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Text: Author:
Where does the story happen?

Who are the main characters in the story?

Summarise what the story is about

Are there any themes or messages to this story? (e.g. Is it a story that shows bullying is wrong?, etc)

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Book Title

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In the box below design a new cover for the book that you are reading. Make it as interesting as possible.

Name of Book:

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What Would You Have Done?

Pretend you are a character from the book you are reading. Think carefully about something the character says or does in the book. What would you have done or said?

Characters Name: Text:

What I would have said or done

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Find a non-fiction text and complete the questions below

Title of non-fiction text: Author: What tense is the text written in? (e.g., past, present, future) Why?

How would you describe this type of nonfiction?

Write down three facts from the text

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Discussion Writing Choose a character from your book and think about the good and bad elements of his/her character

Text I am going to tell you about One of the things I like about

Another feature of his character that I like

One of the problems with

In my opinion

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Write ten questions about the book you have just finished that could be used for a reading comprehension.

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Letter Writing
Write a letter to a friend or relative about the chapter you are reading at the moment. Include information about plot, character and setting.

Text:

Dear

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A Poster To Advertise Your Book Use this page to draw a really good poster to advertise your book. Use coloured pencils to colour it in. Then do some writing to advertise the book. Why do you think people should read it?

Name of Book:

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Use the internet to find out any information you can about the author of the book that you are reading. Maybe you could find other titles that they have written or interviews they have given, for example.

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Adjectives As you are reading your book this week, be on the lookout for really good adjectives. Try and get at least ten good describing words for people and ten for places.

Good words for people

Good words for places

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Problem Page
All fiction is about problems. The main character has at least one problem which needs to be solved by the end of the book. Choose a story book, become the main character and write a letter to the problem page of your favourite magazine or comic, outlining your situation. Title of book: Character:

Help!! I really fancy this princess who doesnt like me!

Dear

Yours faithfully
EXTRA! Imagine you are the problem editor and write a letter back, advising your character what to do. You dont need to follow the plot of the book, if you dont want to. Maybe you can think of a better solution than the author!

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This Weekend
What would you like to do this weekend? Where would you like to go? Write your ideas down here.

Now, look through your newspaper for reports and adverts of places you could visit and things that you could do. Make a note of them here.

Where is your favourite place to visit? Write about it here.

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A Picture Of A Scene From Your Book Use this page to draw a really good picture of one of the scenes from your book. Explain why you chose to draw this particular setting.

This is a picture of From the book:

I chose to draw this picture because

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My spelling words for the week of

I will learn my words using Look, Say, Cover, and Check

Dear Parents/Carers,

What are Reading Journals?

Reading journals encourage children to read more regularly and deeply. They help children to become more aware of the reading and writing process and also heighten children's awareness and understanding of text. Reading journals provide children with regular opportunities to discuss books as well as inspiring them to read novels recommended by other children. This can have the effect of raising the profile of books within a class by encouraging children, particularly boys, to read more widely.

What is my child expected to do?

Your child is expected to complete any two pages weekly. They are allowed to choose which pages they wish to do, but it must be completed in conjunction with their weekly reading book.

What will the teacher do?

The journals will be collected in by the class teacher every Monday, who will respond to the work completed.

What can I do to help?

Please feel free to give your child support, if needed, with any activities within the book. If your child is having difficulty with the Reading Journal, please speak to the class teacher, who may be able to give suggestions on how you may help your child.

Samantha Linton

A Letter To Your Teacher

Write a letter to your teacher about the book you are reading. Tell him/her as much as you can about the book, the characters in it and why you like it. Make it interesting for your teacher to read.

Dear

Detectives
Read a book with plenty of action and write it up as a detectives case study

Case Study
Who? (The protagonists, main characters, villains, victims, heroines, heroes)

What happened? To whom?

When? How?

Where? Place; location; country? Did it have any influence on what happened?

dence?

Why?

Factors?

For what reason? Motives?

Causes? Explanations?

Evi-

So? With what result?

Conclusion? What happened in the end?

Ok?

Between The Lines And Behind the Lines

Author Title of Book

What do you think the author was trying to say to you?

Did the author, through the story, manage to tell you anything about yourself that you had not thought about before?

What sort of person do you think the author must be to write a book like this? - Young/old/kind/nice/caring/friendly/understanding/lonely/miserable/ unhappy/sensitive/knows what young people think and feel/out of touch/ full of laughter

A Letter to a Book Character

Dear I have just read by and I thought Id write to you because

Diary Writing
Imagine you are one of the characters in your story. Write an entry into your diary noting what has happened in the story so far.

Dear Diary,

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Title: Adult Comment:

Childs Comment:

Liked Title:

Didnt like

Didnt understand

Adult Comment:

Childs Comment:

Liked Title:

Didnt like

Didnt understand

Adult Comment:

Childs Comment:

Liked

Didnt like

Didnt understand

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Draw a picture of your favourite character from your favourite book this week

This Weeks Reading Books

Please make a note here of each book that your child reads this week. Please record whether they enjoyed the story, recognised any familiar words or sounds. Did they recognise letters from their own name? Date: Parents comment: Title:

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Write or draw pictures of any words that begin with the same letter as your name.

This Weeks Reading Books

Please make a note here of each book that your child reads this week and ask them to give each book a rating. They may choose Marks out of ten or a star rating *****! Give each book a rating yourself and discuss this with your child. Did you agree or disagree?

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This week, pay special attention to any speech or conversation that you find in the stories that you read. Can you and/or your child change your voice to suit the characters? What did your child like or dislike about the stories this week?

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Before make a note here of this week, try to your child reads happen. Write the Please you read your book each book that guess what will this week. Please guess (prediction) down and then story, recognised any familiar words or sounds. record whether they enjoyed the tell us if you were correct. Did they recognise letters from their own name? Date: Title: My favourite character was: Because: Parents comment:

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Ask your child to think about the feelings of the characters in their books and stories. How do they feelhappy, sad, grumpy, angry, etc? Can they explain why? How does the story make them feel? Make a note of their response to the story using a happy or sad face.

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As you read your book this week, pay attention to the punctuation. Take a breath each time you see a full stop. Change your voice when you ask a question ..

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This week, pay particular attention to the way try author begins each book that you read. Does Before you read your book this week, the to guess what will happen. Write the each book start in a similar way? Write tell us if opening sentence from each book you read and guess (prediction) down and then down the you were correct. say which style you prefer and give a reason for your decision. (If you are reading a longer story or novel do some research and look through other books too.)

Book 1 Date: This book begins:

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I liked the way no. 1/2/3 begins because
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This Weeks Reading Books

This week, ask your child to point to each word that you read, or to each word as they read too. Perhaps slow down or speed up and see if they can keep up with you. Make it fun! (It is important for children to realise that one spoken word matches to one written word)

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ThisThis Weeks Reading Books Weeks Reading Books

Before you read your book this week, week, take close look at the Write the Before you start reading each book this try to guessawhat will happen.front cover. What does it tell you about the book that you arewere correct. Who is the author? guess (prediction) down and then tell us if you going to read? The illustrator? Describe the picture, did it give you clues about the book?

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