Sentence Leads for Reading Response Journals

Select one of the sentence leads below to get you

started writing in your Reading Response Journal:

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  • 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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Updated: August 10, 2004