Sara Shepard – Weekly Reading Response Blog

Pretty Little Liars

i have finished reading the first book of the pretty little liars series. in the beginning of the book they talk about how alison (the other four girls old best friend) went missing. in the book the four girls aria, hanna, emily and spencer dont talk every since alisons disaperance. in the book aria is not… Continue reading Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars

2. Tell about parts of your book that puzzled you or made you ask a question. one part that really puzzled me is how emily at one point thought that aria is A. the one sending the text messages and the emails and writing the letters. that surprised me because they used to be best… Continue reading Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars

1. Tell what like or dislike about the book and why. i like the book because it is very interesting and suspenseful. i know that sometimes when i am reading the book i dont want to stop because it can get so into detail and so interesting. the one thing that i dislike about the book… Continue reading Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars

3. Tell what you noticed about the characters, such as what made them act as they did or how they changed. i noticied that since spencer, hanna, aria and emilys best friends allison went missing they stopped hanging out with each other. they drifted apart and the dont really even think about each other. hanna… Continue reading Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars

8. Write about the author’s style and how it makes you feel. The authors style would be more of slang because it is based on 4 teen girls and there life after there friend gets murdered. I like it becasue i can under stand it better then if it was more formal language. 9. Write about… Continue reading Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars

2. Tell about parts of your book that puzzled you or made you ask a question. There was one part of the book that i was confused when the girls first got those texts from “A”. I was confused on who it was and why tis person was “black mailing’ them? 4. Write about something… Continue reading Pretty Little Liars

The Pretty Little Liars

1. Tell what like or dislike about the book and why. I really have been enjoying the book a lot becuase i have watched the whole series iof pretty little liars on t.v. I also like reading this book because i can compare it to the show and see how the director has changed the show from the… Continue reading The Pretty Little Liars

Pretty Little Liars

I’m reading a book called Pretty Little Lairs by Sara Shepard. The book is about a girl named Alison Dilaurentis who wet missing in grade 8. Her friends Spencer Hastings, Hanna Marin, Aria Montgomery, and Emily Fields have many secrets to hide but only Alison knew all there secrets. Three years later when the girls were in Junior High… Continue reading Pretty Little Liars

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