2.+Sentence+Leads

when writing me your letters!
**DURING reading**… q The title of this book says to me… q After reading the first {paragraph, page, chapter} of this book, I felt… q I like/ dislike this part of the book because… q The character I {like best, admire, dislike the most} is… because… q The setting of this story is important because… q A question that I have about this book is… because… q If I were this character, I would… q If I could talk to one of the book’s characters, I would {ask or say} … q I predict that… because… q This {phrase, sentence, paragraph} is an example of good writing because… q I didn’t understand the part of the story when… q I found this book hard to follow when… q The author got me interested when… q My feelings about {the book, characters} changed when… q The genre of this book is…because it has {characteristics}… q I agreed/disagreed with the author about… q I noticed that the author… q I think the illustrations… q This {character, place, event} reminds me of…because… q This situation reminds me of something that happened in my own life. (Tell the story and talk about the connections.) q This book makes me think about… q This book reminds me of another book I have read. (What’s the other book and discuss why it reminds you of that book.)

= AFTER reading… = q This book helped me to… q To summarize the text, I would say… q If I were the author, I would have changed the part of the story when… q I thought this book was realistic/unrealistic because… q As compared to other books {by this author, on the same topic}, I think this book… q This book was an effective piece of writing because… q The most important {word, phrase, idea, illustration} in this book is… q I’d like to read another book by this author because… q What I want to remember about this book is… q If I could be any character in this book, I would be…because… q I learned… q After the book ends, I predict… q The book is really about… q I think the author wrote this book to…