Double Entry Diaries

February 23, 2010 cottrellvl

I think that DED’s are a fantastic way for students to pull out information from a book that stands out to them in some way and express why it does. Their passage that they choose can remind them of something, be funny to them, suprise them, bring about a question for them, etc. (the possibilities are endless!) On the right side of the DED, they write the passage from the book, and on the left hand side, they write why they picked that particular passage. I think that this will help them remember things, as well as pay more attention while reading, knowing they are looking for specific things that stand out to them. I just really think that students will really benefit from keeping a DED when reading books and it is most definately something that I will use in my classroom one day!