"A book, too, can be a star, 'explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly,' a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe." - from Madeleine L'Engle's Newberry Medal Acceptance Speech

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Overview to Writing Reading Responses: Noteworthy Student Reading Responses

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:

  • 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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