Prompts and Questions for
READING RESPONSE
1-Describe a main character: include traits, actions, thoughts, and values
2-Describe the setting of the story and explain how it influences the story and the characters.
3-Make a prediction about what you think will happen next. Use your prior knowledge + text details
4-Tell about a favorite scene from the story and explain why it’s your favorite.
5-Write how you think the story will conclude.
6-Explain a different solution the author might have used to resolve the problem.
7-What did the character mean when he or she said, “______.”?
8-Explain how the story reminded you of yourself, people you know, or an event in your life; i.e. make a text-to-self connection.
9-Describe the relationship between two characters in the story.
10-Compare a character, event, or setting from this story to a character, event, or setting in another story; i.e. make a text-to-text connection.
11-What did the author do to make you want to read more?
12-Was there something in the plot that surprised you? Why?
13-What part of the plot did you not understand or made you ask questions?
14-If you were a character in the story, what solution would you have used to solve the problem?
15- Which character did you like best? Why?
16-Sequence the main events of the story.
17-Draw a diagram of plot structure and list events in each of the five parts.
18-What is the most important lesson you learned from the story? Why is it important?
19-Who is the most important character in the story and why?
20-Name the main character who had a conflict. Explain the conflict and how the character solved/attempted to solve the conflict. Explain the effectiveness of the character’s solution; i.e. was it a good solution and why or why not?
21-Compare two stories and tell which one you liked best and why.
22-Describe how the main character(s) changed throughout the story.
23-Compare this story with another story by the same author or about the same topic.
24-What is the author’s main purpose? Use examples from the story to support your answer.
25-Explain the author’s perspective about the topic of the book? Use examples from the story to support your answer.
26-Would you recommend this story to another reader? Why or why not?
27-Write a diary entry using the first-person point-of-view of one on the characters.
28-What three questions do you still have after finishing the story?
29-Using a 2-Column Chart labeled Cause-Effect. List a cause (why something happened) and the effect (the result). Show at least three cause-effect relationships. You can include a cause-effect chain relationship.
30-What questions would you like to ask the author and why?
31-The main character is moving to Lathrop. Will he/she fit in? Why or why not?
32-How does the setting of the story relate to history and culture? Is the world better off now if your story was set in the past? If your story is set in the present, how is our world reflected in the story? If your story is set in the future, how is it influenced by our world as it is now?
33-Find examples of an idiom, alliteration, and onomatopoeia in your story and explain how they relate to the story. Tell why you think the author used figurative language.
34-List 2 words that reflect what you think about the story. Tell why you chose them and explain how they relate to the story and/or your personal life.
35-If your story is a biography or autobiography, name the person it is about. Tell when this person lived, how you would describe this person, new information you learned, and what is interesting or important about this person.