Dialectical Journal Directions

● Quotation of interest ● Write 4-5 sentences responding to your quotation

● Title of book
● Page number of quote
● Label your responses with the following codes
○ (Q) Question – ask about something in the
passage that is unclear
○ (C) Connect – make a connection to your life, the
world, or another text
○ (P) Predict – anticipate what will occur based on
what’s in the passage
○ (CL) Clarify – answer earlier questions or
confirm/disaffirm a prediction
○ (R) Reflect – think deeply about what the passage
means in a broad sense – not just to the characters
in the story/author of the article. What
conclusions can you draw about the world, about
human nature, or just the way things work?
○ (E) Evaluate - make a judgment about what the
author is trying to say

Rubric
100 90 80 70 60
Reflects a deep Reflects a moderate Reflects a weak Reflects no Student is
awareness of the awareness of the awareness of the awareness of either missing
text. Evidence is text. Evidence is text. Evidence is the text. a quotation or
specific and well- specific and well- relevant but weak, Evidence seems response.
chosen, and chosen, and and response random, and
response is detailed response includes includes some response lacks
and demonstrates a some detail and detail, but may fail detail or any
strong connection demonstrates an to thoughtfully evidence of
and/or deep attempt to connect connect to the text. thought or
understanding of and/or understand connection.
the text. the text.