- This (character, place, event) reminds me of ... because...
- I like/dislike this book because...
- I like/dislike this part of the book because...
- This situation reminds me of something that happened in my own life.
(Tell the story and talk about the connections.)
- The character I (like best, admire, dislike the most) is because...
- I like this part of the story because...
- This book makes me think about (an important social issue, a problem)
- When I read this book I felt...
- If I were this character, I would...
- (Character) reminds me of (myself, a friend, a family member) because...
- If I could talk to one of the book's characters, I would (ask or say)...
- I predict that... because...
- This (sentence, phrase, paragraph) is an example of good writing.
- This (person, place, time) reminds me of ...
- I admire (character) because...
- I didn't understand the part of the story when...
- This book reminds me of another book I have read.
- The most exciting part of the book was...
- The big ideas in this book were...
- Some important details I noticed were... They were important because...
- My favorite part of the book was...
- I think the author wrote this book to...
- I found this book hard to follow when...
- The author really got me interested when...
- The book is really about...
- After the book ends, I predict...
- I am like or different from (character)...
- I learned...
- This book makes me want to (action, further reading).
- After reading the first (paragraph, page, chapter) of this book, I
felt...
- The title of this book says to me...
- If I could be any character in this book, I would be... because...
- What I want to remember about this book is ...
- I'd like to read another book by this author because...
- The most important (word, phrase, idea, illustration) in this book
is...
- My feelings about (the book, characters) changed when...
- This book was an effective piece of writing because...
- As compared to other books (by this author, on the same topic), I think
this book is...
- I question the accuracy of...
- The genre of this book is .... because it has (characteristics)
- I (agreed/disagreed) with the author about...
- I think the illustrations...
- I noticed that the author...
- If I were the author, I would have changed the part of the story when...
- The author is qualified to write this book because...
- To summarize the text, I would say...
- This book helped me to...
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