Reading+Response+Questions

=Reading Response Questions=

** Independent Reading Reflections: ** **// To do after each independent reading session: //**

Make a prediction on what you think will happen in the next chapter or section of the novel.
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 * __ Discussion Questions __**** : You must answer questions totaling 4-6 points after each independent reading session. **

//__ Knowledge= 1 point each __//
 * 1) List the characters and describe each of them.
 * 2) List five intriguing words you learned during your reading. Define each.
 * 3) List the places mentioned in the book. Tell about one.

//__ Comprehension = 2 points each __//
 * 1) What genre of book is this? List 3 evidences of this.
 * 2) Describe 3 cause/effect relationships found in the book.
 * 3) Describe 3-5 major events from the story, in order.

//__ Application= 3 points each __//
 * 1) If you were in a problem situation like one in the book, how would you have acted? Be sure to tell what the situation is.
 * 2) What would the main character be likely to do if he/she visited our classroom?
 * 3) Pretend that you are one of the characters in the book. Write a diary about the happenings in your life for two consecutive days.

__ Analysis= 4 points each __
 * 1) Compare the place where the story happened with where you live.
 * 2) Write a newspaper article that tells the 5 W’s (whom, what, where, when, and why) about your book. Be sure to think of an interesting title.
 * 3) Does the character remind you of yourself? Describe 5 ways you are similar or different.

__ Synthesis: 5 points each __
 * 1) Identify one problem in the book and give an alternate solution to the problem (one not given by the author).
 * 2) Choose a character. Rewrite a scene from the story from this character’s point of view.
 * 3) Make an 8 section comic strip with captions showing the main events of the story.

//__ Evaluation= 6 points each __//
 * 1) Is the title of the book a goof one or a poor one? Why?
 * 2) Did you like the way the story ended? Why or why not?
 * 3) What was the most interesting or exciting part of the book? Give at least three reasons for your choice.

Please connect the section of the book that you read today to a real life experience. Write these connections in your journal. The more connections, the BETTER! · Text to Self (an experience that has happened to you) · Text to Text (an experience that is similar in another book/article/text that you have read) · Text to World (an experience that has happened to a family member, friend, or in your neighborhood, city, state, or world)
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