The Karate Kid – Weekly Reading Response Blog

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

I was reading the chapter when Daniel was cutting the bonsai tree blind folded I tried to picture myself as I were Daniel and trying to imagine what it would be like. Also when i was reading I was trying to make connections and see if there was anything that I could relate to myself or another form of text. And the last signal was I was trying to guess what was going to happen next and see if it came true

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

In the climax it was the championship match between Johnny and Daniel and Daniel had a just had swollen leg from the previous match between one of the other cobras and I think this was the climax because this was the match that Daniel has been training for months for and it was important that he won because he would finally earn the respect of Johnny and himself.

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

One thing I wish they changed is that they would talk a little more about Eddie because they talk about him in the beginning but he never comes back into the story after.

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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