Submitted by pallison on Sat, 09/05/2009 - 9:43am.

<Begin with a freewrite about your book. Write non-stop about your book. What have you been thinking about your book since you read last?>

I <am / am not> <verb ending with "-ing" that shows emotion> <Title>, by <Author's First and Last Name> because <Finish this sentence.> An example of what I mean is on page < ___ >.  "<Copy a couple of lines or a paragraph from the book.>" I think this is <adjective> because... <Add 1 or 2 sentences>

One of the big ideas or themes in this book is <Finish this sentence.> You can see this on page <_____> where it says: "<Copy another 2 or 3 sentences or a pagagraph from the book>." As you can see <Author's Last Name> wants us to think about... <re-state what you think the main ideas are behind the stories in this book.>

I <am / am not> looking forward to reading the rest of this book because <Add 2 or 3 sentences explaining why you feel this way.> What's probably going to happen next is <Make predictions about what will happen next in your book, given what the book is about so far>.