Reading+Response

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 ** Reading Response Directions ** **__ Each week you are required to write 1 reading response. __**** You will be responding to your chapter book. ** **__ Steps to Respond Online: __** ** 1. Pick a question from below that you would like to answer. ** ** 2. Copy and paste it to the discussion area below the questions (or click on the discussion tab above) ** ** 3.Paste your question where it says 'discuss' ** ** 4.In the text box below it will say 'body'. Type your response starting with the title in the first sentence and make sure to restate.. Ex. "In the book Kidnapped, the character that I think most changed was Bob because..... ** ** 5. ** Support your response with evidence from the book!  ** 6. Each reading response should be at least 5 complete sentences. Make sure you use 6th grade sentences to create your paragraph. If your response isn't 6th grade work you will have to redo.  ** ** 7. Click Post when finished **   ** Reading Response Prompts **


 * Characterization Prompts ||
 * 1. Which characters in the story do you like? Which characters do you dislike? Why? ||
 * 2. Which character would you most like to have as a friend? Why? ||
 * 3. Which character would you most like to have as a member of your family? How would your family react if the character joined the family? How would it change your family? ||
 * 4. Choose a particular situation in the story and describe how the character reacted. Would you act similarly if it was you? ||
 * 5. What if a character had acted completely the opposite during an event in the story? ||
 * 6. Did any of the characters act inappropriately? When? Why? ||
 * 7. Have you ever known people like the characters in your book? Explain. ||
 * <span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">8. Write about a part in the story where you agree or disagree with something a character says or does. ||
 * <span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">9. If the main character were in this class, how would he or she fit in? ||
 * <span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">10. What do you wish you could tell a character or make them do? Why? ||
 * <span style="color: #cc33cc; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Setting Prompts ||
 * <span style="color: #cc33cc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">1. What if the setting of the story changed to a different location or a different time period? How might the story change? ||
 * <span style="color: #cc33cc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2. What is important about the location of the story? ||
 * <span style="color: #cc33cc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">3. How does the setting of the story compare to our community? ||
 * <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Creative Thinking Prompts ||
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">1. Write a new ending to the story. ||
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2. Add a new character to the story. Describe the character and the part he/she/it would play in the story and tell how the story would change with this new character. ||
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">3. Write a poem about the story or take a passage of the story and re-write is as a poem. ||
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">4. Write a radio advertisement for the story that would really make listeners want to run out and buy a copy of it. ||
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">5. Write a letter from one character to another. ||
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">6. Turn a character from the book into a Super Hero! Give the hero a special name and special powers that will help solve conflicts in the story. ||
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">7. Describe the perfect gift for a character. Explain why it's perfect. ||
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">8. Create an award for this story. Write about why this book deserves this award. ||
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">9. Which character from a different story would you like to see in this book? Why? How would it change things? ||
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">10. If this story was in the newspaper, what would the headline be? In what section would it be? Write a brief article. ||
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">11. Write about what might happen in the sequel to this story. ||
 * <span style="color: #ff6600; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Critical Thinking Prompts ||
 * <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">1. Describe the most exciting part of the story. Why do you think it was the most exciting part? ||
 * <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2. Describe the most humorous part of the story. Why do you think it was so funny? ||
 * <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">3. Write a letter to a character in the story and tell him/her/it how your life is the same and how it is different. ||
 * <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">4. Describe the most unusual part of the story. ||
 * <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">5. Write about the moral of this story or the lesson to be learned. ||
 * <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">6. Describe the turning point in the story. ||
 * <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">7. Which character do you think changed the most in the story? Defend your choice with reasons. ||
 * <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">8. If you could become a character in the book and had the power to change one of the events, how would you use your power? ||
 * <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">9. What themes (cooperation, honesty, determination, etc) are shown in this book? How? ||
 * <span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">10. What are your criteria for a good book? How does this book rate using these criteria? ||
 * <span style="color: #009900; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Personal Reaction Prompts ||
 * <span style="color: #009900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">1. Make some predictions about what you think will happen in the story. ||
 * <span style="color: #009900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2. Write about what this story makes you feel like doing or what it makes you think about. ||
 * <span style="color: #009900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">3. Write about an event or events in the story that made you happy. ||
 * <span style="color: #009900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">4. Write about an event or events in the story that made you sad. ||
 * <span style="color: #009900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">5. Write about an event or events in the story that made you relieved. ||
 * <span style="color: #009900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">6. Write about an event or events in the story that made you worried. ||
 * <span style="color: #009900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">7. Write about something(s) you learned in the story. ||
 * <span style="color: #009900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">8. Write about whether you are enjoying what you are reading and why you feel that way. ||
 * <span style="color: #009900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">9. If you were asked to read a page of this story out loud which one would you choose? Why? ||
 * <span style="color: #009900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">10. Write about a connection you see between something in the story and a similar event in your life or the life of someone you know. ||
 * <span style="color: #009900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">11. Write about something in the story that reminded you of another story or stories you have read. ||
 * <span style="color: #009900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">12. Write about how YOU have changed as a result of reading this story. ||
 * <span style="color: #009900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">13. Were you satisfied with the ending of the story? Why or why not? ||
 * <span style="color: #009900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">14. Write about things you don't understand about the story or questions you have about what you have read. ||
 * <span style="color: #009900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">15. What is your favorite line in the story? Why? ||
 * <span style="color: #009900; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">16. Write about an event in the story that made you mad. Why? ||
 * <span style="color: #cc33cc; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Author Prompts ||
 * <span style="color: #cc33cc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">1. Write about why you think the author wrote the story. ||
 * <span style="color: #cc33cc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2. Make a list of questions you'd like to ask the author about the story. ||
 * <span style="color: #cc33cc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">3. Write a letter to the author telling him or her how you liked the story and/or asking questions about the story. If the author is living, send the letter and see if you get a response. ||
 * <span style="color: #cc33cc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">4. Do some research about the author and write down four or five of the most interesting things you've learned. ||
 * <span style="color: red; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Reading/Writing Connection Prompts ||
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">1. Authors try to describe things so the reader can picture them. Find a paragraph or three separate sentences where the author describes something that you can picture. Then draw it just as you picture it. ||
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2. Authors try to write dialogue that sounds real. Find an example of dialogue that sounds real to you and copy it exactly as the author wrote it. ||
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">3. Write down some powerful words or sentences the author used which you will not soon forget. Explain why you were so moved by them. ||
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">4. Write about something the author did that you might try in your own writing. ||
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">5. Did you like the way the story began? What other way could the story have begun? Would that way have been better? ||
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">6. What other way could the story have ended? Would that way have been better? ||
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">7. Write down four or five other titles that would be good for this story. ||
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">8. Write down three words from the story that were new for you or words that you don't see often. Look up their meanings in a dictionary and copy them. ||
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">8. Write down three words from the story that were new for you or words that you don't see often. Look up their meanings in a dictionary and copy them. ||