Mr.

Meeks Reading Homework

Fiction Reading Response
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Directions: Read20-30 minutes every night! Choose 3 activities to complete by creating a tic-tac-toe
and passing through the center. You have all week and must turn in work evidence by Friday morning.
Homework should be completed in red homework folder. Writing should be in complete sentences.
If you work in Istation, I will monitor. You may substitute activities with lessons on Istation.

Plot

Postcard Summary

Setting

Describe 3 main events

that are important to the
story. What was the
turning point? Use
evidence from the text to
support your answer.

Write a postcard letter to

a friend convincing them
to read the book. Write a
brief summary and hook
the reader with a
specific example from
the book.

Using specific evidence

from the text, describe in
detail the setting where
most of the events took
place. How would the
story change if the
setting were different?
Give an example.

Cause and Effect

Vocabulary

Theme

Using specific evidence

from the text, describe 2
cause and effect
relationships that
happened in your
reading.

Pick 4 vocabulary words

that either you dont
know the meaning of or
are important to
understanding the text.
Complete a Frayer Model
for each work.

What is the theme of the

story or message the
author is trying to
convey? Use 3 pieces of
evidence from the story
to support our claim.

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Character Motive

Part Two

Log in a complete a
lesson in Istation

Describe the problem

faced by them main
character in the story?
What is the motive for
their actions? How
would you have solved
the problem if you were
the mail character? Why?

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The author is writing a

sequel of the story and
has asked for your
suggestions. Write a
summary of the plot,
characters and setting
from an engaging part
two!

Reading Vocabulary for Parents

Frayer Model Example Model can be drawn in homework folder

Plot - Plot is a literary term used to describe the events that make up a story or
the main part of a story.
Text- story, book, or article
Theme-The theme in a story is its underlying message, or 'big idea.'
(ex: friendship, courage, family)
Text Evidence- words and inferences from text to support your claim.
Sentence Stems for Text Evidence:
On page ____, it said -- The author wrote ----. In the text it said
I inferred that because ----- From what I read, I know .
Cause and Effect- Cause is why it happened or what made it happen. Effect
what happened because of something else.
(It rained therefor the flowers bloomed. Rain is the cause effect flowers bloomed)
Key words to look for so, therefore, since, cause, in order to, lead to
Problem and Solution-The problems is the challenge or obstacle that the
characters faced in the story. Solution is how they solved the problem.
Summary- In sequence a brief retell of the characters, setting, problem and
solution of the text.