Question: What is the
value of response journals in developing understanding of literary works?
Answer/Quote:
“The response journal (Bleich, 19975; Petrosky, 1982; Rosenblatt, 1976, 1978)
is one forum for students to chronicle and evaluate their own meaning-making….”
P. 476.
Quote: “These
entries….demonstrate the important metacognitive dimension a journal can add to
reader response pedagogy. Students who record and evaluate their interaction
with text over a period of time invariably come to understand both the general
process of how a reader negotiates meaning from a text and the specific sources
of his or her own meaning-making.” P.
478.
Comment: I regret that I never had the opportunity to
use response journals as a student and further regret that I never gave my
students the opportunity to use response journals in their reactions to what
they read in literature. At this late date (age 77), I am using response
journals in my reading. They provide a dimension in meaning through my
reflections. In fact, my blogs are a form of response journals. RayS.
Title: “Developing
Metacognitive Awareness: The Response Journal in College Composition.” EV
Newton. Journal of Reading (March 1991), 476-478.
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