form is the way that a text can be presented.

An illustrated chapter book is a longer fictional text with illustrations to support understanding.

A graphic novel is a type of text combining words and images in long-form, sequential art panels.

Developing reading preferences in Year 3 by exploring a range of forms

English

In this unit, pupils will develop reading for pleasure through exploration of a range of different text types, focusing on genre and form, and introduction to a range of authors and illustrators. In 'Reading for pleasure in Year 4', pupils will build on this knowledge through the introduction to new range of texts suitable for Year 4

In 'The Planet in a Pickle Jar’, pupils developed personal responses to a text. In this unit, pupils will develop reading for pleasure through exploration of a range of different text types, focusing on genre and form, and introduction to a range of authors and illustrators’

Developing reading preferences in year 3

personal to me, like a reading fingerprint.

what my teacher chooses to read to the class .

An illustrated chapter book is a longer fictional text with __________ to support understanding.

A graphic novel is a type of text combining __________ in long-form, sequential art panels.

Select the features of illustrated chapter books from the following.

Select the features of a graphic novel from the following.

Select the features of both illustrated chapter books and graphic novels.

texts with made up characters, settings and plots

texts that are about real events and facts

texts that share characters, settings and themes

Match the following genres with their definition.

What genre could best describe the texts, 'Little Red Riding Hood' and 'Rapunzel'?

True or False? An illustrator is responsible for the artwork that accompanies the words in a text.

A __________ is a way to break up a book into smaller parts or sections.

What form of text is most likely to contain colourful pages filled with articles about different topics, and lots of pictures and illustrations?

an online diary or journal with personal thoughts

a text with lots of poems by a poet or range of poets

stories told mainly with pictures in a weekly form

Match the following forms to their definitions

Starter Quiz