Access Tools: Appendix B

Silent Reading Record

Name: Whitney Leavitt

Read for 30 minutes and then stop and complete the following:

1.    What did you read? (Include title and page numbers)

13 Reasons Why, by Jay Asher. Pages 36-53

2.    In four or more sentences summarize what you read.

Clay Jenson is listening to cassette tapes that Hannah, a girl who committed suicide, had recorded. In the tapes she says that Alex, a classmate, is her second reason for committing suicide. She describes how a simple list that he had created of who is hot and who is not, could have a rippling affect on the actions and emotions of others. Hannah describes an instance where the “list” led to others treating her as an object.  While Clay listens to Hannah’s experience, he feels sick to his stomach and partially guilty for not doing anything to stop it.

3.    As you were reading, what were you thinking? Write at least four sentences. Did you make any connections? What were you wondering? What opinions do you have about what you read?

While I was reading, I was thinking how a simple thing, such as a list, could have such a negative affect on people. Alex when making the list probably wanted others to get a laugh, but what he didn’t realize was the effect it could have on others. What he did was what led to Hannah’s suicide! This got me thinking back to when I was in high school. There would be those few people who thought they were above everybody else, they would spread rumors about their peers who they thought were the scum of the earth. Once word got around, the people who were the subject of the rumor would be shunned. I can’t imagine how they felt. Suicide is real and it doesn’t take much to bring somebody to rock bottom. I can associate with Clay, I feel like there is something I could have done to make the situation better.