Name: Class:

Book 1:____________________________________

Book 2:____________________________________

Book 3:____________________________________

BOOK CLUB
Step 1: Read for 20 minutes

Step 2: Answer a journal prompt:

JOURNAL PROMPTS
You must use all prompts before repeating them.
8-10 sentences for each entry

1. Describe a character in the

story.
2. Make a list of at least three
things found in the setting and
explain the
importance/significance of
each one.
3. Discuss a conflict that
happened in the book.
4. How is one of the characters
like or different from you or
someone you know?
5. Discuss three examples of
figurative language and
explain how they were used in
the story.
6. Write a letter to a character in
the novel giving them advice
about a conflict they faced.
7. Discuss ways a character has
changed in the novel
8. Describe the cover art AND
explain how it represents what
youve read so far.
9. Explain how the time
period/era in which the book
was set affects the story.
10. Illustrate and label/describe an
event or passage from the
book.
11. Write five questions you have
about the book right now.
12. What has surprised you about
the book so far? Why did this
surprise you?
13. To what kind of reader would
you recommend this book
AND why?
14. Write a letter to the author
giving them advice about how
you would edit or revise this
book to improve it.
15. Explain the theme or central
message of this book.
16. What did you learn today that
you did not know before?
 17. Did you come across a
problem in your reading that
you had not considered before?
What was the problem? Could
you solve it? How?
18. Are any of the real life
situations or people that you
read about today similar to
situations or people that you
have experienced before in
life? How were they similar
and different?
19. How does the author develop
the characters? By
descriptions? By what they
say? By what they do? By
what others say about them?
20. From whose point of view is
the story told? How does this
point of view shape the story?

Summary Question every THURSDAY: Summarize

what happened in what you read this week INSTEAD of
doing a prompt.

Turn in Journal on FRIDAY