Name ________________________ Period _____ Date: ________

Metacognitive Reading Log Nonfiction ARTICLE

Title of article ____________________________ Author __________________________
Total number of pages in book (if applicable)_______
A. Choose three (3) different metacognitive sentence starters below. Use them to express some
of your thoughts while you were reading this book. Copy the starters and then finish the
sentences with your thoughts.

I was distracted by..

I felt confused when.
I started to think about .
I got stuck when
The time went by quickly because
A word/some words I did not know

I stopped because
I lost track of everything except
I figured out that
I first thought thatbut then realized that
I finally understood
I remembered that earlier in the book

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B. What were three (3) of the most interesting facts that you learned from this article?
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C. Write two (2) opinions that were expressed in this article.
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D. Draw a picture/graphic that shows an important idea from this article. Label your drawing
with words/descriptions.

E. Chose five (5) new/challenging words from the article. Use them to fill in the table.
Word

Meaning

Picture/Graphic

Example (sentence,
scenario, or analogy to
further explain the words
meaning)

F. Summarize the most important ideas of this article in a paragraph (detailed sentences) using
the objective summary process. Explain them as if you were talking to a person who had not read
the article.