FICTION:
Spend this reading log talking about one character in depth.

1. What book are you reading and who is it by?

2. Choose one character. What is this character's name? What are some of his or her physical traits? Personality traits?

3. What makes this character different from other characters in the text? Does this character have anything in common with other characters?

4. Can you connect with this character on any level? How?

5. Talk about this character's relationship with other characters. 

NON-FICTION:
1. What book are you reading and who is it by? 

2. Copy a short passage that you found to be interesting in your text. Explain what made this passage interesting for you?

3. Do you feel like this author is believable? Does he/she write with any bias? Explain.

4. What connections can you make to this text? What does this text remind you of?

5. Explain one thing that you've learned so far that you have not already mentioned.

POETRY: 
1. What book are you reading and who is it by? 

2. Copy up to 10 lines of poetry from your text here. (If it is a bit longer and you want us to see the whole poem, you may put the whole poem here, but try not to make it overwhelmingly long!)

3. What do you like about the excerpt you provided above? Why did you pick this section of your poetry book?

4. What personal connections can you make to this poem? Who or what does this poem reinde you of?

5. Identify literary devices that appear in this poem (rhyme, simile, metaphor, imagery, etc.). What do these devices do for this poem? 

Read and respond to at least one other students' work. When you respond, point out one thing you enjoyed about reading their response and ask one question that you have for this person regarding their reading.

For your reading log, answer the following:

1. Name of book and author of book
2. Why you have chosen this book to be the first book you finish for Semester 2

For Fiction Readers, answer TWO of the following questions
1. Explain a character's problem and then offer your character advice on how to solve this problem.
2. Explain how a character is acting and why you think the character is acting that way. 
3. Write about what you think would happen if you brought one of your characters to school for a day? What would happen if you brought them home to your family?

For Non-Fiction Readers, answer TWO of the following questions
1. Copy a short passage that you found to be interesting. Explain what made it interesting for you.
2. Explain the basic information that is being presented in terms of the 5Ws: Who? What? When? Where? Why?
3. Write a summary of what you read in the book so far.

For Non-Fiction Readers, answer TWO of the following questions
1. Pick one poem in the collection and copy it down here. Explain what you like about this poem? What strikes you?
2. Find two literary devices in your poetry. They can be metaphors, similes, or pieces of imagery or other literary devices. Write these two down and explain what it does for the reader to read these literary devices. 
3. Pick 2-3 lines in a poem that put a picture in your head. Explain what the picture looks like. 

Respond to at least one peer's reading log. Read their work and respond telling them what you found the most interesting about the book they have chosen to read. 

Your independent reading postcard project is due on January 10th, 2018, so be sure that you FINISH your novel by then! 

For this reading log:

Identify ONE quote in your book that struck you. Show us the quote in MLA format and then below it in a new paragraph, write 5-7 sentences about why you chose this quote. What stands out about it to you and why?

Respond to at least one peer's work by identifying a connection you can make to their quote or their writing.