Independent Reading

 Blog Post Assignment---please post your blog post as a comment to this assignment!

1. Identify title, author, genre, and theme.
2. Share your personal reactions , including what it made you feel and think.
3. Summarize what happened and what it meant (but don’t spoil the ending for the rest of us!).
4. Note characters or points that you loved or hated and why.
5. Describe the writer’s style (descriptions that pulled your senses into the story, the moral, character or argument development, dialogue, etc.).
6. Reflect on the time, culture, or perspective in which it was written or set.
7. Conclude why it is or is not worth reading.
8. Refer to the rubric for more information.