Echo Novel Study Reader Response Chapter Questions & Graphic Organizers

This novel study companion for Pam Muñoz Ryan’s “Echo” includes both printable PDF and digital Google Slides versions. As teachers, we aim for our students to engage with text meaningfully and purposefully while also reading independently to build stamina.

The reader response questions facilitate in-depth class or peer discussions, requiring students to provide textual evidence to support their responses and express their opinions or perspectives. The graphic organizers included in this product can be used in various ways to differentiate based on your students’ academic abilities and needs.

This resource includes:
Printable PDF and Google Slides (digital) versions are included!

• Judging by the Cover: Before reading the novel, students will examine the cover of the book and answer the related questions.
• Making Predictions: Students analyze song lyrics, predict what each part will be about, and identify questions they expect to be answered.
• Reader Response Questions: Students respond to short-answer questions about the text (ANSWER KEY included).
• Character Inside & Out: Students include details from the story to describe what the character says, thinks, does, and feels. Includes the following characters: Otto Messenger, Fredrich Schmidt, Elisabeth Schmidt, Mike Flannery, Frankie Flannery, Eunice Dow Sturbridge, Ivy Maria Lopez, Susan Ward
• Making Inferences: Students use clues and schema to make three inferences for each part of the novel.
• Cause & Effect: Students identify examples of cause & effect within the story.
• Problem & Solution: Students identify examples of problems & solutions within the story.
• Making Connections: Students make connections to two selected events in the story.
• Notice & Note: Students document a key inference, identify a cause-and-effect example, and pinpoint a specific part where the author uses descriptive language to vividly portray ideas.
• Summary: Students complete the Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then graphic organizer to write a summary.
• Story Plot: Students organize the events of the story on the graphic organizer.