The Wedding (FINALLY FINSHED) – Weekly Reading Response Blog

Question 1: Tell what like or dislike about the book and why?

What I liked about the book is how Wilson and his kids (Anna, Joseph, and Leslie) planned “Anna’s wedding” when the whole time it was Jane and Wilson’s renewal. I thought that was a good idea almost like fooling the reader but it made the book that much more interesting.

What I didn’t like about the book is how it took until the last page to tell you that the wedding was for Wilson and Jane not Anna and her fiancé. It took way too long to get to the climax/point of the book.

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

Parts of the book that confused me or made me ask a question was why Anna wanted “her wedding” to be in 1 week exactly on the day of her parents anniversary. I didn’t get that until the very last page of the book.

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

What I would change about this book is giving Jane some hints about it being her wedding renewal so she would be more excited about it and not as easy going because it wasn’t her wedding. That was the only part of the book that I would change.

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