Catching Fire- Suzanne Collins – Weekly Reading Response Blog

Question 3: In my book peeta and katniss changed becuase they are suppost to be in love, and now katniss found out she might have to marry him, and she never wanted to get married. This changed katniss becuase she went from being friends with him, to always being mad at him, to being forced to act like they love eachother, now they might have to get married.

Question 16: i think this book is really good but to make it better the author could have started it up better….it started and she was talking about gale, AGAIN….she could have started it where they were getting ready to leave, or she could have got them to start the games quicker.

Question 4: I was surprised when she said she had never used a telephone, and she didnt much until she started calling cinna a lot. this surprised me because our whole lives we have been using phones, and most familys have more then 2 phones in there houses so when she said she had never really used one before that made me think that we are lucky to have phones, because she said that if she wants to talk to someone she has to go to them and talk, we text people, we call them, we can message them on facebook, or msn or emil them. That made me realize that we are so much luckyer than district 12.

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I think you will really enjoy the third book Sierra! Good post 🙂

Thanks Kodith! and yeah, your post makes it sound so good!

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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