Readers Are Writers Too!

Lesson Plan - Get It!

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• Have you ever read a book and had a hard time explaining what it was about afterward?

In this lesson, you will learn how to write longer responses about reading. This will help you to think about your books and to share your thoughts about what you read.

Sometimes, you jot down quick notes or thoughts as you're reading.

Other times, you have thoughts while you're reading but don't put them down on paper right away. When you are finished reading, you write them down and explain them more fully.

These written responses that happen after reading are usually a little longer, so you can explain your thoughts with more detail. It's also important to include text evidence.

Sometimes, it's hard to know where to start when it's time to write about reading.

Here are some sentence stems that can start off your thinking and your written response. These sentence stems usually lead to longer responses where you can explain yourself fully.

I'm thinking...

I'm wondering...

The author's message is...

I'm feeling...

This reminds me of...

The best part of this book was...

Continue on to the Got It? section to begin practicing with this!