Composition Book

Composition Book -- 2018

Composition Book Check

1. _________/10  Have you set up your composition book with all the parts on the Table of Contents?

Word Collector

Favorite Words

Books I’ve Read Since. . .

Books I Think I’d Like to Read

Reading Response Log

2.  ________ /5    Under "Reading Response Log" which begins on page 31, write   a 1/3 to 1/2 page to answer this question:
If a main character from your book were a student at AF Junior, would you want to hang out with him or her?  Why or why not?
Label it "Friends?" and add today's date   1-17-18.

3. ________/5  In your composition book under "Reading Response Log" which begins on page 31, write   a 1/3 to 1/2 page to answer this question: 

If you were in the story, what would your relationship be to the main character?

Label it "Joel and Me" and add today's date   1-19-18.

4. ________/5   In your composition book under "Reading Response Log" which begins on page 31, write   a 1/3 to 1/2 page to answer this question: 

In what ways would this book be different if it were set 100 years before or

100 years after its original setting?

Label it "Time Shift" and add today's date   1-23-18.

5. ________/5   In your composition book under "Reading Response Log" which begins on page 31, write   a 1/3 to 1/2 page to answer this question: 

In the book you're reading right now, how would the story be different if a female main character were male or visa versa?
Label it "Gender Swap" and add today's date   1-25-18.

6. ________ /5    In your composition book under "Reading Response Log" which begins on page 31, write   a 1/3 to 1/2 page to answer this question: 

If you could ask the author (of your independent reading book)  three questions about the book right now, what would they be? 

Label it "Asking the Author" and add today's date   1-29-18.

7.  ________ /5    In your composition book under "Reading Response Log" which begins on page 31, write   a 1/3 to 1/2 page to answer this question: 

If you could ask the author (of The Rithmatist) three questions about the book right now, what would they be?     Label it "Asking Sanderson" and add today's date   1-29-18.

Total:   ___________/ 40 

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Make-Up Questions for Composition Book – If your answers were too short or otherwise unsatisfactory,  choose some of these to make-up points.    

Each answer should be a half-page or longer.

1. What is the point of view? How would the story be different if it were told from another point of view?   (first person, second person, or third person)

2. Have you read other books like this?  What connections can you make to other books or stories you have read?   How about movies or other shows?

3.  Think about the characters in the story. Are any of them the same type of

character that you have met in other stories?

4.  What strategies does the author use to create suspense, to make you want to read on, to

find out what happens? Give examples.

5.  Pick a scene from the book and tell part of it from the point of view of one of the more minor characters – for example, in The Rithmatist you could write from the point of view of  Fitch or Hardy or Nalizar or even Melody. 

6. How does the author include humor in the story?  Is there a particular character in the book who is humorous, or are there funny situations, or . . . ?   Give examples.

7. Every writer creates a make-believe work and peoples it with characters. Even

where the world is far different from your own, how does the author make this particular

story seem possible or probable?

8. After reading the whole book, were there any clues that the author built into the story that helped you to anticipate the outcome? If so, what were they? Did you think these clues were

important when you read them?

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Previous Classes --

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September 13:  Write -- in your composition book -- under Reading Responses,

If you lived in Joel and Melody's world, would you want to be a Rithmatist?  

September 11:   In your composition book, under Reading Responses,  . . . . write and draw to answer this question: 

Melody draws unicorns.  What would your best chalklings animals or other creatures be?    (or)  What is your "Spirit Animal" -- the animal you most closely identify with.

September 7:   Write, then Pair-Share

In your composition book, under Reading Responses,  . . . .
Tell about the antagonist(s)  in either your own book or in The Rithmatist.  Is it a person or something else (nature, society, technology, the supernatural -- fate, magic, gods, ghosts, etc.)?   Is there more than one?  Who or what do you think is the main "villain" in the book?  (If you have already read it, don't give it away.)  

How is the antagonist keeping  the protagonist from getting what he or she wants? 

September 5: In your composition book, under Reading Responses, . . . .Tell about how you feel so far about a character in the book you read during our Quiet, Individual Reading Time.
Is this someone who would be your friend? Why or why not?
What strengths and weaknesses do you see so far in the character?

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Past Years 
August 25 

Set up your composition book: 

      See the instructions page.  

August 29

Receive a list of suggested reader response starters.

 Write:  When directed to,  respond to what you read in your composition book, under "Reading Response Log."  Use any one of the response starters. 

August 31

Use the prompt, "I like the way the author. . . "  Write at least a third page in response.   Date your response: 8-31.

Sept. 2

Use the prompt, "This part is realistic or unrealistic because. . . ."  Write at least a third page in response.   Date your response: 9-2.

Sept. 7

Use the prompt, " I like/dislike (name of a character from your book because. . .   "  Write at least a third page in response.   Date your response: 9-7.

Sept. 9 

"This story teaches. . .      "  Write at least a third page in response.   Date your response: 9-9.

Sept. 13

Think of another book or a movie or TV show  or your  own experience that the book you are reading has some connection with.  Write at least a third page in response.   Date your response: 9-13

Sept. 15

Pick a character and explain why you would or would not want to hang out with that character!  

Sept. 19

What is the setting of your book?   Explain both the time and place, the when and where of your book.   Can you find a sentence that describes the setting?  Copy it as part of this response. 

Sept. 21

Write in your composition book to answer these questions: 

What if Bod had been adopted by a regular family?

How would Bod be different in. . . .

1. How he lives? (food, clothes, housing, daily life, etc.)
2. How he sees the world?
3. How he speaks?
4. How he acts? 
5. How he solves his problems? 

September 23 
Last time you noticed the setting. This time you will list as many aspects of the setting as you can.

September 27

Watch for a favorite sentence or phrase -

        because it just sounds good, 

        because it is great writing, 

        because it's funny, 

        or whatever makes it stand out to you.

    Write it in your composition book under "Word Collector."

September 27 

 Today, look for a word you like -- because of the way it sounds, what it means, what it looks like on the page, or any for any other reason. 

Record one or more words in your composition book under "Favorite Words."