Response Starters
I noticed… I like the way…
I was really surprised… A question I have…
I wonder why… I think the author…
I didn’t understand… This reminds me of…
I began to think… I can picture…
I learned something new… I can predict…
I am guessing that… The author is saying…
I felt ___________ when… I never thought…
I couldn’t believe… I began to think of…
My favorite part was… I know the feeling…
If I were [character]… My favorite ______ is…
What I found interesting… I don’t/didn’t like…
What I think will happen is… I can imagine…
What I thought would happen was… I think ______ will become important.
…from Roessing, Lesley. The Write to Read: Response Journals That Increate Comprehension. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin. 2009. Print.
