HOW TO WRITE A RESPONSE
Give your response a title. Explain what you think the cartoon, picture, video, quote is saying/showing. What point is the is the creator making? What is the issue, theme or big idea? Can you connect this to a film, book or experience? What is your opinion?
ANOTHER WAY TO RESPOND
Text-to-text connection: This reminds me of something else that I read.... Text-to-self connection: This reminds me of when I....
Text-to-world connection: This makes me think about....
MAKING CONNECTIONS
Text-to-self: What does this remind me of in my life? What is this similar to in my life? How is this different from my life? Has something like this ever happened to me? How does this relate to my life? What were my feelings when I read this? Text-to-text: What does this remind me of in another book I’ve read? How is this text similar to other things I’ve read? How is this different from other books I’ve read? Have I read about something like this before? Text-to-world: What does this remind me of in the real world? How is this text similar to things that happen in the real world? How is this different from things that happen in the real world? How did that part relate to the world around me?
ANOTHER WAY TO RESPOND
Text-to-text connection: This reminds me of something else that I read.... Text-to-self connection: This reminds me of when I....
Text-to-world connection: This makes me think about....
MAKING CONNECTIONS
Text-to-self: What does this remind me of in my life? What is this similar to in my life? How is this different from my life? Has something like this ever happened to me? How does this relate to my life? What were my feelings when I read this? Text-to-text: What does this remind me of in another book I’ve read? How is this text similar to other things I’ve read? How is this different from other books I’ve read? Have I read about something like this before? Text-to-world: What does this remind me of in the real world? How is this text similar to things that happen in the real world? How is this different from things that happen in the real world? How did that part relate to the world around me?
