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Title of your book: _______________________________

Author: _______________________
Genre: _______________________

Pre-Reading Questions
After reading the title, what are some things you may already know
about this book?
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Take a look at the cover of your book, the title, and books summary.
Make three predictions about what you think may happen in this book.
What clues lead you to make each prediction?
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Characters
Who is the main character? ___________________________________________
Who is the narrator? _____________________
Is the story written in first or third person?
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Use the table below to list your characters, and describe them. Write
small. Add details to each character as you learn more about them.

Character Name

Character Details

Characters continued

Character Name

Character Details

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Vocabulary

End of chapter questions

Write two questions you have about the chapter you read.
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Reflect: How did this chapter make you feel? Write about a reaction
you had to something a character did, or an event that happened in
this chapter.
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Did your predictions come true? Describe how they did or did not.
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Make two new predictions for the chapters to come.
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Use the Venn diagram to compare and contrast a character from your book, to a
character from another book youve read.
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Connections
Use the Venn diagram to compare and contrast the plot of this story to the plot of
another book youve read.

Make a personal connection

Choose an event from your book so far. Write about how it may relate
to you.
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Make a social connection

Choose and event from your book so far. Write about how it might
relate to something going on in the world around you.
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Make a connection between texts
Choose and event from your book so far. Write about how it might
relate to something you have read in another book.
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Cause
The reason for something happening

Effect
What happened?

Write about an event that happened in your book that caused

something else to happen later on.
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