Novel Notes Format


Please see below for how to take notes on the historical fiction novels we will be reading this school year:


Notes may be handwritten or typed and should follow this format:

Name & Date    
Class Section

Novel: 
Chapters: 

CHARACTERS:

In your notes first make a list of the characters you come across.

Then give one example of each of the following:

CONNECTION – Can you relate what happens to the chapter to something else?

OBSERVATION – What did you notice?

ANALYSIS – Why is what you observed important?

THEME – What ideas or concepts are present?

PREDICTION – What do you think will happen next?

VOCABULARY: list 1 word you did not know and/or 1 word you just liked