Handwritten Reader's Response

A reader's response is not a summary. Instead, it's a record of your ongoing, personal, and authentic dialog with a text. 

Each reader's response entry includes: 

• • • entry #

    • title of literary work

    • author of literary work

    • date of response

    • page numbers read and chapter name (if available) 

    • a passage you tagged with a "sticky note" while you were reading (for graphic novels, this passage could be an image you describe in detail)

    • a parenthetical citation for the passage.

Each reader's response ALSO includes a paragraph which reveals your dialog with the text by explaining why you tagged the passage. It reveals:

• • • questions you have about the passage and this part of the reading

    • comments you have about the passage and the part of the reading where the passage occurs

    • connections ("text to text", "text to world" "text to self") you made to the passage and the part of the reading where the passage occurs.