Personal Response to Texts Double Entry Review

First Review

Striving For:

Ideas and Impressions

How well has the writer

explored the topic?
How well has the writer
connected the topic and texts
with their ideas?
Do the ideas make sense?
Have they been carefully
considered?
Has the writer supported his
or her ideas with evidence?

Presentation

How is this piece of writing

affecting you as a reader?
What does it make you feel?
Think about?
Does the way the writer has
written this piece fit with the
topic he or she is writing
about?
Are errors present? Are these
distracting?
What kind of emotion comes
through in this writing?
Do all of the pieces come
together by the end of this
piece? Can you tell where this
writer is going all the way
through? Explain any
confusion, or explain where
more clarity would be helpful.

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Consider the proportion of error in

terms of the complexity and length
of the response.

Critical/ Analytical Response to Literary Texts Assignment Double Entry Review

First Review

Striving For:

Thought and Understanding

What do you think of the writers ideas? Do

they make sense?
Has the writer talked about the authors
perspective/ ideas or their own? (I think, in
my opinion) Find these and underline them
for the writer to adjust/ remove
What kind of information has the writer
given you so you can understand the
character(s)? (context, traits, roles,
relationships, motivations, attitudes,
values)
Has the writer just summarized, or have
they talked about new connections not
easily found in the texts? (Analysis)

Supporting Evidence

Is the writer wrong about anything?

(Indicate/ explain)
Did the writer choose evidence from the
text that makes sense/ fits with their own
ideas?
Is there enough information given? Too

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much? (indicate where)

Is the evidence chosen the best support
available for the writers ideas? (suggest
alternatives if not)
Are there direct quotes included?
Have quotes/ ideas/ phrases clearly
indicated?
Does the way the writer has included these
quotes make good use of them? (Seamless?
Sources cited?)

Form and Structure

(5 marks)

Find the writers thesis statement. Can you

follow this idea all the way through the
piece?
Read the thesis statement and the
conclusion only do these fit and make
sense together?
Has the writer introduced ideas in an order
that helps them prove their idea (thesis)?
Is anything missing in the conclusion?
(What does this mean in the future?)
Are their ideas are supporting the same
conclusion?
Does this writing follow what YOU know
about essay format? If not, what is missing?
Is there a logical order to the examples
and evidence used to support the writers
ideas?
Should anything be explained sooner or
later to help with this logic?

Matters of Choice
Rate the following:
Wording: Vague -----------------------------------Precise
(Challenging vocabulary used? New vocab from

text?)
Sentences: Same ----------------------------------Very Different
(Sentence starters, length, pattern?)
Does this writing sound like someone speaking to
you? What kind of person? (Voice)

Matters of Correctness

Do the sentences all make sense? (Indicate

where if not)
Any incomplete or confusing sentences?
Are there any misused words?
Any too-long explanations where better chosen
words would help? (Indicate and make
suggestions)
Any wording that is unclear more precision
needed? (Indicate where)
Is the verb tense (past, present future; Ex. was,
is, will be) the same all the way through the
written piece?
Any punctuation, spelling, or capitalization
problems? (Circle these)

Consider the proportion of error in terms of the

complexity and length of the response.