The Writing Life by Annie Dillard

The Writing Life by Annie Dillard

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What is the Dialectical Journal?

Enter the dialectical journal, also known as the dual-entry journal. A dialectical journal is a journal in which the student keeps records of their observations and reactions. It is powerful metacognitive tool, that is, a tool that requires students to think about their own thinking process. It is highly self-reflexive, as students monitor, record, and assess their own thought patterns: their impressions, observations, judgments, and conclusions.

Provide at least (20) entries. Each entry must be at least 2 sentences long. Your responses should be typed.

Sample Dialectical Journal entry: The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien Passages from the text Pg#s Comments & Questions

EXAMPLE ONLY

“-they carried like freight trains; they carried it on their backs and shoulders-and for all the ambiguities of Vietnam, all the mysteries and unknowns, there was at least the single abiding certainty that they would never be at a loss for things to carry”.

Pg 2

(R) O’Brien chooses to end the first section of the novel with this sentence.  He provides excellent visual details of what each solider in Vietnam would carry for day-to-day fighting.  He makes you feel the physical weight of what soldiers have to carry for simple survival. When you combine the emotional weight of loved ones at home, the fear of death, and the responsibility for the men you fight with, with this physical weight, you start to understand what soldiers in Vietnam dealt with every day. This quote sums up the confusion that the men felt about the reasons they were fighting the war, and how they clung to the only certainty – things they had to carry – in a confusing world where normal rules were suspended.