STOPANDJOT

*Thesesentencestartersaretobeusedduringindependentorpartnerreading.Youwillstopreadingandjotyour
thoughtsdowninyournotebook(usingoneofthesentencestartersbelow)toshowyourthinkingduringreading
.

A.MakingConnections
1. Thisremindsmeof
2. Ihavehadthesameexperienceasmy
characterwhen
3. because

B.AskingQuestions
1. Iwonder
2. Howcome
3. Why
4. Imconfusedabout...
5. Whatif
6. Idontunderstand...

C.Visualizing/SensoryImages:
1. InmymindIpicture____whenIread____
2. Ivisualized
3. Icansee
4. Icantaste/hear/smell/feel...

D.Inferring/Predicting:
1. Ithink
2. Maybe________means___because
3. WhenIread____Icanassume
4. Ipredict____because.

Thisremindsmeofthebook___E.Summarizing:
1. Sofarthisbookismostlyabout
2. First.Next...Then...Finally
3. Somebody...Wanted...But...So...Then

F.Synthesizing
1. AtfirstIthought_____butnowIm
thinking___because...
2. Imchangingmythinkingagainbecause
3. Ithinkthelessonorthemeis___
because.
4. Theseeventshavecausesmetobelieve
.

G.AuthorsMessage
1. Ithinkthelessonorthemeis____
because
2. Thisauthoriswritingthisto
inform/persuade/entertain.Iknowthis
because...

H.Evaluating
1. Iagreewith_____because.
2. Idontagreewith____because.

I.Setting(TimeandPlace)
1. Thisstorytakesplace
2. SomethingInoticedaboutthesetting...

J.Characters:
1. IfIwere
(CharactersNames),
Iwould
2. Thecharacterthatinterestsmethemost
is____because.

K.Plot
1. Ithinkoneoftheproblemsinthisstoryis
.
2. Ithink(
CharactersName
)willtrytosolve
thisproblemby.

L.Language
1. Ilikethewaytheauthordescribed.
2. ____isanewwordforme.Ithinkitmeans
_____because.
3. Aninteresting(word,phrase,orsentence)
wasInoticedwas.
4. _____isoneofmyfavoritepassages
because...