Developing reading preferences in Year 3 through text recommendations
I can make recommendations to other readers.
Developing reading preferences in Year 3 through text recommendations
I can make recommendations to other readers.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Text recommendations are an important part of developing reading for pleasure
- Making a text recommendation includes a personal reason for why the text was relevant to you
- Making a text recommendation includes a reason that someone else might enjoy the text
- There are a variety of ways we can share our reading preferences with others
Keywords
Recommendation - A recommendation is a suggestion for a text that is well-suited to a reader’s age and their interests.
Reading community - A reading community is a group of readers who read, share and discuss their reading experiences with one another.
Author - An author is responsible for crafting the words that make up a text.
Illustrator - An illustrator is responsible for creating the pictures, drawings, or images that make up a text.
Common misconception
Text recommendations might be quite short in length, initially.
Develop pupils' awareness of reasons and possible responses they could include to develop recommendations further.
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To help you plan your year 3 english lesson on: Developing reading preferences in Year 3 through text recommendations, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
a fictional plot that takes place in real historical events
an account of someone's life written by someone else
a plot about magical and imaginary beings and lands
a fictional plot that usually presents danger or excitement
Exit quiz
6 Questions
a suggestion for a text that is personalised
a group of readers who read, share and discuss their reading
a genre of text which presents real events, information or knowledge