Developing reading preferences in Year 4 through text recommendations | English

Starter quiz

True or False? A reading recommendation should be the same for every reader.
- True
- False ✓
Which features are likely to be found in fantasy texts?
- magic and supernatural elements ✓
- imaginary worlds ✓
- real historical events
- conflict between good and evil ✓
- modern technology
Match the following forms to their definitions.
- instruction manual
  
  ⇔
  
  a text providing step-by-step guidance for using a product ✓
- review
  
  ⇔
  
  evaluation of a book's content, style, and quality ✓
- website
  
  ⇔
  
  a digital platform with web pages with information ✓
- e-mail
  
  ⇔
  
  electronic messages sent and received through the internet ✓
What does a humorous text usually contain?
- relatable characters ✓
- a sad, depressing plot
- wordplay, puns and funny language ✓
- a positive, affirming plot ✓
- formal language
A ______ community is a group of readers who read, share and discuss their reading experiences with one another.
- 'reading' ✓
Readers can make text recommendations when ...
- sharing personal favourites or recent text discoveries ✓
- looking for or offering reading suggestions for specific genres or topics ✓
- their audience has no interest in reading at the moment
- they insist on someone reading the text

A text recommendation is ...
- recommending a text that is well-suited to a reader’s age and interests ✓
- recommending a text that is suitable for a different age group
- recommending a text without providing any context or reasons for the suggestion
- recommending a text without having read it or knowing anything about it
True or False? A picturebook can be recommended to readers of all ages.
- True ✓
- False
Match the type of text recommendation to its example.
- written recommendation
  
  ⇔
  
  on paper ✓
- online recommendation
  
  ⇔
  
  on a blog or class message board ✓
- visual recommendation
  
  ⇔
  
  on a poster ✓
- verbal recommendation
  
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  in a face-to-face conversation ✓
Text curation means __________ and __________ texts for a specific purpose or audience.
- mixing and matching
- reading and writing
- selecting and organising ✓
Texts can be curated in __________ different ways.
- two
- many ✓
- three
Order the following steps for curating a book shelf.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  choose a selection of texts
- 2
  
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  write a recommendation to celebrate the text
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  ‘publish’ your curated bookshelf

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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
Curating a space at home or at school to share your reading preferences can support others in reading for pleasure

Text curation might focus solely on personal preference.

Identify a range of ways that pupils might curate, linking especially to any theme weeks or real-world events.

Recommendation - a suggestion for a text that is well-suited to a reader’s age and their interests.
Reading community - a group of readers who read, share and discuss their reading experiences with one another.
Curation - refers to selecting and organising literature for a specific purpose or audience.