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Challenge 40
Reading Journal
2017-2018
Welcome to your reading journal
What is life without the joy of reading? The excitement you feel surging inside as you turn a page. The heavenly aroma you inhale as you flip the pages of a newly bought book. The hatred you feel towards the author for ending the book the way she did and not the way you wanted her to.
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The magic of reading is that one minute we can be sat in our classroom or at home and the next we can be on our way to Hogwarts, in the woods with Katniss, or experiencing Germany in 1914 with Tommo and Charlie. We get to meet a range of characters and stand alongside them during their adventures and challenges before returning safely to our own arena of comfort. We get to visit beautiful places and go on the most wonderful adventures. Reading is magical.
Yet reading is also a key that can unlock greater success for you. People who read do do better in their exams because they have learnt to deconstruct, to infer. They have absorbed a wider range of vocabulary and can draw upon beautiful sentence constructions that they have come across in their reading. Reading will not only inspire you but it will help you.
Join me in our reading adventure this year and see where reading can take you!
Miss Odell
Accelerated Reader
Across the year we will be using the Accelerated Reading programme to track your reading age. Three times a year you will have your reading age tested and we will record the results here.
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer TermChronological age
Reading age
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Interest survey (adapted from Sally Reis)
Thank you for answering this survey honestly, with thought, and taking the time to explain “why” when it is asked. This will greatly help us learn more about you and your interests.
1. What is your favourite activity or subject at school? Your least favourite? Why?
2. What has been the most interesting topic you have studied?
3. What topic would you most like to study?
4. When you have free time at home, what is the thing you most like to do?
5. What are your favourite magazines or web sites?
6. What type of TV programs do you prefer? Why?
7. What is your favourite music?
8. Where have you travelled and where would you most like to travel?
9. How do you get your news? What parts of the newspaper do you look at regularly?
10. If you could talk to any person currently living, who would it be? Why? Think of 3 questions you would ask the person.
11. If you could talk to any person from history, who would it be? Why? Think of 3 questions you would ask the person hobbies?
Attitudes towards Reading survey (adapted from Joseph S. Renzulli)
1. Are you currently reading a book for pleasure? Yes No
2. On average, how much time do you spend reading each week?
3. In the past month, I have read ____ books for pleasure.
o No books o 1 book o 2-3 books o 4+ books
4. The number of books I have at home are
o None o 0-9 o 10-19
o 20-29 o 30-50 o 50+
5. When choosing what to read, I tend to choose: (Tick all that apply):
o Novels o Autobiographies / biographies
o Science fiction
o Newspapers or magazines
o Non-fiction o Fantasy
o Poetry o Realistic fiction o Traditional / classic literature
o Cartoons/comic books/graphic novels
o Historical fiction o Other
o Plays/Drama scripts o Dystopian fiction
6. How do you decide upon the books that you choose to read?
o Recommendations from a teacher or a librarian
o Award winning book or part of an award process (such as the Carneige)
o Recommendations from friends o Bookstore displays
o Social networking sites o Author blogs or websites
o Well-known author or author I have read before
o Randomly chosen
7. I enjoy reading most
o In the morning before school o During school
o Lunchtime o After school
o In the evening o Before falling asleep
8. I have a public library card Yes No
9. I borrow books from the public library:
o Once a week o Twice a week o A couple of times a month
o Every few months o A few times a year o Hardly ever
o Never
10. I borrow books from the school library:
o Once a week o Twice a week o A couple of times a month
o Every few months o A few times a year o Hardly ever
o Never
11. If I could meet any literary character, I would want to meet:
12. The last three books that I have read are:1.2.3.
13. In the future, I would like to read a book about:
40 book challenge and genre chart
Over the course of this academic year, I am setting you the challenge of reading 40 books. These books should come from different genres to ensure your reading is wide and varied and that we are opening ourselves to all possibilities. However, you have some free choices as well!
Genre NumberRealistic fiction 7Historical fiction 2Fiction from other cultures
2
Dystopian 2Science fiction/Fantasy
2
Biography/ Autobiography
2
Nonfiction 5Poetry 2Play 2Traditional / classical literature
2
Graphic novels 1Free choice 11
Genre requirements graph
Every time you complete a book from a particular genre, log it on the genre requirements graph by shading the appropriate box. This will help you keep track of the genres you have read.
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My reading activity
Week Book Time spent reading + pages read
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4.9.17
11.9.17
18.9.17
25.9.17
2.10.17
9.10.17
16.10.17
23.10.17
30.10.17
6.11.17
13.11.17
20.11.17
27.11.17
4.12.17
11.12.17
18.12.17
25.12.17
1.1.18
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15.1.18
22.1.18
29.1.18
5.2.18
12.2.18
19.2.18
26.2.18
5.3.18
12.3.18
19.3.18
26.3.18
2.4.18
9.4.18
16.4.18
23.4.18
30.4.18
7.5.18
14.5.18
21.5.18
28.5.18
4.6.18
11.6.18
18.6.18
25.6.18
2.7.18
16.7.18
My Reading List
Choose a book to read. Record the title, author, and the date you begin reading it. When you finish the book, record the date you finished and assign the book a star reading. Also make sure you take a quiz on the book on Accelerated Reader if there is one available. If you abandon the book, record an (A) in the genre column.
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Reading
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End-of-Year Reading Evaluation (adapted from Donalyn Miller)
1. Are you currently reading a book for pleasure? Yes No
2. On average, how much time do you spend reading each week?
3. How many books did you manage to read independently during this academic year?
4. Have you read more or less than last year?o More o Less o About the same
5. Were you able to meet the genre challenge? Yes NoIf no, why do you think this is
6. What was the best book you read this year and why?
7. The number of books I have at home are
o None o 0-9 o 10-19
o 20-29 o 30-50 o 50+
8. How do you decide upon the books that you choose to read?
o Recommendations from a teacher or a librarian
o Award winning book or part of an award process (such as the Carneige)
o Recommendations from friends o Bookstore displays
o Social networking sites o Author blogs or websites
o Well-known author or author I have read before
o Randomly chosen
o Other
9. I enjoy reading most
o In the morning before school o During school
o Lunchtime o After school
o In the evening o Before falling asleep
10. I have a public library card Yes No
11. I borrow books from the public library:
o Once a week o Twice a week o A couple of times a month
o Every few months o A few times a year o Hardly ever
o Never
12. I borrow books from the school library:
o Once a week o Twice a week o A couple of times a month
o Every few months o A few times a year o Hardly ever
o Never
13. Over the summer holiday I plan to read
14. Do you think participating in this reading challenge has improved your reading? Why? Why not?
