Author Question: Fifth grade students in Mr. Bingham's class have just finished reading a chapter in a novel and are ... (Read 90 times)

washai · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Fifth grade students in Mr. Bingham's class have just finished reading a chapter in a novel and are getting ready to write an entry in their response journals. Mr. Bingham could most effectively develop students' literary response skills by assigning which of the following journal prompts?

A) What do you think is the main idea or theme of the novel? Relate specific events in this chapter to the theme you suggest.
B) Which characters are mentioned in this chapter? List each of them.
C) What new vocabulary words did you learn when reading this chapter? List and define the new words from the chapter.
D) What happened in the chapter? Describe two or three events from the chapter.

Question 2

Abbey has been using literature journals in her sixth grade classroom for years and likes the freedom it gives her students to communicate their thoughts about what they have read. However, she wants to update her technique. What would you suggest she do?

A) Tell her to purchase journals that are attractive to today's youth.
B) Tell her to have students email her their journal entries.
C) Tell her to have students respond on an online blog.
D) Both B and C