Get students writing and responding to the text with reading journals! These guided journal prompts include reader response/opinion questions as well as comprehension questions.
Journaling in response to Tuesdays with Morrie gives students a chance to improve their writing fluency, dialogue in writing with you (as you can comment back to them about what they’ve written), think more deeply about the story, & give their opinions about the text as well!
You can also use the journal questions as discussion questions instead. Get your class talking about what you’ve read!
Here’s a sample of what’s inside:
Tuesdays with Morrie Journal Questions
Reading Assignment One: 1-29
1. How does Mitch describe his lifestyle and work ethic?
2. How did the death of Mitch’s uncle impact the way he chose to live his life?
3. What kind of a person is Morrie?
4. In detail, describe Morrie’s attitude toward his illness and his impending death. How does he face death, and how does he feel about talking about death?
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What’s inside??
- I’ve chunked the reading into 8 sections of 20-30 pages.
- Then, each chunk has 4-5 questions for students to respond to.
- There are 38 total questions.
- Printed, it will be a SIX-PAGE packet. You can also upload the questions to your school’s LMS if you want students to respond online.
Want to get more out of your 11th and 12th graders? Here’s how I teach and assess their journals:
Need help teaching students to answer their journal prompts effectively? I teach 11th and 12th grade, so I ask them to write full-paragraph responses with text evidence (paraphrased or cited).
Remind students to focus on clarity, organization, and CONTENT. Explain that the formula we use naturally as human beings is very simple: we typically state a claim (this is your thesis — it should be a clear and straightforward answer to the question you were asked); next, we offer details (this is where you include evidence from the text (you should use quotes where appropriate)); finally, we explain how that evidence proves our point (this is your analysis).
In order to earn an “A” on Tuesdays with Morrie Reading Assignments, students should follow this basic formula…
- Claim
- Evidence
- Analysis
PS: You may also want to encourage your students to use parenthetical citations after a direct quote AND after paraphrased details from the text.
Here is an EXCELLENT student example:
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