Fifth grade students in Mr. Bingham's class have just finished reading a chapter in a novel and are getting ready to write an entry in their response journals. Mr. Bingham could most effectively develop students' literary response skills by assigning which of the following journal prompts?
A) What new vocabulary words did you learn when reading this chapter? List and define the new words from the chapter.
B) What happened in the chapter? Describe two or three events from the chapter.
C) What do you think is the main idea or theme of the novel? Relate specific events in this chapter to the theme you suggest.
D) Which characters are mentioned in this chapter? List each of them.

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Prompt C encourages students to think critically about the novel's main idea or theme and to connect specific events from the chapter to this theme, which helps develop their ability to interpret and respond to literature.

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