Students should do written responses to books that they read as often as possible. We do it after pretty much every book at school. Written responses can include almost anything as long as the writing is connected to a text. You can use the documents below or simply write on any piece of paper.
Ideas for Written Responses:
- write about a favorite part in the story
- write about connections you have to the story (what the story reminds you of)
- retell the story using text structure (characters, setting, problem and resolution)
- retell using key words (first, then, next, after that, finally)
- retell the story (beginning, middle and end)
- write about the most important part in the story
- write about the lesson or what you can learn from the story
- use a Venn diagram to compare books or characters in a book
- write a review about whether or not you liked the book
- write about all the events (in order) in the book using the event sequence chain
- complete a narrative pyramid
- write a different ending to the story
- write about what you think happens after the story ends
- make a list of items that relate to the book (ie: list sea animals after reading an ocean book)