Choice Unit--Day 11

We began today's class by sharing passages from yesterday in choice book groups. Then, students worked on the second set of response questions for the choice books.

Homework: Finish your choice book; bring outside reading book to class tomorrow (regardless of whether or not you have finished it); quote tracking bookmark due tomorrow; notebook check tomorrow (see previous blog post for list of choice unit notebook pages).

If you were absent today, start a notebook page entitled, "Response Questions #2" and respond to the following about your choice book:

Author
1. Why do you think the author wrote this book?
2. What would you ask the author if he/she were here? Why?

Characters
3. Do some of the characters seem more “alive” and believable than others? Which? Why?
4. How do the characters change in the story? What makes or helps them change?

Plot
5. Were you able to predict the ending? How? Why or why not?
6. Is there a main point or theme to the story? What? How do you know?

Setting
7. Which part of the story best describes the setting? Why? How?
8. How does the author create the atmosphere for the setting? That is, how does the author give the reader a feel for what it is like to be in the setting?

Mood
9. What was your favorite part of the book? Why? What did the author do to make that part of the book so enjoyable?
10. What was your least favorite part of the book? Why? What could be changed to make that part of the book more enjoyable?

Style
11. What special words or lovely language does the author use in the book?
12. What else that makes this author’s perspective or style unique? (think about the use of perspective shifting, framed narrative, etc.)