Developing reading preferences in Year 3 through personal reflection | English

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An author in a text is responsible for...
- 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
Match the text to a possible purpose for reading.
- travel guide
  
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  to find out more about a holiday location ✓
- cookery book
  
  ⇔
  
  to learn how to cook a recipe ✓
- coding for beginners book
  
  ⇔
  
  to learn how to code ✓
- LEGO instructions manual
  
  ⇔
  
  to know how to build a new LEGO set ✓
True or False? A title gives readers an idea of what might be included within a text.
- True ✓
- False
Select the correct definition of a character in a fiction text.
- a person or animal in a story ✓
- a picture in a book
- where a story takes place
Select the correct definition of an illustration.
- the person who wrote the book
- a photo in a book
- a picture in a book ✓
Match the term to its definition.
- plot
  
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  what happens in a story ✓
- setting
  
  ⇔
  
  where the story takes place ✓
- opening
  
  ⇔
  
  the first section of a story ✓

What is genre?
- the front cover of a book
- a category used to group different types of reading ✓
- the feeling a reader might get from reading a text
Which of the following can be forms of reading?
- mystery
- blogs ✓
- science fiction
- song lyrics ✓
- chapter books ✓
Match the terms to their definitions.
- reader identity
  
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  a reflection on who you are as a reader and why you read ✓
- perspective
  
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  a way of thinking about and understanding something ✓
- reading for pleasure
  
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  reading that we do of our own free will ✓
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.
- A change in perspective can help the reader see the world differently. ✓
What does a reading river demonstrate?
- a reader's unique reading experiences ✓
- a list of texts that the reader wants to read
- the flow of words along a page
All readers have __________ reader identities.
- good
- bad
- unique ✓

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

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

Help pupils to celebrate a wide range of text types.

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.