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Date
Greeting
Paragraphs indented
Author & Title of the book
Brief Summary
Response to the Focus Topic
Make a Connection
Closing
Signature
Neat handwriting!!
Tell me what happened in your book using
your own words!
 5 W’s and How
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› Who
› What
› When
› Where
› Why
› How
Each week I will give you a Focus Topic for
you Reading Response Letter
 You will have to make sure the Focus Topic is
included in your letter.
 This week Focus Topic is characters and
setting.
 In your letter you will have to tell me about
the characters and setting of your book.
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 Who are the main characters?
 Where does the book take place?
 What does the setting of the book tell you about the
characters’ role in the story?
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Text to Text
› This book reminds me of a book I read…
Text to Self
› This book reminds me of something that happened in
my life…
Text to World
› This book reminds me of something that happened in
the world.
When making a connection make sure to include how it
relates back to the book!
› This book reminds me of the time I went strawberry
picking with my family. I made this connection because
the little boy in the story loved to go strawberry picking
with his brother.
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Reader’s Response Scoring Guide
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Date
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Greeting and Closing
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Author and Title
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Paragraphs Indented
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Focus Topic:
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Brief Summary
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Made Connection
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Signature
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Neatness
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_________ Grade
Dear Miss Magliato,
September 16, 2014
I am reading a wonderful book this week. I am sure you have read it or at least
watched the movie. The book is Matilda by Roald Dahl.
I know you have probably read this book, but I want to tell you about what I read
this week. At this point in the book, Matilda has just received her very own library card. Every
single day after her rotten old parents leave for work, Matilda walks by herself to the library.
The librarian is very nice to her and helps her find tons of books. She spends hours upon hours
reading! Matilda reads so many amazing books, including books that high school students
read. She’s only 5 and understands so much, it’s so amazing!
When Matilda’s parents got home and saw her reading they got so mad at her.
Her father screamed and yelled at her for reading!! Could you imagine?? Why would her
parents yell at her for doing something that’s going to make her smarter?! I couldn’t believe
it!
Matilda then asks her parents if she could go to school and they tell her absolutely
not! If I were Matilda I would be so disappointed! This is where I stopped reading for the
week. I can’t wait to read on and see if Matilda gets to go to school or not. I think she
definitely should because she is so smart and she will learn even more!
In my opinion Roald Dahl does a wonderful job of making you feel as if you can
really hear the characters. I can just imagine Matilda’s dad, as his face turns bright red and
he screams at her for reading books!!
I really can’t wait to dive back into my book tonight. I’ll fill you in on what happens
in my next letter!
Your student,
Ima Reader
Reader’s Response Letter Breakdown:
put this on the inside cover of your
notebook
 Reader’s Repsonse Scoring Guide:
 Put this on the first page of your
notebook
 Sample letter: Put this on the back of the
first page
 Letter from me: Put this on the second
page
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