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7) Some connections I made in my book is when I was ten I had to be a flower girl and in my book Maisie (main character) had to be a flower girl and she was ten and she was not very happy. My second connection I have had in my book is when my brother is talking and he talks forever I ushally tune out and just like Maisie when her brother talks forever and she does not wont to listen but she does not want to be mean. My third conection is my brother Wesley does not like alot of foods and when we have something he hates he probs at it and looks at it like it is a dead rat, just like maisie’s step brother. my forth and finale conection is when someone is whispering and they pull someone away I always want to know what they are saying!

8) The author in my book ( Francine prose); her style in this book is first person because Maisie the main character that got assaulted is talking first person throughout the whole bok. Maisie is talking about how her whole life has become a challange because of her three best friends assaulted her on the back of the bus ( or is that what really happened.)

9. ) the language the author used in my book is soft and nice and funny when Maisie is talking but when her three friends

Kevin, Chris and Shakes are talking they seem all tough, cool, athletic, and a ladies man. so pretty much they sound like normal guy and when maisie is around they talk normal but when she is not there they talk about guy stuff and how maisie has changed since she went to her moms for a year.

10.) the author wrote the book to make it easier for teenagers theses day by making it funny and humourous because all girls and even maybe guys want to read something that is funny. They dont wont to read something that is serious and boring and that they will read twenty or ten pages and say I dont want to read this. The author wants to grab the atention of teenagers so she made it funny.

12. In my book I think I relate to Maisie ( the main character) because I am not populare and I would love to be best friends with guys and for them to want to hang out with me and for maisie thats what happened exept her three best friends that she has known since kindergarden assault her!

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