NICHOLAS SPARKS – Weekly Reading Response Blog

Question 3:

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

Jane and Wilson’s daughter Anna is moving out; to a different city to go to a different journalism university and she also tells her parents that she is getting married to her 6 year boyfriend. Her mother is so happy but her father has no reaction to this news. Anna is worried but her father Wilson. His reaction is not what I expected.

Question 12:

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

I think I can relate my dad to Wilson. They are exactly the same because they both work a lot and they both like spending time on their own in their offices and I personally think that if Wilson was a real person, my dad had finally met his twin. They both do not like change and they both have 3 kids, and their parents are both from Germany! They have dark chestnut brown/grey hair and they both have black/brown eyes. They could pass for clones. That is the character and person I think relate very well.

Question 16:

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

In this part of the book I think Nicholas Sparks could have changed Wilson’s reaction to his daughter’s news. He could have been happy for her because

1) She is moving away for a better job, and a better school.

2) She is getting married to Keith, whom her father approved of when Anna first introduced the two men.

4 comments

great post Emma! your book seems interesting! are you enjoying it??

Hahahaha thanks Alyshia 🙂 It is kinda interesting, and I am enjoying it but I wish I could hurry up and finish it….

Good job emma! keep us posted.

Ok Cody, will do 🙂

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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