Literacy - Week 1 Term 2 (Year 10 Reading Challenge)

Nau mai, hoki mai akona ma….Welcome back keen learners!  We have exciting changes and challenges for our awesome Year 10 students and staff this term.  

For Term 2 literacy, our main focus activity is the ultimate ‘Year 10 Reading Challenge’.  Literacy this term will also include a guided focus in reading strategies to help improve reading comprehension and creative narrative writing using images and text.

Lets begin:

Year 10 Reading Challenge                    

Your challenge is to stretch your reading muscles by reading a little and often – every day in fact. Choose things to read that interest you and which you understand.   A “book” could include short stories, poetry, articles, fiction and non-fiction.  You will need to complete the following with your reading:

• Choose  activities from the grid to present your ideas about some of the books you are reading this term.  Make sure you include the name and author of the book you have chosen  to focus on for each activity.
• You must choose one activity from each of the categories (Identifying and explaining; Creating; and Evaluating).  By the end of the term, you will have done a total of 3 activities.
• You can only use one book for a maximum of 2 activities.

Assessment:  Make a copy of this assessment then add your completed activities at the bottom of this page

Click here for 'Year 10 Reading Challenge' assessment

Free online reading sites:

Free online reading sites	Reading with text and audio	Reading with activities
Wattpad Story Star - short stories Good reads for teenagers	Stories/text with audio - intermediate to advanced Short story text with audio - intermediate	Reading with comprehension

T H I N K I N G	Identifying and explaining	Construct a timeline relating to one of your books – it might chart a character’s life or the plot of the story etc. Timeline maker (printable) Interactive timeline maker	Make a poster which could be used in a bookshop window to promote your book. Piktochart poster maker	Construct a web page/blog to tell an Internet audience about one of your books. How to build a web page
	Creating	Pretend you are a character from a book you have read.  Write a  diary entry (150-200 words) about a challenge you faced. Include what happened and your reactions. How to write a diary entry	Choose a key incident from a book you have read.  Write a short script to create a short movie about this incident. What is a film script? Writing a short script Example of a film script	Create a storyboard to retell your favourite incident in one of your books.  (Like a cartoon strip for planning a film scene). Storyboard tool
	Evaluating	Write a book review of one of your books suitable for publishing on your online blog (150-200 words) How to write a book review - fiction book Book review - structure	Write a letter (150-200 words) to a friend telling them about this fantastic book you have just read and explaining why you think they might enjoy it too. Example of letter to a friend	Create a short oral presentation (1-2 minutes) in which you tell people about one of your books and explain why you think it was worth reading. This can be done as a podcast and shared via your blog.

The activities you complete will be marked using Achieved, Merit or Excellence and must be finished by the end of the term. Your overall mark will be an average of your top three marks.  

MARKING SCHEDULE

Not Achieved - Has not provided enough information in completing this activity

Achieved - Has provided information to a satisfactory level

Merit - Has provided all information to a competent level

Excellence - Has provided all information to an advanced level

Identifying and explaining	Not Achieved	Achieved	Merit	Excellence
Creating	Not Achieved	Achieved	Merit	Excellence
Evaluating	Not Achieved	Achieved	Merit	Excellence
Remember to include the name and author of your reading materials