The questions posed above necessitate a response-centered approach to reading, one in which students not only personalize their reading of a text but also begin to value their subjectivity as an educational benefit. Such a realization can motivate them into becoming better readers and thinkers. The use of response journals in the reading classroom can capture their lived through experiences of reading and such an outcome
can lay the groundwork for using personal response questions in reading exams. Asking students to write first person narrations that relate to either their encounters with particular character(s) or their evaluation of people/place/time in a story/text can be particularly beneficial. Furthermore, response questions can be framed keeping in mind the emotional, social and moral values/judgements that accrue through students reading involvement.