Nonfiction Response Board for Claims and Evidence

Use the eight text sheets for practice before a written response on a class novel. Hand out a board at the start of an independent reading book and collect the finished tasks at the end.

Complete three tasks in a row on any informational text, from tracing the claim to checking sources.

Yes. We made it for 8th Grade comprehension exercises, and it works the same at home or at school. At home a student can print it and keep it with their school work. Teachers print a copy per student or one for the whole room, whichever the day needs.

Students read a short text on page 1, answer three questions with evidence and then write a paragraph on a given topic. Respond to Tone and Word Choice in a Story, for example, asks how the author's word choices create the tone.

Fiction Response Menu for Point of View and Irony, Nonfiction Response Board for Claims and Evidence and During Reading Board for Dialogue and Plot Turns are task boards for any book or article. Students pick tasks and complete them on a separate sheet, so these three have no answer keys.

Yes. Respond to Structure in a Sonnet and a Scene compares a sonnet with a short scene, and Compare the Structure of Two Short Stories looks at two stories about the same blackout.