10-second review: Understanding, character introspection, predicting events, questioning, character identification, character assessment, story involvement, literary evaluation, reader/writer digressions.
Title: “Exploring the Meaning-Making Process Through the Content of Literature Response Journals: A Case Study Investigation.” MR Hancock. Research in the Teaching of English (December 1993), 335-368.
Categories of Response:
Understanding of both character and plot.
Character Introspection into the feelings, thoughts and motives for behavior of the characters.
Predicting Events. Speculation about what will emerge as the text proceeds.
Questioning. Reflects puzzlement.
Character Identification. Personal identification with a character.
Story Assessment. Judgment of the actions and values of the character.
Story Involvement. Personal involvement in the story.
Literary Evaluation of all parts of the book.
Reader/Writer Digressions. Wanderings of the reader’s mind.
Comment: My readers can compare their students’—and their own—responses while they or you are reading. Focused on fiction, but could be adaptable to nonfiction. RayS.
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