Fiction
and Nonfiction Reading Response Activity Choices
Each
time you have a “Reading Response Choice” assignment, you may choose a response
activity from the chart below. Pay
attention to whether your book is fiction or nonfiction. When you complete an assignment, please fill
in the date you completed the assignment and the title and author of the book
you responded to on the chart below.
LIGHTLY color in the box when you complete an assignment. When you complete the whole chart, turn it in
to receive a sticker!
Favorite Part
(Fiction)
Write about your
favorite part of the book. Use details
from the book to explain why it is your favorite part.
Title: ______________
Author: _____________
Date: ______________
|
Letter to Author (Fiction)
Write a letter to the
author telling him or her what you thought of the book. Use at least 2 details from the story.
Title: ______________
Author: _____________
Date: ______________
|
Funny or Scary Part (Fiction)
Write about a funny or a
scary part of the book. Use details
from the book and tell how you felt reading this part.
Title: ______________
Author: _____________
Date: ______________
|
Favorite Character (Fiction)
Write about your
favorite character in the books. Use details
from the book to explain why he or she is your favorite character.
Title: ______________
Author: _____________
Date: ______________
|
Sad or Happy Part
(Fiction)
Write about a sad or
happy part of the book. How did it
make you feel? Use 3rd
grade feelings words and mood meter colors.
Title: ______________
Author: _____________
Date: ______________
|
Letter to Character (Fiction)
Write a letter to a
character in the book. Include details
from the book.
Title: ______________
Author: _____________
Date: ______________
|
Compare/Contrast (Nonfiction) Compare and contrast your
life with the life of the main person in your book. OR Compare and contrast an animal/thing
from your book to an animal/thing in your life.
Title: ______________
Author: _____________
Date: ______________
|
Picture
(Nonfiction)
Describe your favorite
photograph or picture from the book.
Tell why it is your favorite.
Use details from the book to help explain the picture.
Title: ______________
Author: _____________
Date: ______________
|
5 Facts
(Nonfiction)
Write 5 facts from your
book. Use a complete sentence for each
fact. Share your opinion of each fact.
Title: ______________
Author: _____________
Date: ______________
|
Directions for Reading Responses
·
Read
for 20 minutes every day. Be sure to
choose a mix of fiction and nonfiction books.
You can also read magazine or newspaper articles!
·
Choose
a Reading Response Activity from the back of this page. Make sure you know if your book is fiction or
nonfiction!
·
You
may use the same book for more than one Reading Response. Since you are probably reading chapter books,
it might take a while to finish one book.
·
Please
write each Reading Response on a piece of loose leaf.
·
Each
Reading Response should be 10 or more sentences.
·
Reading
Responses should include 2 or more details from the book.
·
Anything
you write about should include reasons WHY.
For example, don’t just tell what happens in your favorite part, also
tell WHY it was your favorite part.
·
A great Reading Response involves making
a connection between what you read and something in your life. You can make a connection to something that
happened to you, something you read about in another book, something you saw in
a movie, or something that happened to someone you know.
Format for Reading Responses
The following should be at the top of the page (under
your school heading) for each Reading Response.
·
Book
Title:
·
Author:
·
Fiction
or Nonfiction?
·
Activity
Title: (Favorite Part, Letter to
Character, etc.)