Developing reading preferences in Year 4 through text recommendations
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can make recommendations to other readers.
Key learning points
- 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
Keywords
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.
Common misconception
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.
Teacher tip
When setting up a bookshelf rota, pair less confident readers with more confident ones, to encourage book talk and inspire each other. Theme weeks could be celebrated as well as diversity of text type. If online, an app such as Jamboard can be used.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.True or False? A reading recommendation should be the same for every reader.
Q2.Which features are likely to be found in fantasy texts?
Q3.Match the following forms to their definitions.
a text providing step-by-step guidance for using a product
evaluation of a book's content, style, and quality
a digital platform with web pages with information
electronic messages sent and received through the internet
Q4.What does a humorous text usually contain?
Q5.A community is a group of readers who read, share and discuss their reading experiences with one another.
Q6.Readers can make text recommendations when ...
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.A text recommendation is ...
Q2.True or False? A picturebook can be recommended to readers of all ages.
Q3.Match the type of text recommendation to its example.
on paper
on a blog or class message board
on a poster
in a face-to-face conversation
Q4.Text curation means __________ and __________ texts for a specific purpose or audience.
Q5.Texts can be curated in __________ different ways.
Q6.Order the following steps for curating a book shelf.
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