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…
