Reader+Response

2. What was the most difficult book you have read that was also satisfying? Why was it satisfying?
3. When was a time you felt illiterate? Why did you feel that way? 4. What have you discovered that has made you a better reader? 5. What makes a good reader? 6. What do you do (really) when you don't know a word in reading? 7. Think of a time you changed or adjusted your language practices for a given setting. Why did you make these changes? 8. Reflect on a time when the values of your language at home have been challenged in the classroom.

About Your Young Adult Book
1. What passage would make a good read aloud? 2. What passage connects with another text? (inter-textual connection) 3. What passage contains an embedded allusion to another text? 4. What passage would be good to read closely? 5. What passage suggests a theme in the book? 6. What passage foreshadows something else? 7. What passage might offer a good lesson in style or grammar or punctuation? 8. What passage might arouse controversy, because of ambiguity or ethical decisions?