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Mrs. Clark 6th grade ILA |
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Marking Period 4 REading Responses Week of April 28- May 2nd. Reading Response #1 MP 4- Due Monday May 5th -Based on the definitions of Characterization write a paragraph that has a strong topic sentence, closing and supporting details that details how the author used characterization to create a vivid picture on one character in your literature circles books. Week of April 12- 16 ü Reading Response #2- MP 4- due Monday May 19th. ð You should almost be done your literature circle books. Take some time to go back through the book. Pick out a scene that you feel was important to the plot of the book. In the first paragraph summarize the scene in 8 to 10 sentences. Then write a paragraph that explains why you felt this was an important scene to the overall plot of the book. Some questions to consider are; how did this scene change the characters outlook on their situation? How would the book be different if this scene did not occur? What made this scene exciting, sad, or meaningful? How did this scene affect the other characters in the book? If you were the author what would you have changed about this scene and why? Please do not answer questions directly but use them to think about and develop your response. Include a quote from the scene and of course a topic sentence and conclusion.
Week of February 11-14- Due February 17 #1- Reading Response - Special
Week of February 22-29 due March 3rd ü Reading Response #2- While reading this week make a note using post its of any words, lines, or sections of the story that “stick out” for you. These passages might be important in someway to the plot or character development, they maybe puzzling, curious, stimulating, doubtful or well written. They may have used sensory details extremely well. What ever grabs your attention as the reader. Then write a response explaining why you think these passages or words stuck out for you. Be sure to have a well developed response. Response such as “Nothing really stuck out” will receive a zero. Due March 3rd.
Week of March 3-7 ü Reading Response #3- Examine and think about the characters in your independent reading book. Each one of them the author created for a purpose. Sometimes to struggle through the main conflict, sometimes to help the main character, sometimes to get in the way of the main character. Pick any three characters from your book. Decide if these characters are round, flat, static, or dynamic. In a well developed paragraph describe these characters, their personalities and how each character played a part in the ultimate plot of the book. Make sure to include in your paragraph why you think the author decided to create each character for the book. What was each character’s purpose or significance? Due March 10th . ****Extra points will be given for adding comments to Kenny’s Blog on literature circles. 2pts. For each comment up to ten extra points.
Week of March 17- 20th- Due March 25
Reading Response #4 – Find two examples from your reading that stick out for you and help you to understand the characters in your book better. Write a paragraph explaining why and how these two examples helped you to understand your character more fully.
ü Reading Response #5 – Pick one character from your book Explain how this character has changed their ideas, thoughts on what they beleived or their actions. Also, explain what events in the book caused your character to change.
ü Reading Response # 6---- Due by Monday April 7th. Either in your independent reading book or in your literature circle books think about why the author wrote this story. What messages did the author want to convey to the reader? What was the “So what” of this story? As the reader, what life lessons, or advice can you take away from the book? What have you learned about your own life and the people around you? Write a detailed paragraph, include quotes and support from your text that clearly demonstrate your point. Be sure to have a topic sentence and concluding sentence. |
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