Name:

___________________________ Date: ______ CP: _____Book:______

Role 1: Summarizer!
While reading
Characters Setting




Post Reading: Step 1: Name it, verb it, big picture
Name It (Chapter # of book title) Verb It Big Picture (big idea of chapter 10 or less words!)
describes

explains


Step 2: Jot Dots
Remember: Each jot dot should be eight words or less and should tell the MOST important information from
the part you read.
Jot Dots

1. First, ________________________________________________________
2. Second, _______________________________________________________
3. Next, ________________________________________________________
4. Finally,________________________________________________________

Now, write what you have about in complete sentences (should be 5 total):
Summary

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Name __________________________________________ Date: ________ CP: _____ Book: _____________

Role 2: Visualizer!
What do you think is the most important setting or event in this chapter? Pages ________ - ________
The most important setting or event in this chapter is_____________________________________________
because__________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________

How the text described the setting/event What I added in my head
- I see...
1.

- 2.

3.
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I smell
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1.

- I hear

1.
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2.



Illustrate it!

 Name _______________________________________ Date: ________ CP: _______ Book: _______________

Role 3: Inferencer!
Pg:_______I think _______________________thought Pg:_______I think ______________________thought

___________________________________________ __________________________________________

because _____________________________________ because ____________________________________

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Pg: ________ When ____________________ Pg: ________ When ____________________
said ________________________________ said ________________________________
____________________________________ ____________________________________
it made me think ______________________ it made me think ______________________
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____________________________________ _____________________________________

Pg: _______ I think _____________ Pg: _______ I think _______________

felt __________________________ felt ___________________________
because ______________________ because _______________________
_____________________________ _______________________________
_____________________________ _______________________________
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Pg: ________I think (character>) ______________ Pg: ________I think (character>) _______________
(action>) ___________________________________ (action>) ___________________________________
because ___________________________________ because ___________________________________
__________________________________________ __________________________________________
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Pg: _____ The character ___________ influenced

Pg: ________ The character _____________ influenced
the character _____________ in this way
the character _____________ in this way
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Name ____________________________________ Date: ______________ CP: ______ Book: _____________

Role 4: Symbolizer!

Step 1: Choose the BIG IDEA of the chapter.
(Hint: Think about theme. What did the character learn in this chapter? What was the most
important event and what is the author really trying to teach us about this? Think
BBIIIIGGG!!)


BIG Idea Bank

Friendship
Family Trust Faith Forgiveness Freedom
Adventure
Kindness
Acceptance
Honesty Love

Overcoming P erseverance

Death
Greed
Growing
u p Redemption


Karma Nostalgia


C ourage



R egret


H ome



D etermination

Fear
Anything else you come up with!


The BIG Idea I chose was _____________________________________ because in the
chapter
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Step 2: Think of a specific symbol (object, item, place, person, etc.) in this that represents this
BIG idea. What is the symbol and HOW does it represent the theme from this chapter?
__________________________________________________________________
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Step 3: Get creative! Think of a symbol in your own life (object, item, place, person, etc.) that
represents this BIG idea for you. What is the symbol and how does it represent this to you?
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Name _________________________________________ Date: ________ CP: _______ Book: _____________

Role 5: Word Detective!

Tricky Word Page Number Sentence that has this tricky word

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Prefixes, suffixes, root words, or Connotation? What I think it means

little words inside?

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N
- ___________
Tricky Word Page Number Sentence that has this tricky word

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Prefixes, suffixes, root words, or Connotation? What I think it means

little words inside?

+



N
- ___________
Tricky Word Page Number Sentence that has this tricky word

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Prefixes, suffixes, root words, or Connotation? What I think it means

little words inside?

+



N
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