Nonfiction Independent Reading Packet
Complete the following packet over your selected novel. You will do one entry at the beginning of each class period and then use the rest of the class period and any time you need outside of class for reading.
Complete the following activities following the assigned pages. All of these activities will be in your Journal on your website. Write in complete sentences. Obviously, the more developed your responses are the better the grade you’ll get.
Due at End of First Reading Day
Title of book
Author
Number of pages
Publisher and copyright
Why did you select this book?
What clues did you get about the book from the cover design and the blurbs on the book jacket?
You should have read pages 1-30 at least
Write a detailed summary of the first 30 pages introducing the main character, setting, and events.
Due At End of Second Reading Day
You should have read pages 31-60 at least
Write a page character analysis of an interesting person you have met so far. It doesn’t have to be the main person although it may be. What is the person like and how does the author reveal the characterization to you?
Due at end of Third Reading Day
You should have read pages 61 - 90at least
Choose two significant quotations from pages 1-90. Write the quote below along with the page number and explain in a well-developed paragraph the importance of the quotation.
Quote 1
Explanatory paragraph
Quote 2
Explanatory paragraph
Due At End of Fourth Reading Day
You should have read pages 91 - 120
Is the setting important to your book? Why or why not?What is the setting of this book? Describe it in detail - location, time period, type of society.
Due At End of Fifth Reading Day
You should have read pages 121-150
11. What do you know now that you didn't know before you read this book?
How has your thinking changed after reading this book?
Due at the End of the Six Reading Day
You should have read pages 151 - 180
By now you should have a good idea about the novel’s conflict. Explain the conflict giving enough details so I can get it. Then make a prediction about what you think will happen in the novel.
Due at the End of the Seventh Reading Day
You Should have read pages 181 - 210
Choose any person you have encountered in the novel so far. Choose five objects that this person would put in his or her pocket, purse, bag, or suitcase. In other words, these are objects that help define the person. For example, if someone were to write about me, he would probably list a bottle of water as an object that helped define me and then would go on to explain that I was never without a bottle of water and that it was necessary for me to drink lots of water because of my kidney and so on…Whatever you choose explain why these objects are appropriate for the selected character. Then if the person were to carry a bag, what kind of bag would it be? Describe it and explain why.
Due at the End of the Eighth Reading Day
You should have read the rest of the book
13. Write a quick book review following the 5 W format. As you work through your response you can label each paragraph with the journalist’s question that it explores.
Paragraph 1: WHO is the main person of the book? How does the person change over the course of the story? How would you describe this person’s personality?
Paragraph 2: WHAT is the book about?
Paragraph 3: WHERE does the story take place? What is the setting(s) and how does it add to the book. How does the location relate to the people and theme? What time period or era? How can you tell? If the book involves more than one setting, choose the most important one and explain why.
Paragraph 4: WHEN does the climax of the book occur? Tell me about it.
Paragraph 5: WHY did the author write this story? What point is the author trying to make? Link your why response to a theme.
Paragraph 6: Rate this novel on a 1-10 scale with 1 being low and 10 being high. Then explain why. Make a recommendation about the novel one way or another.