askirrow1521 – Weekly Reading Response Blog

Pretty Little Liars Flawless

I think im going to read the next book in the series of pretty little liars it is called Flawless. I read the first book and in the back it had a couple of pages of the book flawless, it seems to be a good book of what i read. I have a prediction of… Continue reading Pretty Little Liars Flawless

Pretty Little Liars

There is 4 friends named Aria, Spencer, Emily and Hanna their bestfriend Alison went missing the summer after grade 7. Later on in grade 8 they found her body dead! It is now senior year Aria just mioved back from Iceland. Specner is focusing on school and feild hockey. Her sister jsut moved back from… Continue reading Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars

12. Do you relate to any of the characters in the book? Explain how and why. No i dont really relate to any of the characters because Emily of them is a big time swimmer who stopped in grade 12 cause it gets to be to much for here, the other girl Hanna is really into… Continue reading Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars

8. Write about the author’s style and how it makes you feel. The authors style would be more of slang because it is based on 4 teen girls and there life after there friend gets murdered. I like it becasue i can under stand it better then if it was more formal language. 9. Write about… Continue reading Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars

2. Tell about parts of your book that puzzled you or made you ask a question. There was one part of the book that i was confused when the girls first got those texts from “A”. I was confused on who it was and why tis person was “black mailing’ them? 4. Write about something… Continue reading Pretty Little Liars

The Pretty Little Liars

1. Tell what like or dislike about the book and why. I really have been enjoying the book a lot becuase i have watched the whole series iof pretty little liars on t.v. I also like reading this book because i can compare it to the show and see how the director has changed the show from the… Continue reading The Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars

I’m reading a book called Pretty Little Lairs by Sara Shepard. The book is about a girl named Alison Dilaurentis who wet missing in grade 8. Her friends Spencer Hastings, Hanna Marin, Aria Montgomery, and Emily Fields have many secrets to hide but only Alison knew all there secrets. Three years later when the girls were in Junior High… Continue reading Pretty Little Liars

Reading Response Prompts

1. Tell what like or dislike about the book and why.

2. Tell about parts of your book that puzzled you or made you ask a question.

3. Tell what you noticed about the characters, such as what made them act as they did or how they changed.

4. Write about something in the book that surprised you or that you found interesting.

5. Write your predictions and about whether your predictions were right.

6. Ask for help in figuring out meaning of your book.

7. Tell about the connections that you made while reading the book. Tell how it reminds you of yourself, of people you know, or of something that happened in your life. It might remind you of other books, especially the characters, the events, or the setting.

8. Write about the author’s style and how it makes you feel.

9. Write about the language the author used and why you think the author wrote this way.

10. Write about the author’s craft – what was effective about the way the author wrote.

11. Write about anything else that you may think of that deals with the book.

12. Do you relate to any of the characters in the book? Explain how and why.

13. If you abanded the book, why did you?

14. Name 3 examples of signals that went off in your head while you were reading and explain them.

15. Explain what happened at the climax and explain why you think that is the climax.

16. Tell what you think could be changed in the book to make it better for readers.

Reading Response Rubric

Level 3 (B Range)
In your response you:
- have written at least one post a week
- demonstrate that you have read a variety of fiction and non-fiction materials
- reflect on the books you read effectively- relate to the books you read
- retell only the most important information in your responses
- explain your interpretation of a written work clearly, supporting it with evidence from the work and from your own knowledge and experiences clearly.
- demonstrate that you are a critical thinker that examines characters, plot, setting and literary - devices effectively

Level 4 (A Range)
In your response you:
- have written more than one post a week
- demonstrate that you have read a good variety of fiction and non-fiction materials
- reflect on the books you read very effectively
- relate to the books you read very effectively
- retell only the most important information in your responses
- explain your interpretation of a written work clearly, supporting it with evidence from the work and from your own knowledge and experiences clearly and concisely.
- demonstrate that you are a highly critical thinker that examines characters, plot, setting and literary devices effectively