1st quarter feedback - 15-20 minutes; this will go in your goal-setting folder (5 points for full/thoughtful completion)

Indpendent Reading - Read today; post tonight (or tomorrow morning) on Canvas. (8 points)

The form on Canvas looks like this:

Independent Reading Journals:  Worth 8 points each.  To get 8 pts, you need to answer the question and write with elaboration which fills over a ½ page if written.  Approximately 150-200 words.  If you get below an 8, you may revise/add and turn it in again, stapled to the back of your original, and receive points back.

If you were absent or are making up a journal, you may choose any of the prompts below.  Just label whether it is Journal #1, #2, etc. as it appears in the gradebook. 

Fiction bank of questions:  Choose any one of these, but no repeats.  Write the question and the following information at the top of your entry:

Book/Magazine’s Title and Author:   ______________________________________________

Pages read today (e.g, 11-26) _______________

Question/prompt: ____(Write out the prompt here)__________________________________

1.     From today’s reading, what kind of connections can you make? 

Personal:  Do you relate to any aspect of character, action, theme, or topic?  Did any of it remind you of anything in life you have encountered or experienced?  Explain.

Text/Movie:  Anything else you’ve seen or read that you thought of with this reading?

World:  Anything in the world happening or have happened that it reminded you of?

2.     What is the topic of your reading today?  Are you engaged?  Why or why not?

3.     Tell how you would react if you were one of the characters in the story.

4.     Describe a part that surprised you.

5.     Does the author use any vivid imagery in the story (similes, metaphors, etc.)? Give examples.

6.     Write a letter to the author or a character.

7.     Create a graphic organizer that describes a character

8.     What do you think happens to the characters after the book ends?

9.     Which actors would you cast to play these characters in a movie? Why?

10.  If this book, or chapter, had a soundtrack, what kind of music would it be?

11.  How much power do the characters have to change their world (situation)?

12.  Did any of the characters remind you of someone you know or have known? How?

13.  What type of symbolism is used? What does it reveal about the scene or character?

14.  Would you change anything in this chapter/story if you were the author?

Nonfiction bank of questions:  Choose any one of these, but no repeats. 

Book/Magazine’s Title and Author:   ______________________________________________

Pages read today (e.g, 11-26) _______________

Question/prompt: ____(Write out the prompt here)__________________________________

1.     What information surprises you? Why?

2.     How can you use this information in your life?

3.     What information do you question or think might not be correct?

4.     Why do you question this information? How might you check it out?

5.     Make connections with your own experience. What does the reading make you think of? Does it remind you of anything or anyone?

6.     What is the most important/interesting thing you have learned? Why? Where do you think you could look for more information about this topic?

7.     What techniques does the author use to make this information easy to understand?

8.     Describe the author's point of view. How does the author's attitude shape the way the writer presents the material?

9.     Would you recommend this book to others to read?  Why or why not?