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5th and 6th Grade Reading Response Resources : Page 2

After reading Pam Mu&ntilde;oz Ryan&rsquo;s novel Esperanza Rising, let students use their creativity to model the two main settings from the story!

Novel Study: Esperanza Rising: Esperanza’s Homes

In this activity, your child will get the chance to adapt a favorite book for the stage or screen.

Book Script

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.

Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Author’s Purpose

Children are invited to come up with a new ending to a book they have read in this inventive fan fiction worksheet template.

Fan Fiction Finales: Alternate Story Endings

Explore the major themes of your reading assignment by making a book poster. Don't forget the tagline!

Book Poster

First thing's first: if your kid has a reading assignment, start by stating just the facts on this essential-info sheet.

Book Facts

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Biography of Wangari Maathai

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a poem or drama in this worksheet for middle school learners.

Literary Response Prompt: Form and Structure in Poetry and Drama

Choose your literary nonfiction response prompt! Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the impact of an author’s word choice.

Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Word Choice

Students will look over a sample reading response letter and identify important elements in the text.

Reading Response Letter Interactive

After finishing Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, readers reflect on the major elements of the story with these writing prompts.

Novel Study: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Post-Reading Response Prompts

After reading Jim Murphy&#39;s novel The Great Fire, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity!

Book Study: The Great Fire: One Year After The Fire

After finishing Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle&rsquo;s A Wrinkle in Time, choose one of Mrs Who&#39;s quotes to research, reflect on, and design a bumper sticker around.

Novel Study: A Wrinkle in Time: Famous Quotes

After finishing Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle&rsquo;s A Wrinkle in Time, readers reflect on the theme of individuality vs. conformity in this fun post-reading activity.&nbsp;

Novel Study: A Wrinkle in Time: Dare to Be Different

After finishing Madeleine L&rsquo;Engle&rsquo;s A Wrinkle in Time, students give thought to the various settings in the story with this creative post-reading prompt!

Novel Study: A Wrinkle in Time: Greetings From the Universe 

After students have learned about reading response letters they can use this checklist to polish their own letter.

Reading Response Letter Checklist

Help your students think deeply about literature with these helpful conversation starters.

Literature Response Reflection Cards

Every story has a turning point or two, and this worksheet encourages your kid to examine the main event in a book up close.

The Main Event

After finishing Rick Riordan&rsquo;s The Lightning Thief, give students this fun artistic assignment as an extension activity!&nbsp;

Novel Study: The Lightning Thief: Design a Camp T-Shirt

Use this activity to teach students the structure and content of a reading response letter.

Reading Response Letter Format

Your middle schooler will receive a boost in his creative writing skills and reflect on the importance of Christmas as he rewrites the Charles Dickens classic.

Write a "Christmas Carol" Tale

After completing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, students reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these post-reading response prompts.

Novel Study: Anne of Green Gables: Post-Reading Response Prompts

The silent film era featured creative storytelling techniques like miming and slapstick. Read and write about silent film era classics like Charlie Chaplin.

Silent Film Era

If your kid loves the book Bridge to Terabithia, he might enjoy its movie adaptation. He'll have fun reading and watching while honing his analytical skills.

Terabithia: Page versus Screen

Collect and organize your thoughts in preparation for a reading response letter with this graphic organizer.

Planning Your Reading Response Letter

Children are invited to create their own works of fan fiction with this inventive worksheet template.

Fan Fiction

Using the brothers from Ender's Game, our writing worksheet gives your child the opportunity to examine any rivalries between him and his siblings or friends.

Ender and Peter

The flying, crowing, strutting figure of Peter Pan is known to kids of all ages, but how much do we really know? In this lesson, your class will use the Peter Pan and Neverland workbook to take a closer look at Peter and his world.

Peter Pan and Neverland 1: A Child Forever

After completing Jim Murphy&rsquo;s book The Great Fire, give students a chance to reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these response prompts.

Book Study: The Great Fire: Post-Reading Response Prompts

Individualize middle-grade learning experiences with this fun reading response choice board!

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