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• The responder expresses unique personal interactions with the text, which indicate the development of an individual response style.
• The responder evidences deep involvement with the text and incorporates powerful writing to share his/her personal opinions/ emotions/ thoughts.
• The responder judges and assesses characters against his/her own personal standards, often sharing advice, criticism, empathy, or disparity.
• The responder reacts to the text as a literary work and addresses both literary elements and, the language/ writing techniques used in the text.
• The responder compares the text to other texts of the same genre, by the same author, or addressing a similar theme.
• The responder exhibits other response characteristics in the Maturing Responder category.

• The responder expresses& his/her personal interactions with the text, although they are similar to what others responders may share.
• The responder shows a willingness to use writing to share personal opinions/ emotions/ thoughts.
• The responder evidences involvement with the main character by talking to them, giving them advice, or telling how he/she might behave in the same circumstance.
• The responder makes sound predictions based on information from the text and validates or refutes those predictions in later responses.
• The responder shows a willingness to try new response options suggested by instructor comments or growing knowledge of response.
• The responder exhibits other response characteristics from the Emerging Responder category.

• The responder attempts to share spontaneously, but he/she might be better suited to a transitional response prompt format.
• The responder makes reasonable predictions using information from the text.
• The responder shares reaction's through writing, but the entries maintain a detached commitment or connection to the text.
• The responder poses many questions, either to make sense of the story or to avoid confusion.
• The responder shows detached insights into the characters, maintaining a distance from deeper character involvement.
• The responder exhibits other response characteristics from the Novice Responder category.

• The responder writes briefly, but seems better able to communicate thoughts and feelings through oral response.
• The responder writes a number of brief responses, which merely fulfills an assignment, rather than sharing a commitment to the text and characters.
• The responder summarizes, mostly retelling the story, rather than interacting with it.
• The responder indicates a sense of comprehension, but rarely exhibits or indicates personal involvement in the text.
• The responder expresses frustration with the reading/ writing format of the response journal.

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