Sample+dialectical+journal

= Here are some sample entires from a dialectical notebook: =
 * Strategies that Support AP: **** Dialectical Notebooks **
 * Material within parentheses should be a the top of each section of entries.
 * Material in bold print (the quote) should be on the left hand side of the paper.
 * Material in italics(the interpretation) should be on the right hand side of the paper.
 * Quotes are documented with page number of the quote.
 * Commentary falls into one of the categories on your handout

__ Of Mice and Men __ By John Steinbeck (Chapter 1 - George and Lennie stop for supper before continuing on to a new job the next day. Lennie is slow, mentally; George takes care of him. George tells him the story of their dream of a ranch of their own, which he has obviously told him before).   ** // 1. __Animal imagery__ is used to describe the way Lennie walks, which gives the reader the impression that Lennie is large and bulky.  //
 * 1. "... dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws" (2)


 * 2. '"They run us outa Weed,' he exploded triumphantly (7). **

**2**//. // // Interesting __juxtaposition__ Lennie seems happy they were run out of town when he is really just happy he // // remembered. This gives the reader insight into Lennie's low intellectual level. // 
 * //3. "But not us! An why? Because. . . because because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you ..//**//** ." (14). **

3. // // Steinbeck italicized these words, __ so they must be __ __ important, maybe it's __ __ thematic. They are two men __// // __ who have no one else to care about them but each other. __  //   ** // 4. __Is this foreshadowing of__ __ future events? Lennie is __ a troublemaker and the author is warning us that he will probably get into more // //trouble.//
 * 4. "... if you jus' happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an' hide in the brush" (15)

SAMPLE ENTRIES IN A DIALECTICAL NOTEBOOK For PreAP 10 By Mona Robinson, Pasadena Memorial High School, Pasadena ISD **