Reading Responses:
These prompts are designed to help get your thinking started about the text you are reading. Use these prompts to start your writing.
Make sure to use 2 pieces of evidence (quotes) and then support your answer with a new idea.
- What were your feelings after reading the opening chapter of this book?
- Did this book make you laugh? Cry? Cringe? Smile? Cheer? Explain.
- What connections are there between the book and your life? Explain.
- What is the most important word in the book? The most important passage? The most important event or feeling? Explain.
- Who shouldn’t or shouldn’t read this book? Why?
- What are the best parts of the book? Why? What are the worst parts? Why?
- Do you like the ending of the book? Why or why not?
- Do you think there is more to tell? What do you think might happen next?
- What came as a surprise in the book? Why?
- What parts of the book seem most believable or unbelievable? Why?
- What makes you wonder in this book? What confuses you?
- In what ways are you like any of the characters? Explain.
- Do any of the characters remind you of friends, family members, or classmates? Explain.
- Which character would you like to be in this book? Why? What would you and your favorite character talk about in your conversation? Begin the conversation.
- Do you think the title fits the book? Why or why not?
- What was the author saying about life and living through this book?
- Has the book helped you in any way? Explain.
- How have you changed after reading this book? Explain
- What do you know now that you didn’t know before?
- What questions in this book would you like answered?
- What do I think will happen next?
- What are some words I don’t know or questions I have?
- What does the writer’s purpose seem to be?
- What do I notice about characters, setting, and point of view?
- My favorite character is.......because.....
- I can relate to....
- If I was the author, I’d change.....
- Something that doesn’t make sense about this story is...
- What I think will happen next is......
- If I were....(character in story), I’d.....
- I believe the author wanted the reader to......
- Something unrealistic or too coincidental in the story is........
- My favorite sentence so far is....because......
- The most important character is.......because...
- Write a poem: A. From a character’s viewpoint B. About the setting C. About a character D. About the theme of the book
- How would the story be different if it was told: A. From a different B. From a narrator C. In a different time period
- Create a slogan for the book and explain why you chose this... Writing a commercial script for this book.
- If this book would become a movie, choose 5 main scenes and why you chose them.
- This story helps me understand the problem of...better because.....
- If you could be related to a character, who would it be and why?
- Turn a scene of narrative into a play script?
- Write a feasible solution for a problem a character has that is different from anything suggested in the book?
- In the sequel to this book, the following should happen.....
- Choose a color for this book and explain why it fits the story.
- Give 3 reasons why this book should be taught to a whole class.
- Examine, in detail, one character’s personality.
- Choose a food that represents this book and explain why.
- Create a theme song with lyrics for the book.
- Write the body of a letter to the author of your book.
- Choose a character of the book, and decide what would be two appropriate birthday present for that character and explain why.
- Discuss a portion of the book that was too predictable.
- What type of reader would enjoy this book and why?
- This book has made me reconsider or think twice about......because....
- Discuss a conflict in the book that is “timeless” and “universal”
- If I could step into the book, the first thing I would do is...
- I can’t understand why ______ doesn’t just ...
- I laughed aloud when...
- I felt like crying when...
- I was furious when...
- I was surprised when.....
- This book reminds me of the fairy tale....because....
- If I were making this book into a movie, the part(s) I would cut out or change would be.....because.....
- Discuss how.....(character) shows his/her personality by the actions he/she takes.
- Discuss how.....(character) shows his/her personality by what other characters say or do toward this character.
- Create an award for this book. Explain the award and why this book received it.