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Reading for Pleasure

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Contents

Reading for Pleasure

5. Further Reading

1. Introduction 3

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2. Book Review Worksheet - with Top Tips from Seven Stories

3. Storyboard Worksheet - with Top Tips from Seven Stories

4. Inspiring Reading for Pleasure - Creative Ideas shared on Twitter & Famous Quotes

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1. Introduction

Reading for Pleasure

Introduction

Reading for Pleasure

This is a free learning resource created for teachers and parents to help inspire a love of reading. We teamed up with the National Children’s Centre for Books, Seven Stories, to bring you fun and engaging ideas for encouraging children to read for pleasure.

A ‘monsters’ theme was chosen to help engage both boys and girls – particularly as boys have been found to be less interested in reading, unless it is an exciting subject matter.

It’s been designed in PDF format so you can print the whole booklet o�, or simply select the pages you wish to print, and print multiple pages for your group.

We also asked people on Twitter what their top tips for inspiring a love of reading were – these have been included as attractive posters along with some famous inspiring quotes, which can be printed and displayed as a handy source of inspiration.

2. Book Review Worksheet

Reading for Pleasure

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Related Subject Area: English and Literacy - Reading Comprehension

A book review is a great way for children to learn to communicate their thoughts and ideas about books they read. Use these ‘My Favourite Book’ review worksheets to encourage children to talk about and recommend their favourite book to others.

Book Review: My Favourite Book

Worksheet Guide

• Use the book review worksheets to encourage children to share their opinions on books they have read whilst improving language and writing skills.

• With this adaptable resource you can choose how many worksheets you use - using only the first page to create a brief overview of a book, or extending this to have children look at character descriptions and develop their higher order thinking.

• Why not keep the book reviews in your classroom reading corner or library to help children choose a book based on their peers’ recommendations?

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Try filming each other giving book reviews and share them with other classes in school. Make a ‘Book Talk’ wall in your classroom and add pictures of authors, ‘wow’ words and reviews so that anyone who’s stuck for what to read next can easily find some ideas!

One of the best ways to choose your next book is finding out what your friends have been reading! Get chatting to people you know and ask them about their favourite funny, scary or mysterious stories.

Top Tips for Children

My Favourite Book

Name: Date:

This book is great because...

Name: Date:

all about the characters My Favourite Character

Other Characters

Description:

Name:

Description:

Name:

Description:

Name:

Name: Date:

New words I have learnt: What I liked about this book was...

I didn’t like... I would recommend this book to...

3. Storyboard Worksheet

Reading for Pleasure

Related Subject Area: English and Literacy - Reading Comprehension

Use this simple but effective worksheet as a guide for story writing and story telling. Help children to better grasp sequencing, focus on literary elements and summarise stories using words and illustrations.

Storyboard

Worksheet Guide

• Ask children to use the storyboard to retell the main events of their favourite fairytale or story. Use the completed storyboards to decorate a storytelling themed display wall.

• Write the framework of a story together and pick out key events, drawing them and using descriptive words for each stage.

• Ask children to make up their own stories and characters by filling in the storyboard.

• Carry out a ‘speaking and listening’ activity where children compare their storyboards with their peers’. How are they different? Do they have similarities? What are their favourite parts?

• Get everyone to cut out their illustrated boxes and pick out a start, middle and end drawing and create an entirely new story together.

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So don’t concentrate on making your storyboard perfect – instead try making sketches, rearranging the boxes and crossing things out until you’re happy with the overall plan! Then it’s time to start creating the story itself, and you can edit it afterwards like a professional author would.

Storyboards don’t have to be neat and tidy! Real authors and illustrators use this technique to help them record their ideas before writing them up neatly and shaping them into the finished book afterwards.

Top Tips for Children

My spectacular Story

Name:

Age:

Date:

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My spectacular StoryName: Age: Date:

4. Inspiring Reading for Pleasure- Creative Ideas shared on Twitter& Famous Quotes

Reading for Pleasure

TWEET US

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@ideas_factory

Einstein got it right! Storytelling massively important - draw kids in, provoke them, excite their imagination!

Leave notes asking them what is happening next? why? write your own thoughts in the book for them to find.

@carbev

Make books being read the subject of broad discussion and recommendation. Don't make reading an isolationist activity.

@ChrisChivers2

Seeing parents read and having a love books is incredibly powerful for children. Allowing children to live the books through drama is essential. Monologues, bringing scenes to life, improvisation...

@chriswaterworth

My year 5 boys loved recording an audio book so others could listen to them. Good for practising expression and reading to an audience

@amyamsamsReading aloud is the advert for reading. If children hear whole novels they will be motivated to read for pleasureWe recommend reading aloud to children with no expectation. No questions, no discussion just...'that was great!' Books are fun!

@cidandmoThe perception that reading isn't cool can be a barrier in my experience, particularly with boys.If Jamie Oliver makes cooking cool with kids, then reading most certainly can be too! #literacy

@gary_S_king

I think a big challenge is kids not seeing adults read for pleasure.

@playbythebook

Waff ling Wilson @iwilsonysj

Drama based on the main decision points of the book can create alternate endings and storylines - great to act out!

TWEET US

for pleasure#

We use puppets for children to reenact their favourite stories. They often make their own puppets.

@ElliePrimary1 My infants love books but some say "but I can't read." So we model reading by interpreting pictures so they can enjoy them.

@ElliePrimary1 I write online fiction serials for Primary aged. New story starts Monday. I encourage illustrations from readers to be sent in.

@pete_schumacher Creative/dramatic/musical responses are often more indicative of students understanding. Far better than a simple retell.

@MrW1se Expose your children to a variety of mediums...don't forget poetry! I make sure I put of lot of expression in!Beyond aliens & robots, I find that boys are big fans of 'information books'; space, construction, learning about real-life etc

@njjkel ly

We have 'I am reading...' display posters outside each classroom to share, and also 'extreme reading' photos of sta� #coolreading .

@GeoDebs

–Albert Einstein

–George Bernard Shaw

–Oscar Wilde

–Maya Angelou

Any book that

–Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

5. Further Reading

Reading for Pleasure

Further Reading

Reading for Pleasure

We hope you have found this resource useful, and if you are looking for more creative lesson ideas, see the ‘Lesson Library’ section of our website, including the below subject matter:

• Alphabet• Dice Games• Emotions• Farmyard• Life Cycles• Minibeasts Minibeast Colouring Sheets Minibeast Counting Activity

• Maths & Numeracy Number Pencils Number Trains

• Sea Life Sea Life Counting Activity Sea Life Colouring Sheets

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Further Reading

Reading for Pleasure

Chris Chivers (Thinks): ‘50ish Ideas for Reading’ - http://chrischiversthinks.weebly.com/blog-thinking-aloud/fi�yish-reading-ideas

UKEdChat: ‘Reading for Pleasure’ - https://storify.com/ukedchat/session-227-getting-kids-reading-for-pleasure

Mr John Dexter: ‘Literacy’ - http://mrjdexter.com/2014/05/25/wednesday-period-1/

Initiative to develop reading for pleasure - http://www.readingallowed.co.uk/

Pete Schumacher: Daily children’s stories - http://imaginoriumcreatorium.wordpress.com

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