Reader
Response Log
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This journal will record your responses and reactions to different books
read during the grading period.
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The first page of your journal should be a title page that includes:
your name, date, class, total pages read, titles of books read, and total
pages written.
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Your journal pages should be neatly written or typed in sentence and
paragraph form.
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Enter a response every 30-50 pages or by chapters.
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Record the following information before each entry:
date, title of book, time of reading, pages read.
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Use different response forms as you read your book(s).
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Do not write on the back of a page.
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Your grade for this assignment will be based on the following scale:
Pages
Read
Pages Written in Journal
Grade
150
4-6
C
300 7-9
B
500
10-12 A
600
14+
A+
Sample Reader Response Log Entries
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What
were your feelings after reading the opening chapter of this book?
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Did this book
make you laugh? Cry? Cringe? Smile? Cheer? Explain.
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What
connections are there between the book and your life? Explain.
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What is the
most important word in the book? The most important passage? The most important
event or feeling? Explain.
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Who
shouldn’t or shouldn’t read this book? Why?
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What are the
best parts of the book? Why? What are the worst parts? Why?
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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?
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What came as a
surprise in the book? Why?
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What parts of
the book seem most believable or unbelievable? Why?
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What makes you
wonder in this book? What confuses you?
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In what ways
are you like any of the characters? Explain.
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Do any of the
characters remind you of friends, family members, or classmates? Explain.
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Which
character would you like to be in this book? Why?
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What would you
and your favorite character talk about in your conversation? Begin the
conversation.
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Do you think
the title fits the book? Why or why not?
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What was the
author saying about life and living through this book?
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Has the book
helped you in any way? Explain.
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How have you
changed after reading this book? Explain
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What do you
know now that you didn’t know before?
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What questions
in this book would you like answered?
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What do I
think will happen next?
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What are some
words I don’t know or questions I have?
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What does the
writer’s purpose seem to be?
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What does the
writer’s purpose seem to be?
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What do I
notice about characters, setting, and point of view?
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My favorite
character is…….because…..
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I can relate
to….
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If I was the
author, I’d change…..
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Something that
doesn’t make sense about this story is…
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What I think
will happen next is……
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If I
were….(character in story), I’d…..
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I believe the
author wanted the reader to……
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Something
unrealistic or too coincidental in the story is……..
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My favorite
sentence so far is….because……
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The most
important character is…….because…
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Write a poem:
A. From a character’s
viewpoint B. About the setting
C. About a character D.
About the theme of the book
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How would the
story be different if it was told: A.
From a different B. From a narrator
C. In a different time period
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Write a eulogy
( a speech honoring someone after
death) for one of the characters.
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Create a
slogan for the book and explain why you chose this…
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Writing a
commercial script for this book.
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If this book
would become a movie, choose 5 main scenes and why you chose them.
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This book is
controversial because…..
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This story
helps me understand the problem of…better because…..
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Create and
explain a math formula that would summarize your plot.
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If you could
be related to a character, who would it be and why?
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Turn a scene
of narrative into a play script?
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Write a feasible
solution for a problem a character has that is different from anything suggested
in the book?
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In the sequel
to this book, the following should happen…..
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Choose a color
for this book and explain why it fits the story.
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Give 3 reasons
why this book should be taught to a whole class.
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Examine, in
detail, one character’s personality.
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Choose a food
that represents this book and explain why.
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Create a theme
song with lyrics for the book.
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If this book
could be compared to a car, what model would it be and why?
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Write the body
could be compared to a car, what model would it be and why?
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Write the body
of a letter to the author of your book.
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Choose a
character of the book, and decide what would be two appropriate birthday present
for that character and explain why.
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Discuss a
portion of the book that was too predictable.
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What type of
reader would enjoy this book and why?
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This book has
made me reconsider or think twice about……because….
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Discuss a
conflict in the book that is
“timeless” and “universal”
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If I could
step into the book, the first thing I would do is…
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I can’t
understand why ______ doesn’t just …
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I laugh aloud
when…
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I felt like
crying when…
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I was furious
when…
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If the book
were set 50 years in the future or the past, how would the conflict change?
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Which
character would you choose as a friend, brother/sister, boyfriend/girlfriend,
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mother/father?
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I was
surprised when…..
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This book
reminds me of the fairy tale….because….
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If I were
making this book into a movie, the part(s) I would cut out or change would
be…..because…..
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Create a
cluster showing the interrelationships of the characters.
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Discuss
how…(character) shows his/her personality through the dialogue in the story.
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Discuss
how…..(character) shows his/her personality by the actions he/she takes.
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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.