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7th Grade Jots Checklist: September-November

(Note: These are used for work habits HW check, not qualitative reading grades.)
Jots: Beginning of 7th Grade
Purpose: To keep track of important
details, ideas, and questions as you
read. You will use these jots later to
develop deeper ideas.
Directions: While you do your reading
homework, jot down details, ideas, or questions
you have about your book. Remember to practice
the strategies and structures we teach in class!
Checklist:
IDEAS: I jot ideas about characters,
important details, or thoughtful questions.
Some of the time I write deeper ideas.
EVIDENCE: I keep track of quotes, page
numbers, or retells* to support my
thinking.
VOLUME: I write a 1-2 pages of jots.
HEADING: My heading for each entry
contains the date, the book title, pages
read, and whether it is CW (classwork) or
HW (homework).
*Retell= Restating what happens in the text
(paraphrasing)

Readers know they need to support their ideas


with evidence from the text. So...
What counts as evidence???
A quote of dialogue:
Im Robot Man, little Freak
would go, making these weird robot
noises as he humped himself
around the playground (p.2).
A quote from the narrator:
I never had a brain until Freak
came along and let me borrow his
for a while (p. 1).
A retell of a moment, scene, or detail.
On page 1, Max describes how he
used to kick anyway who tried to
touch him.
A mix of retell and quoting!
On page 3, Max describes the way
Grim never says Maxs fathers
name. He only calls him Him, like
his name is too scary to say.

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