Reading logs are due every Tuesday. The reading logs should show at least 150 minutes of reading per week. It is very important that the students read on a daily basis. Regular reading is the best way to become a better reader. Each reading log requires 2 written responses.
*Reading logs will not be accepted unless BOTH reading responses are completed.*
The students have a list of questions/prompts to use for the written responses. The written responses must be answered using the RACE strategy. This is a writing strategy we've practiced in class. Restate the question
Answer the question
Cite evidence from the text to support your answer
Explain or elaborate your answer
Reading Response Questions/Prompts
For FICTION:
1.
While you were
reading today, what did you picture in your mind about the story?2. Which character can you connect with the most in your book? (Make Connections)
3. What solutions do you have about the conflict in your book?
4. What issue in your book has caused you to think the most?
5. What kind of message does the author want the reader to get from this book/story?
6. What issue in your book is the most interesting? Upsetting? Familiar? Confusing?
7. How does the setting of your book contribute to the mood of the story?
8. What are the conflicts (problems) the main character faces and how are they solved?
9. How do two of the characters in your book differ from each other? (Compare the characters)
10. Which part of the story caused the most intense feelings in you?
11. How do the minor characters affect the main character?
12. What conflicts are the characters in your book experiencing and what are you learning about them through these conflicts?
13. How has this story changed your thinking?
14. What events and people cause the main character to change?
15. What motivates the main character's decisions?
16. How realistic is the plot of your book?
17. How does the title relate to the story?
18. How does the part that you read today fit together with the parts that you read earlier?
19. What decision has a character made in your book that you totally disagree with?
20. What do you think will happen in the next section you read? (Predict)
21. How would you solve the problem that the main character has?
22. Which character has gone through the biggest change in your book and why?
23. Which part of your book would you like to go back to and re-read? Why?
24. How has the author's style or language appealed to you?
For NONFICTION:
1.
How can you use
the information you learned in your own life? Be specific.
2.
What are the 3 most
important facts you learned in your reading? Why?
3.
What is the most
interesting thing you read? Why?
4.
What techniques
does the author use to make this information easy to understand? Be specific.
5.
Does a reader
need any specific prior knowledge to read and understand your book? Explain.
6.
Which part of
your book are you having the most difficulty understanding?
