Getting to know you: book quiz
This handy 'getting to know you' or icebreaker activity is perfect for transition, moving up days or year 6 visits to their new secondary school.
With a range of easy to answer quiz questions about children's books, as well as questions about their reading interests and experiences, students will quickly get to know each other and instantly feel more confident in class. It also helps teachers to get to know more about their new students' reading habits.
With a question card in hand, students move around the classroom, taking it in turn to ask each other questions before swapping cards and repeating.
Question cards (with answers) from the book quiz activity:
What kind of creature is Bilbo Baggins?
A hobbit
Using your hands, show me what a semi colon looks like.
;
Have you read a book and seen the film adaptation of it? Which was best?
Listen to your partner.
Who lives at 221b Baker Street?
Sherlock Holmes
Which graphic novels or comics would you recommend to me?
Listen to your partner.