YOUR WEEKLY JOURNAL LETTER

Here are the rules:

Date______________

Dear Ms. ,

____________________________________________________________________________

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Closing,

Your signature

Included in the first sentence of your letter must be the title (which is underlined), the author,

and the pages that you have read that week.

The first paragraph must have a summary of the pages that you have just read.
The summary will include:

WHO? WHAT HAPPENED? (ONLY THE MAIN EVENTS), WHEN? WHERE? WHY?

The second paragraph will include one of the following assignments which you may choose:
- Predict what will happen on the pages following what you’ve just read.
- Explain who would enjoy this book.
- Relate something that happened to an event in your own life.
- Describe a place on these pages that reminds you of somewhere you’ve been.
- Compare a character to yourself; tell how you are alike or tell how you are different.
- If you were meeting the author of this book, what questions would you ask him about the pages you’ve just read?
Indent each paragraph.
Do not make your letter longer than one page.
Check all spelling words in your letter from the story, dictionaries, or teacher
Be certain you have written in complete sentences.
Capitalize letters and put in punctuation marks as needed.