To help you get started, here is a list of possible entry ideas:
• Make connections between the text and your own experiences.
What does the reading make you think of?
Does it remind you of anyone of anything?
• Make connections between the text and other texts or events.
Does this make you think of any related issues from the past or
the present?
• Ask yourself questions about the text.
What don’t you understand about the novel or a particular
passage within the novel?
• Write down interesting words, images, phrases, or details.
Ask questions about why the author might have chosen them.
Tell how they made you feel.
• Make connections between the text and your own experiences.
What does the reading make you think of?
Does it remind you of anyone of anything?
• Make connections between the text and other texts or events.
Does this make you think of any related issues from the past or
the present?
• Ask yourself questions about the text.
What don’t you understand about the novel or a particular
passage within the novel?
• Write down interesting words, images, phrases, or details.
Ask questions about why the author might have chosen them.
Tell how they made you feel.
OR
Choose a character that stands out to you—a character you most relate to or a character you are curious about. Write a paragraph describing your first impression of this character. Who is the character? What are the character’s circumstances?
Examples:
Quotation:
“When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got
his arm badly broken at the elbow . . . (3).
Response:
remember breaking my foot before a choir concert. I was not feeling well and had to leave the risers before a concert. When I was hopping down from the third riser, I landed on the side of my foot and broke it. All I cared about when I was recovering was being able to walk without crutches or a walking cast again. This seems to be how Jem kind of feels. (Making a Connection
remember breaking my foot before a choir concert. I was not feeling well and had to leave the risers before a concert. When I was hopping down from the third riser, I landed on the side of my foot and broke it. All I cared about when I was recovering was being able to walk without crutches or a walking cast again. This seems to be how Jem kind of feels. (Making a Connection
Quotation:
“The Radleys, welcome anywhere in town, kept to themselves, a predilection unforgivable in Maycomb. . . .” (9).
“The Radleys, welcome anywhere in town, kept to themselves, a predilection unforgivable in Maycomb. . . .” (9).
Response:
It seems that the town is a little closed minded in viewing the Radleys since they don’t go to church or do other things common in Maycomb. This seems to be a prejudice against their lifestyle since it seems that the town might not really know them and has become pretty superstitious about them. People often get suspicious about what they don’t understand or what seems strange to them. (Extending the Meaning)
Reading Response Examples
It seems that the town is a little closed minded in viewing the Radleys since they don’t go to church or do other things common in Maycomb. This seems to be a prejudice against their lifestyle since it seems that the town might not really know them and has become pretty superstitious about them. People often get suspicious about what they don’t understand or what seems strange to them. (Extending the Meaning)
Reading Response Examples