Here is a site that gives a few suggestions about how to approach reading assignments given in class.

http://learn.jtsa.edu/topics/reading/bookexc/maktext/improve.html

·        One thing mentioned within this site is a journal that students are to keep when reading for your particular class.  Journals can be done in various ways.  Here are a few suggested ways:

o       Provide guiding questions to be answered as students are reading.

o       Require a retelling of what was read.  When students put things in their own words retention increases.

o       Journal entries can also be a way to anonymously allow students to share what they are confused about within the classroom.

o       Require journals to be used as a form of reflection – reacting to what has been read.

§          Here is a rubric that can be used or modified for this type of assignment: http://www.catholic-forum.com/catholicteacher/outcomes_rubric_reflection_journal.html

- contributed by Sharon Wilson, LTCY 524