6th grade Reader's Response Journal

6th grade Reader’s Response Journal
• Read for at least 20 minutes EVERY night.
• Each week, pick TWO nights to write a journal response
that is 4 sentences or longer.
• Use the reading strategies listed BELOW to write a
response.
• More strategies used = Remember more of what is read
• Each time your journal is collected, it is worth 20 points!
• Read the RUBRIC
Follow this format ☺
Title of Book
Author of Book
Date of Response
List reading strategy
You can write multiple
responses on the same
page. Just skip 2-3 lines
in between each response!
Start writing here- INDENTED. Your response should be
at least 4 sentences in length.
ACTIVE READING STRATEGY CHOICES:
1) I could picture. . . (VISUALIZATION) Write and DRAW what
you pictured in my mind ( like a movie playing in your head).
2) Make a PREDICTION about what will happen next.
Include WHY you think this will happen.
3) Write a QUESTION about something you read. I wonder WHY . .
WHAT was the point of . . . ? WHO might. . .
4) Make a CONNECTION (text-self, text-text, text-world)
5) UNKNOWN WORDS. I had to look up the word _____.
I tried to read the sentence above and below but. . . OR
On the internet, I found out that the word means. . .
Title of Book
Author of Book
Date of Response
List Reading Strategy
In S.O.R. Losers, Avi, used words and details that I could
easily VISUALIZE in my mind. For example, when. .. .

Reader’s Response Rubric
Proper heading (title, author, date, reading strategy).
(2 points)
Name the READING STRATEGY used and include specific
details from the story (10 points)
Include beginning and ending punctuation. (5 points)
Handwriting is neat! (3 points)
Total Score: ____/20 points
Reader’s Response Rubric
Proper heading (title, author, date, reading strategy).
(2 points)
Name the READING STRATEGY used and include specific
details from the story (10 points)
Include beginning and ending punctuation. (5 points)
Handwriting is neat! (3 points)
Total Score: ____/20 points