IV. Strategies in Action
a. Two examples of double-entry notebooks and alternative formats:
Example #1
Example #1
An Example of How a DEN Can Critique an Argument Imbedded in a Passage
Example #2
Sample Double-Entry Journal for Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Sample Double-Entry Journal for Walden by Henry David Thoreau
From Webster Schools.
Other variations of the DEN (Adapted from Annenberg Learner.)
b. Think about it
Other variations of the DEN (Adapted from Annenberg Learner.)
- Teachers may ask students to only ask questions about the quotation in the second column.
- ELLs could write responses in their home language.
- Include a third column for advanced learners, where shoulder partners can respond to the first two columns in the notebook.
- Students could post their DENs to the classroom wall, and do a gallery walk where peers comment on other students’ work using Sticky Notes.
b. Think about it
- There are a number of ways to structure a notebook, like this example from Lehman University. Create an alternative and entirely original version of a double-entry notebook.
- In example #1, above, what does the notebook writer understand about the claim
- Walden includes arguments and elements of persuasion. Is a DEN helpful in this case? What directions would you give to students to make the exercise more purposeful?