WORD OF THE WOLVES BLOG
Complete two reading response blogs each week, sharing your ideas, opinions, and feelings about books that you have read independently or books that we are reading together in class. Visit our Word of the Wolves blog to log in. Make sure to navigate to your personal blog space to enter your responses.
Read the following Journal Letter for more information on what to include in your response.
Class Discussion Blog - Words of Wonder
Reference Sheets
Consult the sheets below to help you write your weekly reading responses. Focus on some of the "Questions to Encourage Reflection" to guide your responses. There are also many ideas in the Reading Response Journal handout.
Reading Response Journal - handout
Questions to Encourage Reflection - questions about personal responses, setting, characters, plot, theme, and point of view
How to Answer a Question - how to use point, proof, comment in your responses
Theme - plan for understanding theme
Genre at a Glance - descriptions of different genres of reading
Fiction and Non-Fiction - examples of different genres of fiction and non-fiction books
Just Right Books - how to choose a book that is right for you