1. Reading Response 6 –November 13, 2014 Independent Novel Study
Choose ONE of the following:
What do you like most about your novel? Explain your choice. OR
What do you dislike most about your novel? Explain why.

2. Reading Response 6, Option 1 (completed example)

3. Reading Response 6, Option 2 (completed example)

4. Text to Text Connections
Making Text to Text connections involves explaining how an aspect from your novel relates or is connected to another text
Remember that texts can include: novels, movies, tv shows, songs, music videos, tv commercials, poems, non-fiction books, short stories

5. Dark Green Square (completed example)

6. Text to Self Connections
Text to Self connections involve relating something from your novel to something that has happened in your own life
When making Text to Self connections, be sure to go beyond the simple. For example, avoid connections like “There is a dog in my novel and I have a dog.” Your connection should be more sophisticated and well supported than that.

7. Purple Square (completed example)

8. Text to World Connections
Text to World connections require you to connect and relate something from your novel to an issue or event from the real world
World connections can be specific or historical events (WWII or 9/11, for example), or a more global theme that impacts people in the world (poverty, conflict, discrimination, for example)

9. Light Blue Square (completed example)