As you read Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil," you may struggle. Hawthorne was awfully smart, and his writing is complex. But please do not quit and fake your way through our reading time!
Along the way, I would like you to monitor your comprehension - that is, I'd like you to be very aware of how you are doing on the base level in our rising levels of reading - that level that asks, "What is going on?"
Please choose one of these three ways to keep track of your reading and hand in the completed tracking when you reach the end of the story.
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Use post-it notes to mark places where you have questions about the text, are able to connect to the text, or particularly react to it. Stop periodically and write down what your thoughts were, or write them on the post its (with the page #) and tape the post-its to notebook paper to be handed it.
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Write a double-entry journal tracking your questions, connections, or reactions to the story.
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At the end of each page or two pages, stop and write a one paragraph summary of what you just read. If you are not sure, ask specific questions and explain what you plan to do to clear up your confusion.
This exercise follows the suggestions from your bookmarks, which are pasted below.
