January Monthly Letter

Write a letter on Google Docs. Print it out when finished. Paste a copy in the Literacy
section of your blog, and write the 3-step reflection..
1st Paragraph: Introduction
Date (Use this format: January 23, 2015)
Greeting
Title/author
Genre
Short summary (2-3 sentences)
2nd Paragraph: Authors Craft
Identify the authors craft in your story, such as foreshadow/flashbacks, irony,
mood, symbolism, figurative language, and point-of-view.
Reading strategy: discuss any strategies you used while reading (questioning,
predicting, visualizing, summarizing, inferring, etc).
Thinking tracks: use your thinking tracks to show your ideas about the book.
Quote: use a quote from your book to support your ideas.
3rd Paragraph: Self selected
Discuss 1 idea you found in the novel.
Reading strategy: discuss any strategies you used while reading (questioning,
predicting, visualizing, summarizing, inferring, etc).
Thinking tracks: use your thinking tracks to show your ideas about the book.
Quote: use a quote from your book to support your ideas.
4th Paragraph: Closing
Answer any questions I asked from the previous entry or..
Ask me any questions you have about the book.
What is your opinion of the book so far?
If you are not finished with the book write the page/chapter you are on now?