Reading Response Prompts
Directions: Choose a prompt. On loose-leaf paper, write at least three paragraphs responding to one (1) prompt based on the book that you are reading. Fill in the date next to the prompt when you complete it. Each prompt should only be used one time. Please don’t retell the story. Use examples from the text to support your thinking. Keep this in your reading folder.
Prompt
1) What is the story problem or plot?
2) How do you think the problem will be solved?
3) What does the story make you think of?
4) Who is the most interesting character? Why?
5) Are the characters believable? Why or why not?
6) What did you learn from one of the characters?
7) How is the setting like another place you know?
8) What words did the author use to describe the place?
9) How does the story make you feel?
10) How is this story like any other story you read?
11) What was the most important part of the story? Why?
12) What clues did the author give you to predict the ending?
13) How was the problem resolved? What was the solution?
14) What are the most important events in the story?
15) Do you think the story could have really happened? Why or why not?
16) What will happen to the characters after the story ends?
17) Describe an image the author created in your mind?
18) Write a different ending for the story.
19) What does the story mean to you?
20) Why did the author write the story?
