1. Title _________________________________________________ Author _______________________Genre ________________ #3 Character Empathy Character: ___________________ feels _______________________ when_______________________ ___________________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ ______ From the character’s point of view Who _________________ Wants ________________ _____________________ But__________________ _____________________ So___________________ _____________________ And__________________ ________________ #1 Mini Summary #2 Response to Literature The story reminds me of ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ #4 Lift a Line _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____ What is significant about this line? Copy a line from the story. _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ ___ This connection is: _____ Text to Self _____ Text to Text _____ Text to World

2. You are required to read a minimum of twenty minutes, four days per week in order to reach our goal of one million words read by each student. Your Weekly Reading Log must contain all of the following items for each day to receive credit: Title and Author of the Book Date Read Minutes Read Pages Read Your Reading Log must contain one of the following activities on each day you read. You cannot use the same strategy more than one time per week. Your weekly Reading Log is worth 8 points per week A Mini-summary (see back) Character Empathy (see back) A Prediction Lift-a-Line (see back) Draw a Picture (Visualize a Scene) Ask the Character/Author questions? A Text-to-Text Connection (see back) A Text-to-Self Connection (see back) A Text-to-World Connection (see back) List of Character Traits

3. Title _________________________________________________ Author _______________________Genre ________________ Character Empathy Character: ___________________ feels _______________________ when_______________________ ___________________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ ______ From the character’s point of view Who _________________ Wants ________________ _____________________ But__________________ _____________________ So___________________ _____________________ And__________________ ________________ Mini Summary Response to Literature The story reminds me of ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________ Lift a Line _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____ What is significant about this line? Copy a line from the story. _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ ___ This connection is: _____ Text to Self _____ Text to Text __ ✔ __ Text to World I rank this book The Titanic passengers to travel to America on the “unsinkable” Titanic the captain and officers were not concerned about ice they ignored warnings about icebergs in the area unfortunately collided with an iceberg causing it to sink. Exploring the Titanic Captain Robert BallardNon-fiction Jack Thayer extremely scared his only choice of survival was to jump into the freezing cold ocean water.. a movie I saw called Destiny where each of the characters had clues that they were going to die, but they ignored them all. In “Exploring the Titanic”, the passengers and crew ignored all the warning signs that should have concerned them. April 15, 1912, was a life changing day for me. I was certain that I was going to die. I was onboard the Titanic with my parents and was separated from them. When I jumped in, I was shocked by the cold and could hardly move. “Water was pouring into the first five compartments.” The significance of this line is that the reader already knows that the ship will only stay afloat if three or four compartments fill. This line shows that the sinking is inevitable.