Date: ___________________________

Name:___________________________
Reading Journal #_______

Name of novel: _______________________________

Chapters/pages:_____________________

What happened in these pages? Summarize the plot. Write your answer in complete sentences.

What challenges or obstacles face the main character in these pages? How does the protagonist
deal with the problems that face him/her/them? What were some of the BIG QUESTIONS the
protagonist had?

What were your thoughts, concerns, or questions as you read these pages?

Choose three new words from these pages. Copy the sentence in which the word appears and
underline the new word. Give the definition (in brackets).

Date: ___________________________

Name:___________________________

What signposts did you STOP, NOTICE, and NOTE in this section? (Contrasts and Contradictions,
Aha Moment, Tough Question, Words of the Wiser, Again and Again, and/or Memory Moment.)
List the signpost(s) you found along with a brief summary of it, the page number you found it on,
and answer the question that goes with that signpost.