Developing reading preferences in Year 5 through text recommendations | English

Starter quiz

True or False? Authors and illustrators can be the same person.
- True ✓
- False
What genre best fits a text which asks lots of questions and contains factual information?
- folklore
- poetry
- non-fiction ✓
- fantasy
- adventure
When giving a text recommendation, you should consider the person's...
- age. ✓
- daily routines.
- likes and interests. ✓
- eating preferences.
- texts they have previously enjoyed. ✓
True or False? All poets' poetry collections must contain similar themes.
- True
- False ✓
True or False? Non-fiction is a form of text.
- True
- False ✓
A reading recommendation is a suggestion for a text that is well-suited to a reader’s {{__________}} and {{__________}}.
- ability and comprehension skill
- likes and dislikes
- age and interests ✓

Match the keywords to their definitions.
- reading preference
  
  ⇔
  
  can include what we read and where we read ✓
- puzzle
  
  ⇔
  
  a question that you have about a text ✓
- connection
  
  ⇔
  
  how a text relates to the reader, another text or the world ✓
- like
  
  ⇔
  
  positive things a reader thought about a text ✓
- dislike
  
  ⇔
  
  negative things a reader thought about a text ✓
Approximately how many children's texts are published each year in the United Kingdom?
- 10
- 1000
- 10,000 ✓
- 1,000,000
Which book award did the text 'Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths' by Maisie Chan, win?
- The Bradford Boase Award ✓
- Carnegie Medal
- Amnesty CILIP honour
- Little Rebels Book Award
- Jhalak Prize ✓
Which of the following can you go to for a text recommendations?
- library (school or local) ✓
- school staff ✓
- computer games
- book award website ✓
- comics
Order the way you could recommend a text to a friend.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  title of text
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  likes and dislikes
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  puzzles
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  connections
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  Do you want to read?
Which connections can a text make with a reader?
- text-to-speech
- text-to-self ✓
- text-to-world ✓
- text-to-code
- text-to-text ✓

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Texts can be recommended in a variety of ways, including online via Book Award websites or blogs.
Reflecting on likes, dislikes, puzzles and connections in relation to texts, can influence others to read.

Pupils may just think a recommendation comes from a peer or teacher.

Recommendations can come from a wide range of people and places.

Recommendation - a suggestion for a text that is well-suited to a reader’s age and their interests
Reading preference - can include what we read and where we read
Puzzle - a question that you have about a text. It does not always have to be answered or solved
Connection - how a text relates to a reader, another text or the wider world can be called a connection