Reading Response Journals will be collected each quarter. Be sure to read and respond when you are assigned the task. This will usually be once a week. When you respond it should be elaborate and neatly written.

RR#1

In a well developed paragraph, answer the following; be sure to state the name of the book and author. Explain why you selected the book. Tell the type of genre the book falls into. Explain about the main character. Tell her/his attributes along with a brief summary of what you have read thus far. Be sure to use textual evidence to support your statements. This will include an explanation of statements and direct quotes from the book. Remember, elaborate!!

RR#2

We have been talking about point of view in our writing. What is the point of view in your IR? How would the book be different if it were in a different point of view? What would the characters be thinking? How would the plot change? Why do you think that the author chose this type of point of view? In an elaborate entry, use textual evidence to support your statements.

RR#3

In the book Belles on Their Toes, Mrs. Gilbreth emerges as a leader. In your IR book, write about who you consider to be a leader and explain why you feel this way. Be sure to have a topic sentence, and include the name of the book and author. Use textual evidence to support your response.

RR #4

In your IR book, make a text to text or text to self connection with the book or an incident in the book that you are reading. Be sure to use textual evidence and explain this connection. What made you have the connection? What incidents in the text reminded you of your own life or of the book that you previously read? Write the page number and explain what jogged your memory and what the connection was. Be sure to include the name of the book and author. Elaborate on your response.