I will share about Double Entry Diaries. In Double Entry Diaries, students take quotes, sentences, and words that they do not understand or find interesting and write them in the left column. In the right column, students write their inferences, opinions, questions, etc. about the quote. Students work on the diary as they are reading the assigned text. The strategy ensures that students dig deeper into the text and do not just skip over words and passages they do not understand. Double Entry Diaries are usually completed individually, but after students are finished they can share their entries in small groups.
Here are a few examples:
Quote Reaction (How you feel about the quote)
Quote Connection (Self, Text, World)
Quote/Picture Inference (What you think it means)
Sentence Example of Figurative Language
Whitney Fisher