RS.07. Reading Response Blog Posts

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Remember, you are logging to your blog at least two times each week, 6-8 sentences each.


You are to be reading each day for 20 minutes.

Suggested Reader Responses

Choose 2-3 reading response questions from the list below and post your responses on your blog 2 times each week. Your responses should be at least a paragraph in length (6-8 sentences) and completely answer the question(s). Remember that grammar and sentence structure need to be correct.

1. How is a character in your book similar to a character in another book, story, or movie?

2.  What does this book remind you of in your own life? Why?

3.  What character do you like most in this book and/or what character do you like least? Why?

4.  Write about three things you learned from your reading.

5.  Who is your favorite character so far and why?

6.  What did a character do that surprised you?
7.  What does this book make you wonder about? Why?
8.  What just happened in your book, and what do you think will happen next? Why?

9.  What character do you like most in this book and/or what character do you like least? Why?

10.  What was one of your favorite lines (or sentences) in what you read? Copy it down and tell why you liked it. (It can be more than a sentence if you like, but no too long)

11. Explain how the author creates suspense in this book.

12. How did what you read today make you feel? Why?

13. What do you think about a particular character’s actions? Was he/she right or wrong to do that?
14. If you were in the protagonist's shoes, what would you do next? or differently? Why?
15.  What is confusing in this book? Why? (Be specific.)

16. What advice would you give to a particular character? Why?

17.  What do you wish could happen in this story? Why?

18. Do you think you would read another book by this author? Why or why not?

19. Which character would you like to be like? In what way? Why?

20. What other character(s) beside the main character is really important to the story? How and why?

21.  Make up a motto that one of the characters seems to live by. How and why does this fit the character?

22. Which character would you like (or not like) to be your friend? Why?
23. Which character would you NOT want as a neighbor? Why?
24. Which character would you want to have as a relative? What relation? Why?

25. If you could change one thing in the book, what would it be? Why would you change it?

26. What has surprised you in the book? Why?

27. What in the book upsets you or bothers you? Why?

28. Would you recommend this book to others? Why or why not? Give detail about book

29. Is there anything about this book that you don’t like?

 30. Create a ‘WANTED’ poster for the antagonist.

 31. Describe a character that you would like to meet (which doesn’t mean that you think you would like the character, but that you think the character would be interesting). List 4 questions that you would ask.
32. Describe something you have read that is similar to this.
33. How did the author of your book get you interested in this story?
34. What conflict or conflicts are in the selection you read? Be sure to describe what type of conflict is there, who is involved in the conflict, and what it is about.
35. What was the main idea of the passage you read today?
36. What would be another appropriate title for your book? What made you come up with that?

37. Describe the similarities and differences between the main character and you.
38. Describe the theme (central meaning/message) of your reading.

39. If you could talk to the author, what would you want to tell them about yourself? Why? How does that relate to what you’ve been reading
40. In 4-6 sentences, describe several insights you’ve gained from your reading. List at least three problems the characters faced? Which was the most life changing? Explain

41. Pretend what you are reading is nominated for a national award. Explain why you think it should or should not receive an award.
42. Pretend you are a talk show host and two characters are the guests on your show. Which characters would you chose and why? List two questions that you, the host, would ask each character.

43. Pretend you are famous reporter on TV. Write a story about what you’ve read for the evening news.

44. Pretend you are the friend of one of the characters. Write him or her a letter.

45. Pretend you get to create the music soundtrack for what you’ve been reading. What five songs would you include? Write an explaination for each song: why would you include it, how does the song connect to events.

46. Pretend you have special powers and could put yourself in your reading. Where would you put yourself and why? How would you being there change the story?

47. Pretend your job is to write magazine ads. Create an ad for what you’ve been reading.

48. What is the author trying to tell you about life in this story? Defend this moral.

49. What is the mood of what you’re reading (happy, sad, funny, serious, etc.)? Defend your idea.

50. What passage describes how you want to live your life? Why?

51. What questions would you like answered about your reading? Would you like the book/article better if you knew those answers now? Why?

52. What you are reading is going to be made into a movie. Make a list five

characters, what famous actor will play each character and what about the character makes that actor the best choice for the part.

53. What you are reading is going to be made into a movie. You are the movie executive that chooses the location for the filming. Where would you chose and why?

54. Write a quote from what you are reading that has meaning for you. Explain why you chose this quote.

55. Write a quote from your reading that connects to your life. What did it mean to what you’ve been reading? What did it mean to your life?

56. Write a review of what you just read (summary plus personal opinions).

57. Evaluate the quality of the writing.

58. Evaluate whether the main character would be worthy of your friendship.

59. Identify the protagonist. Identify the antagonist. Describe what has happened that makes you believe they are the main characters?

60. Prove what the author is trying to tell you about life (the moral).

61. Prove how reading this can change or impact the reader’s life.

62. Prove the theme of what you are reading (bravery, loyalty, friendship,

loneliness, etc.).

63. Usually an author uses descriptive words to allow us to set the mood and setting. How does this author do that? What words do you usually use?