Reading+Response+Prompts

Reader Response Prompts Characters:  1. Who are the main characters? Do you like or dislike them? Tell why.  2. How do the characters change in the story?  3. The character I admire the most is_____________because….  4. Would you wish that you or the people in your own life were more like the people in the story? Explain…  5. In what ways would you like the real world to be like the world of your book?  6. What characters did you identify most closely with, or feel most sympathy for? What is it about these characters that make you feel this way?  7. Compare and contrast the way you think and act with the thoughts and actions of some of the characters.  8. Compare and contrast your beliefs and values with some of the characters’.  9. Do any of the characters remind you of friends, family members, or classmates? Explain.  10. What character traits would you like to acquire? Why?  11. What would you like to say or ask your favorite character?  12. What words, phrases, or sentences in the book best illustrate how the author characterized your favorite character?  13. Are you like any characters in the story? Explain. Setting:  1. Where does the story take place?  2. What setting in your own life does this remind you of? Explain.  3. Does the story take place in modern times, the future, or the past? How do you know? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 4. I think the setting is important because… <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 5. Does the setting affect the characters in the story? How and why? Plot <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 1. What pictures did the story leave in your mind? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 2. What do you like about the way the story is written? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 3. What questions do you have about the story? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 4. What surprised you about the story? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 5. What did you find interesting in the story? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 6. Did any part of the book puzzle you or make you ask questions? Explain. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 7. How does the information in the book fit with what you already know? Explain. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 8. How is this book like other books by the same author? Explain. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 9. How is this book like other books on the same topic? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 10. How is this book like other books in the same genre? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 11. How do the illustrations add meaning to the story? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 12. How does the author capture your interest or pull you into the book? Be specific and give examples. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 13. How did the author build suspense? Give examples. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 14. Cite the passages where the author uses exceptionally good descriptive language. Discuss. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 15. Is there any evidence of stereotype or bias? Cite specific passages. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 16. What incident in your life is similar to the plot of this story? Discuss. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 17. Tell about a time when you had an experience or problem like (character’s_ situation at this point in the story? What advice would you give at this point? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 18.    As you think about your next day’s reading, what possible direction might the story take? How will the story unfold? Predict.  <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 19.    What were the most important events in developing the plot.  <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 20.    What happened in the story that was not important in moving the plot forward?  <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 21. What did the author include that did or might have misled you as to what was going to happen? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 22. What happened that surprised you? Why did it surprise you? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 23. What was the high point of emotion? (Dramatic climax) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 24. What was the turning point? (Technical climax.) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 25. How was the problem developed and convey? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 26. What were the obstacles to solving the problem? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 27. How did the characters figure out the solution? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 28. What would have been other resolutions? Mood <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 1. Describe how you felt when reading this story. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 2. What mood did the author set in this story? Give examples to support your answer. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 3. What was the funniest/saddest part of the story? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 4. What were your feelings after reading the beginning/middle/end of this book? Main idea/Theme <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 1. In one sentence, tell what this story was about. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 2. What point was this story making about people or life? <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 3. Tell shy you think so. Author’s Purpose <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msolist: Ignore;"> 1. Which of these do you think were the author’s intended purposes of this story? <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Entertain. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Inform <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Persuade <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Tell a story <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Other Why?