Readers Notebook

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Reading Log
Pick out a book that you would like to read. Write down the title, author, and genre code in the spaces provided. When you finish it, write the date that you completed it. If you decide not to finish it, write A for abandoned in the date completed column. In the last column, write E if it was easy, JR if it was just right for you, or C if it was challenging.
# Title Author Genre Code Date Completed E, JR, C

Discover all the different genres of books and get to know them well so that you can easily identify the genre of any book! It will make it easier for you to pick your favorites during independent reading time - both at school and at home as well as when youre looking for reference materials for a project or for your own knowledge. Expand your genre horizons!

Book Genres
Fiction

Code RF M F HF TL SF

Genre

Definition
A story that is made up, but could happen in real life. A suspenseful story about a mysterious event. The mysterious event is usually solved at the end of the story. A story including elements that are impossible, such as talking animals or magical powers. Think of them as IMAGINARY. A story that takes place in a particular period in the past. Often, the setting is real, but the characters are made up from the authors imagination. Stories that are passed down from one group to another in history. This includes folk tales, legends, fairy tales, tall tales and myths from all different cultures. A type of fantasy that uses technology, such as computers, robots, time machines, etc.

Realistic Fiction
MYSTERY
FANTASY

Historical Fiction

Traditional Literature
SCIENCE FICTION
Genre Autobiography Biography Informational

Non- Fiction
Code AB B I Definition
A true story about a persons life that they write themselves. A true story about a persons life that is written by someone else. Text that provides real facts about a particular subject. There are informational books on just about anything you can think of (sports, space, history, animals, careers, weather, etc.)

Other
Code P Genre Poetry Definition
Poetry is a written explanation of feelings or expression by the use of a certain style or rhythm.

What Genres Am I Reading?

Month:________________________________

Genre

Number of Books I Read (Tally Marks)

Realistic Fiction (RF)

MYSTERY (M)
FANTASY

(F)

Historical Fiction (HF)

Traditional Literature (TL)

SCIENCE FICTION (SF)
Biography (B)/ Autobiography (AB)

Informational (I)
Poetry (P)

Genres I read in the month of:________________________________________

Maybe next month, Ill consider reading more______________________________

10

Realistic Fiction

MYSTERY

FANTASY

Historical Fiction

Traditional Literature

SCIENCE FICTION

Biography/ Informational Autobiography

POETRY

My Reading Goals
These are goals that I talk with my teacher about and create in order to become a better reader. What goals to I want to set for myself? What could help me become a better reader?

Date

Goal

Achieved, Y or N?

My Reading Goals
These are goals that I talk with my teacher about and create in order to become a better reader. What goals to i want to set for myself? What could help me become a better reader?

Date

Goal

Achieved, Y or N?

My Reading Goals
These are goals that I talk with my teacher about and create in order to become a better reader. What goals to i want to set for myself? What could help me become a better reader?

Date

Goal

Achieved, Y or N?

Wish List
There are many ways that you can find new books you might want to read. Think about the different genres that you like and browse the library (any library!) for books in those genres that look interesting to you. What about asking a buddy for a recommendation? Have you found any books that look cool that you might want to check out? Write the titles of books youd like to read in this section and come back to it when youre ready to move on to a new book. Reading at home counts!

Title

Author

Check When Completed

Mini Lesson Handouts

Table of Contents
ARE YOU STUCK?! Well, youre in LUCK because this section can help! If you come across a problem when youre reading, use this section as a guide to help you. Keep track of your handouts from our in-class mini lessons in this section.

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Title/Subject of Mini Lesson

Page #

Reading Response
In this section, I will give you a brief task to write about after your reading time is over. Write your responses in the spaces provided. Dont forget to write the title of the book youre reading!

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Suggestions for Reading Response Topics

Write about your favorite part of the book and why it was important to the story. Explain how the main character changed as the story continued Write about something that was surprising in your book Talk about a character in the book that you liked. How are they alike or different from you? Describe parts of the book that puzzled you or made you ask questions. Write about an important lesson or moral that was learned in the story. Write your predictions about the story. Were they right? Wrong? How? Explain how the book reminds you of yourself, people you know, or of something that happened in your life (text-to-self connections). Explain how the book reminds you of other books, especially the characters, events, or setting (text-to-text connections). Describe how this book is like other books by the same author, on the same topic, or in the same genre. Retell the ending of the story AND write your feelings about it. Describe the authors craft: What was good about the authors writing? What things might you try to do in your own writing that you learned from this author? Explain why you think that your book is popular with students in the class (if it is popular with other readers in the class). Would you recommend the book to another reader? Explain why or why not. Describe what you would change about the book if you could rewrite it. Describe in details the setting of your book and how it fits into the story. Write a letter to a character in the book or a letter from one character to another. Write a diary entry in the voice of a character in your book. Compare two characters in the book to each other by describing their similarities and their differences. Compare a character in your book to a character in another book you have read. Make a list of lingering questions you have after finishing the book.