Reflection Question Menu
Make sure answer the questions that are assigned.
Prompt Choices to Respond to Fiction
- Describe the problem/conflict of this book.
- Summarize the main events in this book.
- Who is your favorite or least favorite character? Why?
- Do any of the characters remind you of yourself, a family member, or a friend? How?
- Are there situations in the story where you would have acted differently than one of the characters? Describe what you would have done.
- Compare and contrast two characters. Include at least three important similarities and three important differences.
- Describe the setting (time and place). Does it remind you of anywhere you are familiar with?
- Describe the climax (the turning point of the story when the action reaches a critical point).
- What do you like best about the story? The least? Why?
- Does this story remind you of other books you have read, movies you have seen, or experiences you have had? Describe the similarities.
- Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
- Find three words from this section of the story that you don’t know. Look them up and define them. Write a RACE paragraph explaining why the author chose this word.
- If you could ask the author one question, what would it be? Why do you want to know this?
- Why do you think the author wrote this selection?
- What did the author do in order to “hook” the reader? Explain.
- What “pictures” does the author create in your mind? Describe them.
- Have you learned anything interesting that you didn’t know before reading this selection? Explain.
- Are the characters believable? Why or why not?
- Write a letter to one of the characters giving him/her advice on how to handle a problem or situation he/she is facing. Be sure to include a greeting and a closing.
- If you could spend one day with a character, who would it be and what would you do? Explain why you chose these activities for this particular character.
- How has the main character changed over the course of the story? What do you think is the cause of the change?
- What was the best part of this book? Explain.
- Are there any parts you would change? Explain.
- How did you feel while reading this book? Why did you feel this way?
- How did the author make you feel the way you did? Explain, thinking about the language used, description of people and places, etc.
- Pretend you are a character in the story. Write a diary entry as the character, explaining what has happened to you and how you feel about it.
- Using the text, illustrate a descriptive passage, a key scene, or a character (this should take some time and effort . . . no stick figures!). Describe the picture in with a RACECE paragraph. Use Evidence.
- Create a timeline of important events in the story. Give corresponding page numbers by each event. Use Evidence
- What are two attributes that describe a particular character? Give at least two pieces of evidence for each attribute that support your opinion.
Prompt Choices to Respond to Non-Fiction
- What topic(s) does this book describe?
- Was the information easy for you to understand? Why?
- What facts did you like learning about the most? Why?
- What information would you like to share with someone else? Why?
- Would you like to read more books about this topic? Why?
- What else would you like to know about this topic? How can you find it out?
- How is the information in this book presented/organized?
- Were there any special text features in the book? (headings, sub-headings, table of contents, index, etc?
- How did the text features help you in your reading?
- Who is the author? What qualifies the author to write this information?
- What would you ask the author if you ever met him or her?
- What kind of research did the author have to do to write this information?
- Does this book provide recent information? Where could you look to find more information about the topic?
- Did you understand what the author was saying? What information was the easiest to understand? What information was the hardest to understand? Why?
- Would this book or information be different if it were written ten years ago? Why?
- By reading this, did you discover anything that could help you outside of school?
- Is this book like any other book you have read? How is it alike or different? Which one do you like better? Why?
- Was the information well organized? Give an example of why or why not?
- Was the information told straight to you or is it in story form? How can you tell?
- What could the author have done to make the information easier to understand?