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Teacher's Guide for SPIDER ®

October 2005

Teacher's Guide prepared by: Mary E. Shea. Dr. Shea teaches graduate literacy courses and directs the Graduate Literacy Program at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY.


Double Entry Journal for Fiction

Author

You

Setting (time and place)

Wonderings you have; Questions you want to ask

Main Characters (names and roles)

Character traits you've identified for them with evidence

Gist Summary

Predicted consequences - what might happen next if the story continued?

Theme

What does the author want you to think about?

What connections have you made with your experiences?

Quotable quotes

Evaluation - Was this a good story? Why? Why not?

Adapted from Wood & Taylor (2001)

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