Readers Journal Journal Set Up Date Book Title
Reader’s Journal
Journal Set Up • Date Book Title • Prompt • Your response Book Author • September 8, 2015 The Pigman by Paul Zindel • I’m noticing…. • I’m noticing that it is weird that Mr. Pignati gives the kids wine and trusts them so much. I think it might be Mr. Pignati that gets John and Lorraine in trouble. Mr. P. seems too nice, something’s up. I am feeling skeptical and uneasy. His fascination with the zoo seems unusual, too.
Prompt 1 • I’m noticing….
Prompt 2 • I feel a connection to the story because…
Prompt 3 • I wish I could tell the author….
Prompt 4 • The story reminds me of the time…
Prompt 5 • If a character from your story could meet a character from another book, who would that character be and why?
Prompt 6 • The author must have been in a _______ mood when he was writing because in the story the following actions took place ___________.
Prompt 7 • Sketch a significant artifact from your story.
Prompt 8 • An important decision a character in my book had to make was…
Prompt 9 • The story’s setting is ______. It would be crazy if the setting was changed to _______ because________
Prompt 10 • I am disappointed the author ……
Prompt 11 • Draw and fill in the chain reaction based on events in your book Cause/Event Led to
Prompt 12 • Identify a line in your book where the author included a detail that you could HEAR.
Prompt 13 • Identify a line in your book where the author included a detail that you could TOUCH/FEEL.
Prompt 14 My Book’s Setting Time Place Economic Condition Cultural Influence
Prompt 15 • Sketch the most important aspect of the setting of your book.
Prompt 16 • Honestly, my book is (circle one) Too Hard Too Easy Just Right Because…. .
Prompt 17 • Would it be cheap or expensive to turn your book into a movie? Circle your answer. • List 5 reasons why it could be made cheaply or expensively. • 1. • 2. • 3. • 4. • 5.
Prompt 18 • If your book was turned into a video game… • What would the title be? • How would the players play? • How do you know if you won?
Prompt 19 • What character in your book would make the best action figure? • Who would buy it? Boys? Girls? • What ages?
Prompt 20 • Create an ad for the action figure or video game described in Prompt 18 or 19. It needs to include descriptive words, pictures, and a catchy slogan.
Prompt 21 • List 5 words the author uses instead of “said”.
Prompt 22 • An important decision a character in my book had to make was…
Prompt 23 Static Character Dynamic Character’s name Why he/she is a static character… Why he/she in a dynamic character…
Prompt 24 Trait Motivation Character Trait Motivation
Prompt 25 • A feeling that changed or was confirmed in me by reading this book was…. .
Prompt 26 Put an X on the line that matches your feelings about the mood of your book and cite a reason below. Lighthearted Whimsical I feel this because…………. Macabre Gut-wrenching
Prompt 27 • Skim your book and find 4 4 -syllable words. List them broken up by syllable and put an accent mark on the stressed syllable. If you can’t hear the stressed syllable – use a dictionary. Example : Excellently = Ex’-cell-ent-ly 1. 2. 3. 4.
Prompt 28 • Search your book for 6 adverbs. 3 How and 2 extent (intensifiers) and 1 other ( where or when). LABEL EACH with the question it answers. • • • 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6
Prompt 29 • Find and copy 2 sentences that use commas that are NOT part of dialog. Examples: Jonas’ father, wearing his nurturing uniform, entered the little room. ( Appositive ) Today flesh is all the same, and what you saw were the red tones. ( Compound sentence)
Prompt 30 • Draw a picture of the main character of your book. ON the character, write one story detail that show indirect characterization. On the outside of the picture, write 3 direct characterization words.
Prompt 31 • Survey the books being read by others in our class. Write the titles of 6 in the boxes. What generalization can you make about the kind of literature 7 th grade students like to read. Generalization:
Prompt 32 The author must have been in a _______ mood when he was writing because the events in the book are things like…
Prompt 33 • Sketch an artifact from your story.
Prompt 34 • Re-title your book. • Why did you pick this title? • Would the new title make your book more marketable? Why?
Prompt 35 • Copy a line from your book that shows an emotion that your character is feeling. • Under the line that you copied, write the emotion that it shows • You may use one of the colorful orange paper to help pinpoint the exact feeling.
Prompt 36 • Copy 5 sentences that contain prepositional phrases. Circle the prepositions. • 1. • 2. • 3. • 4. • 5
Prompt 37 • What events are happening on the page you are reading right now? (Describe in a sentence or two) • In your opinion…. • • Are the events moving the plot forward ? Y/N Developing a character? Y/N Building suspense? Y/N Describing a situation? Y/N
Prompt 38 • At this point in the story, is the main character’s actions showing maturity or immaturity? • Cite one story detail to support your opinion.
Prompt 39 • The most appropriate gift the main character in your book could receive would be ___________ because ______________?
Prompt 40 • Which character in your book do you respect? • • List 3 traits or actions that make them worthy of your respect. 1. 2. 3.
Prompt 41 • Look back on all of the books you have included in this journal. • What quality do they all have in common? • What do you have in common with these books?
Prompt 42 • Think of the books you gave up on this year. List one. • Pretend that you bought it on Amazon and were asked to do a product review. Fill in the number of stars you would give it and underneath give a detailed reason why.
Prompt 43 • How did you like Reader’s Response Journals compared to AR or reading logs? • What should be added or changed on the BINGO sheet? Were there books you like to read, but found they didn’t fit a category? • Independent reading is important, how should students track their reading ? AR? Logs? Readers’ Journal? Other ( tell me) • In your opinion, should Wordwise Wednesday be replaced with vocabulary lists/ quizzes?
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