As you read a story or novel, have your class members put together and fill out a journal. They will have the chance to illustrate a cover page, draw and write about various topics, respond to a focus questions, and draft a paragraph.

Concepts

responding to reading, active reading, supporting evidence, main ideas, paragraph writing, asking questions

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Plan the study of a text around the materials in this packet
• Put together the packet for your class

Classroom Considerations

• Unless your class is working on reading Junior Great Books, you may want to omit or adapt the last two pages in the packet
• Note that one page requires a focus question that you will need to provide

Pros

• The pages of this packet are nicely formatted and provide enough space for kids to write complete responses or draw if they choose

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.4.1 RL.5.1 W.4.2.a W.5.2.a RL.6.1 W.6.2.a