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=== 1. Fully examine and explain a particular piece of the writer’s craft; you may want to choose to interpret/explain any one of the following: metaphor, foreshadowing, symbolism, characterization, structure, hyperbole, imagery, diction, voice, etc.  ===

=== 4. React, respond and explicate a “five star quote” of your choice. A “five star quote” is a quote that “jumps off the page” at you for any number of reasons. It may be personally interesting, profound, humorous, universal, or any reason you choose. For clarity, you must include the entire quote at the beginning of the entry. ===

=== 6. Choose a pivotal point in the novel’s plot and rewrite the outcome of a particular event as well as the characters’ motivations, actions and reactions. It is important to focus on one small section; keep it focused and detailed. ===

=== 7. Create a question that the novel has raised for you and then answer that question in your journal entry. Create an essential question for the text and write a justification and possible answer after completion of your reading. ===

=== 11. Choose a minimum of two characters from the novel/play/memoir/epic poem and find fitting song lyrics for each of them. Write down excerpts of the song lyrics and explain why you chose that particular song and those lines for the character. ===

=== 13. Make a prediction early in the book. Revisit the prediction after finishing the book. Compare and contrast your prediction with the ending. To what extent was your prediction satisfied and why? ===

=== 14. Create a short list of enduring understandings (messages about life) that emerge as you read. Use evidence/quotations from the book to support your claims about the enduring understandings you take away from the book. How will these understandings shape decisions you will make in the future? ===

=== 15. Create six multiple-choice questions on your book that include the following types of questions: words in context, characterization, figurative language, textual analysis, inference, and text structure. ===

=== 16.   Develop a poem that crystallizes the main idea of a section of your story. Use __only__ the exact words from the text to create your poem and then explain why you chose those words and to what end (what was the controlling idea?). ===