Literature Response

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Literature Response
Summer Reading Camp

• Third Grade

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What Is Literature Response?
Response is the sum total of what you are
thinking while you read and when you reflect on
what youve read. Guiding Readers and Writers,
p. 227
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Multiple Paths to Meaning

• Talking using oral language to describe and/or
  analyze response.(Discussion)
• Writing capturing thinking in writing. (Response
  Journals)
• Reading doing more reading about the topic or
  the author. (Extension Activity)

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K-12 English Language Arts Curriculum
Framework Revised 2003
 
 
 
 
http//arkedu.state.ar.us/
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Response to Reading

• Daily Literature Response.
• Open Response Items on the Literacy Benchmark
  Reading Exam

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Arkansas Benchmark Reading Assessment

• Three Types of Passages
• Literary (Reading/Literature)
• Content (Informational text)
• Practical (Real World text)

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Benchmark Released Item

• Released Item from the
• 2004 Primary Benchmark Exam
• When Snack Attacks Strike

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Explicit Instruction
Thoughtful response to reading is learned
behavior it is not inborn or intuitive.
Guiding Readers and Writers
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Teachers Role

• Demonstrate how to
• read the prompt to understand the demands of the
  question.
• construct concise, quality responses.

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Problem-Solving Strategy

• Read
• Identify
• Organize
• Write/Solve
• Check

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Step 1 READ
2004 Primary Benchmark Reading Released Item
A Think about the information in the
passage. 1.  Explain why it is important for kids
to eat healthy snacks. Use information from the
passage to support your response. 2. Give two
examples of healthy snack mentioned in the
passage.   BE SURE TO LABEL YOUR RESPONSES 1
AND 2
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Step 2 IDENTIFY
What am I being asked to do? Think about the
information in the passage. 1.  Explain why it is
important for kids to eat healthy snacks. Use
information from the passage to support your
response. 2. Give two examples of healthy snack
mentioned in the passage.   BE SURE TO LABEL
YOUR RESPONSES 1 AND 2
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Step 3 ORGANIZE

It is important for kids to eat healthy snacks.
Kids need to refuel their bodies many times
during the day.  
Kids need lots of energy from food.  
Healthy snacks are packed with nutrients.  
Healthy snacks not only refuel kids bodies, they
help them become strong and stay well.  
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Step 4 WRITE

• Response 1
• It is important for kids to eat healthy snacks.
  Kids need lots of energy from food. This is what
  keeps them active all day long. Kids need to
  refuel their bodies all during the day. Healthy
  snacks are packed with nutrients that your body
  needs to grow strong and stay well. Healthy
  snacks not only refuel kids bodies, they help
  them become strong and stay well.
• Response 2
• Two examples of a healthy snack are peanut butter
  on crackers and popcorn without butter. These
  are two things that I really like.

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Step 5 CHECK
What am I being asked to do? Think about the
information in the passage. 1.  Explain why it is
important for kids to eat healthy snacks. Use
information from the passage to support your
response. 2. Give two examples of healthy snack
mentioned in the passage.   BE SURE TO LABEL
YOUR RESPONSES 1 AND 2
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• Response 1
• It is important for kids to eat healthy snacks.
  Kids need lots of energy from food. This is what
  keeps them active all day long. Kids need to
  refuel their bodies all during the day. Healthy
  snacks are packed with nutrients that your body
  needs to grow strong and stay well. Healthy
  snacks not only refuel kids bodies, they help
  them become strong and stay well.
• Response 2
• Two examples of a healthy snack are peanut butter
  on crackers and popcorn without butter. These
  are two things that I really like.

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• Comprehension strategies
• are not ends in themselves.

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Planning Literature Response

• Read the selected guided reading text.
• Determine the comprehension strategy to apply.
• Develop a question at the scriptal level.
• Write a sample student response.