Setting
-How does the setting of the story make you feel?
-What mood does the author establish in the story? How does the author accomplish this?
-What details would you include in a drawing of the setting of the story?
-Why would the author choose this setting for these characters and this problem?
-What three question s would you ask the author about the setting of the story?
-How could your transfer this story to your neighborhood?
-How do you know when this story takes place?
-What details does the author provide about the setting of the story?
-What mood does the author establish in the story? How does the author accomplish this?
-What details would you include in a drawing of the setting of the story?
-Why would the author choose this setting for these characters and this problem?
-What three question s would you ask the author about the setting of the story?
-How could your transfer this story to your neighborhood?
-How do you know when this story takes place?
-What details does the author provide about the setting of the story?
Characters
-What do you learn about the main character from what other characters say about him or her?
-Suppose the main character lived in your neighborhood. What kids of adventures might he or she have here?
-At what point in the story do you begin to like or dislike the main character?
-Which other character in the story is most important to the main character?
-What do you learn about the main character from what he or she says?
-How would you describe the main character to someone who has not read this story?
-What do you learn about the main character from his or her actions?
-In what ways are the characters in the story important to each other?
-At what point in the story does the main character do someone surprising?
-In addition to the main character, how are the other characters important to the story?
-How does the main character remind you of someone from our class?
-Would you choose the main character to be your friend?
-What three adjectives would best describe the main character?
-In what ways does the main character remind you of other characters from other stories we have read?
-What advice would you give the main character about something that happens in the story?
-What characters from this story might you use in your own writing?
-Suppose the main character lived in your neighborhood. What kids of adventures might he or she have here?
-At what point in the story do you begin to like or dislike the main character?
-Which other character in the story is most important to the main character?
-What do you learn about the main character from what he or she says?
-How would you describe the main character to someone who has not read this story?
-What do you learn about the main character from his or her actions?
-In what ways are the characters in the story important to each other?
-At what point in the story does the main character do someone surprising?
-In addition to the main character, how are the other characters important to the story?
-How does the main character remind you of someone from our class?
-Would you choose the main character to be your friend?
-What three adjectives would best describe the main character?
-In what ways does the main character remind you of other characters from other stories we have read?
-What advice would you give the main character about something that happens in the story?
-What characters from this story might you use in your own writing?
Problem/Solution
-In what other ways might the problem in the story have been resolved?
-What solution to the problem in the story does the author present?
-Are you most likely to remember the characters, the setting, or the problem from the story?
-What details does the author give to introduce the problem in the story?
-At what point in the story are you sure what the problem is?
-In what ways does this story seem realistic or unrealistic to you?
-How does the main character resolve the problem in the story?
-Choose the three most important events, one from the beginning or the story, the middle, and the end.
-Have you ever faced a problem like this presented in this story?
-At what point in the story has the problem been resolved?
-What is the problem faced by the characters in this story?
-What message do you believe the author wants you to remember from this story?
-Is the problem in this story more about a conflict between characters -or- a conflict within a character?
-What other stories have we read about similar problems?
-Summarize this story in two or three sentences.
-What solution to the problem in the story does the author present?
-Are you most likely to remember the characters, the setting, or the problem from the story?
-What details does the author give to introduce the problem in the story?
-At what point in the story are you sure what the problem is?
-In what ways does this story seem realistic or unrealistic to you?
-How does the main character resolve the problem in the story?
-Choose the three most important events, one from the beginning or the story, the middle, and the end.
-Have you ever faced a problem like this presented in this story?
-At what point in the story has the problem been resolved?
-What is the problem faced by the characters in this story?
-What message do you believe the author wants you to remember from this story?
-Is the problem in this story more about a conflict between characters -or- a conflict within a character?
-What other stories have we read about similar problems?
-Summarize this story in two or three sentences.
Author's Purpose
-What kinds of descriptive words does the author use to make the story seem real?
-What is your favorite sentence in the story? Why?
-What does the author seem to know a great deal about?
-In what ways does this story remind you of other stories we have read?
-What have you learned about writing from this story that you can use in your own stories?
-What kind of person do you think that the author is?
-From whose point of view is the story told?
-If you could ask this author two questions, what would they be?
-If you were describing the way this author writes to someone, what would you say?
-Would you choose to read another story by this author?
-What makes this author's writing different from other stories we have read?
-How does the author make you want to keep reading the story?
-If you had written this story, how would you have made it different?
-How would you describe the feeling or tone of this story?
-What kinds of readers would most enjoy this story?
-What is your favorite sentence in the story? Why?
-What does the author seem to know a great deal about?
-In what ways does this story remind you of other stories we have read?
-What have you learned about writing from this story that you can use in your own stories?
-What kind of person do you think that the author is?
-From whose point of view is the story told?
-If you could ask this author two questions, what would they be?
-If you were describing the way this author writes to someone, what would you say?
-Would you choose to read another story by this author?
-What makes this author's writing different from other stories we have read?
-How does the author make you want to keep reading the story?
-If you had written this story, how would you have made it different?
-How would you describe the feeling or tone of this story?
-What kinds of readers would most enjoy this story?