Washington Township Schools Middle School Summer Reading 2017 Fiction Reflection Form Your Name: Title of Book: Author: Think-Tac-Toe ~ Select 3 boxes below to complete as you reflect on the fiction text you have read. Make sure to cross through the middle box, which is your required move! ‘play’ Setting Possibilities Conflict Describe the setting of your book, Explore how the story might have What is the major conflict in the story including time and place. Be sure to been different if you introduced a and how does it get resolved? use details and text evidence. new character or changed critical facts. Explain what would happen if... Connections Theme Vocabulary Explain connections you can make to What is the message, or Select 5 words that were important one of the following: to understanding the book (either that the author wants readers to words you did not know or technical, -a character understand? Define each in content-specific words). your own words and include a quote -the conflict How does this relate to you and from the text where the word appears, including a page number. your life experiences? -the theme -interactions between characters Character Questions Reasons to Read Briefly describe the main character. What are a few questions you might If you think of a person (or group Be sure to include evidence from the ask the main character if you had the of people) that would really like this book to support your description. chance to chat with him/her? (At book, who would it be and what least 3) would you tell them that might lead them to read it?
Washington Township Schools Middle School Summer Reading 2017 Fiction Reflection Form Your Name: Title of Book: Author: Think-Tac-Toe ~ Select 3 boxes below to complete as you reflect on the fiction text you have read. Make sure to cross through the middle box, which is your required ‘play’ move! Setting Describe the setting of your book, including time and place. Be sure to use details and text evidence. Possibilities Explore how the story might have been different if you introduced a new character or changed critical facts. Explain what would happen if... Conflict What is the major conflict in the story and how does it get resolved? Connections Explain connections you can make to one of the following: -a character -the conflict -the theme -interactions between characters Theme What is the message, or that the author wants readers to understand? How does this relate to you and your life experiences? Vocabulary Select 5 words that were important to understanding the book (either words you did not know or technical, content-specific words). Define each in your own words and include a quote from the text where the word appears, including a page number. Character Briefly describe the main character. Be sure to include evidence from the book to support your description. Questions What are a few questions you might ask the main character if you had the chance to chat with him/her? (At least 3) Reasons to Read If you think of a person (or group of people) that would really like this book, who would it be and what would you tell them that might lead them to read it?
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