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Genre game | ||
A set of cards asking students to match the title, blurb and genre of a range of popular children's books. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 11/01/2013 | |||
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Exploring book covers | ||
A flexible resource which looks at book covers and what they can tell us about the book within! You'll need to provide a selection of book covers for the same text, with the title and author's name removed. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 07/12/2012 | |||
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Discussion cards | ||
Cards to prompt students' thoughts about reading and young adult fiction. The Sequencing whizzy enables students to rank the varied opinions about reading. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 07/12/2012 | |||
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Fiction activities | ||
A range of fiction related reading challenges to help develop reading skills. Useful for a reading project, working in the library or for homework. | |||
| KS2 KS3 | Skills Published: 19/08/2011 | |||
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A reader's activity guide | ||
A booklet with a range of challenges and activities to use with students to build reading skills. Useful for library lessons or project work. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 18/05/2010 | |||
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Reading postcards | ||
A variety of postcards that students can use to recommend books of their choice. Perfect for display. Print as duplex/double sided to keep the postcard effect. | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 01/04/2010 | |||
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The great reading race | ||
Bring out the competitive edge in your students. This pack contains everything you need to embark on a reading challenge with a sports theme. Includes recommendation postcards, certficates and posters. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 02/03/2010 | |||
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Advertise me! | ||
An advertising task with a difference. Get students thinking about all the benefits of reading! | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 16/10/2009 | |||
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Getting quizzical | ||
A fun quiz, perfect for library work or for World Book Day. Answers provided. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 03/07/2009 | |||
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Book survey |
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A reading and book survey encouraging discussion and the sharing of ideas about books and reading. Great for book weeks or World Book Day. | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 06/03/2008 | |||
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Book quiz | ||
A fun quiz about books and reading that could be used as part of World Book Day or book week in schools. Also works well as an end of term activity. (Answers on last page.) | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 06/03/2008 | |||
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Reading journal | ||
A straightforward reading journal to track private reading. | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 04/03/2008 | |||
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World Book Day competition excerpts | ||
A brilliant competition idea for World Book Day. Stick the excerpts up around the school and get your students to work out which books they come from. Use in conjunction with the Book Day competition answer form. | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 04/03/2008 | |||
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World Book Day competition answer form | ||
Space for the students to fill out their answers. (Use in conjunction with 'World Book Day competition excerpts'.) | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 04/03/2008 | |||
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Independent reading project | ||
This booklet guides pupils through an independent reading project. Ideal homework fodder. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 20/07/2007 | |||
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Culture crunch project |
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An innovative way to inspire students to read fiction and non-fiction books. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 15/12/2006 | |||
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The Big Reading Challenge | ||
A selection of fun challenges including literature quizzes, a crossword and a creative challenge. Ideal for book week etc. | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 26/08/2004 | |||
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Dinosaur advent calendar |
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Reading challenge - countdown to Christmas. (Note - fairly large file!). | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 26/08/2004 | |||
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Create a reading quiz | ||
Prepare a reading quiz based on shared reading. Form provided for pupils to use. | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 01/06/2004 | |||
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Suggested reading lists for Year 10 | ||
Separate reading lists for girls and boys -a wide range of texts from Goodnight Mr Tom to Brave New World. | |||
| KS4 | Prose Published: 10/03/2004 | |||
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The Genre Challenge | ||
Guess the genre - say what type of book blurbs are from... | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 03/09/2002 | |||
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Keeping a reader's journal |
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Prompt sheet - how to keep a reader's journal (designed for class readers). The original resource is followed by a differentiated version for use with students with SEN. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 12/06/2002 | |||
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Activities for World Book Day | ||
Originally designed for Primary teachers, though may also be useful at Secondary level. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 15/03/2002 | |||
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Guess the genre |
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Match the blurb to the genre and write your own. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 01/06/2001 | |||
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Reading poems - When I Read | ||
2 amusing poems for a discussion / debate / leaflet about the benefits of reading (focusing on boys and reading). | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 01/11/2000 | |||
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What is a book? | ||
Use famous quotes to explore the importance of books and reading. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 01/09/2000 | |||
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Personal reading record - non fiction | ||
Give your pupils these groovy reading records to keep track of and review their own reading. Extended version. | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 01/08/2000 | |||
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Personal reading record - fiction | ||
Give your pupils these groovy reading records to keep track of and review their own reading. Extended version. | |||
| KS3 KS4 | Skills Published: 01/08/2000 | |||
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Personal reading record - non fiction | ||
Give your pupils these groovy reading records to keep track of and review their own reading. Standard version. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 01/08/2000 | |||
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Personal reading record - fiction | ||
Give your pupils these groovy reading records to keep track of and review their own reading. Standard version. | |||
| KS3 | Skills Published: 01/08/2000 | |||
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