(This is the school uniform-how you dress it up is up to you. The length of each line does not indicate the length of your answer)
LA I – Connect and Respond (make connections between the text and you, other texts, and the world)
❏ This book is important to the world because_____
❏ For example, _____
❏ Also, _____
❏ _________ is important to/similar to my life because_____
❏ For example, _____
❏ Also, _____
❏ ____________is similar to__________ because _____
❏ For example, _____
❏ Also, _____
Can you answer any of these questions for LA Target 1?
What strengths or flaws do you share with a character or characters in the book?
What did the book show you about your world that you never noticed before?
What surprised you about yourself while you were reading this book?
Why was this work meaningful to you?
As you were reading, what did you remember about yourself or something you experienced in the past?
How did the book’s characters or theme help you to understand that past experience?
❏LA II – Demonstrate General Understanding (Summarize key features of the text)
❏ The main character is _____.
❏ He/she is_________.
❏ He/she is also______
❏ The best thing about___________ is ______
❏ _______ reminds me of ___________ because _____
❏ Another main character is___________________
❏ He /she is___
❏ She is also___
❏ The best thing about_______ is_____________.
❏ ____ reminds me of ___________because______________________________________ .
(Each of the following bullets should be thoroughly developed
❏ The story takes place in__________________ in ___________________.
(Location) (Time period)
❏ The setting affects the story because _____
❏ The conflict faced by the main character is _____
❏ He tries to solve this problem by _____
❏ He also _____________________ and ____________________________________. (This could be many sentences)
❏ He finally solves the conflict (or doesn’t solve the conflict) by _____
❏ As a result, _____
LA III – Develop an Interpretation (identify important ideas using textual evidence)
❏ In this quote _______ (explain what is happening in the quote)
❏ This is important because _____
❏ For example, _____
❏ Also, _____
❏ In this quote _______ (explain what is happening in the quote)
❏ This is important because _____
❏ For example, _____
❏ Also, _____
LA IV – Examine Content and Structure (evaluate Author’s Craft- the WAY the author writes)
❏ The author _____ (explain what you like about the author’s writing)
❏ For example, _____ (explain how what you liked affects the novel, or affects the reader)
❏ This is shown on page ___ – “ ( Give the textual evidence here) ”.
❏ I chose this because ___
❏ One thing that makes this a good story is _____because ___
❏ For example,____
❏ Another thing that makes this a good story is______ because___
❏ For example,____
❏ If I could make one suggestion to the author I would say _______ because_____
❏ For example, ___________
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