As you reflect on your FICTION book this summer, here are some ideas to keep your writing in tip-top shape for next year!*Remember, these are just suggestions! You are welcome to choose your own format for reflection!*
Be sure to post your writing on the page matching the title of the work to which you are responding, It's always a smart idea start off with the main idea of the text, but don't be a spoiler! Then consider trying some or all of the ideas below!
If you had to categorize the novel you read into one of the 6 concepts listed here, under which would you classify it? Why?
What does the text have to do with you, personally, and with your life (past, present or future)?
How much does the text agree or clash with your view of the world and what you consider right and wrong? Use several quotes as examples of how it agrees or disagrees with and supports what you think about the world, about right and wrong, and about what you think it is to be human.
How well does it address things that you, personally, care about and consider important to the world? Did it pass the "So What?" test? Use quotes to illustrate.
How well did you enjoy the text (or not) as entertainment or as a work of art? Use quotes or examples to illustrate the quality of the text as art or entertainment. Of course, be aware that some texts are not meant to be entertainment or art--a news report or textbook, for instance, may be neither entertaining or artistic, but may still be important and successful.
What is your overall reaction to the text? Would you read something else like this, or by this author, in the future? Why or why not? To whom would you recommend this text?
Be sure to post your writing on the page matching the title of the work to which you are responding, It's always a smart idea start off with the main idea of the text, but don't be a spoiler!
Then consider trying some or all of the ideas below!
If you had to categorize the novel you read into one of the 6 concepts listed here, under which would you classify it? Why?
IDENTITY, POWER, ETHICS, AWARENESS, PERSPECTIVE, CHANGE
What does the text have to do with you, personally, and with your life (past, present or future)?
How much does the text agree or clash with your view of the world and what you consider right and wrong? Use several quotes as examples of how it agrees or disagrees with and supports what you think about the world, about right and wrong, and about what you think it is to be human.
How well does it address things that you, personally, care about and consider important to the world? Did it pass the "So What?" test? Use quotes to illustrate.
How well did you enjoy the text (or not) as entertainment or as a work of art? Use quotes or examples to illustrate the quality of the text as art or entertainment. Of course, be aware that some texts are not meant to be entertainment or art--a news report or textbook, for instance, may be neither entertaining or artistic, but may still be important and successful.
What is your overall reaction to the text? Would you read something else like this, or by this author, in the future? Why or why not? To whom would you recommend this text?