[Trish4th]

I'm going to try and incorporate "response to literature" writing as part of my students nightly reading homework. Ideally, I'd like students to write a few sentences regarding what they've read for the evening.

Does anyone have any prompts to help students along?
Any ideas/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

[desire2inspir]

-I wonder why...
-I don't see how...
-I can't believe...
-Why did...?
-It bothered me when...
-I was surprised...
-I can't really understand...
-I began to think of...
-When I finished reading, I thought...

Hope these help get you started

[Ms. J]

-One thing that confused me was when...
-This makes me feel...
-This reminds of...
-I think...will happen next.
-I can imagine what...looked/sounded/felt/tasted like.
-I think...

[Belly]

The most important (word, phrase, idea) in this book is....because...

The genre of this book is.....because....

I agreed/diagreed with the author about...

If I were the author I would have changed the part of the story when...

My feelings about (character, book) changed when....

I am like or different from the character.....

Some important details I noticed were...they were important because...

I got these from Guided Readers and Writers and plan to use some of them in my class this year.

[Trish4th]

You guys are great!! Thanks so much for the help!

[ashleymarie81]

Those were GREAT! I'm so glad I came across this post because I was needing something just like this to use in my Buddy Reading Work Station as one of the things students can choose to do.

Again, thanks for sharing!

Ashley

[morahsharon]

These ideas are the best. Thank you for sharing!