Developing reading preferences in Year 4 by exploring a range of forms | English

Starter quiz

What is the most suitable definition for a non-fiction text?
- a collection of poems on a similar theme
- a fictional story with an imagined narrative
- a factual text sharing real events, information, or knowledge ✓
True or False? A magazine can only be about one subject or theme.
- True
- False ✓
What topic or theme is the Magazine 'Science + Nature' likely to contain?
- arts and creativity
- literature and book reviews
- sports and hobbies
- technology and the natural world ✓
Select the non-fiction forms of text.
- illustrated chapter book
- reference text ✓
- graphic novel ✓
- newspaper ✓
Select the true statements.
- Form is the way a text can be presented. ✓
- There are many different forms of text available to read. ✓
- The form of a text is the same as the genre of a text.
- There is only one form of text available to read.
- All forms are equally as valid as each other. ✓
Reading for pleasure is... Select the correct statements
- reading we choose to do ✓
- reading we do because we are told to
- reading we are engaged by and enjoy ✓
- reading about topics we are not engaged with

Match the following keywords to their definitions.
- non-fiction
  
  ⇔
  
  a genre of text which presents factual information ✓
- newspaper
  
  ⇔
  
  a form of text that presents news about current events ✓
- form
  
  ⇔
  
  the way that a text can be presented ✓
- magazine
  
  ⇔
  
  a form of text that contains a range of articles on a topic ✓
Curiosity is...
- knowing nothing about a specific topic.
- refusing to explore or consider new ideas or information.
- really wanting to know, explore, and learn about the world around you. ✓
True or False? Non-fiction texts can only be written by one author.
- True
- False ✓
Which topics would you expect to find in a text titled 'Nano: The Spectacular Science of the Very (Very) Small'?
- current affairs and events
- sports and hobbies
- arts and creativity
- science and nature ✓
True or False? Magazines and newspapers can be read for pleasure and purpose.
- True ✓
- False
Which features of magazines and newspapers can make them appealing to readers? Choose three
- poetry
- wide range of subjects, topics and themes ✓
- connection with the wider world ✓
- eye-catching ✓
- fictional stories

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Reading Non-Fiction can develop knowledge of the world around you and the people that inhabit it
Reading about other people's lives and cultures can develop curiosity about the wider world
Non-Fiction reading can be presented in a variety of forms
You can read texts that are based on true stories to learn about history and important events

Pupils might think that non-fiction is a form not a genre.

Non-fiction is a genre of text. It can be presented in many different forms. Provide pupils with examples to read.

Form - form is the way that a text can be presented
Newspaper - a newspaper is a form of text that presents news and information about current events
Non-fiction - non-fiction is a genre of text which presents real events, information, or knowledge
Magazine - a magazine is a form of text featuring articles, images, and information on diverse topics
Curiosity - curiosity is a strong desire to know, explore, and learn about the world around you