Deep Down Popular – Weekly Reading Response Blog

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

That Conrad Parker asked Jessie Lou to the grade 6 dance. I found this insteresting because Conrad was one of the popular kids and he asked one of the most unpopular girls,Jesie Lou.

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

Most of my predictions were right. This is some of my predictions: I think Conrad is going to ask Jessie Lou to the dance,I think granddad’s car is going to brke down soon, I think Melinda is going to lose the contest,I think Conrad and Jessie Lou are going to get seen spying on Tiny, and I think that the plane in not going to be fix by the time the air show comes.

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

I think I relate most to Jessie Lou. I think I relate to her most out of all the characters in this book because she was the girl who didn’t care what people think about her, she could just be different with out a care, she has goals in life, she would help others in need and was up for a challenge.

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

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