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Book Club Journal EntriesJournal Entry #1:Page #’s____________Describe in detail the setting of your book using imagery (sensory language).Sensory language means using descriptive words that show: tasting, feeling, touching, seeing, and hearing. Now look through your text and write an example that you have found containing imagery.Describe in detail the setting of your novel by answering these questions:HINT: The setting of a novel is where all the ACTION takes place.Can you connect this setting to a place you have visited? Where? When?Tell me about it. Can you connect the setting to another novel you have read? Which one? Give me a reason why these connect._____________________________________________________________________________Book Club Journal EntriesJournal Entry #2:Page #’s___________Think about the main character in your story. If you were to compare that character to something using a simile, what would it be? HINT: uses like or asWrite your simile: ___________________________________________________________Explain why you chose to use this simile.Think about the supporting character within your book. Now compare him/her to something (without using like or as), creating a metaphor.Write your metaphor: _______________________________________________________Explain why you chose to use this metaphor.The use of color in our world is symbolic of many things. What color would you use to describe the novel to this point? (black, grey, yellow, white, green)Write your color:____________________________________________________________Tell me why you chose this color.Support your choice of this color with evidence from the text._____________________________________________________________________________Book Club Journal EntriesJournal Entry #3:Page #’s___________Examine your current reading and find 3 different examples of figurative language (poetic devices) used within those pages. HINT: simile, metaphor, imagery, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, alliteration________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Write an example from your reading for each of these figurative languages.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________How does figurative language within your reading impact the characters and the setting within these pages? Explain.Characters: ________________________________________________________________Setting of the book:__________________________________________________________What does the use of this figurative language do for YOU the reader? Explain._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Book Club Journal EntriesJournal Entry #4:Page #’s___________0350520PrefixAb-a-abs-ad-inter-dis-se-circum-pro-Auto-Sub-00PrefixAb-a-abs-ad-inter-dis-se-circum-pro-Auto-Sub-27432003505202743200350520Definitionfrom, off, awayto, toward, nearbetweenopposite of, differently, apart, awayapartaroundforward, forthselfbelowDefinitionfrom, off, awayto, toward, nearbetweenopposite of, differently, apart, awayapartaroundforward, forthselfbelow03505200Examine your current reading and find five words that use a prefix from above, and write the sentences in which they were used.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Take your five words and find its meaning and origin within a dictionary.WordOriginMeaning???????????????Book Club Journal Entries29718003270250-22860032702502971800327025Definitionlove, liking, friendlinessgood, wellevil, ill, bad badlyflowgather, flockletterlighthandwritesimilar, like, samealone, lonely, singlesee, look, sightlife00Definitionlove, liking, friendlinessgood, wellevil, ill, bad badlyflowgather, flockletterlighthandwritesimilar, like, samealone, lonely, singlesee, look, sightlife-228600327025Rootam, amorbenemalflu,fluc,fluxgregliteraluc, lumman, manuscrib, scriptsimil, simulsol, solivid, visbio00Rootam, amorbenemalflu,fluc,fluxgregliteraluc, lumman, manuscrib, scriptsimil, simulsol, solivid, visbioJournal Entry #5:Page #’s___________Examine your current reading and find five words that use a root from above, and write the sentences in which they were used.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Take your five words and find its meaning and origin within a dictionary.WordOriginMeaning???????????????Book Club Journal Entries-228600327025SuffixCept, ceive, ceiptIse, izeion, tion, actionable, ible0SuffixCept, ceive, ceiptIse, izeion, tion, actionable, ible27432003270252743200327025Definitionto take hold, hold, graspto become likebeing, the result ofcapable of beingDefinitionto take hold, hold, graspto become likebeing, the result ofcapable of being-22860032702500Journal Entry #6:Page #’s____________Examine your current reading and find five words that use a suffix from above, and write the sentences in which they were used.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Take your five words and find its meaning and origin within a dictionary.WordOriginMeaning???????????????Take each one of these 5 words and use each word correctly in a sentence of your own.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Journal Entry 4 ContinuedTake each one of these 5 words and place them within a sentence of your own.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Write down a quote from your reading today that is meaningful to you. Explain why you chose this quote. Use a separate sheet of paper if needed. _____________________________________________________________________________Journal Entry 5 ContinuedTake each one of these 5 words and place them within a sentence of your own.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Examine your reading from today and identify the tone and mood of the text. Tone is the author’s feelings towards the subject. Mood is how YOU respond to the setting, characters, and actions of people within the text.Tone:Mood:_____________________________________________________________________________Journal Entry 6 Continued____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Themes are the central or universal messages in literature. What is one theme you have read about in your novel? Explain this theme and give an example.Theme:______________________________________________________________________Explanation:________________________________________________________________ ................
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