Year 3 - English
Developing reading preferences in Year 3 through text recommendations
Developing reading preferences in year 3
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils will develop their reading preferences by exploring different genres and reflecting on their reading identity. Pupils will learn how to make effective text recommendations and create a reading community. Finally, they will develop their awareness of different forms in reading.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to make recommendations to other readers.
Key Notes
- Text recommendations are an important part of developing reading for pleasure
- 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
Vocabulary To Learn
- recommendation: A recommendation is a suggestion for a text that is well-suited to a reader's age and their interests.
- reading community: A reading community is a group of readers who read, share and discuss their reading experiences with one another.
- author: An author is responsible for crafting the words that make up a text.
- illustrator: An illustrator is responsible for creating the pictures, drawings, or images that make up a text.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Text recommendations might be quite short in length, initially.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Text recommendations are an important part of developing reading for pleasure. Making a text recommendation includes a personal reason for why the text was relevant to you.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'recommendation'
A recommendation is a suggestion for a text that is well-suited to a reader's age and their interests.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Text recommendations might be quite short in length, initially. Correction: Develop pupils' awareness of reasons and possible responses they could include to develop recommendations further.
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