Grade 6-9

Non-Fictional Reading Response

Name : Rein

Class : 6-7C

Book Title : Electric Eels

Reading Duration : 2 days

Author’s Purpose : To inform the characteristics of Electric

Eels

Book Celebration
2021-2022

First Step

Making Prediction
Making predictions is a strategy in which readers use information from a text (including titles,
headings, pictures, and diagrams) and their own personal experiences to anticipate what they are
about to read (or what comes next).

From the front cover we can see that the book discusses about electric eels. The natural habitat of Electric eels
are also shown from the cover. Besides that, we can find out may be some information related to this fish.

What have you read?

Main Idea

Alexander Humboldt went to South America to catch electric eels in 1800. He thought they could help him learn
about electricity.

Supporting Fact #1 Supporting Fact #2 Supporting Fact #3

He knew not to touch the eels Three organs make an electric eel’s An electric eel can shoch its prey, or
because their shocks could cause shocks, main organ and two smaller the animals it eats, with up to 650
great pain. organs. volts of electricity.

Reading Summary

Even the scientists know that the electric eels has electric power to shock its prey. Electric eels can produce about
650 volts of electricity. The production of its electricity comes from its three organs, one main organ and two
smaller organ.

Making Connections
Text to self The text said … Page This reminds me about…

because…

He knew not to touch the eels because 14 Discovery channel that I’ve watched
their shocks could cause great pain. before in the television that the electric
eels can cause its prey get paralyzed by
shocked them with its electric power.

Text to text The text said Page This reminds me about…

( or another
Because…
book)

Electric eels are long gray – 6 The book about fish because in that
brown fish with yellow or orange book, the electric eels also are described
on their throats. as the same as this book.

Text to The text said Page This reminds me about…

world
Because…

Electric eels mostly lay eggs in 14 Fish, because electric eels are in the
small ponds. family of fish so they lay eggs.
 Choose three sections from your reading that you understand and are able to explain to the other
people.
Part that I understood Part that I understood Part that I understood

Electric eels lay egg.

Electric eels are top predators that few other Electric eels are long gray-brown fish with yellow
animals eat in the South American rivers where or orange on their throats.
they live.

Reason Reason Reason

Electric eels can be said as the top Because most of the eels that I
predators for its ability to saw in the market also long.
Electric eels are the family of
produce a high electric power that
fish. All fish lay eggs.
can shock its prey.

How this book motivates and inspires me to innovate

At the end of the paragraph of this book shows me that some scientists from long ago are trying to make an innovation by utilize the ability of electric eels
in producing electric power.
 Synthesize Scheme
(Minimum choose 4 to fulfill)

Background Knowledge for My opinion for this book

choosing this book

This book gives more information

related to electric eels. Besides
I love reading about animals.
that, this book makes me
wondering about what innovation
can we invent by utilizing the
power of electric eels.

My new perspective after reading New information I have got

Electric eels are powerful animals Electric Eels cannot harm

that even can harm human. It is themselves.
too dangerous if we decide to
swim in South American rivers.

After I finished reading, I Questions I still have after

realized something important reading this book
that…

Electric Eels can have benefits In which area of Indonesia,

for our lives if we can utilize its electric eels can be found?
power.