Reading+Response+Rubric

All students are required to read outside of class throughout the year. All students should read at least 30 minutes each night. Outside reading may be anything that interests you. It does not have to be from a novel. Do a reading response at least three times each week and make sure all are turned in by Friday. A reading response should be at least two good paragraphs and discuss 30 minutes of reading.

The first paragraph should be p lot summary (for fiction) or summary (for nonfiction) - You must summarize at least 30 minutes of reading. Your summary should be at least one good paragraph (three to five sentences) and demonstrate that you understood what you read. The second paragraph should be personal response. Write at least one paragraph (three to five sentences) of analysis. Use specific examples or quotes from the text. Use the questions/prompts below to help you form your analysis. - What stood out to you as you were reading? Why? - What did you agree or disagree with? - Why did characters do the things they did? - Why was the setting important? - What would you change about the text if you were the author? Any questions you are asking yourself or anything you were thinking while reading should be included in the personal response.