You are required to read at home every night for a designated amount of
time. You will need to record your thinking about your reading in a log
after every time you read.
Here are some things you can write about in your log:
1. Make PREDICTIONS
2. Make CONNECTIONS
3. CLARIFY a confusing part or a word you don't know
4. VISUALIZE- make a picture in your mind and on paper and describe what
the
author said that made you picture it that way.
5. SUMMARIZE
6. REACT to the characters and their choices
7. QUESTION (I wonder...)
8. What is the book about?
9. How does the book make you feel?
10. How does the author describe things?
11. Do you like the book. Why or Why not?
12. Why do you think the author wrote this book?
13. Why did you choose this book?
14. Would you recommend the book to a friend? Why?
13. Why do you want to abandon the book?
14. What would you change about the book or characters?
15. Did you find anything interesting?
16. Did you learn anything?
17. Is the book easy, just right, too hard? How do you know?
18. Tell about the genre.
19. What do you think is the author's message?
20. Is there anything you don't understand?
21. How does the setting affects the characters?
22. How did the author capture your interest?
23. Write a book talk
24. What point of view is the story being told in? Change it to another
point of view.
25. Disign a new title and cover for your book and explain why you chose it.
