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Developing reading preferences in Year 3 through personal reflection

I can understand my reader identity by reflecting on my reading experiences.

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Year 3

Developing reading preferences in Year 3 through personal reflection

I can understand my reader identity by reflecting on my reading experiences.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Reader identity is a reflection on who you are as a reader and why you read.
  2. Reading is a very personal experience; it is unique to every reader.
  3. Reading can take many forms; it does not have to be restricted to a book.
  4. A 'Reading River' is a reflection of significant texts in someone's personal experience.

Keywords

  • Genre - A genre is a category used to group different types of literature.

  • Form - Form is the way that a text can be presented.

  • Reader identity - Reader identity is a reflection on who you are as a reader and why you read.

  • Perspective - Your perspective is your way of thinking about and understanding something.

Common misconception

Pupils often think that only certain types of literature are valid such as novels.

Help pupils to celebrate a wide range of text types.

Adapt the reading river to demonstrate your own reader identity. Set a clear time frame for pupils to refer to, for example, across a year.
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Licence

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Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
An author in a text is responsible for...
Correct answer: crafting the words that make up a text
creating the pictures, drawings, or images that make up a text
printing the book and marketing it to reach new readers
Q2.
Match the text to a possible purpose for reading.
Correct Answer:travel guide,to find out more about a holiday location

to find out more about a holiday location

Correct Answer:cookery book,to learn how to cook a recipe

to learn how to cook a recipe

Correct Answer:coding for beginners book,to learn how to code

to learn how to code

Correct Answer:LEGO instructions manual,to know how to build a new LEGO set

to know how to build a new LEGO set

Q3.
True or False? A title gives readers an idea of what might be included within a text.
Correct Answer: True, true
Q4.
Select the correct definition of a character in a fiction text.
Correct answer: a person or animal in a story
a picture in a book
where a story takes place
Q5.
Select the correct definition of an illustration.
the person who wrote the book
a photo in a book
Correct answer: a picture in a book
Q6.
Match the term to its definition.
Correct Answer:plot,what happens in a story

what happens in a story

Correct Answer:setting,where the story takes place

where the story takes place

Correct Answer:opening, the first section of a story

the first section of a story

6 Questions

Q1.
What is genre?
the front cover of a book
Correct answer: a category used to group different types of reading
the feeling a reader might get from reading a text
Q2.
Which of the following can be forms of reading?
mystery
Correct answer: blogs
science fiction
Correct answer: song lyrics
Correct answer: chapter books
Q3.
Match the terms to their definitions.
Correct Answer:reader identity,a reflection on who you are as a reader and why you read

a reflection on who you are as a reader and why you read

Correct Answer:perspective,a way of thinking about and understanding something

a way of thinking about and understanding something

Correct Answer:reading for pleasure,reading that we do of our own free will

reading that we do of our own free will

Q4.
What does it mean when a text changes our perspective?
A change in perspective tells a reader what the book will contain.
A change in perspective supports a reader to decode and read text.
Correct answer: A change in perspective can help the reader see the world differently.
Q5.
What does a reading river demonstrate?
Correct answer: a reader's unique reading experiences
a list of texts that the reader wants to read
the flow of words along a page
Q6.
All readers have __________ reader identities.
good
bad
Correct answer: unique