. We identify with them or feel sympathy for them. With which characters do you identify in the book, and why do you believe you identify with them? ===
 * === Sometimes when we read, certain words or phrases or images stand out. Maybe they are words or phrases that make an impression because of their sound, or maybe the meaning or image they make strikes us? Sometimes we find words or expressions we just do not understand. Share those that you have come across and describe why you listed them. ===
 * === Now that you are this far into the story, what do you look forward to learning next? What conflicts or problems do you think the characters will face? What qualities of your character (honest, loyal, cruel, dishonest, angry, vengeful) will affect how the character handles the problems and conflicts he or she encounters? ===
 * === If you could ask any character a question, what would you ask? If you could ask the author a question, what might that be? Explain why you chose these questions. ===
 * === As you read today, what surprised you? Explain how this will affect the story or how it changed your thinking about the story. ===
 * === When you read again tomorrow; what do you hope will happen in the story or to the characters? Why do you wish for that to happen? ===
 * === Are you puzzled or confused about anything in the story? What is it that confuses you, and why do you find it confusing? ===
 * === It is not unusual to wish that our lives were more like the lives of characters in stories. How would you change your own real life to be more like the world of your story? ===
 * === Why do you think the author wrote this story? Where did he or she get the idea or the characters? What experiences and ideas do you think that the author is trying to share? ===