Point of View

The Instructional Tech Team of Issaquah School District 411 collaborated to create a baseline of reading strategy template books for grades K-5.

Issaquah Reading Response Journals

- Hook your audience! - Connect the book to your audience - Explain why this is a book worth reading

- Explain the setting of the book - Introduce the characters - Retell important events (not the whole story)

Record yourself giving a book talk, and add it above

- Use props if possible - Connect the book to other books, series, or movies - Leave a cliffhanger!

Who is Telling the Story?

The narrator is not part of the story

What are the Themes in your Story?

Remember that a story has multiple themes, but focus on the ones that feel big

through Character Change

What the character learns, realizes, or how they change

Main character at the end

What is the lesson or message of the book?

A Character's Point of View

This exercise can be extended across multiple pages

Record audio or a video of yourself saying/explaining the word

Details from the book that support this theme

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