1. Name: _________________________ Week of: _______________________________ Weekly Reading Log A Directions: Read for an average of 30 minutes daily, 5 days a week. Complete the Response sections daily. #1 – Summary (3-4 complete sentences) #2 – Connections (2- text-to-text, text-to-self, or text-to-world) #3 – Predict / Infer (2 of either, use complete sentences) #4 – 3 Questions (ask 3 open-ended questions) #5 – Character (Looks, Actions, Speech, Thoughts, Others) Fiction / Nonfiction Genre: _____________ Vocabulary (Identify 3 words you are unfamiliar with, write the pg #, and write down the dictionary definition) Pg. # ______ Word: ______________ Def.: _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ Pg. # ______ Word: ______________ Def.: _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ Pg. # ______ Word: ______________ Def.: _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ Author’s Purpose Persuade Inform Entertain TitleMin. Read Response (#1 - #4: use a different response for each day’s reflection) pg _________ to pg _________ Parent signature ______________________________ Point of View First Person Third Person Third Person Limited Omniscient How do you know : ____________________________________

2. Name: _________________________ Week of: _______________________________ Weekly Reading Log B Fiction / Nonfiction Genre: _____________ Author’s Purpose Persuade Inform Entertain Parent signature ______________________________ Point of View First Person Third Person Third Person Limited Omniscient How do you know : _______________________________________________________________ Title: __________________________________________________________________________ Author: ___________________________________________ Pages Read: ________ to ________ The main idea of this week’s reading was _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________. One important example of this is ______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________. Another significant example is ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________. A prediction or conclusion I can make is _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________ because ___________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________. I can infer that the character, _________________________, is or will ________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ because the text says ________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________. An interesting example of figurative language is ___________________________________________________ _________________________________, which means _____________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________.

3. Name: _________________________ Week of: __________________________________ Weekly Reading Log C Fiction / Nonfiction Genre: _____________ Author’s Purpose Persuade Inform Entertain Parent signature ______________________________ Point of View First Person Third Person Third Person Limited Omniscient How do you know : _______________________________________________________________ Date: _____________________ Pages Read: _________________Minutes Read: ______ Title: ___________________________________________ Author: ________________________ 3. Summary: Write a summary about what you read. It should be a full paragraph of AT LEAST five sentences! Be sure to include information about the characters, setting, conflicts, and main action of the plot. Punctuation, spelling, and mechanics count. Check your work __________________________________________________________________________________________ Choose one of the above readings as your focus novel of the week. Complete the following: 1.Focus novel for the week: _______________________________________________________________ 2.Literary Elements: Identify the following literary elements for your focus novel of the week. Date: _____________________ Pages Read: _________________Minutes Read: ______ Title: ___________________________________________ Author: ________________________ Date: _____________________ Pages Read: _________________Minutes Read: ______ Title: ___________________________________________ Author: ________________________ Date: _____________________ Pages Read: _________________Minutes Read: ______ Title: ___________________________________________ Author: ________________________

4. Name: _________________________ Week of: _______________________________ Weekly Reading Log D Novel __________________________________________________ Author _____________________________ Parent signature ______________________________ What genre is this story? _____________________ How do you know? __________________________ __________________________________________ Icon Pages Response How does the author effectively use descriptive words and phrases? Cite an example from the book. Describe how the characters work to resolve the issues/conflicts that arise in the story. What text-to-text, text-to-world, or text-to-self connections can you make? What information is missing, unclear, or still not known Summarize this section of the story. Point of View First Person Third Person Third Person Limited Omniscient How do you know : ____________________________________

5. Name: _________________________ Week of: __________________________________ Weekly Reading Log E Novel __________________________________________________ Author ____________________________ What genre is this story? __________________________________________________ How do you know? _______________________________________________________ P OINT OF V IEW First Person Third Person Third Person Limited Omniscient How do you know : __________________________________________________________________ Ask three open-ended questions about this week’s reading. Summarize this week’s reading in three sentences. Identify one text-to-text, text-to-world, or text-to-self connections you can make in t his week’s reading. Identify three words you are unfamiliar with. Write down the pg # and dictionary definition.. Identify a character and describe him or her (Looks, Actions, Speech, Thoughts, Others).

6. Name: ______________________Week of:___________________________ Title of Book: Author’s Name and Year published: Describe the protagonist. (Looks, Actions, Speech, Thoughts, Others) Describe the setting (time and place). Cite evidence from the text to support your answer (quote and pg. #) Genre: Fiction or Nonfiction Romance Mystery Drama Dystopia Sci-Fi Fantasy Comedy Adventure Biography Autobiography Expository What is the main conflict? Is it internal or external? Summarize the main parts of the plot. Write down and define three or more interesting words from the reading.. (Include the page # you found the word on) Describe the main antagonist (Looks, Actions, Speech, Thoughts, Others) Point of View (type of narration) Parent Signature ____________________________________________________________ Reading Log F Third Person Limited (Access is limited to only one character’s internal thoughts) Third Person Objective (No access to characters’ internal thoughts, more of an observer) Third Person Omniscient (Knows all and has access to characters’ internal thoughts) Second Person (Narrator tells the story to another character using “you”) First Person (Narrator describes own experiences, uses “I” or “we” or “my”)

7. Name: _____________________Week of: _________________________ Title of Book: _____ Author’s Name and Year published: Summary of main events Comprehension Questions: (Write three questions about this week’s reading that you would ask someone to gauge their reading comprehension.) SAY  Interesting or important quote. (cite pg. #) MEAN  Explain what the quote means. MATTER  Explain why the quote is important or interesting. Write down and define three interesting words from the reading. (Include the page # you found the word on) Significant Repetition: ( What are the recurring symbols, scenes, phrases, etc.? Why would the author keep repeating these things? Why are they significant?) Exposition (Introduces the characters, setting, and establishes a problem.) Climax (Turning point and usually the most exciting part of the story.) Resolution (Outcome of the story. How things turn out for the characters..) Falling Action (Events after the climax that lead toward the endng of the story.) Complications (Suspense builds and the problem gets worse / more complicated.) Parent Signature ____________________________________________________________ Reading Log G Point of View First Person Third Person Limited Third Person Omniscient Plot Points (check the section(s) covered) Genre: How do you know: