What do you agree with? And why? What do you disagree with? And why?How did the book affect you?How have your opinions about the topic changed?
Provide your reactions to the book
o Describe the book: Is it interesting, memorable, entertaining, instructive? Why?
o Respond to the author’s opinions:
What do you agree with? And why?
What do you disagree with? And why?
o Explore issues the book raises: What possibilities does the book suggest? Explain. What matters does the book leave out? Explain.
o Relate your argument to other books or authors: Support your argument for or against the author’s opinions by bringing in other authors you agree with.
o Relate the book to larger issues:
How did the book affect you?How have your opinions about the topic changed?
How is the book related to your own course or personal agenda.