Reader Response

You will use this post to respond to your reading. You can state your feelings, thoughts, reactions, and questions about situations, ideas, actions, characters, settings, symbols, plots, themes, and any other elements in the story. You can't be wrong in your responses, so take risks and be honest.

Some suggested topics:
*Write about what you like and dislike
*What seems confusing or unusual to you
 *Tell what you think something means
*Make predictions about what might happen later
*Relate your personal experiences which connect with the plot, characters, or setting

Some suggested sentence starters: 
*I wonder what this means
*I really don't understand this part
*I really like/dislike this idea because
*This character reminds me of somebody I know because
*This character reminds me of me because
*This character is like (name of the character) in (title of book) because
*I think this setting is important because
*This scene reminds me of a similar scene in (title of book) because
*I like/dislike this writing because
*This part is very realistic/unrealistic because
*I think the relationship between ______ and ______ is interesting because
*I like/dislike (name of character) because
*This situation reminds me of a similar situation in my own life. It happened when
*The character I most admire is ______ because
*If I were (name of character) at this point, I would
*I began to think
*I love the way
*I can't believe
*I wonder why
*I noticed
*I think
*I observed
*I wonder
*If I were
*I'm not sure
*I felt sad when
*I like the way the author
*I wish that
*This made me think of
 *I was surprised
*It seems like
*I'm not sure
*This story teaches
*I began to think of

Summary

Write a brief summary of what you read today. Each summary should be about a paragraph long. Try to include only the most important events.

Introduction

Hello students! This blog is where you will write posts about your reading progress, summarize your reading, and answer reader response questions. Everyday, you will comment on each post at least once. You can also comment on other students' posts.

Your first task is to introduce yourself. Please reply to this post with your name, the grade you are entering, one random fact about yourself, and the book you are reading.

 P.S. Here is a link to the Shrewsbury Public Schools summer reading information. You can find the lists and the graphic organizers for Oak here.

http://schools.shrewsbury-ma.gov/egov/docs/1401827326494.htm