On this page, you will find 65 reading response prompts. These prompts are designed to help get your thinking started about the text you are reading. Use the prompt to start your writing. Develop your writing with your thinking about the text. Be sure to support your thinking with evidence from the text. Please respond in your reading notebook using our class heading to organize your paper.
Remember, you can use our RACE strategy to help you write:
R - Restate the question/prompt
A - Answer the Question
C - Cite Text Evidence
E - Explain Text Evidence
- What were your feelings after reading the opening chapter of this book?
- Did this book make you laugh? Cry? Cringe? Smile? Cheer? Explain.
- What connections are there between the book and your life? Explain.
- What is the most important word in the book? The most important passage? The most important event or feeling? Explain.
- Who shouldn’t or shouldn’t read this book? Why?
- What are the best parts of the book? Why? What are the worst parts? Why?
- Do you like the ending of the book? Why or why not?
- Do you think there is more to tell? What do you think might happen next?
- What came as a surprise in the book? Why?
- What parts of the book seem most believable or unbelievable? Why?
- What makes you wonder in this book? What confuses you?
- In what ways are you like any of the characters? Explain.
- Do any of the characters remind you of friends, family members, or classmates? Explain.
- Which character would you like to be in this book? Why? What would you and your favorite character talk about in your conversation? Begin the conversation.
- Do you think the title fits the book? Why or why not?
- What was the author saying about life and living through this book?
- Has the book helped you in any way? Explain.
- How have you changed after reading this book? Explain
- What do you know now that you didn’t know before?
- What questions in this book would you like answered?
- What do I think will happen next?
- What are some words I don’t know or questions I have?
- What does the writer’s purpose seem to be?
- What do I notice about characters, setting, and point of view?
- My favorite character is.......because.....
- I can relate to....
- If I was the author, I’d change.....
- Something that doesn’t make sense about this story is...
- What I think will happen next is......
- If I were....(character in story), I’d.....
- I believe the author wanted the reader to......
- Something unrealistic or too coincidental in the story is........
- My favorite sentence so far is....because......
- The most important character is.......because...
- Write a poem. Choose one of the following ways to write your poem: 1. From a character’s viewpoint 2. About the setting 3. About a character 4. About the theme of the book
- How would the story be different if it was told: A. From a different B. From a narrator C. In a different time period
- Create a slogan for the book and explain why you chose this.
- If this book would become a movie, choose 5 main scenes and why you chose them.
- This story helps me understand the problem of...better because.....
- If you could be related to a character, who would it be and why?
- Turn a scene of narrative into a play script?
- Write a feasible solution for a problem a character has that is different from anything suggested in the book?
- In the sequel to this book, the following should happen.....
- Choose a color for this book and explain why it fits the story.
- Give 3 reasons why this book should be taught to a whole class.
- Examine, in detail, one character’s personality.
- Choose a food that represents this book and explain why.
- Create a theme song with lyrics for the book.
- Write the body of a letter to the author of your book.
- Choose a character of the book, and decide what would be two appropriate birthday present for that character and explain why.
- Discuss a portion of the book that was too predictable.
- What type of reader would enjoy this book and why?
- This book has made me reconsider or think twice about......because....
- Discuss a conflict in the book that is “timeless” and “universal”
- If I could step into the book, the first thing I would do is...
- I can’t understand why ______ doesn’t just ...
- I laughed aloud when...
- I felt like crying when...
- I was furious when...
- I was surprised when.....
- This book reminds me of the fairy tale....because....
- If I were making this book into a movie, the part(s) I would cut out or change would be.....because.....
- Discuss how.....(character) shows his/her personality by the actions he/she takes.
- Discuss how.....(character) shows his/her personality by what other characters say or do toward this character.
- Create an award for this book. Explain the award and why this book received it.