Developing Reading Skills at Key Stage 3

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Age Range: KS3

Written to prepare students for GCSE syllabuses, where they are expected to read widely, worksheets encourage initiative and responsibility. Ideal for use in library lessons, a flexible design allows students to select activities relevant to their current reading. (Updated from: Encouraging Independent Reading)

Topics include: Strategies for choosing fiction; Importance of setting in a story; Purpose and types of writing; Reading and narration techniques; Use of dialogue.

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Size: 69 Pages
ISBN: 978 1 86025 438 3
Code: DRS3
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Contents List

LESSONS

7 YOUR LIBRARY Students produce a guide to the school library.
9 FINDING OUT Students track down information in the school library.
11 CHOOSING A BOOK Strategies for making the best choice of fiction.
13 RECIPE FOR A NOVEL Analysing what makes a 'good' book.
15 BOOKWORM Sharing and presenting reading recommendations.
17 READING RECORD Students design, illustrate and fill out a reading record.
19 SHARING BOOKS Students rehearse and read an episode from a book.
21 THE COVER The impact of book covers. Students create their own.
23 SELLING POINTS Planning an advertising campaign to promote a book.
25 BOOK CORNER Students design a child-friendly book corner.
27 SURVEY A questionnaire on the reading habits of students.
29 THIS IS YOUR LIFE Students demonstrate their knowledge of a character.
31 WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? Students empathise with characters' problems.
33 WISH YOU WERE HERE Students consider the importance of setting in a story.
35 FOLLOWING THE THREAD Developing insight, in deciding 'what happens next?'
37 GENRES Students look at what to expect from different genres.
39 STYLE AND AUDIENCE Identifying the purpose and type of writing.
41 LOOK WHO'S TALKING Understanding the use of dialogue.
43 THE NARRATOR The different types of narrator used in storytelling.
45 PAGE TO SCREEN Taking the plot of a book, to present it as a TV series.
47 DEAR AUTHOR... Students write a personal response to a novel.
49 PAGE DESIGN Analysing the design techniques of non-fiction books.
51 SKIMMING AND SCANNING Students practise reading techniques.
53 CRYSTAL CLEAR? Reading closely - and writing clearly.
55 FACT AND OPINION Students analyse pieces of writing critically.
57 CAREERS TALK Students research and produce an illustrated talk.
59 RESEARCH Students use research skills to produce a written report.
61 BIOGRAPHY Students consider the subjects of biographies.
63 GAP IN THE MARKET What boys and girls want from a teenage magazine.
65 ACTION Writing and speaking skills, to launch a campaign.
66 APPENDIX The Framework for Teaching English.