Reading Journal Posts (INS Assignments)

Your major task for the journal is to post 6 responses to your blog. 

• 2 from the beginning
• 2 from the middle
• 2 from the end

For each you will choose one of the following questions (you can't choose a question more than once):

• what is the setting of the novel?  is the setting important or could the novel happen anywhere?  why?  would it change the plot?
• describe a problem faced by the main character.  explain how the main character deals with the problem.  make a personal connection to this (either your own experience or that of someone you know)
• write down a passage that appeals to you and describe why?  does it make more of an impact on your understanding of the book or does it make more of a personal impact?
• if you had to choose one of the characters to be your friend, who would it be and why?  are they like a friend you have now or have had in the past?
• is there a message or main theme you see emerging?  what is it and how is it shown?
• choose a character who is starting to change and explain how the change is being made and what purpose it serves. 
• Write your opinion of a character's action or reaction.  Do you think it was the appropriate course of action and would you have done the same?
• Make a text to text connection using specific examples and detailed explanation.
• Make a text to world connection using specific examples and detailed explanation.

In each journal response you must include the following:

1.  a quote (with the page number) that is related to the question you've chosen
2.  at least 250 words