2015
R E A D I N G
L O G
SHS
WRITING FROM YOUR READING
“THE SCARIEST MOMENT IS
BEFORE YOU START. AFTER THAT,
THINGS GET BETTER”.
STEPHEN KING
Before Reading
what you expect to happen
actually happen? How do you
think the book will end?
• Look at the title. Write about the
feelings and ideas it gives you.
• Does the main character stay the
• Look at the cover and the
same or change in some way?
illustrations. Write about what
Write about any changes in this
you think the book will be about.
character.
After Chapter 1
• Keep asking questions about the
characters and events.
• Read the first chapter. Write
about the questions that come to • Write down your feelings about
your mind and what you think will
the people in the book
happen in the rest of the book.
• How would you feel I this
happened to you?
• Check with what you wrote after
reading the first chapter. Did
• Do the events in the book remind
you of your own life?
While Reading
• Write down your feelings about
the people in the book
• How would you feel I this
happened to you?
• Do the events in the book remind
you of your own life?
• Collect some good words and
phrases used by the author.
Investigate and write up their
meanings.
•Take on the role of the main character. Write about what
happened.
• Write newspaper report telling what happens at different stages of
the story.
• Make a map showing where main events happened. Write notes on
what happened in small boxes on the map.
• Write a letter to the main character. Which character do you feel
sorry for? Write about what happened from his / her point of view.
• Has something similar happened to you? Write about a time when
you felt like the central character.
ENJOY YOUR READING!