"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

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Noteworthy Student Reading Responses on Fictional Text

Use these student examples as mentors when writing your reading responses.

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Demitrius's response has sophisticated structure and elaboration.
http://demitriu.blogspot.com/2014/11/demitrius-hilerio-class-810-divergent.html

Devon's response to The Shining is a thought-provoking persuasive essay:
http://devonms51class810.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-shining-book-club-reading-response.html

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Maeve's claim makes the reader want to read more, and she support it throughout the essay.
http://mhoganwriting.blogspot.com/2014/10/bitterblue-by-kristen-cashore.html

Anjum's response has a very engaging hook and sophisticated introduction and conclusion:
http://myneverendingalternateuniverse.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-book-thief-markus-zusak.htm

Tazrian has an interesting thesis and elaborate body paragraphs:
http://neverboredreading.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-book-thief-by-marcus-zusak-society.html

Max F's response to 1984 is very convincing:
http://maxf-ela.blogspot.com/2014/11/reading-response-1984-max-f.html

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Mark writes very thoughtfully about social themes in Looking for Alaska.
markstervela.blogspot.com/2014/11/looking-for-alaska-reading-response.html

Summer writes an in-depth analysis of how Harry Potter changes in the last book:
http://summerboone1520.blogspot.com/2014/09/harry-potter-and-order-of-phoenix-by-jk.html

Liam writes an organized, sophisticated response on teen issues in Perks of Being a Wallflower
http://dynamicreviews22.blogspot.com/

Maya offers an interesting perspective on Charlie in the same book:
http://mayamac11.blogspot.com/

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