2. Write about something in your reading that you don't understand.
3. Predict what is going to happen next in the story.
4. Write your opinion about something in the story.
5. Retell or summarize something in the reading.
6. Draw a picture and write a paragraph about something in the story.
7. Write about a character in the story.
8. Write about the setting of the story.
9. Write about the problem of the story.
10. Compare/contrast the story to another story.
11. Copy a favorite sentence from the story and tell why you chose it.
12. Write about a lesson you learned from the story.
13. Complete a word map for a new word. (?Ask teacher for a word map)
14. Write 5 thoughtful questions . Use the 5 of the starters and rewrite them filling in the
blanks to ask thoughtful questions about something you read.
*How is _______________ like _______________?
*How is _______________ different from _______________?
*What if ___________________________?
*What would you do if ____________________?
*What might happen when _________________?
*Can you remember another time when _______________?
*How did _______________ feel when _______________? Why?
*Do you think _______________ feel when _______________? Why?
*Would you have been friends with _______________? Why?
*In what ways might _______________?
*In what ways did you like _______________?
*How many ways can you _______________?
*How else might _______________?
