Summer Reading Reflection You will need a copy of your Summer
Reading book or a book that you read recently. You will have the
entire block to work on this assignment. Turn in whatever you have
at the end of class. Slide 2 August 29, 2014 - Summer Reading
Reflection Ob jective I will identify the major story elements
found in my Summer Reading novel and will support each with textual
evidence. Warm Up H omework H ave a great LONG weekend! :) Take out
your Language Arts binder, copy the date into the upper right hand
corner and the objective onto the first line. Slide 3 For today's
class, you will need to have your Summer Reading book with you in
class. We will be working on an in- class reflection paper which
will ask you questions about the main character, plot and theme of
your book. You will need to pull text so be sure to have your book
with you! Slide 4 Define the following in your notes conflict -
climax - theme - Slide 5 Conflict - the struggle or problem which
progresses the action in a story Climax - the turning point in a
story, what all the events have been leading up to Theme - the
author's universal message / lesson to the reader Slide 6 1. Put
the title of your book and the author. 2. Who is the main
character? List 3 adjectives to describe this character and support
each one with evidence from the book. Give an example of something
that the main character did that you liked and another example of
something that the main character did that you didn't like. Explain
each example. 3. Describe the main conflict or problem that drives
the novel and explain how it is resolved at the end of the story.
4. What was the climax of the story? List 3 events that led to the
climax. 5. How did your book end? What might be another option to
the ending? *If you didn't get to the ending, write DID NOT FINISH
BOOK * 6. Share a theme found in this book. Use textual evidence to
support your answer. Slide 7 skip a line between each number Slide
8 Slide 9 Homework Have a great LONG weekend! No school on Monday -
YAY! :)
