Reading Response Journals

You will become better READERS!!

Connect the text to…

WORLD

Connect the text to…

Connect the text to…

TEXT

The Maze Runner

• Can you make a connection to other text?

• Is Maze Runner like Hunger Games?– Children need to survive and are afraid of their future?

The Maze Runner

• Can you make a connection to yourself?

Thomas has to adapt to a new environment. Have you every had to adapt to a new environment?

The Maze Runner

• Can you make a connection to the world?

– What about issues surrounding child labour?– What is child labour?It is work that children should not be doing because they are too young to work, or – if they are old enough to work – because it is dangerous or otherwise unsuitable for them.World Vision

That’s not enough…

…you need EXAMPLES & DETAILS!

Sentence Starters

• I wonder why…• I don’t see how…• I can’t believe…• Why did…?

It bothered me when…• I was surprised…• I can’t really understand…

More sentence starters

• I began to think of…• When I finished reading, I thought…• I agreed/disagreed with the author about…• If I were the author I would have changed the

part of the story when…• My feelings about the (character, book)

changed when…

• I am like or different from the character…• Some important details I noticed were…they were

important because…• One thing that confused me was when…• This makes me feel…• This reminds me of…• I think… will happen next.• I can imagine what…looked/sounded/felt/tasted like.• I think…