Reading Response Journals You will become better READERS!!

Reading Response Journals

You will become better READERS!!

Connect the text to…

WORLD

Connect the text to…

Connect the text to…

TEXT

The Maze Runner

• Can you make a connection to other text?

• Is Maze Runner like Hunger Games?– Children need to survive and are afraid of their future?

The Maze Runner

• Can you make a connection to yourself?

Thomas has to adapt to a new environment. Have you every had to adapt to a new environment?

The Maze Runner

• Can you make a connection to the world?

– What about issues surrounding child labour?– What is child labour?It is work that children should not be doing because they are too young to work, or – if they are old enough to work – because it is dangerous or otherwise unsuitable for them.World Vision

That’s not enough…

…you need EXAMPLES & DETAILS!

Sentence Starters

• I wonder why…• I don’t see how…• I can’t believe…• Why did…?

It bothered me when…• I was surprised…• I can’t really understand…

More sentence starters

• I began to think of…• When I finished reading, I thought…• I agreed/disagreed with the author about…• If I were the author I would have changed the

part of the story when…• My feelings about the (character, book)

changed when…

• I am like or different from the character…• Some important details I noticed were…they were

important because…• One thing that confused me was when…• This makes me feel…• This reminds me of…• I think… will happen next.• I can imagine what…looked/sounded/felt/tasted like.• I think…