Reader's+Response!!!

Reader’s Response Project __Title__: “Say what?” Your response to what you read. __Description__: Students will understand what a reader’s response is and ways to write a response to literature. __Duration__: 90 minute block __Learning Objectives__: To learn ways to respond to literature. __Materials__: Reading passage, Independent Reading Book, access to PowerPoint. __Step by Step Procedure__: i.  What do you think of the characters in the book? ii. What do you think about the plot? iii. What is your definition of good literature? Does this book meet those standards? Why/why not? Be sure to give examples that support your opinion! iv. Can you make any associations or connections to what you are reading? v.  What do you think about the author’s writing style? How does the author draw you in as a reader? vi. Can you make any predictions for what will happen? vii. Is there an important quote or passage from the book that you’d like to explain or comment on? Why is this quote/passage significant? viii. Would you recommend this book to another student or adult? Why/why not? __Grade Level(s)__: 7 __Support Materials__: PowerPoint File, Rubric __Related Standards__: ELA2.LR1: Listening and reading for literary response involves comprehending, interpreting, and critiquing imaginative texts in every medium, drawing on personal experiences and knowledge to understand the text, and recognizing the social, historical and cultural features of the text. ELA2.SW2: Speaking and writing for literary response involves presenting interpretations, analysis, and reactions to the content and language of a text. Speaking and writing for literary expression involves producing imaginative texts that use language and text structures that are inventive and often multilayered. __Submitted By__: A. Diaz
 * 1) Teacher will define reader’s response and show the students samples of various responses to literature on the smart board.
 * 2) Teacher will show students the link to go to on Trackstar.
 * 3) Students will then read a guided passage that will be projected on the smart board.
 * 4) Each group will be given a response starter that they will discuss and write a community response to.
 * 5) Response Starter’s
 * 1) The students will then type out their responses and share them with the entire class.
 * 2) Then the students will turn their written responses into art form by using DoodleSplash __ http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/doodle/index.html __