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DO NOW: Complete all questions in the box belowWhich of these books did you start reading in ELA class? (check one)___Anderson - Feed (science fiction – brains connected to computers)___Kesey - One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (drama – man trapped in mental hospital)___Myers - Sunrise Over Fallujah (drama – American soldiers fighting in Iraq)___Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye (drama – teenager dealing with stress and depression)___Vaughan/Henrichon - Pride of Baghdad (graphic novel – animals escape zoo during war)___Wilson – Fences (play – black family dealing with life in Pittsburgh, PA)___Yang - American Born Chinese (graphic novel – living between two cultures)

Do you want to keep going with the same book, or begin a new one? Why?

If you want to change, which book will you try next? Why?

My PREDICTION for what will happen next/later/at the end of my book (fill this out while books are being passed out):

Name___________________________________ Reading Journal (Jan 5)

READING RESPONSEChoose ONE of the bullet points, and respond in writing. Use complete sentences. This is a

10-minute activity. Story Elements

Explore how the main character changed throughout the story. Write about something that surprised you or that you found interesting. Describe an interesting or important character in your book.

Recall Summarize the chapter you just read. Describe in details the setting of your book and how it fits into the story. List five adjectives that describe the book’s main character.

Prediction How do you think the story will end? Which character do you think will change the most by the end?  Why?

Connections What advice would you give a character in this book?  Why? What character would you most like to be?  Why? Can you make a text-to-text, text-to-self, or text-to-world connection? How have you changed after reading this book?  Explain.

Opinion Who is your favorite character?  Why?   How would a different setting affect the story?

Language Copy a sentence from the book that you think is well written.  Why do you like this sentence?  Illustrate

the sentence. Find examples of figurative language in the text.  Write them down. List five words from the book that you find interesting or unfamiliar.  Write their definitions and use

them each in a sentence.