________________________________(Title of Story)

_____________________________(Author of Story)

_______________________(Names)

__________(Class Period)

Determining Importance

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____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____.(Write a summary of the story using only the most important elements. The summary can be no longer than 40 words!)

Connecting

1. In the story, when ______________________________________, it made me think of ______________________________ (write something that happened) (write WHAT that something made you think of)

because ____________________________. This was a text to self/text/world connection. This helped my comprehension (explain WHY it made you think of it) (circle one) because_______________________________________________________________.

(Explain how this helped your comprehension of the story)

2. In the story, when ______________________________________, it made me think of ______________________________ (write something that happened) (write WHAT that something made you think of)

because ____________________________. This was a text to self/text/world connection. This helped my comprehension (explain WHY it made you think of it) (circle one) because_______________________________________________________________.

(Explain how this helped your comprehension of the story)

3. In the story, when ______________________________________, it made me think of ______________________________ (write something that happened) (write WHAT that something made you think of)

because ____________________________. This was a text to self/text/world connection. This helped my comprehension (explain WHY it made you think of it) (circle one) because_______________________________________________________________.

(Explain how this helped your comprehension of the story)

Visualizing1. When the author wrote, “___________________________________________________

___________________”, I could see/hear/feel/smell/taste ___________________________

______________________________ because ___________________________________.

2. When the author wrote, “___________________________________________________

___________________”, I could see/hear/feel/smell/taste ___________________________

______________________________ because ___________________________________.

3. When the author wrote, “___________________________________________________

___________________”, I could see/hear/feel/smell/taste ___________________________

______________________________ because ___________________________________.

QuestioningRight There/Think and Search Question: ____________________________

(circle one)

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Response: _____________________________________________________

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Author and Me/On My Own Question: ________________________________

(circle one)

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Response: _____________________________________________________

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Author and Me/On My Own Question: ________________________________

(circle one)

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Response: _____________________________________________________

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Inferring1. In the story, when ___________________________________________, I inferred

(write something that happened) _______________________________________ because _________________________(write WHAT you inferred when this happened) (explain why you inferred this)

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2. In the story, when ___________________________________________, I inferred (write something that happened)

_______________________________________ because _________________________(write WHAT you inferred when this happened) (explain why you inferred this)

__________________________________________.

3. In the story, when ___________________________________________, I inferred (write something that happened)

_______________________________________ because _________________________(write WHAT you inferred when this happened) (explain why you inferred this)

__________________________________________.

Synthesizing As I read this story my thinking changed. At

first I thought___________________ ______________________, but then I

realized _________________________ ________________________________. I also used to think __________________, but learned that

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