Reading Responses / Réponses de lecture
By the time students enter middle school, they are expected to write one literary essay per month. These literary essays are a longer version of reading responses. We began teaching students how to write reading responses in September and will be presenting the literary essay in March.
Students write two types of reading responses for us: literary reading responses and funsponses. Literary reading responses are what the literary essays are built upon. We want to give all students the opportunity to excel in writing about reading. Please find below resources to guide you and your child.
Literary Reading Responses
Due every three weeks, literary reading responses answer a question from three categories:
- characters
- author's craft
- theme
Please find the menu of literary reading responses below.
Students write two types of reading responses for us: literary reading responses and funsponses. Literary reading responses are what the literary essays are built upon. We want to give all students the opportunity to excel in writing about reading. Please find below resources to guide you and your child.
Literary Reading Responses
Due every three weeks, literary reading responses answer a question from three categories:
- characters
- author's craft
- theme
Please find the menu of literary reading responses below.
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Grading
Students will be graded according to this rubric beginning in November. We are happy to grade a make-up reading response each marking period if the student wants to improve his/her grade.
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The Structure of a Literary Reading Response
If your child is having difficulty understanding the structure of the literary reading response, here are a few answers for them:
A reading response has three parts:
In the introduction:
In the body paragraphs (le développement):
In the conclusion:
Exemplary Reading Responses
We have sent home several exemplary reading responses already. Please find below additional works written by students from our class. Please use these to help you write your best!
If your child is having difficulty understanding the structure of the literary reading response, here are a few answers for them:
A reading response has three parts:
In the introduction:
- Name the book you are reading and underline its title.
- Answer the question you have chosen with your thesis statement (your opinion or general argument).
- Briefly, present the structure of the response (one sentence max).
In the body paragraphs (le développement):
- Present the context of the detail.
- If possible, include one quote per detail.
- Explain the quote with a twin sentence. Dig deeper by inferring why the author chose to mention that detail then, what it means about the characters, what it says about the message of the story...
- Use more advanced words to describe the characters, setting and author's intentions.
- Use advanced transition words
In the conclusion:
- Briefly reiterate the thesis statement by rephrasing it in a different way.
- Try to make a more general inference about the book, the author, the character(s), the message...
Exemplary Reading Responses
We have sent home several exemplary reading responses already. Please find below additional works written by students from our class. Please use these to help you write your best!
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