Additional Questions for Written Response Homework

Students may choose to continue using the question stems they have been using for homework or they may choose new questions from the list below. If your child is reading a chapter book, please focus on responding to one chapter only-not the entire book. As always, please let me know if you have any questions. Describe a character using details from the story. Describe the problem and solution. What was the cause and effect? What lesson does _____ teach? Using the picture on page ___, describe how _____ feels. Identify 3 text features used in the book. Explain the information you learned from the text features. What lesson does this story teach? Use details from the story in your answer. What could be another title for this book? The author says _____. Use information from the book to explain why this is true. Explain why _____ is a good title for this book. Use details from the story in your answer. Describe the main idea of this text. Use 3 key details to support your answer. What lesson did _____ learn from this story? Use details from the story to indicate the lesson learned. Describe the events at the end of the story that solved the problem. Identify 2 character traits and how those traits were related to the _____ in the story. Explain how _____feels at the end of the story. Use a detail from the story to explain. At first, how does ___ feel about ___? How does he/she feel about it later? Use a detail from the story in your answer. Write 2 reasons that _____ happened. Use details from the story to explain your answer. Explain why the author wrote this book. Use at least 2 key ideas from the book in your answer. Is _____ a good title for this story? Use details from the story to explain your answer. Describe the effects of ___. Use at least 2 key details from the book in your answer. Summarize the story and the lesson it teaches. The author says _____. What is another word to describe _____? Explain why you chose this word. Explain 2 key ideas from this book. Use a detail from the book to support each key idea.