TicTacToe Reading Strategies

							                                                       Novel Study Tic-Tac-Toe
Your task is to complete ONE assignment from each row. Your assignment will NOT be accepted if you do not
conference with me when you finish your rough draft!

               Create a detailed, colour drawing                                          Pick a descriptive paragraph
                                                        Pick a particularly descriptive scene
               of both the protagonist and                                                from your novel. Create a
                                                        from your novel. Using the information
               antagonist. Each drawing should          provided create a detailed 5-blockdetailed, colour drawing on 8 ½
 Visualizing




               be large enough to fit an 8 ½ x11                                          x 14 paper that shows the image
                                                        comic strip that shows exactly what
               paper. Each drawing must also                                              the words paint for the reader.
                                                        happened in the scene without using
               contain a legend listing                 any words.                        On the back of the page, neatly
               words/phrases the author used to                                           write the paragraph and page
               describe each character.                                                   number.
               Write a paragraph that explains    Write a paragraph that explains how     Write a paragraph that explains
               how this novel (or parts of this   this novel (or parts of this novel)     how this novel (or parts of this
               novel) connected to things you     connected to things you saw or heard in novel) connected to things that
 Connecting




               experienced in your own life. In a other books, movies, television shows, are happening (or have
               second paragraph explain how       etc. In a second paragraph explain how happened) in the world around
               and why this helped you as a       and why this helped you as a reader.    you. In a second paragraph
               reader.                                                                    explain how and why this helped
                                                                                          you as a reader.
               List 8-10 questions you would like Create a web organizer of questions     List 8-10 questions you would
               to ask one of the characters in    you had while reading your novel.       like to ask the author. In one
 Questioning




               your novel. In one paragraph,      Connect any answers you found while     paragraph, explain why you
               explain why you would want to ask reading to their corresponding           want to ask these particular
               these specific questions.          questions.                              questions.



               List predictions you made while          Predict what may happen after the book   Predict what the protagonist or
               you read (at least 5). Also list         ends (also known as an epilogue).        antagonist’s life will be like in 10
               whether or not your predictions          Make sure you back up your predictions   years. Use supporting facts
 Predicting




               came true.                               with support from the novel!             from the novel to prove why
                                                                                                 your predictions might come
                 “I predict that.......because.....”                                             true.


               Complete three inferring cards           Using facts from your novel, create an   Pick 4 scenes/phrases from
               from the inferring card collection.      inference sheet for similar to the       your novel where you made an
                                                        practice sheet completed in class.       inference. Next to each scene
 Inferring




                                                                                                 description or phrase, record
                                                                                                 your inference. Also explain
                                                                                                 why you made that particular
                                                                                                 inference.