Readers share their thoughts and ideas about books by writing thoughtful, purposeful, organized responses.
Read these 2 examples of student reading responses. In your notebook, answer these questions for each one: What do you notice about the focus and structure? What ideas does the response give you for writing your own?
1. Grace has an interesting lead and intro:
http://gracebblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/linger-by-maggie-stiefvater.html
2. Cassius writes with strong voice and supports his opinions with evidence:
http://cashbot310.blogspot.com/2014/01/cassius-obrien-808-revisedreading.html
Task:
In this class, you will write 2 reading responses each month and publish them on your blog. They will be due the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month.
Read these 2 examples of student reading responses. In your notebook, answer these questions for each one: What do you notice about the focus and structure? What ideas does the response give you for writing your own?
1. Grace has an interesting lead and intro:
http://gracebblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/linger-by-maggie-stiefvater.html
2. Cassius writes with strong voice and supports his opinions with evidence:
http://cashbot310.blogspot.com/2014/01/cassius-obrien-808-revisedreading.html
Task:
- go over thoughts and observations of these responses
- take out the book you will write your first response on
- list/brainstorm possible topics
Reminders:
In this class, you will write 2 reading responses each month and publish them on your blog. They will be due the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month.
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