Book Club Novel Study: Note-taking & Critical Analysis

Divide your novel into sectionsone section for each member of the group (some groups will
have 5 sections and others will have 7, etc.). Each group member will be responsible for guiding the
discussion of one section of the novel by providing questions (that ask for explanation-type answers),
noting themes and literary devices, discussing quotations, and so on. However, everyone is responsible
for taking notes on each section of the novel; record your notes in the chart below.

Section of
the Novel
Section #1
Pages ___ ___

Section # 2
Pages ___ ___

Section # 3
Pages ___ ___

Whats important and Why?

Questions, Literary Devices, & Significant

Quotations

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Section #4
Pages ___ ___

Section #5
Pages ___ ___

Section #6
Pages ___ ___

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