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The Great Escape

I am reading a book called The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill. The book is about prisoners trying to escape a prisoner camp. They have this thing called the ‘X Orginization’ where they create 3 tunnels and if a guard finds a tunnel they will have 2 more. 1. What I liked about this book… Continue reading The Great Escape

The Great Escape

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. One connection that I made is that when my… Continue reading The Great Escape

The Great Escape

4. Write about something in the book that surprised you or that you found interesting. Something I found intresting was that the German already knew that prisoners would try to escape by digging a tunel out of the camp so the German put sand under the whole camp so there tunel would be full of… Continue reading The Great Escape

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3. Tell what you noticed about the characters, such as what made them act as they did or how they changed. roger acted like the guy in charge i think he acted like that because he was a squadron leader in the air force and he lots of experience in prisons. 7. Tell about the connections that you made… Continue reading the great escape

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2.. Tell about parts of your book that puzzled you or made you ask a question. in the boo one of the prisoner dressed like a German guard when escaping, it puzzled me because if he does get away and a German sees him they will send him back to the prison to work. 4. Write about something in the book that surprised… Continue reading the great escape

The Great Escape

Question 1: Tell what like or dislike about the book and why? I really like this book because it has a verry intresting plot and is verry descriptive about the characters, the weather and what is happening. Another reason why I like this book is because they show the pictures of what they are doing… Continue reading The Great Escape

the great escape

1.tell what u like and dislike about the book . I like that the book is about people trying to escaping from a prison cause it intresting how they do it. i dont like that in the first 20 chapters of the book its pretty boring. 16. tell what u think could be changed in the… Continue reading the great escape

THE GREAT ESCAPE

i just started but is good so far its about wwll and how the try break out of a german prison

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.

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